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The next British Porsche legend?

Nick Tandy has finally got the deal he has been working towards for the past three seasons, but as a Brit with a factory Porsche drive he has some big names to live up to

Gary Watkins Feb 26, 2013, 7:32 PM

Nick Tandy is in illustrious company. He has joined a list of British Porsche factory drivers that includes Vic Elford, Brian Redman, Derek Bell and Allan McNish. And that's mission accomplished as far as the 28-year-old is concerned.

Getting on the books at Porsche had been Tandy's ambition almost since he took his first steps in the world of Porsche racing at the end of 2009. There was success pretty much straight away on his arrival in the Carrera Cup in Germany and the Formula 1-supporting Supercup, but he concluded pretty early that his career lay beyond these one-make series.

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Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.