Friday, July 29, 2011
Young drivers, your country needs you!
“Young drivers! Young British drivers! Young talented British drivers, your country needs you!”
With two recent F1 world champions, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, I thought that there must be an abundance of young British driving talent, but it turns out that I’m wrong – in a sense.You see, just as it is with car insurance, it seems that the cost of motor racing is proving a real impediment to young drivers in this country – few, if any, sports are as expensive as motor racing, and it seems that the vast majority of hopefuls just can’t afford it. As a result, a whole generation of talent is slipping through the net.
For example, only recently Skoda UK looked to recruit a driver for its 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge but had to overlook all British candidates on the basis that they simply didn’t have the experience.
And why didn’t they have the experience? Well, because they don’t have the money. In today’s world or motor sport, unless you have the private funding to boost your career, you’re unlikely to get a place on the starting grid.
“Young drivers! Young British drivers! Young talented British drivers! Young talented rich British drivers, your country needs you!”
Photo by Dmitry Sumin via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: british, car insurance, F1, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, rally, young drivers
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posted by Fuse @ 1:23 AM 
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