JASON TAYLER KÄSMANN IS TO BECOME A SCORPIO MOTORSPORT GB4 DRIVER

Half a year ago, I was sitting alone after another long day of calls, proposals, rejections and polite smiles. We had just launched Scorpio eSports and later introduced the RaceGen to the world. I was full of belief. Full of fire. And yet everywhere I turned, I heard the same sentence: “It’s impossible, Ivan.”

They told me sim racing is just a game. They told me real motorsport doesn’t forgive fairy tales. They told me you cannot take a driver from GT7 and place him directly into an open-wheel car. They told me there are steps you cannot skip, walls you cannot climb, doors that do not open without money. What they didn’t understand is that I was never trying to skip steps. I was trying to build a new staircase.

Today, my hands are shaking and I am crying as I write this. Because Jason Kasmann will become a Scorpio Motorsport GB4 (formerly known as BRDC Formula 4) driver.

Jason becomes the first driver in our team’s history to step from the simulator into a real race car. But more than that - he will become the first driver in the history of world motorsport to go directly from GT7 into an open-wheel machine.

Jason does not come from wealth. He does not come from a racing dynasty. He comes from a family with a small income and a heart that refused to give up. I have seen him fight for every tenth, for every opportunity, for every bit of feedback. I have seen the doubt he hides and the courage he shows anyway. I have seen the hunger in his eyes.

And I cannot ignore that.

As the founder of RaceGen, I believe in Jason so deeply that I will personally cover part of the expenses required to run the car during his test day (which is thousands, saying this just to emphasise how much I believe in him). The other part will be covered by Jonathan Pettitt, the owner of Scorpio Motorsport. Two men putting their own resources behind a young driver because we believe the world is wrong about what is possible.

Right now, we are planning one test day later this year. We do not have an exact date because Jason must first obtain his race licence. If the test day goes well, we will push for sponsorship to support further testing and a full 2027 season campaign. But first, he must sit in that car. First, he must feel the engine behind his back and the wind around his helmet. And about that helmet…

For his race licence driving tests, I will give Jason my own helmet and race gear. The same helmet that carries my own unfinished story. My own sacrifices. My own races. I will never race professionally again. That chapter of my life is closed. But I refuse to let the story end there. Motorsport is a relay race. Sometimes you don’t get to carry the baton all the way to the finish. Sometimes your role is to pass it on.

Jason, I am passing it to you.

However, to travel to the UK and continue his progression, Jason will need support. He will eventually require his own race gear and funding for travel and preparation. For that reason, we have set up a fundraiser. Any contribution, no matter the size, brings us closer to rewriting a piece of motorsport history together. This is not for charity. It is a direct participation in change. Support Jason here

Jason, take the helmet. Take your turn in this relay race. I will stand behind you every step of the way. I will carry the weight so you can carry the speed. I will fight every battle off track so you can fight for every position on it.

Start writing your own racing history now. And when you roll out of the pit lane for the first time, remember - you are not alone in that car. You carry every person who believed in you when the world said it couldn’t be done.