Pensioner in pole position.Byline: By Dale Williams Dale Williams is a Welsh professional football (soccer) player, currently unattached, but most recently with Shrewsbury Town F.C.Beginning his career as a trainee with Yeovil Town, Williams played just four minutes for the Somerset club, after coming on for Arron Davies in A FORMER nurse had the chance to live life in the fast lane and sample the glitz glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. of Formula One. Katharine Gobourne, of Compton, Wolverhampton, was treated to first-hand experience of a Formula One Test Session at Silverstone. Mrs Gobourne, aged 64, won a competition launched by financial company ING Direct to celebrate ING's sponsorship of the Renault F1 team. Katharine beat off competition from 32,000 entrants to be one of six to meet Brazilian test driver Lucas di Grassi Lucas di Grassi (b. 11 August, 1984) is a racing driver from São Paulo, Brazil, whose career has revolved around karting and single seater formula racing. In 2007, he is contesting the GP2 championship with reigning champion team ART Grand Prix. , the teams, and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into the high-octane world of Formula One. Mrs Gobourne said: "It was an incredible day. I especially enjoyed watching the pit stops." CAPTION(S): SUCCESS CAME QUICKLY... competition winner Katharine Gobourne with husband John at a Formula One test session. |
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