Racing driver still feels in 'limbo' over health

An 18-year-old racing driver said he felt like he was living in "limbo" while waiting for test results following health issues. In September, Will Macintyre, who grew up in Norfolk, shared on social media that he was undergoing treatment for brain and lung cancer at Milton Keynes University Hospital. Following chemotherapy treatment, he has been told his condition could be vasculitis in the brain and lungs.

He said: "I'm 18 years old, hopefully whatever it is and whatever they find out, hopefully I can smash it. " Macintyre began go-karting aged eight and became the British F4 vice-champion in 2023 and was the 2022 Ginette Junior runner-up. Macintyre said he had been having migraines that caused him to vomit and CT scans revealed swelling on his brain, which led to doctors diagnosing him with lung and brain cancer.

However, following chemotherapy treatment, he said he had been "getting worse" and was back to stage one of diagnosing what was wrong with him. He has since undergone a lung biopsy to test for vasculitis - a group of conditions that cause inflammation where the immune system attacks healthy blood vessels causing them to become swollen and narrow. He said: "It was definitely something we had to Google between us.

It's a very, very rare thing which we had never heard of. " He said the support from friends, including fellow drivers, Arvid Lindblad, Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen, had "really meant quite a lot". Macintyre's mum, Sian, said the journey from September to March had been "tough".