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Scott Dennis — SEAT UK Motorsports & Events Manager
Scott has been involved in the motor industry for 20 years, having sold his first car at the age of 17. Originally from Bedford, Scott worked as a Sales Manager and then General Manager in various car dealerships in Northampton before joining SEAT UK in 1997 as a Regional Marketing Manager. His eye for detail made him ideal for implementing the brand's corporate identity and he quickly climbed through the SEAT UK's ranks, working as Dealer Communications Manager, National Communications Manager being involved in of SEAT UK's successful television and print advertising campaigns. As SEAT Sport UK's motorsport programme expanded, Scott took over the new position of SEAT UK Motorsports & Events Manager in 2003, taking overall responsibly for both the SEAT Cupra Championship and the BTCC programmes. Scott's fresh and innovative approach has seen SEAT set new standards of presentation in the paddock, while the experienced motorsport team he has helped build ensure the cars are competitive on the circuit.

 

Grant Clearwater — SEAT Sport UK Joint Team Principal
Grant and Ian Fisher set up a new motorsport preparations company called Northern South in March 2000. The company's name relates to their place of birth, and with Grant coming from Gore on New Zealand's South Island, the formation of Northern South brought together over 30 years of motorsport experience from both Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Today Northern South trades as SEAT Sport UK, and plays a pivotal role in the manufacturer's BTCC programme. Grant raced karts and single seaters in his youth and still races a historic Zephyr whenever time allows. He is a NZ 'A' Grade Qualified Technician by trade, and, since the age of 18, has acquired a huge amount of experience in a wide variety of motorsport arenas, including manufacturer work in the World Rally Championship and on the Paris-Dakar. Grant is also in overall charge of all technical matters in the SEAT Cupra Championship, including the preparation of each Leon Cupra R, making sure all the equipment is in place and managing and directing the technicians and mechanics in the workshop and in the paddock on race weekends.

 

Ian Fisher — SEAT Sport UK Joint Team Principal
Ian is in overall charge of managing SEAT Sport UK's accounts, calculating budgets and controlling all money coming in and out of the company. Originally from Birmingham, Ian is the northern half of Northern South, and has been involved in motorsport as a competitor, engineer, team manager and now team principal. Having raced in autocross and driven on rallies up until 1992, Ian still races a Rotax Max 125cc kart whenever he can. In addition to his accounting skills, Ian is well known in world rallying as an accomplished engineer. He worked at Prodrive between 1995-97, working on the homologation of the first Impreza WRCar and built Piero Liatti's car that won the 1997 Monte Carlo Rally. Ian joined the SBG team in 1998 and as Team Manager guided Alister McRae to the British Rally Championship title that year. His first contact with SEAT came in 1999 when he managed the team that ran an Ibiza Evo 2 for Toni Gardemeister in the British Rally Championship. When he's not working at SEAT Sport UK, Ian likes to renovate old property.

 

Eddie Hinckley — Jason Plato's Race Engineer
Eddie is one of the most experienced race engineers in motorsport and has worked on some of the most successful sportscar and touring car projects all over the world. He was at TWR for 16 years, working on all the company's touring car projects, including Mazda, Rover, Jaguar and Volvo. He worked in the Jaguar World Sportscar Championship Team for four years and was Race Engineer on 1988 Le Mans winning car. He was also Design and race engineer on the XJR15 road/race car and XJR 220 Le Mans program. Eddie worked in the 1994 DTM with Alfa Romeo and in 1995 and '96 was race engineer on David Leslie's BTCC Honda. In 1997 Eddie worked as Tim Harvey's engineer at Peugeot and then enjoyed four years at Audisport UK, with the highlight being 3rd place at Le Mans with Bentley in 2001. For two years, Eddie worked as Cadillac ALMS engineer for Max Angelelli and Wayne Taylor, had a year with Veloqx Motorsport doing the FIA GT Championship as engineer for Darren Turner, Kelvin Burt and Jamie Davies with the Ferrari 360 NGT, including Sebring and Le Mans with a Ferrari 550. In 2004, Eddie will be Jason Plato's race engineer in the BTCC.

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