He switched to the much more powerful Formula Vauxhall Lotus single seaters in 1988, ending his second year in the championship as runner-up.

Driving for the newly formed, factory based works Peugeot team, he competed for two seasons in the series, working with the factory race engineers to develop the Peugeot 405 touring car and finishing a creditable sixteenth, in the top half of a hugely competitive international field.

After leaving the BTCC Eugene drove a Callaway Corvette with Rocky Augusta in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in the GT2 Class.

With his wide experience of different cars and classes, as well as all the UK race tracks and many European circuits, Eugene is now focussed on driver development and coaching where his clients have ranged from historic racers to Ginetta Juniors.

Having held an ARDS Grade S licence for over 20 years, and with track prepared Mazda MX5s on hand at his workshops near Silverstone,together with race car set up facilities and data logging, Eugene believes that racing drivers at all levels, like competitors in other sports like tennis, golf and horse riding, will always benefit from expert coaching.