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Why Britain's forgotten star is ready for his big chance

Alexander Sims's career momentum stuttered when he came up against a now Mercedes Formula 1 driver in Formula 3. Having established himself as a GT ace since, his Formula E drive with BMW is a reward his talent merits

New McLaren Formula 1 signing Lando Norris and Mercedes rising star George Russell are much more likely to make the headlines, but there is another British talent who is finally getting a big single-seater break.

The news that Alexander Sims will be part of BMW's Formula E team for the 2018/19 season is great on so many levels. Firstly, Sims is a bloody good driver, and you could argue his single-seater career ended too soon.

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.