Why decide who the best driver is over a whole season where the budget and team play a big role? Why not put drivers head-to-head in a shoot-out situation with experts watching their every move to decide which driver is best? That's what Grand Prix Shootout is all about.

We are going to assess drivers from all over the world, choose the most talented and do our best to take them all the way to Formula 1.

Who should enter? If you want to prove you're the best up and coming driver in the world AND you want a chance to get the funding to make it all the way to Formula 1, then you need to enter Grand Prix Shootout.

In round 1 drivers will spend a day being assessed in a saloon car. Each driver will spend the day at the Bruntingthorpe proving ground under the guiding eye of Rob Wilson, following the same format he used to select the drivers for Honda F1's young driver programme.

The most promising 8 drivers will be invited to take part in the Final which will take place on 8th & 9th September at the Pembrey racing circuit in Wales. All cars will be prepared by Raikkonen Robertson Racing.

Drivers will spend a full day testing a Formula BMW racing car. They will work with the engineers to set the best time possible over the course of the day. The whole process will be a test of key skills such as driving ability, communication, stamina, technical understanding, problem solving and the ability to learn.

The panel of judges will choose one winner.

The winning driver will be given a full season of racing with Raikkonen Robertson Racing in the Formula BMW Europe Championship in 2011.

The driver will receive a salary and expenses, as well as a full fitness programme with top F1 driver fitness specialists Pro Performance to allow them to compete at the highest level. It is hoped that, towards the end of the season, our driver will have demonstrated that they are a future Formula 1 star.

At this point we will launch a public share issue. We will launch shares in the future career earnings of our driver to raise the necessary budget to take them to Formula 1.

We have partnered with Chantrey Vellacott DFK who were responsible for the successful IPO for Justin Wilson PLC. The driver will sign a management contract with a yet to be confirmed percentage of their earnings to go towards the shareholders.

Although we are currently in the midst of a global financial upheaval, indications are that this will have abated by late 2010. Our IPO will have a particular appeal to fans and people in the industry and should not be judged in the same way as normal shares.

Provided we have a successful IPO, we will compete in British Formula 3 in 2012 with Raikkonen Robertson Racing and then the GP2 Series in 2013.

By then, we hope to have a budget big enough to give our driver a foothold in Formula 1, assuming they have impressed in the other formulae.

Originally from Dublin, David graduated from Trinity College and decided to pursue a career in motorsport. He has spent the last fifteen years working in Formula 1 communications, including almost ten years with Williams F1.

Other clients have included TAG McLaren Marketing, Jordan Grand Prix, Jaguar Racing, Damon Hill, Eddie Irvine and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Peter Windsor has been at the forefront of Formula 1 since the 70's. He was the motorsport editor for the British weekly magazine Autocar from the late 1970s until 1985.

He became more directly involved by managing drivers such as Nigel Mansell and Carlos Reutemann before becoming team manager with Williams F1. He also managed Ferrari's UK based technical centre.

Peter is the Grand Prix Editor of "F1 Racing", the biggest selling F1 magazine in the world and current voice of motorsport with Speed TV in the U.S. and Channel 10 in Australia. He is also the official post-race interviewer at F1 races.

Most recently, Peter has launched his own US based Formula 1 team which will compete in the 2010 Formula 1 season.

Many F1 insiders consider Rob Wilson to be the leading driver coach in the world. He coaches many current F1 drivers and works closely with Williams and McLaren. Working with Peter Windsor, he selected the drivers for Honda's young driver programme.

There are a number of "young driver" programmes in motorsport. However, none of them are as international or accessible as Grand Prix Shootout. Grand Prix Shootout is a genuinely global competition and is not at all exclusive. Anyone can enter and that means the only thing you have to do is show us your talent.

We can offer you a fair way to compare yourself to everyone at your level in the world. At the moment there are so many classes of racing all over the world that nobody knows who the best new drivers are. If you win Grand Prix Shootout, you will instantly stand out as one of the best new talents the world has to offer.

Grand Prix Shootout can offer you a fast, direct route to Formula 1 without any further financial input from you. You will have access to the best people and equipment which can make all the difference between success and failure.

Just entering Grand Prix Shootout might be enough to raise your profile in your home country or region. This could help you get the media coverage or sponsorship required to make a difference to your career.

Reaching the Final will show that you are an extremely promising driver and will be very impressive on your racing CV.

You can use your Grand Prix Shootout profile as a promotional tool. This may help you get more exposure than just relying on your own website.

Formed in 2004 by Kimi Raikkonen, Steve Robertson and David Robertson, Raikkonen Robertson Racing has become one of the most prominent teams in the junior levels of formula racing. Using the experience and expertise that saw Kimi Raikkonen rise form the junior levels of the sport to Formula One World Champion, the team provides an environment to help develop and train young drivers from across the world.

Competing in its first year of British F3 in 2005, the team took its first win in its 11th race weekend. In just its second year in F3, the team won the championship, following a dominant performance by Mike Conway. The team won 14 races that season, including five wins by Conway’s team mate Bruno Senna.

In 2007, Double R joined the Formula BMW UK championship, winning in only its third race, with Czech driver Josef Kral. The team went on to take a total of four wins that season, to finish third in the team standings.

In 2008 Double R were proud to be one of only three British teams to take part in the new Formula BMW Europe championship. The Formula BMW Europe championship sees drivers from 16 years old race at several European rounds of the Formula One World Championship.

The team is based on the outskirts of Woking in England, and also had a permanent test facility at the Pembrey circuit in south Wales.

We are proud to have an association with the historic Abarth brand.

The Oxford Brookes School of Technology is well known for its automotive and motorsports technology/engineering courses leading to undergraduate BSc (Hons), BEng (Hons) and MEng (Hons) degrees.

Due to the close links between Oxford Brookes and a number of Formula 1 teams around Oxfordshire, the syllabus development for the undergraduate and post graduate courses is carried out in collaboration with F1 teams.

Over the decade, the school has developed a niche for producing Formula 1 design and race engineers, who go on to build championship winning cars, participating in the FIA Formula 1 Championships.

Formula One champion Fernando Alonso provides scholarships for masters degree students to study motor sport engineering at the university.

The university, which is based in the heart of the UK’s ‘motorsport valley’, boasts a teaching staff that includes Prof. Geoff Goddard, a former chief designer at Cosworth.

The team at Pro Performance offers health and medical support within motorsport.

They don’t just provide drivers with the physical training they need, they also take care of their mental, nutritional and behavioural education.

Steeles Law is a modern, growing and vibrant UK law firm with offices in London, Norwich and Diss. Since the late 1960's the firm has evolved considerably. Today they employ over 150 Partners, Associates, Solicitors, Consultants and Support Staff.

Steeles Law provide a wide range of national and international legal services for a diverse mix of PLCs, Limited companies, small to medium sized enterprises, corporate organisations, institutions, public sector bodies, charities and individuals.

Recent successes include Max Mosley V The News of the World.

With roots going back to 1788, Chantrey Vellacott DFK is one of the oldest firms of chartered accountants in the UK. Though UK-based with more than 50 partners and 250 staff, Chantrey Vellacott’s annual fee income approaching £30m increasingly comes from assisting clients who operate in worldwide markets.

In 2003, they successfully launched a share issue for Justin Wilson PLC which was the first time a racing driver had sold shares in his future racing career.

Long established as the world's largest independent motorsport picture agency, Sutton Motorsport Images exclusively concentrates on every aspect of motorsport imagery.

With a team of fourteen dedicated professionals, they offer an extensive range of services from their headquarters situated at the heart of Britain's motorsport industry, near Silverstone Circuit, England. In 2003 they received the MIA Services to the Motorsport Industry award.

Their technologically advanced in-house facilities provide the ability to capture, process and deliver images rapidly to their global customers. With six acclaimed and award-winning staff photographers, along with a worldwide network of agent photographers and representatives based on every continent, they offer unrivalled coverage of over 500 international events each year.

Sutton Images also have an archive of over 4 million transparencies, with a searchable on-line digital archive of over 460,000 images which spans the entire history of motorsport from its inception in 1895 through to the present day.