In just three racing seasons, Guy Harrington has established himself as one of Britain’s brightest motorsport talents, rocketing from schoolboy to championship winner and international race victor. His path to track glory began in 2004, appropriately enough at the wheel of a Caterham 7, the archetypal British sports car and a close relative of the Lotus 7.

Harrington Junior’s impact was immediate: despite being one of the youngest in the field, he won outright the fiercely competitive Caterham Academy, a series designed to take raw racing recruits through every step of the learning process. Unfazed by the competition, Harrington started his season as he meant it to continue, winning the championship’s opening round, at Oulton Park.