Bentley launches its development program with Team Parker Racing

After Aston Martin or even McLaren, it is the turn of Bentley motorsport to join its glorious British elders with the launch of its young pilot development program.

If engagement in GT, and mainly in GT3 since 2014, was done with the armed arm Team M-Sport, Bentley wishes to open its horizons and its panel of official drivers to find the future nugget which will lead the Crewe brand to the heights.

Among eight young talents, three pilots will be selected by Paul's troops Williams, director of Bentley Motorsport, following a selection which will take place from December 11 to 13 during sessions organized in Portimao in Portugal.

At stake, the opportunity to compete in a program in GT World Challenge Europe, over the five rounds Endurance promoted by SRO Motorsports.

In addition to the racing program, the three lucky winners will be able to count on support in physical and mental training, nutrition, links with the media, personal promotion, but also dedicated sessions on vehicle dynamics, engineering and simulator.

Bentley Motorsports will rely on the English team Team Parker Racing, which operates the new Continental GT3, to carry out this program. “The program will focus on driver progression, with a clear link to racing with Bentley, says Paul Williams.

The Bentley Motorsport Academy will be a training ground for developing new GT racing talents as the next generation of Bentley Boys. »