About Karting Athlete Development

Meet our Founder

Over the last 8 years Dean has concentrated on providing Performance Coaching and Race Support at the highest levels of Motorsports.

He has worked with former F1 World Champion Jenson Button, ERT Formula-E driver Dan Ticktum, Red Bull Junior driver Enzo Fittipaldi and more than 30 National karting champions from around the world.

Dean has also worked as Head of Human Performance at Rodin Carlin Racing overseeing their F2, F3 and Formula 1 Academy drivers and teams, and as a Performance Coach with the Alpine F1 Academy helping to develop some of the most promising young drivers worldwide.

Dean Fouache, PG. Dip, ASCC dean@kartingathletedevelopment.com

Meet the Team

Simon Brundish is the 2018 UKSCA S&C Coach of the Year for Youth Sport.

For the last 4 years Simon has been developing and implementing the StrengthLab Superheroes programme, arguably the most engaging and innovative Fundamental Movement skills programme for primary school aged children.

This programme has been adopted by many primary schools, professional sports academies and sporting national governing bodies worldwide. Simon is also an alumni of the University of Birmingham and Loughborough University. He has 21 years of experience in Sports Science and Strength and Conditioning, working within professional Football, Athletics and Motorsport.

Dr Zoe Wimshurst, PhD is the Founder of Performance Vision.

Performance Vision are UK’s leading specialists in Visual Performance in Athletes. Zoe has worked extensively with the British Olympic Association (BOA) as their visual performance coach, before becoming the first person in the UK to hold a PhD in Visual Performance in Athletes.

Through Performance Vision Dr Zoe has worked with Olympians, Professional Athletes and F1 drivers including Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Alex Albon. Dr Zöe shares in the KAD mission to bring the very best training and education to young karting athletes.

Dr Scott Robinson, PhD SENr is the Managing Director of The Edge Human Performance Lab.

The Edge HPL are specialists in high performance nutrition and advanced physiological testing. They provide high level support to multiple Formula 1 Drivers (they are the personal nutritionists to George Russell), Premier League Footballers, World Champion Boxers, and Olympic Gold Medallists.

The Edge HLP combine gold-standard techniques with innovative support strategies to harvest optimal health and performance to elite sport, entertainment, business and beyond.

As an employee of the British Government, David McMillan worked within Royal residences and Palaces, as well as Government Establishments all over the world.

Later, he moved to International Motorsports, including World Rally, World Sports Cars and more specifically Formula One (F1). In over two and a half decades David has worked full-time or consulted for 12 F1 teams including Red Bull Racing, McLaren, Racing Point, and Renault and Williams F1 teams.

Over the course of this long career, David took part in over 250 Grand Prix and some six or seven hundred high-pressure pit-stops for drivers such as David Coulthard, Rubens Barricello & Mark Webber. In his spare time, David has climbed in the Himalayas on thirteen occasions, three times on 8000m peaks, Cho Oyu, Mt Everest and Shishapangma.

Levi Crew, Msc, CSCS, SENr.

Levi is a highly skilled performance coach with a passion for unlocking the potential of athletes in various sports. With over 10 years of experience in the field, Levi has established himself as a trusted mentor and advisor to numerous athletes. He has worked with some of the world’s top athletes in football, rugby, badminton, tennis, cricket and many more showing he understands and can adapt to the needs of any sport.

Most recently specialising in motorsport, Levi's expertise lies in maximising the performance of drivers in competitive racing. Levi has focused primarily on motorsport, working closely with athletes at every level of the discipline. His extensive portfolio includes guiding and mentoring drivers in karting, British touring car, Formula 4, Formula 3, Formula 2 and Formula 1 academy. Levi's ability to understand the unique demands of motorsport, coupled with his keen eye for identifying areas of improvement, has made him an invaluable asset to athletes seeking to elevate their performance on the track.

Levi's coaching style is characterised by a holistic approach, emphasising the development of key movement skills and the key needs of a driver. He understands the nuances of motorsport and recognises the importance of physical fitness, tactical decision-making, and maintaining a winning mindset.

Sam Sadighi, the owner of Easy Sleep Solutions.

Sam is an award-winning Certified Sleep Practitioner for babies, children, teens, and adults.

Incorporating research-based findings with practical, real-life experience, as a Psychologist she is able to help individuals of any age regain (or optimise) the sleep they need regardless of the challenges they are facing, whether they are seeking marginal gains as elite athletes or struggling with insomnia or other sleep-related difficulties.

She is also certified to help teenagers with Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder (where an individual's sleep timings are delayed by 2 or more hours than conventional sleep times, often seen in teenagers as a result of evolutionary processes beyond their control).

Combining her passion for Motorsport with her dedication to sleep coaching, Sam has also helped drivers improve their performance both on and off the track. Through her specialised coaching, Sam has assisted drivers in ensuring that they get the restful sleep they need to achieve their goals.

Greg McColl, Sports Psychologist and owner of The Motorsport Mind.

Greg is a specialist motorsport mental skills and performance coach, or a "motorsport mind coach.” For more than 10 years Greg has specialised in working with drivers, riders, and teams in championships including Formula 1, Formula 3, Extreme-E Racing, Formula-E, FIA WRC, British GT, British Super Bikes, and WEC to name just a few.

Greg has also worked with karters in WSK, CIK, Rotax and IAME from all over the world, helping to develop young racing driver’s mental skills.

He has worked as a part of a multidisciplinary team with the British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) and other sporting professionals including Premiership Rugby Teams, MMA Fighters, Olympic Athletes, PGA Golfers, and has provided coaching & support to high stress/high performance environment of firearms officers via The Police Firearms Officers Association through their welfare support program.

Greg is a regular guest on motorsport podcasts and has been an invited guest speaker on stress and performance at the prestigious Oxford University Students Union.

Greg is a NLP Master Practitioner Coach in addition to being a Certified and Accredited Hypnotherapist, and Qualified Nutritional Coach and Mindfulness Coach.

He is HRV Certified Heartmath Practitioner & Firstbeat Technologies Provider & also a Certified Functional Breathing Instructor.

Sacha Smith, MSc, Performance Coach.

Sacha is a highly motivated and performance driven coach, who is constantly striving to improve her clients’ performance. Sacha is a sport and exercise physiologist and performance coach with a background in environmental physiology and athletic development. As an ex-national and international gymnast, Sacha can relate to the pressures of being a young athlete and utilises this to ensure her clients are in the best physical and mental mindset throughout competition.

Sacha has worked as a physical and well-being coach for an 8-time championship winning formula one team since 2021. This has allowed her to gain valuable knowledge of the inner workings of elite sports teams, the importance of first-class organisation and how to guarantee every aspect of health and well-being is being optimised.

As a passionate yoga instructor, Sacha is aware that mobility and breathwork are key drivers for unlocking performance.

Sacha coaches athletes from international football and golf, to running and motorsports. Completing multiple courses of interest including sports massage, yoga, and nutrition she offers a well-rounded approach to coaching and optimal performance.

Sacha’s coaching style is passionate, engaging, competitive and this translates to her athlete’s success.