Robbie Kerr: I was contacted by John Surtees and put forward to represent Great Britain, I was invited to a shoot-out at Brands Hatch with several other drivers. We drove an old Formula 3000 car, just to see how you work with team and to assess you. A couple of months later he contacted me and told me I'd been chosen as one of the two drivers to represent GB. At that particular time I didn't have a fixed drive, so it was a fantastic opportunity.

Robbie Kerr: It isn't really a feeder category, it's a World Cup of motorsport, much like the football World Cup. The idea is to pick drivers to represent each country and get behind them, and then see which country wins, - it comes down to teamwork and whoever is sitting in the driver's seat.

Robbie Kerr: Yeah, when you're out on the circuit the gloves are off, and you're out to do everything you can to be on that top step of the podium. Once the racing stops, as in football, people socialise and it is probably a more relaxed atmosphere. The noise when I took the lead (at Donington Park) was incredible.

You really feel are driving for your nation. It's like stepping out on a football pitch with an England shirt on, giving your all for your nation.

Robbie Kerr: F1 is the pinnacle, the top of the sport, and obviously the task there is very hard. It's a pyramid effect, there are less and less seats the further you go up and the more professional it becomes, and so you just have to keep pushing yourself on any world stage to perform and show what you can do. When everyone else is off signing their contracts, we're off driving.