Double Formula 1 Esports Series champion Brendon Leigh will make his single seater debut at Snetterton in the Avon Tyres BRSCC National Formula Ford 1600 championship. He will join the Kevin Mills Racing team for a part time campaign alongside regular drivers Neil Maclennan and Michael Macpherson.

The Mercedes-AMG Esports driver has been testing the Spectrum cars of the KMR team for three days in preparation for his real racing debut outside of virtual racing.

“He was fast straight away” Mills told ff1600website.com. “He wasn’t too different to my other two drivers really. His lap times were fairly similar. He’ll go well.”

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