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That track record makes karting a must for youngsters keen to copy their heroes. After Schumacher picked up the first of his seven Formula One titles in 1994, Germany's domestic karting championship took off, says Vincent Caro, executive secretary of the International Karting Commission, which is part of the FIA, world motor sport's governing body. Successive world championships for Alonso have inspired a karting boom in Spain, Caro says, and now traffic is building on the U.K.'s kart tracks too. Hamilton's record-breaking season - he's won three of the 14 races so far, becoming...
...what? Well, anything. Sports would be great—the national biking champion, for example. Or maybe the national competitive eating champion, putting away 50% of my body weight. I’d even settle for being the national champion of Mario Kart: Double Dash or Super Smash Bros. Anything, really, that would get me a sweet belt like those guys from...
Ideal Date: Playing Mario Kart and winning...
...first hints of greatness came at an early age. As an 8-year-old in his debut kart race just outside London, Lewis Hamilton charged "more like a mature driver than a novice," recalls Martin Hines, owner of the Zip Kart racing company. "There was a little spark about him." That spark is now in full flame. Just 22, and in his rookie season in Formula One, Hamilton - the first black driver in auto racing's blue-ribbon championship - is tied for the lead in the drivers' standings. Following a third-place finish during the season opener in Australia last...
...with many a grown-up sporting star, the first hint of greatness came at an early age for Lewis Hamilton. As an eight-year-old at his first kart race, he charged "more like a mature driver than a novice," remembers Martin Hines, owner of the Zip Kart racing company. Scything his way through the field just outside London, Hamilton had a confident style that seemed different from normal rookies, Hines says. "There was a little spark about...