Podium Finish in British F3 Return for Youngster Monger

[Paul Jeffrey]

Billy Monger scores dramatic podium on racing return following life changing injuries sustained during a F4 event at Donington Park.

Monger, 18, won the hearts of racing fans worldwide in 2017 following his dramatic accident at the Donington Park Formula 4 round last season, when the British driver tragically lost both lower legs following a heavy frontal impact in treacherous conditions at the Leicestershire circuit.

With considerable time having to be set aside to recuperate from these life changing injuries, many thought the career of Monger would be over before it had the chance to really get going following the accident last April, however Monger would be keen to reiterate his desire to return to the cockpit almost immediately after the accident, stating in undeniable clarity that once he acclimatises to his new situation the Surrey born driver would be looking for a suitable opportunity to get back behind the wheel again, something he has achieved with sporadic tests in a number of different machinery over the last few months.

With the 2018 racing season starting in earnest over the next weeks, Monger would return to competitive open wheel racing with the Carlin Motorsport BRDC British Formula 3 outfit at Oulton Park, immediately scoring an impressive third place finish on his race return following a strong qualifying performance that secured the youngster fifth on a competitive grid in Cheshire.

Driving a specially adapted Tatuus Cosworth car that uses a steering wheel based throttle and a single pedal for braking with his prosthetic leg, Monger had a very strong opening race to finish behind race winning Double R driver Linus Lundqvist, and the second Carlin car of Nicolai Kjaergaard.

At present Monger is contracted for just the Oulton Park opening round, however the driver continues to search for sponsorship in order to complete the full season that ends at Silverstone in October.

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[T04STY]

Really impressive and great job from him!

Keep it coming pal!

 

[FeltHat]

super impressive! good luck with finding new sponsors

 

[Deleted member 6919]

Really pleased for the young lad, and very impressive..
Maybe RD and their members could get a sponsor on the car??

If not for the incompetence of the emergency personnel on-scene he may have been able to keep both legs.

I would of imagined this thread was written for the positive side, not to turn it into a negative bash from the past.

 

[shimon.ifraimov]

wow amazing!!
anyone has a link for the race?

 

[Caton XII]

So glad for him !
I hope sponsors will keep him fighting on the tracks.

 

[CC]

Come on guys show some more love, the young lads done an incredible comeback! well done!!

 

[James Egan]

Why not try get Race Department on the car

 

[Shaun Clarke]

What Billy has achieved since Donnington is just truly amazing, and so nice to see him back not only behind the wheel, but competing as well and taking honours.

Hat's off to the lad, plain and simple as that

 

[Brownninja97]

Lads still got it, looks like he will still be going very far in his racing career

 

[chili pepper]

This is pretty cool news to hear, good on him.

 

[Damage Inc]

This is such a fantastic story, I was watching that race live and it was one of the most sickening things I have witnessed live Shocked me to my core and I feared the worst, that was a massive impact. So glad he's come through it with the mental strength to carry on.

If not for the incompetence of the emergency personnel on-scene he may have been able to keep both legs.

What complete crap, the lad is lucky to be alive with that impact. The UK has some of the best Marshalls and medical services.

 

[Yapci]

****ING AMAZING. Strong mind he has. Impressive.

 

[Phoenix77]

A fine example of persevering in the face of adversity... Very well done!

 

[samcar304]

Hope to see him on Monday for the Bank Holiday races. Done an outstanding job of overcoming the adversity placed in front of him and i imagine this has come as no surprise to him with his self belief and determination to get back behind the wheel. Top Job.

 

[davewilliams000]

Simply incredible! He's an inspiration to us all that you can do anything no matter the set backs.
Was watching live timing for qualifying earlier and listening to the circuit commentary stream but missed the race unfortunately

 

[slingshot64]

I Tip my cap to him and his team , great reading this .

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Maybe RD and their members could get a sponsor on the car??

Why not try get Race Department on the car

Like Dogecoin and Josh Wise in NASCAR then? (Oh my I remember the outrage, not from getting Dogecoin as a sponsor, but that the Dogecoiners were able to outvote Danica Patrick for the fan-vote to get in to the 2014 All-Star race) Which just from finishing that race, they got over twice the amount of money they took from sponsors for being the main sponsor for a race.
Fun times.

Great to see Monger up there as well, saw the short podium video from Andy Prilaux on facebook earlier. Awesome!

 

[Steve Worrell]

Really pleased for the young lad, and very impressive..
Maybe RD and their members could get a sponsor on the car??[/QUOTE

I love this idea. Not sure how much we could generate but I would donate in a heartbeat.

 

[James Egan]

What if as a group we donate to RD then RD puts the money forward to get on the car