During his career Ian has been fortunate to work with some of the best race engineers and personnel in the business. This allied to being brought up in an engineering family has really helped Ian develop his skills in setting up and developing race cars. When combining his Intricate knowledge of the mechanical workings of a race car and his analytical abilities when driving them has made Ian one of the top driver coaches available. Ian has been affiliated with Blackforest motorsport for the past 7 years, as well as holding positions with Skip Barber and the Mid Ohio schools, Ian now concentrates on Private coaching in tandem with his racing activities.

"To be honest I really enjoy coaching people, there are few things as rewarding as gradually seeing people get quicker and meet there target times as they progress and their ability levels increase" (Ian James)