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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGB3 Championship race winner Will Macintyre announced his cancer diagnosis on Instagram.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGB3 Championship race winner Will Macintyre announced his cancer diagnosis on Instagram.<\/p>\n
Macintyre raced in the GB3 Championship, the same series that is led by Australian Alex Ninovic.<\/p>\n
Macintyre won the third race of this season at Silverstone and was a podium finisher with Elite Motorsport at Zandvoort and the Hungaroring.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the 18-year-old revealed he was undergoing treatment for brain and lung cancer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very different post to usual, but I\u2019ll just spit it out. Over the past few months, I haven\u2019t quite felt myself and now it\u2019s starting to make a bit more sense as to why,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been diagnosed with both brain and lung cancer. Sadly, it\u2019s as serious as it sounds!<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amazing team at Milton Keynes Hospital have already been incredible in helping put a plan together for how I\u2019m going to fight this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Macintyre said that the diagnosis has put a halt to his racing endeavours while he undergoes treatment.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, this does mean I won\u2019t be racing for the foreseeable future,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut rest assured the second I\u2019m able to, I\u2019ll be back behind the wheel where I belong.<\/p>\n
\u201cA massive thank you goes to my family and friends for their support and to everyone who continues to back me through this unexpected detour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elite Motorsport said it would support Macintyre and his family where possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not the kind of news we ever imagined sharing but it\u2019s important that we stand alongside Will Macintyre as he shared his journey,\u201d an Elite Motorsport statement read.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who knows Will knows the strength and determination he carries both on and off the track. With the incredible support of the team at MK Hospital, a treatment plan is already in place, and the fight is underway.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a team, our priority is to support Will and his family through every step of this challenge. Will is, and always will be, a huge part of Elite Motorsport. Together, we\u2019ll face this detour head-on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only last month, Macintyre celebrated his 18th birthday. The teenager is part of the BRDC Rising Star program and finished fifth in last year\u2019s GB3 Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy aim is obviously to win the driver\u2019s title,\u201d Macintyre said earlier this year, upon announcing his GB3 return.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoyed a pretty positive first year in GB3, showing very good pace and results as well as leading the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learnt a lot and overall, the season made me a faster and a more mature driver.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a close relationship with everyone at Elite thanks to running with them earlier in my career and we enjoyed much success together.<\/p>\n
\u201cEd and the guys have always been very welcoming while overall, it\u2019s an incredibly nice environment for me to be in.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very impressed with Elite\u2019s performance this year and I\u2019m really looking forward to hopefully continuing our previous success from Ginetta Juniors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two rounds remain in the 2025 GB3 Championship at Donington and Monza. Ninovic leads a trio of Australians, with Patrick Heuzenroeder second and Gianmarco Pradel third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GB3 Championship race winner Will Macintyre announced his cancer diagnosis on Instagram. Macintyre raced in the GB3 Championship,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,103246,806,805,803,804,6490,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-154480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-gb3","11":"tag-motor","12":"tag-motor-sports","13":"tag-motosport","14":"tag-motosports","15":"tag-slot3","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}