The Young Drivers: No.6 - Darren Turner
In the rundown to the 2008 Autosport Awards, autosport.com will count down the top ten McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winners, reliving the success of their winning year and looking at what they've gone on to achieve since
Where were they then?
Back in 1995, a 21-year-old Darren Turner finished fourth in Formula Renault after scraping together what he could of a budget to run with Redgrave Racing. Come 1996, Turner's funds had all but dried up, but the Redgrave family kept him in the car none the less. It proved to be a wise decision as Turner finished runner-up in the championship and was selected as an award finalist.
He entered the evaluation days not expecting to win, believing that the prize would go to a Formula Vauxhall driver, as it had in years gone by, so was stunned to hear his name read out on the night that kick started his career, 12 years ago.
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