Damani's Blog

Write the next chapter in my story

28 Sep , 2015  

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- My next record attempt can only happen with your support – If you have only just found out about me, I am 16 and a racing driver from Hertfordshire. I was the only driver in the 2015 Volkswagen Racing Cup too young to have a road driving licence. Until 6 months ago I had never raced […]

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News & Press Releases

Future Front Runner

27 Aug , 2015  

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“YOU’VE COME OF AGE AS A RACING DRIVER” 16 year old school boy racing driver, Damani Marcano, competed at Snetterton this weekend as part of the VW Racing Cup. In this, the penultimate race of the series, Damani has shown determination and real progression. Team HARD Principal Tony Gilham comments: “I’m incredibly proud of Damani’s performance […]

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Video Highlights

Spa Overtaking Highlights – Volkswagen Racing Cup

22 Jul , 2015   Video

Driving the legendary Spa Francorchamps was a dream come true! I had never been there before but delivered my best drive up to that point in the season. I had top-10 pace and was able to make my way past quite a few drivers. Press play on the video above to see the highlights.

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News & Press Releases

Top 10 at Spa Francorchamps

18 Jul , 2015  

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‒ Damani Marcano achieves 10th at Spa Francorchamps after only 3 months of racing cars ‒ 16 year old school boy racing driver, Damani Marcano, finished 10th this weekend in his first ever race abroad at Spa Francorchamps.  Competing in the highly competitive VW Racing Cup, Marcano excelled in leaps and bounds, placing in the top-ten for […]

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Media Highlights

Ham&High Sport: Silverstone 2015

5 Jul , 2015  

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The 16-year-old racer, who lives in Muswell Hill, is the youngest driver in the competition – he is too young to even hold a road driving licence – and he was on the track at the home of the British Grand Prix for the first time. You can read the story online here.

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Herts Mercury Sport: Getting to Spa

5 Jul , 2015  

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This article tells the story of my Volkswagen Racing Cup Silverstone race weekend and how I needed one more signature on my racing license upgrade card to qualify for Spa after racing at Silverstone. “This was some of the best racing I’ve had in anything, ever! It really was an amazing feeling to be getting faster […]

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Volkswagen Racing Cup News: Silverstone

5 Jul , 2015  

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An “Impressive performance” “This weekend offered a fantastic opportunity for us to see Damani’s raw talent behind the wheel and ability to make rapid progress over a full race weekend. Damani fought hard to maintain his position and passed drivers with much more driving experience than him. It was very impressive to see Damani hold […]

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Impressive Performance at Silverstone

2 Jun , 2015  

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16yr old racing protégé delivers impressive performance at silverstone ‒ Damani Marcano completes his first full race weekend in the Volkswagen Racing Cup with impressive results ‒ 16 year old schoolboy racer Damani Marcano completed his first full race weekend at Silverstone over the 29th to 31st May in his Team HARD VW Golf GTiR […]

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Media Highlights

Karting Magazine: Karts to Cars

15 May , 2015  

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Karting magazine asked me to say what it’s like moving from karts to racing cars in the Volkswagen Racing Cup. They picked out the parts they thought readers would like to know about and published it in this one-page story. “It was a lot of work! On the weekends I wasn’t racing, I went to […]

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Media Highlights

BBC F1 Gossip: Marcano, Volkswagen…

26 Apr , 2015  

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After the Daily Star on Sunday published an article about me racing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup, the story was included in BBC Sport’s F1 Gossip page right next to an article about the possibility of Volkswagen entering Formula 1. What a co-incidence! Hopefully this will be a sign of things to come one day!  

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