Sixteen talented and promising young drivers have been confirmed for the Enhanced Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) programme for the 2025/26 academic year. 

Part of Motorsport UK’s Academy, DiSE is delivered in collaboration with Loughborough College and gives talented young drivers the opportunity to gain academic qualifications alongside their competition commitments.   

The bespoke two-year sporting excellence and motor vehicle education course is designed to support talented drivers and co-drivers through both the sporting and academic pathway.  

The following will enter the first year of the DiSE this September: 

Alfie Garford
2021 Junior and 2023 Senior TKM British Kart Champion who finished third in the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship in 2024.  

Ben Bartlett
With multiple karting and rallycross wins and podiums, Ben finished as the 2024 British Junior Rallycross Vice Champion in 2024.  

Callie Clifford
A Fiesta Junior racer, Callie secured 10+ class podiums in her debut season and was awarded the 2024 Jamsport Scholarship.  

Charlie Cox
A talented karter with multiple podium finishes, Charlie was Clay Pigeon’s IKR Winter Series Winner in 2023 and holds the all-time track record at the Raceway.  

Elliot Foster
Elliot is a consistent karting competitor and is a regular top 10 finisher in the Whilton Mill Karting Championships and the Kart Championship Winter Cup.  

Fred Green
A Ginetta Junior Scholarship recipient, Fred is a Motorsport UK Junior X30 Champion and IAME Eurocup 2024 Vice Champion.  

Harrison Crowther
A regular at the front of the Senior Rotax field in the 2025 Wera Tools British Kart Championships with top ten finishes in Junior Rotax in 2024.  

Harry Bartle
On the international stage Harry has shone, securing the IAME Junior X30 World Championship in 2023. National success in the Rotax Junior followed in the 2024 British Open Championships and British Championship. 

Jared Fox-Whiteley
A karter on the national stage, regularly achieving in the Honda Cadet, Mini Max and Junior Rotax at the Teesside Sprint Series.

Joshua Graham
The youngest winner of a Senior Rotax British Kart Championships race, Joshua finished eighth in the British Kart Championships in his first season in 2024, having finished third in the Junior Rotax in 2023.  

Lexie Powell
A Junior Saloon Car Championship competitor, Lexie is finding their place in the field and was recently awarded the Goodyear Driver of the Day by Mickey Butler.  

Monde Jnr Konini
Monde features regularly at the front of the pack in the British Kart Championship, finishing ninth in the Junior X30 in 2023 and eighth in the Senior X30 in 2024.  

Oliver Law
A recognised top rookie driver in the Junior Saloon Car Driver in 2024, Oliver achieved a key result in 2025, finishing second overall in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club’s Pre 66 Classic and Historic Touring Cars race at Donington Park. 

Owen Neave
A top ten finisher in the Wera Tools British Kart Championships. Owen is regularly awarded the top privateer award, notably at the Rotax Open Championship, and has secured TVKC’s Vice Champion award.  

Riley Bishop
Riley is a 2 x WMKC Champion and Vice Champion as well as a multiple race winner in The Kart Championship.  

William Antobus
William is a regular British Kart Championships race winner, notably finishing second in the Rotax in the O Plate and at the British Championships.  

The unique course allows the flexibility to follow the education path of a driver’s choice within motorsport, whilst developing driving or co-driving skills at the same time. The course is developed from the Government funded Diploma in Sporting Excellence qualification and combined with motorsport specific education to create a wholly exclusive programme.