The top Formula One drivers on the grid today, such as Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso, all started out in go-karting and it is seen as the best grass-roots starting point for any young driver wishing to pursue a motorsport career. It’s a sport in which young drivers can hone in their driving skills and learn how to handle setting up a race car as wall as racing in all conditions.
SAFEisFAST has pulled together a star-studded list of drivers to explain the benefits of karting, when young drivers should be starting out and at which point a driver knows when to progress to the next stage of their career. Viewers will listen to Indy-500 winner Alexander Rossi, IndyCar drivers Conor Daly and Spencer Pigot, ex-F1 driver Rubens Barricello, new Williams F1 driver Lance Stroll and the latest Team USA Scholarship winners Oliver Askew and Kyle Kirkwood for an honest discussion on how to get the most out of karting.
The latest video from SAFEisFAST can be found here.
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SAFEisFAST.com presented by Honda Performance Development is a free online resource offering video tutorials on safety, fitness, mental skills, race craft, career development, sponsorship, marketing and more to assist the careers of drivers in all forms of racing. Jean-Eric Vergne is the latest in a long list of expert motor sport professionals to serve as an Online Instructor, including Formula One World Champion Jenson Button, Indy 500 winners Dario Franchitti and Gil de Ferran and Le Mans winner Nico Hülkenberg. Since its launch, there have been over two million views of the online tutorials, from visitors representing more than 160 countries.
