Royal Navy driver wins Premier UK Armed Forces karting title

A Royal Navy sailor has been crowned as the Premier champion in the 2023 Armed Forces Karting Championship.

The penultimate round of action took place at the Rowrah Circuit in Cumbria with a straight title shoot-out between Cresswell and the RAF's Jack Watson thrilling the audience.

Cresswell led from the front to win this season's trophy – his first-ever win at this level.

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Meanwhile, the Endurance title race will go down to the wire in the final round in Shennington later in the month.

Teams from RAF Benson, RAF Brize Norton and the Fleet Air Arm are all in contention for the team trophy while the RAF look certain to win the service title.

The UK Armed Forces championship is one of the biggest UK karting competitions and you can watch all the thrills and spills from Rowrah in the feature video above.