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F1 in sight for Walker

James Walker admits that he is aiming for a Formula One race seat next season. The Jerseyman, who began his single seater career at the age of eighteen and is currently placed third in the World Series by Renault standings, first came to fruition by winning the scholarship class of the 2003 British Formula Ford championship.

With a full-time racing career beginning in only 2002, Walker started out on the racing map some ten years later in life than the likes of compatriot Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso but is enjoying a competitive season for P1 Motorsport in 2009, claiming a win at Spa in Round 4 followed by a podium place with third at the most recent race in Monaco.

"To be Jersey's first F1 driver would be massive, not just for me but for the whole island," he said to The Sun. "Enthusiasm for motorsport in Jersey is huge, it's an important part of life there; I'm very proud of where I come from and I think the people of Jersey are beginning to realise the potential - I have quite a few potential supporters."

Although Jersey has never yielded an F1 driver, perhaps its most famous F1-related resident to date is Derek Warwick, who now owns a Honda dealership on the isle, off the coast of Normandy. "The plan is that, if I win the championship, I'll jump straight into F1," James continued. "I'm proving now that - if I'm in the right car - I'm quick and I'm going to win; form like that is going to win the championship and that's what F1 teams are looking for."

One of the Englishman's biggest inspirations is Andy Priaulx, Guernseyman and World Touring Car Champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007. "He made me realise people do go out from the Channel Islands and do big things," 25-year-old Walker added. "It's all starting now - the only way is up."

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