{"id":37104,"date":"2023-09-20T15:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T13:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1893136"},"modified":"2023-09-20T21:58:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T19:58:48","slug":"who-are-billy-monger-and-his-sister-bonny-celebrity-race-across-the-world-2023-cast","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-are-billy-monger-and-his-sister-bonny-celebrity-race-across-the-world-2023-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Billy Monger and his sister Bonny? Celebrity Race Across The World 2023 cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s everything you need to know about the sports pundit as he takes on Celebrity Race Across the World. <\/p>

By Grace Henry\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 20 September 2023 at 13:36 PM<\/p>

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The race begins this week on Celebrity Race Across the World 2023<\/a>, and one of the celebs taking on the challenge is British racing driver and pundit Billy Monger.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll be joined by his sister Bonny as they attempt to take on a journey across 24 countries and over 10,000km, starting from Morocco and ending in Norway.<\/p>\n

Celebrity Race Across the World was due to take place on Wednesday 13th September<\/a>, however, was pushed back in light of the earthquake in Morocco.<\/p>\n

The season will now kick off on Wednesday 20th September, and will see Billy and Bonny competing against the likes of singer Melanie Blatt<\/a> and her mother Helene, broadcaster Alex Beresford and his dad Noel<\/a>, and McFly\u2019s Harry Judd and his mum Emma<\/a>, who all make up the Celebrity Race Across the World 2023 line-up.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Billy Monger and his sister Bonny.<\/p>\n

Who is Billy Monger?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Billy Monger.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Age:<\/strong>\u00a024<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong>\u00a0Racing driver, commentator and pundit<\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong>\u00a0@billymongerracing<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter:<\/strong>\u00a0@BillyMonger<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicknamed Billy Whizz, Billy is a racing driver who raced in British F4 in 2016 and 17.<\/p>\n

Following his 18th birthday, Billy was severely injured\u00a0in a collision at Donington Park that resulted in both of his legs having to be amputated, one below and the other above the knee.<\/p>\n

After treatment and therapy, Billy returned to competition in November the same year \u2013 and in 2018, he was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Monger was awarded the\u00a0BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award\u00a0for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n

Since 2019, Monger has provided analysis for Channel 4 F1 and and has worked on the broadcaster\u2019s Paralympic Games coverage and the Parasport presenting team.<\/p>\n

He also competed in the Formula 3 based Euroformula Open championship for Carlin Motorsport, achieving his first single seater race win at the\u00a02019 Pau Grand Prix.<\/p>

What have Billy and Bonny said about taking part in Celebrity Race Across the World?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Billy is hoping that he and Bonny will impress viewers, saying: \u201cI think we\u2019ve proved them wrong. I hope they\u2019ll be pleasantly surprised by what we were able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pundit also opened up about the difficulty of travelling in different countries due to the lack of infrastructure for disabled people. On their first day in Morocco, the brother-sister team took on work at a tannery but Billy was unable to do the same work as Bonny.<\/p>\n

Bonny was tasked with dyeing animal skins and was forced to climb into huge wooden tubs filled with pigeon droppings and ammonia, however, Billy was unable to do this same task so was given a different role.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ended up carrying a lot of dried goat skins around the place for a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were a lot of cobbles, I was trying to make sure I didn\u2019t stack it in front of everyone on day one of the trip. I think considering what Bon had to do, I feel like I got away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also explained how the 30-day challenge was tough on his stumps, adding: \u201cYou have to know your body. Over the six years I\u2019ve been a double amputee, I know when I need to ease it back for like a day or two, but that was the one thing we didn\u2019t have on this trip.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Billy experimented with some interesting food choices including a camel burger, Bonny tried to avoid foods she thought she wouldn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get very hangry and if I\u2019d paid for something that was a bit weird I would have lost it, so I kept it safe with Oreos and Pringles,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

When does Celebrity Race Across the World 2023 start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The first episode of will start on BBC One at 9pm on Wednesday 20th September 2023.<\/p>\n

Episodes will then air weekly at the same time.<\/p>