Hanley joins TPR for Carrera Cup GB campaign
Euan Hankey, one of the two Scholarship winners for the 2010 Porsche Carrera Cup GB, has signed to race with Team Parker Racing this season.Hankey, who has single-seater experience up to and including Formula 3, will join the team that took Tim Bridgman to the 2009 title. Having won the £50,000 Carrera Cup GB Scholarship, 22-year old Hankey is making the switch to sports and GT racing. The Taunton-based racer will start testing with the team in mid-February and said that the Parker team's obvious passion for racing was a key factor in his choice of team."I could tell from talking to Stuart Parker and the team that the passion was there and I think it will be a very good relationship," said Hankey. "They won the championship last year and that's really, really important; I've got all of Tim Bridgman's data to work with. They ticked all the boxes for me and the team's history speaks for itself."Hankey will join Glynn Geddie at the forefront of the Parker squad and Euan believes that having a quick team mate will push him on. "It's always good to have a strong team mate to spur you on," he said. "Glynn will be a great benchmark to feed off and to learn from."Stuart Parker said: "Drivers switching to the Carrera Cup from single-seaters have a history of doing particularly well. I think Euan's background will only assist him. I look forward to working with Euan and getting him right onto the pace."Along with Glynn Geddie, it gives us a really young team and that is fantastic for us. Euan and Glynn are already starting to build a relationship and I hope they'll push each other on. I want to see them both winning races and challenging for the title."