Born to
compete

Reuben Tucker is fourteen, race-licensed, and entirely serious about where this is going.

Hi, I'm Reuben. I've passed my ARDS test at Mallory Park — the licence that opens the door to car racing and next I'll be racing in the Fiesta Junior BRSCC series.

It's been a long journey getting here.

I was born with hemiplegia — a form of cerebral palsy.

To look at me you'd think I'm like any other teenager, but that's not the case. The muscles on the left hand side of my body are significantly weaker than the right — I need to do extra strength training to get them even close to being balanced. My left foot is a whole size and a half smaller than the right and my left leg is a lot shorter.

I'm not letting it hold me back.

At Daytona's 24-hour endurance kart race I was part of the youngest team ever to enter, carrying a huge 25Kg ballast, racing through the night against adults. Karting won't stop — I compete in the Club 100 Rotax series, keeping my racecraft sharp.

I've graduated the SIM Motorsport programme covering media competence, nutrition, technical performance and data analysis — key to improving my race-craft approach. I'm training on FIA spec simulators to match the expectations on track for the season ahead.

Now it's Fiesta Junior with the BRSCC, then a deliberate, planned climb through MX-5s, Porsche Cup and GT3 to the top of endurance racing — a factory seat in WEC Hypercar.

What sets Reuben apart isn't the age. It's the climb already underway — and the pace, drive and determination to back it up.