A glittering karting career brought the Hertfordshire schoolboy onto Marko 's radar .
Schoolboy pushed Ilott straight into a Verstappen - style move to F3 with Carlin , via a ' warm - up ' in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand .
A glittering karting career brought the Hertfordshire schoolboy onto Marko 's radar , and he pushed Ilott straight into a Verstappen - style move to F3 with Carlin , via a ' warm - up ' in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand .