KARTING

Literally 90 per cent of drivers begin their racing careers in karting, but very few manage to attain the heights of the like achieved by Jeremy during his glittering tenure on the domestic, European and world stage.

  Even less are able to name a current Formula One star and a DTM Champion as being pivotal

  in their career development though, with the addition of essential guidance from former

  World Karting Champion Terry Fullerton.

  Not only were Jenson Button (pictured left with Jeremy and his father Robert Metcalfe) and his

  father John instrumental in Jeremy’s early karting success, he also received assistance from Gary

  Paffett (below) who later went on, of course, to become a McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of

  the Year Award Winner and took an incredible title victory in the 2005 DTM series.

  Success has never been far away from Jeremy in one guise or another and from the beginnings of

  his career at just eight years of age, he soon became one to watch in the realms of domestic competition and took just four years to win his first major karting title – the 2000 MSA British Cadet Karting Championship.

It wasn’t long before he made the move to the pressure-cooker environment of Europe and quickly

made a name for himself as a consistent front-runner in the European Formula ICA Championship.

The crowning glory of his karting career arrived in 2003, Jeremy winning the world-renowned

Parma Industrials Formula A Championship – a title previously held by some of the biggest names

in motorsport, including Formula One ace Giancarlo Fisichella.

  To add to his success at Parma, Jeremy finished third overall in

  the British Formula ICA Championship and was again classified

  third in the prestigious British Formula A Championship.

  His final year of karting came in 2004 and after impressing in the ultra-competitive South Garda

  Winter Cup with a terrific eighth position, Jeremy also took a top-six placing in Italian Formula A.

  With his successful karting career complete, Jeremy headed into 2005 to face a completely new c challenge - the world of single-seater motor racing.