Car mad Robbie Robertshaw has been named one of Britain's best young drivers - three years before he can officially take to the highway.
The 14-year-old proved himself a wizz at the annual Young Driver Challenge, where tests included navigating tight chicanes, an obstacle course and, that most dreaded of all motoring tasks, parallel parking.
"It was quite nerve wracking because I was at the bottom end of the age group so everyone else was quite a lot taller than me," said the Newark-on-Trent schoolboy.
Despite this Robbie, who attends Grantham King's School, came second in the competition's 14-16 category, which took place at the NEC in Birmingham on September 5.
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It was a proud moment for the former go-karter as Robbie's love for cars, wheels and motoring dates back more than a decade years.
"I remember one Christmas I asked for one of those toy cars that you sit in, and use your feet to run around with. You couldn't get me out of that, I just loved it," he said.
"I can't wait until I can drive. My first car will probably be a Ford KA or something like that and after that I'm not quite sure, I quite like Audis."
Far from aspiring to be the next Lewis Hamilton, Robbie has dreams of owning his own bus company, which is how he fell into driving in the first place.
Robbie's dad, Kevin, a 44-year-old railway project manager said: "We were looking for a bus driving experience for his 11th birthday.
"We couldn't find one but we did come across Young Driver. So we got him a driving lesson. He was a natural straight away. He's always seemed a little ahead of himself I guess.
"Once you've showed him how to do something, he can do it."
The Young Driver scheme was set up in 2009 with the aim of creating safer newly qualified drivers.
The 14-year-old proved himself a wizz at the annual Young Driver Challenge, where tests included navigating tight chicanes, an obstacle course and, that most dreaded of all motoring tasks, parallel parking.
"It was quite nerve wracking because I was at the bottom end of the age group so everyone else was quite a lot taller than me," said the Newark-on-Trent schoolboy.
Despite this Robbie, who attends Grantham King's School, came second in the competition's 14-16 category, which took place at the NEC in Birmingham on September 5.
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It was a proud moment for the former go-karter as Robbie's love for cars, wheels and motoring dates back more than a decade years.
"I remember one Christmas I asked for one of those toy cars that you sit in, and use your feet to run around with. You couldn't get me out of that, I just loved it," he said.
"I can't wait until I can drive. My first car will probably be a Ford KA or something like that and after that I'm not quite sure, I quite like Audis."
Far from aspiring to be the next Lewis Hamilton, Robbie has dreams of owning his own bus company, which is how he fell into driving in the first place.
Robbie's dad, Kevin, a 44-year-old railway project manager said: "We were looking for a bus driving experience for his 11th birthday.
"We couldn't find one but we did come across Young Driver. So we got him a driving lesson. He was a natural straight away. He's always seemed a little ahead of himself I guess.
"Once you've showed him how to do something, he can do it."
The Young Driver scheme was set up in 2009 with the aim of creating safer newly qualified drivers.
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