#10 - Brad Philpot

Brad Philpot is a professional racing instructor, automotive industry trainer, go-kart racer, coach and YouTube content creator. He is also a former Toyota MR2 champion, Red Bull Kart Fight champion, 'Works’ Peugeot racing driver, Nurburgring 24 hour race winner, Race Of Champions Celebrity Skills Challenge winner (narrowly beating Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel) and a British Touring Car Championship BTCC driver. Brad can be found at: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@BradPhilpot Website https://bradphilpot.com Facebook https://facebook.com/bradley.philpot Twitter/X https://twitter.com/BradleyPhilpot Instagram https://instagram.com/bradley_philpot Twitch https://twitch.tv/bradphilpot Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Philpot Sim Coaching https://theracecoach.com My thanks to Caffeine & Machine for use of their great facility. They can be found at: Website https://caffeineandmachine.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/caffeineandmachine/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/caffeineandmachine/ Chapters 00:00:00 - Car park 00:01:16 - Nürburgring Nordschleife corner names... 00:03:24 - Ok, let's do an intro... 00:04:26 - Starting in Cadet karting 00:09:05 - The challenges of being coached by family 00:14:21 - An uncomfortable incident 00:17:01 - Getting back into karting on a shoestring budget 00:20:47 - First attempt at a car racing scholarship 00:23:08 - Becoming a Palmersport Instructor 00:32:59 - A full time professional instructor 00:37:10 - Toyota MR2 challenge - first championship win 00:45:16 - Entering the first competition - Red Bull Kart Fight 00:56:12 - Peugeot Works driver competition 01:11:56 - Beating Sebastian Vettel at the Race Of Champions 01:20:23 - Formula 4 (F4) / Formule 3 (F3) test driver 01:24:19 - A British Touring Car Championship opportunity 01:35:23 - Tyre testing with Cooper/Avon 01:36:26 - In summary...a hard grafter