Racer with paraplegia successfully test drives Corvette with hand controls

Bosch's new electronic braking system is enabling Wickens' return to the top level.

Mar 20, 2025 - 20:37
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Racer with paraplegia successfully test drives Corvette with hand controls

Robert Wickens was one of motorsport's rising stars when his life was permanently altered in a crash that paralyzed him from the chest down in 2018. Ever since, Wickens has said that his goal is to return to compete in the sport at the top level, and that looks set to happen early next month in Long Beach, California, following a successful test of his hand control-equipped Corvette GT3.R race car earlier this week.

The day-and-a-half test at Sebring in Florida wasn't Wickens' first time in a race car since his crash. In 2021 he tested a less-powerful front-wheel drive Hyundai Veloster N TCR car and competed in the Michelin Pilot Challenge series for Bryan Herta Autosport, winning the championship in 2023 with his teammate Harry Gottsacker in the newer Elantra N TCR car.

And last year, we bumped into him in Portland ahead of his test in the Formula E Gen3 Evo car.

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