Michael “The Baron” Vergers is a Professional Racing Driver, Driver Coach and Driving Standards Advisor Official. In a career spanning over 40 years, has competed in many international championships in a huge variety of competition vehicles. From humble beginnings in 2-Stroke Go-Karts to becoming regional champion in Spain and moving on to being Formula Ford UK Champion, Radical Enduro Champion, SCSA Ascar Champion, MES LMP2 Le Man Prototype Champion, a Nurburgring Production Car Lap Record Holder…and Dutch Hillclimb Champion* Michael has raced against and beaten the best drivers of his generation including a number of future Formula One drivers including David Coulthard and Michael Schumacher.He is also the owner of MV Automoto vapour blasting business in Manilva, Spain (Costa Del Sol) that can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/MVAutomoto
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Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:02:41 - Early years and living next door to James Hunt00:06:39 - Karting00:07:23 - Don't Lift!00:09:32 - Vapour blasting and Matt Kelly00:15:35 - Truth telling00:18:21 - Team Managing00:27:09 - Cultural exhanges in motorsport00:29:13 - The beginnings00:32:02 - Learning from the best00:35:10 - First steps in Formula racing00:39:08 - The impact of Senna's legacy00:45:32 - Navigating the racing landscape00:49:55 - The financial struggles of racing teams00:52:42 - Controversial race strategies00:56:41 - Comeback to Formula Ford01:00:30 - Diversifying and the evolution of racing cars01:02:52 - The affordability of motorsport01:06:18 - An unexpected turn of events01:10:56 - The Radical story01:13:28 - Nürburgring Nordschleife production car lap record01:22:47 - More Radical experiences and The 'Ring01:24:52 - A bit of a whoopsie...01:30:50 - Transistion to American racing01:32:39 - Grabbing the microphone and telling it like it is...01:40:06 - First race at Daytona01:42:49 - Racing in the WEC and GT Championships in GT2 and GT301:44:12 - European Le Mans Series LMP2 and Le Mans01:46:20 - A Le Mans story...01:52:29 - Versatility out of the cockpit02:00:37 - Goodwood Revival02:01:58 - Ford Transit Supervan!02:04:00 - Gyrocopter Channel hopping with Phil Bennett02:07:53 - Learning how to fly a commercial jet in the basement...02:13:45 - Radical SR902:16:08 - Insights into Saudi Arabia and cultural perspectives02:22:48 - GT2 in Europe and up to date02:27:56 - Racing into later years02:32:04 - Driving Standards Advisor in British GT02:33:51 - Imperial Mints at the ready...02:36:55 - ...and finally*one of these is not true
