Kart racing
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Kart racing, commonly known as karting, is a form of motorsport using small, open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or racing karts. Kart races are usually held on dedicated kart circuits
A sprint race at a karting event
Kart racing in Illinois in 1962
Kart racing in Berlin, East Germany, 1963
Sprint race at Eastern Creek, Australia
Lewis Hamilton
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Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Mich
Kart racing
…levels of car racing, although it is also contested as a discipline in its own right. Formula One drivers including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris began their careers in karting. International karting is governed by the Fédération Internationale…
Hamilton in 2025
Hamilton celebrating with his father and then-manager Anthony Hamilton after the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
Hamilton joined the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Programme in 1998, winning the Karting World Cup and European Championship two years later.
Hamilton took his maiden Formula One victory at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, in his sixth appearance.