4 MIKEBUSHELL

Wins: 16 Years in series: 2012-2014, 2016-2017 Bushell: “I remember always watching the British Touring Car Championship and the support races and the guys who I had been karting against were in Renault Clios. It seemed like the natural way for me to go as I had been racing Ford Fiestas for a season.

“I joined in 2012, and it was a baptism of fire: I wrote off two cars in my first three rounds. It was like pinball!

“The racing was so tough. When I won my first title in 2014, there was so much competition. I was with Pyro and the team taught me a heck of lot. Then, when I came back to the series in 2016, it was another learning process again. The level of competition was so high that I had to up my game against all the new drivers that were there and had brilliant racecraft.

“If I had to stop racing tomorrow, I would look back on the two Renault UK Clio Cup trophies I have and be very, very proud.”