{"id":1150,"date":"2023-09-21T04:22:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T08:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=289134"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:03:23","slug":"who-are-billy-and-bonny-monger-on-celebrity-race-across-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2023\/09\/21\/who-are-billy-and-bonny-monger-on-celebrity-race-across-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Billy and Bonny Monger on Celebrity Race Across The World?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Billy and<\/strong> Bonny Monger on Race Across The World’s celebrity cast are taking on 10,000km from Morocco to Norway, visiting 24 countries as they go. They are one pair of four famous parents and their loved ones setting out to complete the ultimate race. Billy Monger was in a crash in 2017. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a Formula 1 racer who lost his legs in a crash aged 17. Billy Monger had both his legs amputated after being involved in a high-speed horror smash at Donington Park in April 2017. Now, he’s joining Race Across The World<\/a> with the support of his sister, Bonny, by his side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Who is Billy on Race Across The World?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Billy Monger \u2013 or \u201cBilly Whizz\u201d \u2013 is a 21-year-old British racing driver, who raced in British F4 in 2016 and 2017. It all started at the age of three. His father, a former kart racer, bought him his first go-kart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before his accident, he was heavily involved in kart racing all over the UK and the Channel Islands, as well as a successful Ginetta Junior racer. Then in 2019 and\u00a02020, he gave analysis for Channel 4<\/a>\u2019s F1 coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to compete in the Formula 3 Euroformula Open championship for Carlin\u00a0Motorsport \u2013 who he currently races for. Billy achieved his first single-seater\u00a0race\u00a0win in the Pau Grand Prix in May 2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n