Hi, I’m Josh! I am a racing driver and instructor, part-time musician, a big nerd, and from summer 2025 I am now diagnosed ADHD. Being diagnosed at 34 was a huge relief and confirmed something that I had suspected for a long time.

I have grown up around motorsport for my entire life. My dad, Damon, is the 1996 Formula One World Champion and my grandad, Graham, also won the championship in 1962 and 1968! Safe to say I was destined to give it a go myself. Motor racing is an incredibly high pressure environment. I found driving and racing totally mesmerizing; I would often joke to the press to speak to me in an hour when I was out of my trance and could remember what had happened.

However, as I grew older and moved up the ladder I started to feel myself being left behind. Something was off. I struggled with everyday admin that others my age found routine. I found it difficult to focus during engineering briefings and sponsor meetings, leading to embarrassing follow up questions that revealed I had taken nothing in. I was having a tough time controlling my emotions in a very emotionally charged environment. Worst of all was what I now know as “executive dysfunction”; knowing I needed to do something but being incapable of taking the first step.

I watched my peers progress as I stood still. My relationships grew strained under the pressure to succeed. I started hating motorsport. Eventually it led to me taking an indefinite hiatus in 2013.

Fast forward to 2025 (via a slight detour playing drums in a rock band). I had been in therapy for a year before applying for a diagnosis through Right to Choose. Being diagnosed has given me validation that I wasn’t a failure, it has given me medical help to function daily, and it has given me the words and understanding to explain how I “work”.

I’m very proud to be an ADHD UK ambassador. The more voices there are talking about ADHD, the more others will understand what ADHD actually is. I hope that I can use my voice and platform to create conversation in motorsport and show them that ADHD and neurodiversity is a strength, not a weakness, if you give it the right fuel.