Kris Hall chosen for Fiesta SportingTrophy International Shootout 2008

Kris Hall (19) from Appleby, Cumbria, will be the UK wildcard entrant for the at the Fiesta SportingTrophy International Shootout 2008 taking place during the 9 and 10 December.

Hall will be competing against a number of other hopefuls like wildcard entrant Alistair Fisher. He will be fighting for a chance to win a 12-month contract working at M-Sport with the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team during the 2009 WRC season.

The two day Shoot out consists physical, psychological and media tests before a gravel-based driving test in Greystoke Forest.

M-Sport’s personal trainer, Barry Johnson will conduct the grueling physical tests, which will challenge the competitors to their maximum fitness ability and the psychological test will assess the competitors’ mental strengths and weaknesses and determine whether they are capable of becoming a leading competitive driver.

As well as media interviews will involve challenging questions from the sport’s leading journalists.  It will allow the judges to see how the drivers react under pressure and if they are competent in front of some of motorsport’s toughest critics.

On the second day, the competitors will demonstrate their driving skills on a gravel stage at M-Sport’s own forest test facility at Greystoke.  The drivers will have three runs with the best two times being combined to give a ‘stage time’.

The five top competitors will then be selected for a one-to-one interview with Malcolm Wilson, Managing Director of M-Sport.  The winner of the Shootout will then be announced at the end of the second day.

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