Nick Yelloly gears up for first BMW Motorsport Factory drive
Reigning Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup vice-champion set for debut as BMW Works driver
Solihull’s Nick Yelloly is ready for his first weekend of official driving duties as a BMW Motorsport works driver.
The 28-year-old will be heading to Malaysia this week ahead of the first round of the China GT series where he will be driving the FIST – Team AAI Motorsport BMW M6 GT3.
After a winter of preparation, the race at Sepang will mark the first time Yelloly has raced since claiming second place in the Formula 1 supporting Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup championship.
Yelloly will share driving duties with two-time Asian Le Mans Series GT champion Jun-San Chen who is also AAI Motorsport team owner.
Credit: China GT
Looking ahead to the weekend Yelloly explained his off-season preparation work.
Nick Yelloly“Preparation for the heat is mostly done by training with too many layers on and letting your body get used to overheating bit by bit.”
“I have been prepping for the race with some simulator sessions to learn the track. Physical training wise I have done lot of time on my road bike with lots of layers on to try and simulate getting overheated in the car.
"I’m feeling really ready for the race and can’t wait to get on track for some testing starting Wednesday morning!”
“When it comes to learning new tracks, I really like the challenge and have been pretty used to it, so I shouldn’t have any issue with being able to get a grips with Sepang after the first day of testing... it’s one track on my list I haven’t ticked off as of yet so can’t wait to get going.”
“Expectations are good going into the weekend. Team AAI are a great team and mixed together with the BMW M6 GT3 we should be looking to run at the front from the get go!”
You can follow race live via the China GT Facebook and YouTube pages over the weekend. Race 1 will commence at 5:55 am on Saturday and Race 2 at 7am on Sunday (both GMT).
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