Terry Fullerton

Terry Fullerton (born 4 January 1953) is a British former kart racer and driver manager. Widely known for his rivalry with Ayrton Senna, Fullerton won the Karting World Championship in 1973 with Birel.

Born and raised in London, England, Fullerton initially had ambitions to compete in Formula One prior to his brother's fatal motorcycle road racing accident in 1964, leading him to restrict his career to kart racing. In 1973, Fullerton won the World Championship with Birel, becoming the first British World Champion. Fullerton won the Karting European Championship four years later with Zipkart. From 1978 to 1980, Fullerton competed for DAP as the teammate of Ayrton Senna; their fierce rivalry saw several 1–2 finishes in major competitions. Across his two-decade career, Fullerton was an eight-time British Champion, and four-time European Champion.

Upon retiring from karting in 1984, Fullerton became a driver manager, coaching 2010 junior World Champion and Formula E World Champion Jake Dennis, two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Allan McNish, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon, as well as Formula One drivers Paul di Resta and Anthony Davidson.

Biography

Fullerton originally had ambitions to race in Formula 1, but the intensity of his family's grief when his brother, Alec, died in a motorcycle racing accident at Mallory Park in 1964, led him to restrict his career to karts.

Fullerton raced for the Italian DAP factory team from 1978 until 1980, where his teammate was Ayrton Senna. The quote was included in the Senna documentary in 2010.

Fullerton won the British Junior Karting Championship in 1966, 1967 and 1968, with a total of 8 British Championship wins in a career spanning twenty years and devoted solely to karting. He also won the European Championship four times during his career. double Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon, double 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Allan McNish and former F1 driver Anthony Davidson. He regarded McNish and Davidson as his best students.

Fullerton is still active as a manager and driver coach in karting (notably coaching three recent British junior champions - 2010 Jake Dennis, 2011 Callan O'Keeffe & 2013 Jehan Daruvala) and now lives in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire with his wife and daughter.