...Heikki, named after Lewis Hamilton's Formula One teammate Heikki Kovalainen, who triumphed, leaving his rivals trailing in his slimy wake as he dawdled home in a time of three minutes, two seconds.
His owners, 13-year-old Georgie Brown from East Winch and her aunt, Carolyn Hancock, were presented with a tankard of lettuce leaves to reward their thoroughbred mollusc.
"We only found him in the garden two minutes before we came here," said Georgie. "I was really excited - I didn't realise it was him until they called out his number"...