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global boutique sports agency
that provides all sorts of services
to racing drivers. While he has
no regrets in his own career, he’s
using this opportunity to help
others where he can.
Funding is getting more and
more difficult for racing drivers
and there are only a handful
around the world that get paid
a salary for what they do. Blun-
dell says: “If you look at the
British Touring Car Champion-
ship, that’s a group of guys that
should be the best in the country
and some of them are there on
merit, but there are others who
are there for other reasons.”
MB Partners helps drivers with
sponsorship, media and driver
development, and works with
drivers in a range of champion-
ships. Blundell has this advice
for any driver seeking sponsor-
ship: “Businesses want to see
a return on investment and it’s
up to the driver to explain how
a business will get its money’s
worth. Go with a solution to
their problems.
“Even with so many communi-
cations channels now available,
you still have to go and graft for
it. If that’s proving yourself by
walking into 1,000 doors, so be
it. The phone doesn’t just ring,
you have to get out there and
make contact.”
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