At the age of 20 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs is one of europe's brightest motor racing prospects, currently a resident in the UK.
Adrian won the 2005 BRSCC T-Cars championship, still the youngest ever winner of an Motor Sports Association (UK) sanctioned car racing championship and established himself as one of only a few drivers tipped for International stardom. Adrian went on to win a Formula BMW UK scholarship which he competed in during 2007. The following year saw Adrian compete in both Formula Renault Italia and Euro Cup before finishing 4th in both the Northern European Cup and the Euro Cup Formula Renault championships in 2009.
Moving up the motorsport ladder for the 2010 season, Adrian took part in the opening two rounds of the Formula 3 Euroseries before signing with the Marussian Manor Racing team in the all new GP3 series. 2011 saw Adrian return to GP3 with John Booths, Marussia Manor Race GP3 Team, finishing joint 4th in the championship. During 2011 Marussia Virgin Racing gave Adrian two F1 straight line tests in their MVR-02 car and a test at the Rookie Young Driver tests in Abu Dhabi where he impressed the team and gained a fast amount of knowledge.
Marussia Virgin Racing, Driver Development Manger, Marc Hynes said of the test, “Adrian did an exceptional job in his half-day test with us on Tuesday. I was really impressed with the way he attacked the opportunity as the first F1 test can be quite daunting. He took to it really well and the times were competitive. His feedback was strong and his pace was good. This was a great chance for him and he grabbed it with both hands - he certainly made the most of it.”
