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hard to describe how quick it is. I’ve driven
some quick cars but they’re just nowhere
near it. We all know the figures of what the
car can do, but when you drive it for yourself
the first time it’s just so quick.”
Those other fast cars that Parry refers to
include F2, Mercedes DTM and McLaren
GT3 machinery, which he drove as part of his
on-track assessment for the McLaren
Autosport BRDC Award. However, in 2014
he dedicated most of his track time to com-
peting in the Formula Renault Eurocup cham-
pionship off the back of winning the Formula
Renault 2.0 NEC championship in 2013.
Among the highlights in 2014 was a
podium at the Moscow Raceway, a circuit he
had never visited before, but overall it proved
to be a “frustrating” season. “I went into the
championship as one of the favourites as the
NEC champion, but it didn’t go our way this
year, and the team and I struggled to find a
good balance with the car,” he reveals.
Parry also had a guest drive in a Caterham
R300 at Donington. “I came third in the first
race and third in the second, but I got black
flagged for impeding the track limits,” he
explains. “But track rules in Europe are differ-
ent to the UK. In Europe you are allowed two
wheels across the white line as long as two
wheels are inside the white lines. But in the
R300s it was a case that you were not allowed
over the white lines and curb at all. It was a
great experience, though, and the R300 driv-
ers are really quick and great racers.”
I hope to
see that Welsh
dragon on
the side of a
Formula 1 car
“
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