British Schools Karting Championship 2012 winners Caterham's Ben Dillon, 18, Alex Jobson, 17, and Ivan May Jones, 16, finished tied on 89 points with Altrincham Grammar, but beat last year's winners by way of a faster fastest lap. Dillon said: "We knew the competition would be close this year but we did not realise quite how close. It is fantastic to have won, especially as this is my last year at the school and so my final chance to secure the trophy. The team effort was superb. More than 600 teams entered the Championship in the hope of securing the prize of a visit to the renowned McLaren Technology Centre. Here, they will see where the F1 cars raced by Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton are designed and manufactured. Second placed Altrincham Grammar's team featured Max McGuire, 18, Alex Wilson, 15, and Zubair Hoque, 15, while the third placed Ponteland High School team included U18 world champion karter Matthew Graham, 17.