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Tom Jakobitsch is an Austrian former 2-stroke kart racer, Formula Vauxhall Junior single seater and Caterham Roadsports race winner in the 1990’s and a European Endurance Racing Champion.

He is now a regular ‘Citizen Journalist’ reporter on Formula One through his social media feeds. He can be found at:

Instagram: @tomjakobitsch
X: @tomjakobitsch
Facebook: Thomas Tom Jakobitsch

Chapters
00:00 - Start
01:48 - How we met
04:24 - How did you end up racing in the UK?
08:20 - Karting in the 90's
17:50 - BMW M3 Endurance racing in Europe
19:26 - The genius of Tom Sherpherd and Richard Shaw - GTS Motorsport/Laranca Engineering
21:31 - Formula Vauxhall Junior - Team Parker Racing
26:30 - Racing against the son on an F1 World Champion
27:30 - Caterham Roadsports 1998
38:40 - David Leslie
40:52 - International Special Car Series - BMW M3 in Europe
43:37 - Moving onto GTS
49:23 - Formula One Citizen Journalist!
53:56 - Shooting from the hip