But racing cars is what he does, and he does it very well. On his way to Superleague Formula the hugely talented Belgian driver won the German and the Asian F3 titles, before heading to America to race in the Formula Atlantic series. He won the rookie title in his only season.

A few weeks after the GP of Zolder, his thrilling Super Final victory has taken on a different perspective.

“Zolder was a great weekend, at the time I didn’t quite realize how good, but now I've had some time away, you realize that it really is a dream to win your home Grand Prix. Winning at your home race is so special. If you look at F1, Sebastian Vettel has yet to win in Germany and Mark Webber hasn't won in Australia. It's not easy. Whatever people expect of you, even if you are dominating a season. You want to win it of course, but then so does everyone else.”

The unique format of Superleague Formula with three races back-to-back can bring huge pressures to bear on the drivers, the teams and also the cars. “People don't realize how difficult it is to win a Superleague Formula event, so many things can happen in those two and a half hours, it's three races. Mechanical problems can happen, and the drivers can't make too many errors, none is better of course, but everything has to come together in that time. Even if you are the fastest on the day, it doesn't automatically mean that you'll win. A Superleague Formula weekend is so hard to win.”

Vervisch, Belgian by birth, drives the Luxembourg car and enjoys great support from the people and country. “The Luxembourg people are really supportive. They are a very proud people and having their anthem played in Zolder was something really unique for them. The Schleck brothers didn’t quite manage to win the Tour de France, so for them it was a really good thing to hear in in Zolder, and I'm happy to be a part of that.”

The Luxembourg car is prepared by the Atech Reid GP team, and Team Principle Anthony Reid is amongst those who have tipped Vervisch to take the Superleague Formula title. “That was my personal aim at the beginning of the season, we have a deal together because we both believe that we can do it. Coming from eighth before Zolder, to third afterwards, gives me a lot to aim for and the confidence to go forward. The key is to be consistent. The team have to do a great job and I have to do a great job, if one or both of us doesn't do it well, then it's difficult. I have a lot of faith in the team.”

“We made huge progress between Assen and Zolder, and that’s fantastic. Luckily I didn’t make any errors that weekend, well the small one in the Super Final, but when you have been driving on the limit, its difficult when you are told to take it steady, I don't know why that is.”

As challenging as it is, Vervisch has very much found his place in Superleague. “It's really fun, it's really good to watch but it’s not easy to come through the whole afternoon. It's really challenging. We have rolling starts, we have standing starts and pit stops, and there is almost no time to get out of the car. You have to manage a lot of things. I like it a lot, drivers really make the difference here.”

If there is one circuit that the Belgian pilot would love to see on the Superleague Formula calendar, it would be one that he encountered during his US oddesy. “I liked Sebring a lot, that's one of my favourites, it’s really bumpy as they still the same surface as the old landing strip. In Europe the circuits can be almost too perfect. I also liked the Beijing street circuit last year, I love tracks that are challenging, that you need to demonstrate a lot of commitment from yourself, to do things better than another driver - even if you have no run off or anything. That is real racing.”