A racing driver from Wokingham has extended his championship lead as he hits the mid-point of his 2025 racing season, with his latest podium success.
24-year-old Bobby Trundley is a driver for Team BRIT, the world’s only competitive team of all-disabled racing drivers, and competed in round 4 of the Britcar Endurance Championship last weekend at Thruxton race circuit.
Bobby is paired up with Asha Silva, who is also autistic, and together, they have dominated their class so far, scoring their second P1 finish in consecutive rounds.
On Saturday 5th July, the drivers took on qualifying in the morning in their BMW M240i, putting them P2 in class for the first of 2 x 45 minute races.
Race 1 saw Asha taking to the track first. Unfortunately, the car had a mechanical issue and had to be pitted, but a timely red flag meant the pair didn’t drop too many places. Bobby then took over and managed to climb back up, securing P3 in class.
In race 2, Bobby had an electric start to the race, which Asha built on throughout the race to bring them home first in class!
The results mean they are now in joint lead in the overall championship, and 1st in their class.
Bobby was diagnosed with severe autism as a child and found a love of motorsport through karting at age 10. He found it to have a profound impact on the way he manages the challenges of autism, and went on to become a 5 x national karting champion before joining Team BRIT in 2019.
Bobby said: “What a weekend! Our engineering director made some brilliant calls re our car set up and tyre selection, and despite a challenging first race, we got the car up to third in class, which was a good start.
“In race 2, I felt like I lit a firework and had an absolute belter of a start, making up 8 places and maintaining the pace. I even tried to overtake our fellow Team BRIT drivers in their GT4 McLaren!
“Asha had an amazing 2nd stint, bringing the car home first in class. This has elevated us to P1 overall in the championship, which is an amazing achievement from everyone.
“Me and Asha are not backing down, we want to get this result for the team, and will keep pushing with everything we have until the very end.”
Bobby races again at Donington on the 9th August.
