Caleb McDuff

Caleb McDuff (born 20 January 2008) is a British racing driver from Wales. He is profoundly deaf and competes using cochlear implants. McDuff is notable for becoming the first deaf driver to win a race in the Britcar Trophy Championship.

He currently races a Porsche 911 GT3.

McDuff began his racing career in the Super 1 National Kart Championships, driving for AllStars Racing Team, managed by Luke Hines. In 2022 - 2023 he raced in the Junior Saloon Car Championship, driving for Orex Competition. During 2023 McDuff was also linked with Team BRIT as he is involved in a project to develop and test equipment to allow Deaf racing drivers to communicate with pit crews whilst they are racing.

In January 2024 McDuff announced he would be racing a BMW 1 Series in the Britcar Trophy Championship, driving for Team BRIT. He progresses with Team BRIT to their BMW M240i and then on to their McLaren 570S GT4 machine.

In 2026 he announced his plans to move from Team BRIT to Porsche Carrera Cup GB as part of his climb towards BTCC.

McDuff proactively uses his platform to encourage young people, visiting schools and sharing his experiences as a deaf racing driver and speaking about overcoming barriers in sport. In an interview with the Free Press Series, he said he hopes his story will inspire others to believe that “anything is possible” and to pursue their ambitions regardless of the obstacles they face..

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.