Rebecca Jackson

Rebecca Jackson is an English racing driver and television presenter, and former motor dealer. Early life Jackson was born in 1982 in Horndean, Hampshire. Her engineer father restored classic cars and competed in the annual Birkett 6 Hour Team Relay Race at Silverstone race circuit, and her mother is a driving instructor. Jackson learned to drive in a farm in Devon, with her first competitive motorsport a precision driving autosolo competition which she won. She passed her driving test aged 17 after two months of lessons. and purchased her first car – a Peugeot 205 1.4 GR, continuing to use farmland to practise precision driving. Jackson studied natural science for a year at the University of Bath, before changing institution to Bath Spa University, graduating in 2004 with a 2:1 degree in business studies.