It has been in operation since 1983 and is regarded as the premier karting championship in the UK, producing professional drivers including Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Alexander Albon, Dan Wheldon, Anthony Davidson, Jason Plato, Zhou Guanyu and more.
This continued up till 1990 when Super 1 secured the rights to decide the British champion over the course of the series.
Over the years, the Super 1 series has produced champions that have gone on to race in Formula 1 such as David Coulthard, Will Stevens, Allan McNish, Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson, Paul di Resta, Ralph Firman and Lewis Hamilton.
Other drivers who have won a Super 1 championship and who have gone on to professional motor racing include Gary Paffett, Mike Conway, Dan Wheldon, Ben Hanley, Oliver Jarvis, Oliver Rowland and Billy Monger.
He went on to finish the season in first place in the championship, winning the Honda Cadet class [1] Another Notable driver who now competes in the Formula E Championship after a controversial racing career is Dan Ticktum, who won the Bamford Kart Club Winter Series in 2008 while also competing in the Super 1 National kart Championship, coming in 11th place against the likes of Connor Mills who came in 2nd that year, (91 points ahead of 11th place Dan Ticktum) who in 2012 won the Super 1 National Minimax Kart Championship, narrowly beating F1 driver Lando Norris.