TEENAGE KICKS: GETTING STARTED IN JUNIOR CIRCUIT RACING

There can hardly have ever been a better time than now for budding racers in the UK to get out on track early racing cars for real. You can do just that from as young as 14 years of age, in one of the country’s specialist junior championships.

Governing body Motorsport UK is strict with its awarding of junior championship licenses and, with it, exacting in their required standards – understandable given everything. For this country’s racers aged 14-plus there are currently four junior championship options, each with their own prospectus.

Motorsport News outlines the pros, and perhaps some cons, of each in turn.

FIESTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

The British Racing and Sports Car Club’s Fiesta Junior Championship celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and the championship’s alumni include British Touring Car Championship race-winner Aiden Moffat and British Formula 4 race-winner Joseph Loake.

And the on-track racing on its 16-race calendar is only part of what it offers young drivers. “I’m a teacher, so I take the education of children