Nick Yelloly Confirmed as Comtec's First Driver

After entering the last three World Series by Renault 2011 races, and finishing on the rookie podium every time, he concluded his campaign with a second place on the podium proper in the last round at Barcelona. Finishing 14 overall ­ the highest a British driver has ever finished ­ Nick was a natural choice and clearly responds well to the higher performance cars.

Nick Yelloly Credit: World Series By Renualt

"Nick burst onto the World Series scene last season and immediately made an impact; surprising and impressing everyone with his pace. Since then, it was our aim to secure Nick as part of the team for 2012.

During winter testing he immediately gelled with his engineer, Paul Heath, and we all appreciated his professional and controlled approach to testing. I believe that together we can develop Comtec's new World Series 3.5 car into a Championship winning package."

"I'm really happy to be joining Comtec Racing in WSR. Firstly I have to thank John (Barnett), Paul (Heath) and Pierre (Moncheur) for showing faith in me, and helping to get the deal done. I would also like to thank my family for their ongoing support and all my sponsors and partners whom have been involved for most of my career, or are coming on board this year. The guys at Comtec are really professional so there's no reason why we can't return Comtec to a championship winning team again, as they should be."

There's a lot of good driver's in the Championship this year, are you feeling confident?

There are a number of excellent drivers in this year's WSR 3.5 championship, but when competing in the last three rounds last year there were also some highly regarded prospects, as there is every year in the championship, so that's no real worry to me.

I recently visited Comtec's facility to have a look around and after my initial visit, I'm very confident in what they have set in place for the 2012 season and the development work that has already been completed at this stage.

YES!! I can't wait for the first test at Paul Ricard, less than three weeks away now!

I haven't driven anything except a few karts over the winter. The last time I was in a race car was November, so I'm certainly itching to get behind the wheel of the new World Series car, and check out what its like.

I was always very good at golf, then one day I went to a karting party and immediately impressed the organisers with my pace ­ it went from there! Progression was really fast and here we are now!

Nick Yelloly Brief Biography

Date of Birth:     3-12-90
Place of Birth:    Solihull
Nationality:       British
Height:            5'11"
Weight:            68kg 
Likes:             Karting, Golf, Gym
Favourite circuit: Croft
Drives:            Renault Clio
Favourite movie:   Hitch
Website:           www.nickyelloly.co.uk




Racing History

2005:   Entered my first kart race right at the end of the year winning all novice races.
2006:   National level Super 1 ­ finished 11th in the championship after missing rounds 
        due to a broken wrist. 
2007:   ICA one of the hardest classes in the UK.
2008:   KF1 Championship ­ finished 4th at British 'O' plate, 8th overall in 
        Championship. 
2009:   Formula Renault UK with Hitech Junior, Vice Champion in Formula Renault UK Winter 
        Series
2010:   Formula Renault UK with Atech GP ­ 1 win, 4 podiums, finished 7th overall.
2011:   GP3 series with Atech GP ­ 1 podium at Silverstone and only driver in team to 
        score points.
2011:   WSR 3.5 (last three races only). Finished on rookie podium every time. Out of 
        6 races, finished 5 times. Came 2nd in the final round at Barcelona. 14th overall 
        in the championship ­ the highest a British driver has ever finished highest Brit, 
        after just three rounds, with Pons Racing

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