A championship winning racing driver has turned his hand to writing as he puts the world to rights in his new book.

Eddie Hall describes himself as the UK’s youngest grumpy old man and combines karting and writing with his day job as a web engineer.

It is a combination, he says, that has all stemmed from his childhood dream of being a Formula One star.

Eddie, 30, from Chipping Hill, Witham, said: “The racing was definitely my first passion and everything else has fallen into place from there.

Read more in this week's Times.