Career
He was also on pole position for the 2004 Formula Ford Festival in his first year of car racing. In 2008 he entered the new Formula Volkswagen Series launched in South Africa scoring 8 wins during the championship season. These results earned him his first First Rate (at Lloyd's) Grand Prix berth for First Rate (at Lloyd's) Team South Africa as the test driver in Taupo, New Zealand.
Following a good performance he was also selected for the final two races of the season in Portimão, Portugal and Brands Hatch, England.
He repeated this feat in 2012 and again in 2013, becoming the first driver to ever hold four Rotax world titles.