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Darren Turner started Karting at a young age and was a winner in Junior and then Senior events. Funding was a problem in this tough, expensive sport and Darren's early single seater racing was done in a second hand, self prepared car in Formula First. His successes soon resulted in Team drives in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Renault Sport, culminating in winning the coveted McLaren / Autosport / BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award.

In 1998 Darren needed sponsorship for the next phase of his career, which was driving in the new Formula Palmer Audi single seater series, and Amazon are pleased to have been one of the companies supporting Darren. Darren was a winner and front runner throughout the season with the final result being fought for at the very last meeting, ending up with Darren second overall.

Over the next few years Darren's career has moved on and he drove for two years as a Mercedes driver in the prestigious DTM saloon series in Germany; was in the Mercedes Le Mans Team in 1999; was third in class there driving a Ferrari for Prodrive in 2004; was a frequent winner in ASCAR and has been under contract with the McLaren Formula 1 Team as a test driver for many years.

For 2005 Darren has been signed again by Prodrive, as one of their regular drivers in the new Aston Martin DBR9. He and David Braham won the cars very first outing - the Sebring 12 Hour race. They were second at the revived TT race at Silverstone and third in the GT1 class at Le Mans. In between racing and testing the Aston, Darren still has his McLaren F1 testing role, so has a busy life at the moment. To be employed by such names in motor sport is a testament to Darren's speed, skill and stamina as a driver and we at Amazon congratulate Darren on his achievements to date, and look forward to supporting and following his future.