All Formula 1 drivers have a past, and in most cases it goes back to karting, a discipline that has turned neighborhood kids into great motor racing legends. Some of the clearest examples are in Ayrton Senna , or more recently in Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton, idols of the little ones who dream of reaching the Great Circus.
For this reason, the seven-time world champion in the highest category decided to invite three “talented drivers” to the last British Grand Prix, as he showed in a video posted on his social networks. Through the recording, the boys tell how they have been growing on four wheels, but also how surprised they are when they reveal the surprise that Lewis Hamilton himself has given them the experience of living a weekend on the legendary track with Formula 1.
“This year I invited these three talented drivers to Silverstone,” the Englishman wrote on his personal Twitter account. “It is very important to help move forward, support young talent and work to ensure that the future of motorsport is more diverse than the present.”
“Joshua, Myles and Cordell, thank you, I’m very proud of you,” said the Mercedes man before adding the video of just over two minutes in which they recount their karting careers.
All the boys are between 11 and 12 years old, so a promising career in motorsports still awaits them, even more so when Lewis Hamilton has acted as godfather at one point in his career, and they dream of being Formula 1 drivers, as he acknowledges. Little Cordell .
His passion for four wheels began when he was even younger, when he watched the Grand Circus races on television, and such was his motivation that he now competes with a helmet design similar to that of his idol in the Silver Arrows.
The seven-time champion decided to support the trajectory of these young people to achieve greater diversity in the sport, which has been characterized by having drivers from wealthy families, in addition to opening the doors to those with origins without much motoring tradition, as in the case of the young Joshua Bugembe , who has the flags of Ethiopia and Uganda, as well as the UK, on his helmet.
This guy also has a phrase in the same style as Hamilton on the back of the helmet, a “always forward”, very much in the style of the British and his “yet we get up”.
At the moment in which they reveal that they will go to see Formula 1 and meet Lewis Hamilton, they cannot stand the emotion, in addition to being surprised because they never thought that their idol could get to know their history and support their sports career. in go-karts.
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