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Motor-Racing Star
at Adams’
A motor-racing star of the future has
joined Newport’s Adams’ Grammar
School. 11 year-old Ross Turner has
ambitions to be a MotoGP rider.
Ross started riding motorcycles at the age of 2 and
by his 5th birthday he’d decided he wanted to be a
motorcycle racer. After crafting his skills in the British
Minimoto and British Mini GP championships Ross
made the move to the Moto4 World Championships
in 2014.
Ross says: “I remember watching a minimoto race
when I was five and it was then that I decided I really
wanted to be a motorcycle racer. I have to keep really
fit for the sport and so I cycle around 5 miles every
day as well as boxing training twice a week.”
Ross’ father Simon Turner, who helps organise his
son’s busy schedule commented: “The future is
looking bright; Ross now has full sponsorship for all
his rider equipment through Feridax.”
Headmaster Gary Hickey commented: “We’re very
pleased to have Ross at Adams’. He has already shown
great commitment and dedication to his sport and to
his academic studies and we’re really looking forward
to watching his progress in the next couple of years.
Having spoken at length to Ross and his father it is
clear to me that racing at the level Ross does requires
hard-work and study off the bike as well as good
communication skills to enable him to explain how
the bike feels to his mechanics.”