A month ago Tony Autridge had never driven on a race track.
But for the past week the Wellingtonian has been tearing it up at Silverstone.
Autridge was New Zealand’s representative at the GT Academy - which aims to turn playstation racers into real life racing car drivers.
This year 1.8 million wannabe race drivers tried to qualify.
3 News motorsport reporter Shaun Summerfield looks at the GT Academy contenders, who are all vying for top spot.
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