#Karting

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Jules Bianchi Marathon Karting 📷 Anne-Sophie Guebey

[inchidentally]

currently having a breakdown over 13yo Lando being so tiny that he has to lean against the boy who came second just to hold his first place trophy up

[blueballsracing]

Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc | 2012 WSK Euro Series at Val d'Argenton 🎥: YouTube (May 10th, 2012)

[il-predestinato]

The race steward has a word with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc at their first race together since the infamous "inchident" at Val d'Argenton one month earlier.

Max Verstappen & Charles Leclerc | WSK Euro Series KF2 | Wackersdorf 2012 🎥: [x] (June 8-10, 2012)

(Max: *nods his understanding, shakes the steward's hand* 🫤 ... meanwhile, Charles: *I refuse to even look at him* 😠)

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F1 Racing Magazine April 2016 Issue: Mad for Max Verstappen - The face of F1's future Photo by Gregory Heirman

Verstappen spent time away from the CRG family when he joined the Italian Intrepid Driver Program for 2012, before rejoining CRG later in the year. British racer George Russell, now a top contender in the Formula 3 European Championship and already with a McLaren Formula 1 test under his belt, was also part of the Intrepid programme.

"I'd raced against him in 2011 in KF3 and stayed in that category in 2012 while Max had moved up to KF2, so we weren't fighting and had a friendly relationship as team-mates. It was a happy camp. The karting world is friendly, there's a lot more socialising than in cars, and we got on quite well."

For 2013, Rusell had moved to KF2 competing against Verstappen:

"He was very aggressive; never took any shit. He wasn't unbelievably fast to put it on pole - to be fair, in karting that doesn't really make much difference - but he'd win more often than not. He was good in the rain. At Sarno, he was leading, I was second and Esteban Ocon was third. He spun off pushing too hard and still came back to second - you always knew he was properly on the limit."

Meanwhile, Verstappen Sr was acting as driver coach, engineer, mentor… and engine builder.

"Jorrit Pex dominated KZ in 2012, and Jos was doing his engines against all the factory turners. I never understood that, but then when Max went to KZ he got those engines [Jos had been tuning the Pexes' engines for a few years]. But Jos was hard on him - he wouldn't take second for an answer! You'd think, 'Bloody hell, that's a bit harsh' but it's definitely more than half the reason he's the driver he is today."

[zillygoose]

oh hey Oscar's back!

also what's up with him and those pants😭

[insilanar]

But I still haven't found what I'm looking for <3

[lewishamiltonstuff]

#OnThisDay in 1997: Rising star Lewis Hamilton (then aged 12) spoke about his ambition to become an F1 racing driver, on the BBC Two show Black Britain.

[brocedespilled]

nico rosberg & keke rosberg in trofeo a margutti 1998

[justc2world]

His messy hair 🥺❤️

[petit-papillion]

Charles in a black race suit 😍

Karting at Brignoles | 2 February 2024

📸 emy_pgn

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Jules Bianchi Marathon Karting 📷 Leann Millo

[inchidentally]

someone tell me how old he would've been here I'm already crying with laughter if he's any older than 8

[britney-rosberg06]

wait wait wait what do you mean that not only did two Mercedes Junior drivers dominate the FIA Karting championship BUT ALSO have a female driver dominating the COFT Karting championship AND have a driver leading the rookie Italian F4 championship in his first year in cars AND have someone in an intense and dominant F1 Academy title fight AND ALSO have their first ever driver from their academy joining their F1 team like YEAH Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Did that thing

[crispystrawberryturtle]

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2012 CIK FIA World KF1 Championship Round I at Suzuka