Will Macintyre, the teenage racing driver, has thanked the F1 and wider motorsport community for its “unbelievable” support after he was diagnosed with brain and lung cancer.

Macintyre, who has competed in the GB3 single-seater championship in 2025, announced last week that he is to step away from motorsport “for the foreseeable future” after being diagnosed with cancer of the lung and brain.

Will Macintyre thanks F1 and motorsport community for ‘unbelievable’ support

The 18-year-old, who previously finished as runner up in the Ginetta Junior Championship and British F4 in 2022 and 2023 respectively, confirmed the news in a post on social media.

Macintyre wrote: “This is a very different post to usual, but I’ll just spit it out.

“Over the past few months, I haven’t quite felt myself a

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