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Profile: Hunter Abbott

Want to know more about Rob Austin Racing's new driver Hunter Abbott? Let this handy profile from ITV Sport help you.

  • Hunter is 33 years old and lives in Maidenhead in Berkshire, but is originally from Liverpool

  • He started karting in 1995 and is one of only two drivers to have won a major karting championship in his first season - the other is Jenson Button

  • He started racing cars in 1999 and won his first Formula Ford title that year

  • He took eight victories in the Radical Enduro series in 2004, a record which stands to this day.

  • He made his British GT Championship debut in 2006, and was runner up in the GT4 category two years later

  • He has raced on the BTCC support package, joining the Ginetta GT Supercup in 2012

  • Last season he raced in the Benelux Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, and was runner-up.

  • His hobbies include unicycling

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