Driver Coaching - Rob Wilson?

[RobinSherwood]

Hi there,

Does anyone on here have contact details for driver coach Rob Wilson?

Many thanks in advance for any help as I have tried Google with no luck.

Regards,

Robin

[RobinSherwood]

Thanks,

It is Rob Wilson who has been specifically suggested by the Team Principal of the team we are racing for, hence the specific request as he didn't have his contact deatils to hand.

Kind regards,

Robin

[RobinSherwood]

flemke said:

Robin, Check your email.

I have emailed you back.


Robin

[RobinSherwood]

Thanks everyone I have managed to contact him now.

Kind regards,

Robin

[RobinSherwood]

flemke said:

flemke said: Robin, I wouldn't have got it because the link back to me seems to work no longer, but if you've reached Rob then that's good. Cheers.

Yes my email to you bounced back. It was just to say THANK YOU.

We are in contact and in the process of aranging some sessions with the driver I am helping.

Thanks once again.

Robin

[RobinSherwood]

HiRich said:

I trust your lad is pretty damned good to really benefit from Rob's help. I would suggest that you get to know Rob, not just treat him as a service provider. He is a really nice bloke (to a fault - I know of several people who have done rather well off him), with some fantastic stories which I am not allowed to repeat publicly. More importantly, he knows so many people who could be helpful to you. I know that at least two of the biggest F1 stars got very big breaks through Rob. He can do a lot more than show your lad how to get better exit speeds.

Thanks HiRich - that is sound advice and much appreciated, we will certainly set out to get to know Rob. One of young Tom's other great attributes is he is very good (especially for his age) at interacting with people of all ages.

Hard to answer you first point at this stage. He didn't start karting in April 2005 because he wanted to have a go at being a racing driver, it was just for fun (his 10 year old brother has actually being karting longer). (Briefly!) The only reason he is in a Formula BMW car less than a year later is after only his third kart race he and his father were approached by someone from the team (Nexa Racing - who won the 2005 Formula BMW Drivers Championship & the 2004 Formula Ford Championship), that person believes he has seen a natural talent and that is why after only 7 MSA kart races he has made the huge jump to single seaters. We did not have the budget for pre-season testing, so he had only one day in the car pre-season other than the mandatory pre-season tests - so he obviously lacks seat time to most of the other rookies let alone the more experienced drivers and all this aside from the fact that he is the only Under 16 in the Championship. So far he has exceeded the teams expectations under the circumstances. So by the end of the season we will see (hopefully with Rob's help) whether or not Tom is "pretty dammed good" or not. I can only assume our team principal wouldn't have suggested getting Rob to coach him unless he thinks he has the ability to benefit from it though. But as I said we will see, take it from there and hopefuly have some fun finding out.

Thanks once again for the advice.

Regards,

Robin