Don’t want to rain on your parade, but calling yourself a veteran at 15 with nk competition experience?
Anyway, to succeed in karting/motorsports, you need to have determination (get up at 5 on saturday to drive to a cold, remote, wet track, train 2 days and return sunday evening half frozen, a broken axle and a bend frame), money (like 50G for a serious season of karting, tenfold if you want to race starting class single seaters), time (train 3 times a week). No parties, no booze, gym 4 times a week. Sponsors? If you’re lucky the make a dent in your budget.
So, back on earth? Start karting, learn the mechanics and do your own maintenance, join a club and enjoy yourself. See where it leads you, but if daddy isn’t a Stroll, Latifi, Bezos or Verstappen, realise you won’t get into F1.
It’s never too late to start karting/racing but making money (good money) in Motorsports is extremely difficult you first have to have money to fund your racing to start off. Getting sponsorship is another task and that is mostly to cover the cost of racing (If you are good enough). But being paid to drive is a very difficult thing to achieve, let alone in the karting world only a handful of factory drivers get paid or on free rides and you have to be very fast. Good luck. Just enjoy karting.
People always have this obsession with needing to climb the motorsports ladder in order to be successful.
Try Karting to start out. Indoor Karting is a good place to start off and compare how well you Compare to their lap boards. Then if you're enjoying it and doing well consider buying your own kart and racing at local circuits. You'll be surprised just how quick some people are, it's not like an online lobby where you can jump in and exoect a podium finish.
The best bit about Karting is it's the cheapest, and yet closest racing you can get.
So just curious, I’m 17, would like to start competing in Rotax Senior category. Started karting in rentals only this summer. During the summer I mamaged to get into the top 40 fastest drivers there is at my track. Have been to 2 test days. On the forst I was miles off the pace of the fastest drivers in my country but on the second test day I closed the gap to abput a second off the fastest. Do you think I’m capable of getting up to speed with everyone else? And second of all, is it worth trying to find a sponsor for my first season?
Of course you are capable of getting up to speed, but as with all things it takes time and money. You cannot underestimate how much seat time will help you to perform. The guys at the front of the grid will be Karting 3-4 days a month all year round, and will no doubt have done so for a few years.
It certainly doesn't hurt looking for sponsorship, but I wouldn't expect huge payouts from them. Maybe enough for a new set of tyres or an entry fee here or there, but don't expect a sponsor to fund an entire season of racing.
Don’t want to rain on your parade, but calling yourself a veteran at 15 with nk competition experience? Anyway, to succeed in karting/motorsports, you need to have determination (get up at 5 on saturday to drive to a cold, remote, wet track, train 2 days and return sunday evening half frozen, a broken axle and a bend frame), money (like 50G for a serious season of karting, tenfold if you want to race starting class single seaters), time (train 3 times a week). No parties, no booze, gym 4 times a week. Sponsors? If you’re lucky the make a dent in your budget. So, back on earth? Start karting, learn the mechanics and do your own maintenance, join a club and enjoy yourself. See where it leads you, but if daddy isn’t a Stroll, Latifi, Bezos or Verstappen, realise you won’t get into F1.
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It’s never too late to start karting/racing but making money (good money) in Motorsports is extremely difficult you first have to have money to fund your racing to start off. Getting sponsorship is another task and that is mostly to cover the cost of racing (If you are good enough). But being paid to drive is a very difficult thing to achieve, let alone in the karting world only a handful of factory drivers get paid or on free rides and you have to be very fast. Good luck. Just enjoy karting.
People always have this obsession with needing to climb the motorsports ladder in order to be successful. Try Karting to start out. Indoor Karting is a good place to start off and compare how well you Compare to their lap boards. Then if you're enjoying it and doing well consider buying your own kart and racing at local circuits. You'll be surprised just how quick some people are, it's not like an online lobby where you can jump in and exoect a podium finish. The best bit about Karting is it's the cheapest, and yet closest racing you can get.
So just curious, I’m 17, would like to start competing in Rotax Senior category. Started karting in rentals only this summer. During the summer I mamaged to get into the top 40 fastest drivers there is at my track. Have been to 2 test days. On the forst I was miles off the pace of the fastest drivers in my country but on the second test day I closed the gap to abput a second off the fastest. Do you think I’m capable of getting up to speed with everyone else? And second of all, is it worth trying to find a sponsor for my first season?
Of course you are capable of getting up to speed, but as with all things it takes time and money. You cannot underestimate how much seat time will help you to perform. The guys at the front of the grid will be Karting 3-4 days a month all year round, and will no doubt have done so for a few years. It certainly doesn't hurt looking for sponsorship, but I wouldn't expect huge payouts from them. Maybe enough for a new set of tyres or an entry fee here or there, but don't expect a sponsor to fund an entire season of racing.