Go-faster Guy

Bankers who risk billions every day at work often turn out to be adrenaline addicts in their spare time. Guy Hands, the UK's highest-paid financier and enigmatic leader of Nomura's principal finance group is one such. He has just pumped a sizeable chunk of his £40 million-a-year package into Rockingham motor-racing track in Northamptonshire, the first purpose-built oval track to open in the UK since 1907.

Bankers who risk billions every day at work often turn out to be adrenaline addicts in their spare time. Guy Hands, the UK’s highest-paid financier and enigmatic leader of Nomura’s principal finance group is one such. He has just pumped a sizeable chunk of his £40 million-a-year package into Rockingham motor-racing track in Northamptonshire, the first purpose-built oval track to open in the UK since 1907.

“Motor speedway will be one of the fastest-growing spectator sports of the next millennium, and the Rockingham site is perfect in terms of location and size,” enthuses Hands.

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