TROWBRIDGE racer Guy Cunnington will represent Great Britain in the World Karting Championships next week after completing a Hollywood-style comeback to take the British title last month, writes JONATHAN LEIGHFIELD.

Down in fifth place in the Senior Rotax standings and trailing the leader by 10 points, 17-year-old Cunnington won all four remaining races in the final round at his home track Forest Edge – including a last-race decider against the driver in second – to claim the trophy in his debut season of senior racing.

The Wiltshire teenager described how a last-race decider was to be his most nervous moment of the weekend, but one nip-and-tuck battle later, Cunnington came out on top and was able to reflect on a magical weekend for him and his team.

He said: “A lot of people were saying it was pretty much impossible to do, and I was told quite a lot of negative things like: ‘You’re not going to do it’. That acted as motivation for me and it meant even more to win.

“The first final – I got pushed right back at the start, but I worked really hard and managed to take the lead after about 15 minutes.

“I just about held on which meant I started the second final on pole again.

“In that race, it was me against the guy in second next to me.

“That was the worst point for nerves, when I was sitting on the grid waiting to go right next to the only guy who could stop me winning.

“We followed each other around for the whole race, we had a good battle, but in the end, I managed to hold on and win.”

Cunnington will now travel to Italy on Friday, October 18 for the World Championships, where he will compete against up to 79 other drives for a spot in Saturday’s final.

The 17-year-old explained that only 34 drivers can be on track at one time, so due to the knockout format of the competition, his main goal is simply to be there for the premier race on the final day while attempting to make anyone who has supported him proud of their boy.

Cunnington said: “I’ll give it my best go to make everyone who has supported me proud, of course.

“I know it will be tough because I’ve never been to the track before, whereas most people I’ll be racing against have been to the track a few times at least.

“It’s a completely different track that I’ve never driven before. I’ve got a lot to get used to in a very small amount of time.

“But as long as I make it into the final race where whoever wins that race is crowned champion, then I’ll be happy.

“If I get a result in that race, then I’d be more than happy, but we’ll just have to see what we can do.”