Andy Priaulx

Like other champions it began with karting, although not many did so on the country lanes of a small island. But did you know that Andy has also held motocross, powerboating and hillclimb titles? Or that he twice achieved clean sweeps of British championships by winning every event in a whole season?

Watch the rise of one of Britain's most successful recent drivers, and see how it is still possible to climb to the top of the motorsport pile fuelled not by money but by outrageous talent alone:

• The Guernsey Years, 1982-92
• British Hillclimbing, 1995
• Renault Spiders, 1998-99
• British Formula 3, 2000-01
• British Touring Cars, 2002
• European Touring Cars, 2003-04
• World Touring Cars, 2005

For more about Andy's racing pedigree, see andy in profile and biography sections

"He's also starting to tell me exactly what the car is doing. Initially it was all big balls and phenomenal car control." - Ron Hand who built and ran Andy's first championship hillclimb car. Andy was 19.

"Absolutely the most devastating display of raw talent the sport has witnessed in 20 years." - Autosport on Andy's performance in the BTCC Honda Civic R in 2002.