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Boardman, racing for the Special Tuning UK Ltd-backed Triple R team, overturned a 19-point deficit at the final meeting of the SEAT Leon Supercopa series in Barcelona to take the title.

His success means the 25-year-old can look forward to a works drive with SEAT Sport in a round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship next year.

Boardman dominated the meeting in Spain. He led the first race from start to finish and with his main rival Oscar Nogues not picking up any points, Boardman led the Championship by a point on Saturday night.

And on Sunday, when torrential rain made conditions extremely treacherous, Boardman tiptoed his way to two fourth-placed finishes to claim the title.

Boardman – once a regular at Warton Stock Car track – said: "What a turnaround, I can't believe it! Everything worked out perfectly this weekend and I'm delighted to have won the Supercopa title.

"I needed everything to go right for me and for pretty much everything to go wrong for Oscar Nogués – which was a long shot.

"I think the weather helped me because I like racing in the wet and we had a very good wet- weather set-up with the car.

"It all came down to the final race of the season and I felt pretty relieved to cross the finish line in fourth and win the title.

"It's a really tough championship to win, because we have to score consistently well in all 18 races to give yourself a good chance.

"It's my fifth title as a driver and after grass track, mini stocks and T-Cars. I'd say it was the second professional championship title I've won, so I'm very pleased.

"I'm looking forward to driving for SEAT in the World Touring Car Championship next year."

Boardman is the only driver to have won a SEAT touring car title in Britain and Spain, having won the UK-based SEAT Cupra Championship in 2005.

During the 18 round Supercopa series, where three races take place at each of the six race meetings, he scored an unbeaten six race wins, qualified on the front row five times (three poles and two seconds) and set the fastest lap in a race eight times.

It was also a great weekend for the Forton-based Triple R team, as Liam McMillan finished all three races on the podium (third, second and second), completing his first Supercopa season in style.