Plymouth's Coles lands top award

IN the world of motor sport it is the time of the year for reflecting on the successes of the previous season, and for Plymouth-based racing driver Alex Coles, he has just scooped a prestigious award - the Nova Motorsport Rookie of the Year 2025.

- By STUART JAMES

This recognises the best performance in the British Hillclimb Championship by a driver under the age of 25.

Nova Tyres are the main sponsors of the British Hillclimb Championship - a motor sport series that began in 1947 and comprises 30 rounds taking competitors all over the UK, the Channel Islands and Ireland. He was presented with his award at the annual awards dinner at The Manor Hotel, Meriden.

Coles is the third generation of his family to go racing - his father Neal and grandfather Roger were regular competitors on the hills, and he spent a lot of his early years in the race car paddock.