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EUROPEAN ENDURANCE PROTOTYPE CUP

 Round 6 - Circuit Paul Ricard

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4 December 2023
CLEAN SWEEP AS KING ADDS SECOND CROWN
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George King won a second sportscar championship title in just two-and-a-half years of international competition at the weekend, but the final round of the Ultimate Cup Series at Circuit Paul Ricard was anything but easy for the British driver. Sitting on the verge of the UCS crown after back-to-back...
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1 November 2023
MAGNY-COURS WIN KEEPS KING IN TITLE FIGHT
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George King's run of late-season success continued in France as he jumped straight from sealing a second straight Ligier European Series victory to the top step of the podium in the Ultimate Cup. Boosted by an invitation to test Team Virage's LMP3 machine in the official European Le Mans Series rook...
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24 October 2023
KING ENDS LIGIER SEASON ON A HIGH
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The old English saying about waiting for a bus came true for George King and Team Virage co-driver Bernardo Pinheiro as they claimed a second win in two rounds to cement the vice-champion position in the 2023 Ligier European Series standings at Portimao. Having toiled for nearly two seasons in pursu...
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27 September 2023
HAPPY ENDING FOR KING AT SPA
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It took five rounds, but George King was finally able to shift a major monkey off his back with a first Ligier European Series victory of the season on what, at times, appeared to be a tough weekend at Spa-Francorchamps. With tyre issues and monsoon conditions limiting the #60 Team Virage entry to a...
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"It feels a bit unreal to be a champion so early in my career. It's been an amazing winter season, with an outcome I could only dream of. It was great to add more podiums to my record, and to set new marks for both wins and points scored in a single GRC campaign. A new lap record was the icing on a very successful weekend."

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MEET GEORGE KING...

First racing memory:
In terms of actually being behind the wheel, it would have been a birthday party at Rayleigh Indoor Karting.

Motorsport Heroes:
Nigel Mansell and Lewis Hamilton — good English drivers 😂 — and my dad, obviously, as he used to race and has helped me so much.

How I got into racing:
I'd done a very small amount of arrive-and-drive karting when I was younger but stopped when I went to secondary school. Then, almost 10 years later, COVID happened, my dad bought a racing simulator and I was on it all day during the first lockdown. When I started winning races on the sim, I thought why not have a proper crack at racing after lockdown finished — and here I am!

First race:
At Silverstone, driving a Mazda MX-5 in September 2020 — just after lockdown one.

Favourite circuits:
Brands Hatch as it’s my local track. Imola is mega. Le Mans is mega too. Monza is fun. Cadwell Park is tricky but fun. A good mix really.

If I could own any car...
My road car would probably be a McLaren Senna as I love a McLaren. As for a track car, it would either have to be a current Le Mans hypercar (I'm not fussy!) or a 2007 McLaren F1 car as that's my favourite livery.

Superstitions:
I always wear my dad's St Christopher necklace in a race, but I don’t really tap door frames or anything weird.
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"There's not a huge backstory to my helmet design. My dad used to drive and had a painted helmet, so I based my design on that. It's evolved quite a bit in the last year or so, from being a pretty close copy of my dad's to adopting a more modern look. I think the colours really stand out and the design is a bit different to a lot of the geometric styles out there. I expect I'll tweak it more as my career progresses but, for now, I really like this look."

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