Sport 360° sit down with touring car and endurance driver, Spencer Vanderpal to discuss his many achievements in the sport and find out about his passions off the track.
Name: Spencer Vanderpal
Age: 47
Team: SVDP-Racing (www.svdp-racing.co.uk)
Car make: Ex-Matt Neale BTCC Honda EP3 – BMW 120D
Motorsport Sponsor: My wife. We have had great difficulties in obtaining sponsorship in Dubai even with the high international profile that SVDP-Racing has.
Years with the sport: 20-plus
Titles/podiums: Middle East touring car champ, 1st place in class at the 2013 Dubai 24H plus podiums in Barcelona, Yas, Dubai and Silverstone.
Favourite childhood memory of sport: Canoeing a Marathon at the age of 10.
Favourite driver/rider growing up: Sir Sterling Moss.
Best driver: Matt Neale, BTCC.
Other sports you have played and to what standard: Boxing, national level; Basketball, national level.
Greatest achievement in any sport? Winning the Dubai 24H in class D1 in 2013 and a Norwegian cycle race of 106 miles cross country in 4hrs 55mins.
If you could be a pro in any sport: Football.
Favourite meal: My wife’s Sunday lunch.
Favourite place in the UAE: The beach.