About FanDrive

Built in the paddock, not the boardroom

FanDrive exists because I spent years standing in paddocks full of extraordinary cars, remarkable drivers and decades of history that the people watching had no way to discover.

The gap between the paddock and the grandstand

I came to this as a racer first. I compete in a 1971 BMW 2002 in historic racing in the US under an SVRA licence, and in a Caterham Seven 270R in the UK with BARC and Caterham Motorsport. Two very different paddocks, one shared problem.

Spectators arrive at a historic meeting, see a grid of cars they'd never find anywhere else, and leave knowing almost nothing about them. Who built that car? Who's driving it? What's its story? Then the weekend ends and there's no way to follow those cars and drivers to the next one. The same is true in grassroots championships: a timing screen shows numbers and names, but the people behind them, and everything that makes the racing worth watching, stays invisible.

I saw it first at US historic events. Then I attended the Silverstone Festival and watched exactly the same thing happen here.

Organisers put enormous effort into their events, and most of that context (the cars, the drivers, the histories) is already in the paddock. It just never reaches the audience. That's the problem FanDrive is built to solve.

Two cars, two paddocks

Racing in both means I see the platform the way a driver and a spectator see it, every race weekend. If something doesn't work on a cold Saturday morning at Snetterton, I'll be the first to know.

Background

Before FanDrive I spent almost twenty years building and running technology businesses. I was CTO of two companies that were acquired, designing automated underwriting and patient-engagement platforms for the insurance and healthcare industries along the way, then ran automation as a vice president at one of the world's largest outsourcing companies. I left to co-found a software company, took it through to acquisition and stayed on to lead it as CTO and then CEO. All of it is the kind of software that has to work under pressure, at scale, every day.

That experience shapes how FanDrive is run: as a serious platform that organisers can rely on for live timing, race-day communication and driver profiles across a full season, built by someone who understands both what it takes to deliver software and what a race weekend actually demands.

Where FanDrive is today

FanDrive is Caterham Motorsport UK's Official Fan Engagement Platform and title sponsor of the FanDrive Caterham Seven 270R Championship. We are the British Automobile Racing Club's fan engagement platform partner, with all five Caterham Motorsport UK championships and the MINI CHALLENGE Trophy already live and the aim of bringing every BARC championship onto FanDrive for the 2027 season.

Let's talk

If you run a championship, a club or an event, and want your paddock to be part of the spectator experience, I'd welcome a conversation.

Sean Murphy Founder, FanDrive