But only thanks to a huge rebuild effort after the 20-year-old was involved in a five-car crash in a practice session at Oran Park in Sydney.

The young driver was an innocent party in the smash that left his machine a wreck and his F3 season up in the air.

The damage bill is estimated at more than $50,000.

The crash left the privateer and his family-supported team scrambling to source components to try and get the car back on track.

But an unprecedented show of support from fellow Formula Three teams, Wakeman and his support group have sourced both a complete ‘rolling’ chassis and a replacement Spiess Opel engine to help the rebuild.

“The car has been completely stripped and cleaned, and every part that we need accounted for,” Wakeman said.

While he will be back on track this weekend the rest of his season could be in doubt due to the rebuild cost.

“The crash has been a big setback,” he said.