matty tipping uk karting sensation at the age of 13

I’ve competed in two Super 1 Championships. One of which was Junior Rotax and the other JICA. In the first season I raced for Ian Hawkins who owned Team Maranello UK at the time. I had only been on the track for 18 months at this point. Ian set out a financial agreement within my dads budget and we set out to do what we could. The first season was tough for me after only racing in a number of club races. I did very well for a first timer in the championship and got noticed dramatically by the fourth round at PFI.

The second season I raced for BRM UK in JICA. Rob Dodds who was the owner at the time also secured us with a financial agreement within our budget. The first round we did very well keeping inside the top ten in the final. As the season went on my passion for winning increased along with my talent. We travelled to Brescia to the BRM factory. Also testing at Lonato, Lake Garda. Rob was happy with my progression and asked dad if I would like to race at the European qualifiers in Portugal.

I found Portugal hard work as I was still only in JICA and I was scraping 6ft tall. As the rubber built up over the weekend we struggled massively but as a sportsman I took it as an experience. After two DNF’s I finished 33rd overall in the final. I also raced at Genk in Belgium for ‘Stars Of Tomorrow’. Here we did very well being one of the fastest on the first test day but still struggling with set up over the weekend. I qualified 3rd in one session and beaten by a blown motor the next.

After a bad round 5 at Clay Pigeon I finished 14th overall in the Super one Championship.

“Matty has a bundle of potential” – Phil Charles Renault F1 Engineer

“….he has learned in one session what normally takes six….he has a very highly developed sense of spatial awareness…..in all my time coaching I’ve seen 2 or maybe 3 drivers who gave me goose bumps, Matty is certainly one.” - Terrence Dove, driver coach.

"there is something uncanny about mattys track positioning when hes in traffic" - Steve Holmes Data analyser and mechanic

"Matty pulls of moves that even Ben Hanley (GP2 driver) wouldnt think about" - Ian Hawkins previous Team Maranello UK

"Apart form being insanely quick, Tipping can boast to be the coolest looking driver out there." - Terrence Dove owner of karting1.co.uk and Evenflow Driver coaching.

"step into my office.. (Ians favourite phrase)..there is no doubt, you can be a world class driver. you are my protege" - Ian Hawkins

"at the age of 13.. mattys got a full page of links on google..13!" - Terrence Dove

I'm now 17 and looking for sponsorship for a saloon car championship and testing in single seaters. UK &/or EU.