About Billy
Billy Edmund Albert Monger was born on 5 May 1999 in Charlwood, Surrey, England. He raced in the British F4 Championship in 2016 and 2017. In April 2017, he suffered a severe crash at Donington Park that resulted in the amputation of both legs—his left leg above the knee and his right leg below the knee. Following recovery and regulatory changes by the FIA, he returned to racing in modified single-seater cars in 2018. He competed in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship for Carlin and the Euroformula Open Championship, achieving a race win at the 2019 Pau Grand Prix.
Photo: Billy Monger, Silverstone 2018 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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TV presentersBrand ambassadorJournalist / CommentatorAfter dinnerMotivationalAdaptive MotorsportsFormula 1 CommentaryGBParalympic SportsSingle Seater Racing
Known for
- Former British Formula 4 racing driver
- Racing in BRDC British Formula 3 Championship after bilateral leg amputation
- Channel 4 Formula 1 commentator and analyst
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award winner (2018)
- Ironman World Championship finisher with world record for double amputees
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