Final Team UK Drivers confirmed for FIA Motorsport Games

Monday 07 October 2024

In just over two weeks, Team UK will be heading to the third edition of the FIA Motorsport Games with competitors from across the world set to flex their skills across 27 disciplines in Valencia, Spain from 23-27 October.

Led by Team Captain and GT Cup driver Christopher Froggatt, Team UK will go for gold, with James Cottingham acting as second Driver alongside Froggatt.

In Rally, Ian Windress returns to co-drive for Ollie Mellors in Rally2, with Alex Lee as co-driver for older brother Ben Mellors in the Historic Rally discipline.

Darren Leung will be competing in the GT Sprint category, following the driver taking the 2023 British GT crown in GT3 during October last year.

Reza Seewooruthun, currently in his second year of the Motorsport UK Academy, will be competing in Formula 4, coming off the back of a season in the ROKiT F4 British Championship certified by FIA.

The full Team UK 2024 FIA Motorsport Games line-up:

  • GT: Christoper Froggatt (Captain) and James Cottingham
  • GT Sprint: Darren Leung
  • Single Make GT – Ferrari: James Owen
  • F4: Reza Seewooruthun
  • Touring Car: Jenson Brickley
  • Drifting: Lwi Edwards
  • Rally 2: Ollie Mellors and Ian Windress
  • Historic Rally: Ben Mellors and Alex Lee
  • Historic Rally Gravel: Ernie and Anna Graham (Team Flexify)
  • Historic Rally Tarmac: James Potter & Tim Sayer (Team Flexify)
  • Karting Sprint Jr: Jorge Edgar
  • Karting Endurance: Team Titan – Rhianna Purcocks, Jack O’Neill, Andy O’Neill.
  • Karting Mini: Austin Gibson
  • Auto Slalom: Mark King & Tessa Whittock
  • Esports F4: Matt Caruana
  • Esports GT: Kieran Prendergast

About FIA Motorsport Games

The FIA Motorsport Games is a unique multidisciplinary event that sees drivers competing in the colours of their national flag. Organised by SRO Motorsports Group in partnership with the FIA, six disciplines formed the schedule at the inaugural 2019 event, with 49 countries and territories represented in GT, Touring Car, Formula 4, Drifting, Karting Slalom and Digital competitions.

The second edition in 2022 saw all six disciplines return, alongside an influx of 11 new disciplines. James Baldwin claimed Team UK’s first ever gold medal in 2022, winning the Esports category whilst Ian Loggie and Sam Neary secured bronze in the GT. British drivers put in stellar performances across all competing categories and were unlucky to miss out on further medals.

Motorsport UK – one of over 70 ASNs to field a team in the FIA’s global celebration of the sport – ended the four-day competition with their first medals, in Esports and GT respectively, placing Team UK fifth in the final medal table.