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I knew we were doing the right thing when I spotted the photos of Verstappen, Hamilton and Schumacher on the walls of the'moulding' room. We were at Tillett's headquarters in Sittingbourne, getting a rib protector made for Kate - something that would perfectly fit the contours of her unique rib cage. Unique because some of her ribs are no longer the shape they should be. I thought Bengio were the best for rib protectors, but having watched Archie Tillett wrap Kate in plastic

Kate had a cracking time at Kimbolton for Round 2 of the Ultimate Karting Championship. Not just because she smashed her PB by almost half a second during the Friday practice, but also because she smashed a rib whilst racing. She was a bit over-enthusiastic with one of the kerbs, and heard and felt her rib snap as she launched the kart over the concrete. X-rays from today’s trip to A&E confirmed it. Yes, she had a broken rib. There’s not a lot you can do for a broken rib. Tak

If you haven’t watched it, Rush is a film about the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda as they fight against each other to become F1 world champion. It’s a great film. Go and watch it. Or more likely, stream it. (It came out 13 years ago.) Hunt and Lauda have completely different styles. Hunt is brash and self-confident, and Lauda is cool and calculating. Watch the film and decide which camp you’re in, or maybe you’re a bit of both. Rush. That’s what it feels like at t

Billed as the toughest endurance motoring event in Europe, Le Jog has pre-1991 classic cars making their way from Land’s End to John O' Groats, from the very bottom to the very top of the United Kingdom. Le Jog is a clever acronym for Land’s End to John O Groats. It’s billed as a ‘reliability trial’ because it’s as much a test on the car as it is a test on the driver and co-driver. That’s Land’s End to John O’ Groats in 4 days. Last weekend Kate did the equivalent distance in

If you're a Star Wars fan, you'll know that Han Solo made the Kessel Run in just 12 parsecs. If you're wondering what a parsec is, it's the distance at which 1 Astronomical Unit subtends an angle of 1/3600 of a degree. None the wiser? Just think fast, very fast. I don't think I'll ever be able to measure Kate's racing speed in light years, but I am hoping she'll be fast, very fast. We're due at Brands Hatch on Monday for some testing, and it'll be an opportunity for her to tr

If you're after the green and pleasant land that England is known for, the Fens are not it. 1500 square miles of reclaimed boggy wetland is not pretty and definitely not interesting. The Fens are flat though, and covering Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, they made a perfect location for RAF bases during the 2nd world war. RAF Kimbolton, home to the 379th USAF Bomber Squadron, was one of them. And quite often, probably because being in the middle of the Fens