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Today Go-Karts, Tomorrow, F1
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Their names are Alessandro and Julian and they race 160 pound go-karts. The are fierce competitors in the World Series of Karting championship and they just may become the next generation of Formula One drivers. By the way, they are aged 11 and 12 and have been competing since they were nine and ten. Fun fact: every current F1 driver started in a go-kart!
During this episode, I take you behind the scenes of Formula 1's shocking youth development pipeline, where talent scouts from Mercedes and Ferrari evaluate drivers as young as six years old. Parents invest hundreds of thousands annually for children to compete in karting championships, with many abandoning traditional schooling to pursue racing dreams. This ultra-exclusive system raises troubling questions about whether genuine talent is being overlooked due to financial barriers.
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