Briton´s got talent: Scott Redding talks through history making Donington victory

It was a history-making race in every sense; the 125cc bwin.com British Grand Prix saw the youngest Grand Prix podium, a first British winner at Donington Park and -when the dust settled- a youngest World Championship victor in 15 year-old Scott Redding.

The Gloucestershire rookie, blooded early on the world stage after some peerless performances in the CEV Buckler Spanish Championship, had the weight of a nation on his young shoulders as they put their hopes in him for the opening Sunday race. He was starting from fourth on the grid, with a view to victory at a track which -despite his nationality- he had only raced at once before.

Whilst polite queuing is a British trait, Redding had to be forceful in search of the holeshot, as he explained with the adrenaline still pumping through his veins. `I pushed at the first corner, with (Marc) Marquez and (Simone) Corsi; they touched and I just went round the outside and hoped for the best. I pushed and pushed, thinking that I was either going to crash or win the race.´

The Blusens Aprilia rider managed to close down leader Andrea Iannone for his troubles, and piled the pressure on the Italian after sensing fear. `He kept looking back, so I knew he was worried,´ added Redding. `I kept at him, and then the wind on Craner Curve took him off. After that I just took things steady and brought it home.´

The taste of victory was sweet for the home rider, but he now has an added hunger for podiums to satiate in his first World Championship season.

`It´s another record broken, but I´m going to try to break some more and get a few more podiums this year,´ concluded the teenager, and few would doubt that he is capable of doing so.