English racing driver

Gary Paffett

Gary James Paffett is a British former racing driver, motorsport executive, and Racing Director at Kiro Race Co in Formula E. Having become a household name in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), following fifteen years in the series and two championship wins, Paffett moved onto Formula E for the 2018/19 championship, after it was announced in 2017 that Mercedes would no longer be taking part in DTM. Paffett was also a test driver for the Williams Formula One team, having previously worked in a similar role at McLaren for a number of years, during the team's successful title winning years. Paffett progressed through the ranks of karting and junior formulae in the United Kingdom, winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1999.

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1981

March 24

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1981 Born

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1199 King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
1387 English victory over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate.
1401 Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
1603 James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.

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The world in 1981

When Gary arrived

april 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.
april 11 A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
april 12 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
april 14 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.

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