Watch Alonso go from last to first in a kart race

Ride onboard with Fernando Alonso as he goes from last to first in a little over two laps during a kart race.

Alonso took to Daytona at Sandown Park to put his kart skills to the test after the British Grand Prix, with the McLaren driver having just scored his first world championship point of 2015.

The double world champion set the third fastest time on the circuit's 'Superstars' board while also taking in a race at the circuit. Starting from the back of the grid, Alonso was running last heading in to the first corner but a little over two laps later was leading the race.

Check out Alonso's performance with an onboard video below:

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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