8= LEEBROOKES

Wins: 11 Years in the series: 1993-1995 Brookes: “I jumped straight into the Renault UK Clio Cup from karting, so it was really an eye opener for me. It was a competitive series even then with some very strong drivers in there. I finished fourth in my first attempt at the championship and then third the year after – but there had been some incidents with the champion John Bintcliffe.

“It was just as hard in 1995. At the start of the year, we had a good offer from Harlow Motorsport, which was the top team then, but my dad and I decided to run the car ourselves. We managed to beat them all, which was certainly memorable.”