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Peugeot Sport Stars Reunite For Brabham's Celebrity Karting Challenge


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London UK - Tuesday 8 December, 2009; David Brabham will be reunited with his Le Mans 24 Hours winning teammate Alex Wurz and fellow Peugeot Sport stars Franck Montagny and Nicolas Minassian as they join the Celebrity Karting Challenge primarily in aid of Malaria No More UK at Autosport International, on Friday 15 January.

In June 2009, Team Peugeot Total ended Audi's domination of the historic Le Mans 24 Hours race when David Brabham, Alex Wurz and Mark Gene took victory in the #9 Peugeot HDi-FAP. Wurz, Montagny and Minassian, will unite in battle once again at the NEC Birmingham in January, in support of Brabham's Celebrity Karting Challenge.

Nicolas Minassian commented: "It's an honour to support such a charity event.
David works very hard to put this event in place each year at the Autosport
International Show. It's a pleasure to take part in it with my Peugeot Sport
teammates."

Brabham added: "It's amazing to have the support of Peugeot Sport and to have
the chance to once again race alongside Alex, Franck and Nic, in the Celebrity
Karting Challenge. It means a lot to have their backing and this event wouldn't
be possible without all of the drivers and celebrities giving up their free time
in aid of Malaria No More UK."

The only event that sees the motorsport elite join forces on the kart track to
raise money for charity, raising £92,000 in the last two years alone, offers
members of the public the rare chance to race alongside their heroes from across
the racing spectrum.

With the Peugeot Sport stars confirmed, the 2010 Celebrity Karting Challenge
will host some of the best sportscar drivers on the planet. Derek Bell, who
leads the event as Race Director, will be joined by Audi Sport drivers Allan
McNish, Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro, Le Mans winner Guy Smith, and fellow
Le Mans competitors Marino Franchitti, Johnny Mowlem, Paul Drayson, Johnny
Cocker and Rob Bell.

An all-star line-up of celebrities will be battling against the sportscar
heavyweights in the 90 minutes endurance kart race, hosted on a specially
constructed kart circuit for the first time in the Autosport International Live
Action Arena.

Ted Kravitz will be swapping his BBC F1 Pit Lane Reporter microphone for a kart
seat alongside his BBC F1 colleagues, British Formula One test driver and BBC
Radio 5 Live commentator Anthony Davidson, and BBC F1 Five Live Producer Jason
Swales.

F1 hopeful and DTM ace Paul di Resta and former McLaren Autosport BRDC Young
Driver Award winner Oliver Turvey are also confirmed alongside 2009 Mazda Star
Champion Adam Christodoulou, Autosport Club Driver of the Year and BBC Young
Sports Personality of the Year nominee Sarah Moore, Louise Goodman, Amanda
Stretton, Katherine Legge and Linda Playfair.

The rally contingent will be led by triple British Rally Champion, Mark Higgins,
who was also the stunt driver for the James Bond film 'Quantum of Solace', and
2009 British Rally Champion Keith Cronin.

"This event is already starting to live up to its potential of being the best
Celebrity Karting Challenge to date," said Brabham. "With this fantastic
line-up, the race promises to deliver a great battle between some of the sport's
best drivers guaranteed to have the grandstand crowd on the edge of their
seats."

For a full list of celebrities taking part visit www.racing4charity.com

The Celebrity Karting Challenge 2010 will be held primarily in aid of Malaria No
More UK, of which Brabham recently became a Special Ambassador. Malaria is an
entirely preventable and treatable disease but it still kills close to one
million people every year and a child in Africa every 30 seconds.

It costs just £5 to buy and deliver a life saving bed net to a family in Africa.
Each net will protect a mother and her child for up to five years. 100% of all
funds raised for Malaria No More UK will be used to fund life saving malaria
control programmes in Africa, in countries such as Ghana where the entire
population is at risk of malaria.

Members of the public can join the Celebrity Karting Challenge and support
Malaria No More UK's outstanding work for just £300. The charity entrance fee
also includes two tickets to Autosport International, on what is an exclusive
trade day. Book your public place now by contacting Bill Williams at
bill@racing4charity.com or call 0044 (0)7712 578263.

Autosport International trade visitors can take a grandstand seat and watch the
Celebrity Karting Challenge action at 3pm on Friday 15 January as a
complimentary addition to their standard trade ticket. Trade tickets cost £24
per person, simply register via www.autosport-international.com/trade.

MSA licence holders can also attend Autosport International on both trade days,
14&15 January, as well as the public days, on 16&17 January. Simply register by
visiting www.autosport-international.com/trade.



For further information on David Brabham, including his career history and
biography, visit www.davidbrabham.com. To find out more about David's
Racing4Charity organisation and the Celebrity Karting Challenge 2010 visit
www.racing4charity.com or www.autosport-show.com

About Malaria No More UK
Malaria No More UK launched in April 2009 fronted by David Beckham, Andy Murray
and Denise Lewis, founding members of the charity's Leadership Council.

Special Ambassadors for Malaria No More UK are exceptional people who choose to
use their talent and/or experience to fight malaria.  British mother Jo Yirrell,
is also a Special Ambassador for the charity. Jo lost her 20 year old son Harry
to malaria and she has since launched a high profile campaign to draw attention
to the issue of malaria publically and politically.

Malaria No More UK is committed to ending suffering and death caused by malaria,
a preventable disease. The charity works with governments, corporations,
celebrities and the public to raise mass awareness and funds to achieve the
following UN goals:

1) Ensure every man, women and child at risk of malaria in Africa has access to
a mosquito net by the end of 2010
2) Put an end to malaria deaths by 2015

A £5 donation to Malaria No More UK will purchase, transport and deliver a life
saving bed net to a mother and her child in Africa protecting them for up to
five years. 100% funds received by Malaria No More UK are used for malaria
prevention and control programmes in Africa.

For more information and to donate visit: www.malarianomore.org.uk

David Brabham Celebrity Karting Challenge Media Contact:
Emma Spearing, Hazel PR
Tel: +44 (0)1202 862411	Mobile: +44 (0)7736 341828
Email: emma.spearing@hazelpr.com