British Hope to Break Steam-Powered Speed Record

The team behind the car is aiming to improve on the 128mph set by Fred Marriot in 1906. The vehicle was shown to the media for the first time at Thorney Island in Portsmouth.

The British Steam Car Challenge team includes the test driver Don Wales, 42, from Surrey, who is nephew of the late Donald Campbell and grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who both set speed records on land and water.