Enfield kart racing driver Shane White has won the Rookie Championship and came fifth overall in his first series in the Superone Series of Karting.

The talented 14-year-old exceeded expectations after taking to the sport and due to his victory he has now earned a place to represent Team GB at Le Mans France Iame World Finals next week.

His father Anthony White, who owns his own courier business, has helped fund his son through this year in karting, the same series Lewis Hamilton won when he first started.

He said: “It was a great feeling, it has been hard work to get him where he is now as this is his third year in the karting industry.

“At one point we were going to let it go as it can be quite challenging and without huge sponsorships it is tough.

“But we got through it and hopefully this win will bring some luck for us in 2017.”

White has always been involved in karting in some way as he would take to the track when on holiday in Spain with his family.

It was not until he met one of his idols’ siblings where things started to fall into place for the Lea Valley High School pupil.

His father said: “We found an indoor karting track and he started to race there and it was when he raced against Nicolas Hamilton, Lewis’ brother, that things progressed.

“He helped us with where we could go karting and how he could turn professional.

“From there we found a team but the results were just not quite there and where we wanted them to be.

“But the team he is with now, Litchfield Motorsport, can see the talent he has and they have watched him progress from when we started.

“They saw the talent in him and took him to race and the result he has today.”

The world finals take place at the Le Mans International Circuit from Monday until the following Sunday.

His father said White could not contain his excitement and hopes to someday join Formula One or the British Racing Cars circuit.

The 48-year-old added: “Shane has been ecstatic. A lot of people thought he couldn’t do it and that he didn’t have the experience.

“But it proves to show when you are with a winning team who have an interest in you and believe in you he has made it in the sport.

“I think that is what was important to him and it has worked well. We are very excited for France and we still are excited to be given the chance to go.

“We are focusing on that first and once that is finished we have to focus on next year. It will be tough as he will not be a rookie or in there as an expert junior.

“But he will absolutely be a front runner. I am just hoping a fisherman comes along and catches the right fish and hopefully that will go into helping Shane to where he wants to be.”