THE ONES WHO MADE IT
FROM KARTS TO F1 Karting is the best training for young talents who want to follow their dream of becoming an F1 driver. of course, only a few reach the final goal, but the confirmation of the excellent training offered by the KF and KFJ can only be found by looking at today’s F1 champions. Look at them in action, back in their early days or in recent practice runs.
VETTEL Sebastian Vettel was born on 3 July 1987 in Heppenheim, West Germany. He started karting at the age of three and started racing competitively when he was eight, in 1995. Over his eight-year karting career, Vettel won the German Junior Karting Championship, the Monaco Kart Cup and the 2001 European Junior Karting Championship. The following year he was sixth in the Senior ICA Kart Championship and then moved on to car racing. In 2010 he became the youngest ever Formula 1 world champion and held on to the title for four years after that. He is now an official Ferrari driver.
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