The 24-year-old, who becomes the third British driver on the grid alongside McLaren duo Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, made a solid start to his first full season in F1, testing the 2010 car in Valencia last week.

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Rea will be joined on the grid by fellow British riders Craig Jones, Tommy Hill, Chris Walker and Graeme Gowland and is raring to go.

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But over the past couple of years a number of British issues, from the likes of Tesco and National Grid, have specifically targeted small investors.

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With British Energy supplying a quarter of the country's electricity that would leave a very big hole in the electricity grid.

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