BRIDGWATER racing driver Josh Fisher will follow in the tyre tracks of his friend Jensen Button next year, with the backing of local company Crypton Technology Group.

The 19-year-old former Haygrove School student is to move up from the Formula BMW UK series, in which he finished third last year, to the British Formula 3 Championship.

It is the recognised nursery for Formula 1 drivers - every world champion for the last 20 years has been a graduate of F3 and 21 of the 25 drivers who competed in F1 last year came through it, including Button, whose home is in Frome.