A video has been released showing former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button's visit to a Kent race circuit.

Button, the 2009 championship winner, jetted into Lydden Hill from the south of France in August to film a special BBC F1 feature about rallycross.

The feature was shown during BBC's coverage of Sunday's Russian Grand Prix and has now been released.

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The 35-year-old was joined by former F1 favourite David Coulthard as they both got behind the wheel of a retro VW Beetle, similar to that raced by Jenson’s late dad John in the 1970s.

They then tried their hand in a modern supercar from the FIA World Rallycross Championship.

Speaking on his visit to Lydden, Button said: "It’s been a very special day. It brought back a lot of memories.

“I grew up with rallycross – it was where it all started for me when I was four or five years old.

“I used to watch my dad racing back in the mid-eighties and I loved hearing the car – it was so loud!

“I wouldn’t be F1 world champion if it hadn’t been for my dad and the grassroots of rallycross – that was where I caught the motor sport bug.”

Lydden Hill owners have submitted a planning application to overhaul the site, which is currently being handled by Dover District Council.