Born in Maracay, Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado began his racing career in karting when he was seven years old, competing in Venezuela with much success, combining his fledgling career with attendance at military academy. He moved to Europe in 1999 with his sights set firmly on a single seater career, and Read more…
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Lance Stroll began his racing career in karts at the age of ten, competing around North America and Europe, winning titles in the Canadian National karting Championship and the Montreal and Quebec Cups before graduating to single seater racing in 2014 with a pre-season in the Florida Winter Series ahead Read more…
Monchengladbach-born Heidfeld took the traditional German route to Formula 1, starting in karts before progressing to German Formula Ford and then to German F3. A third place in his first season in F3 brought him to the attention to Norbert Haug, then involved with the West Competition team (Cigarette brand Read more…
Having tested for Williams in 2002, he impressed sufficiently to be given a full-time drive with Jaguar in Formula 1 for 2003. However, a string of poor results followed, he was replaced and he returned to his Williams test driver role for 2004. Ahead of the German Grand Prix, with Read more…
Williams test driver Marc Gene was handed his opportunity to race for Williams in the 2003 Italian Grand Prix when regular driver Ralf Schumacher was concussed in testing ahead of the event. He didn’t disappoint, finishing fifth – his best result in F1. On Schumacher’s return Gene returned to his Read more…
Born in Bath, Jamie Chadwick moved with her family to the Isle of Man as a youngster, before relocating back to the mainland where she attended Cheltenham College. Her motorsport career began when, aged eleven, she tried her hand at karting before winning a scholarship for the 2013 Ginetta Junior Read more…
Jenson Button began karting at the age of eight, encouraged by his father John – himself a keen rallycross driver of some repute. Button progressed to single seaters with a title-winning season in Formula Ford in 1998, before moving up to British Formula 3 in 1999, finishing the year in Read more…
David Coulthard was born in Twynholm in 1971. His Grandfather took part in the Monte Carlo Rally and his Dad was Scottish National Kart Champion. Coulthard himself began karting aged eleven before moving up to single seaters in the Formula Ford Championship, to Formula 3 winning the prestigious Macau GP, Read more…
