Lewis Hamilton has expressed concern that most entry-level categories in motorsport have become almost inaccessible today.
The seven-time world champion is also concerned about children missing school because of sport:
“It’s become incredibly expensive, even karting. I don’t know exactly how much a season costs in the lower categories, but I’ve heard that you have to pay at least three times more than when I started racing. If McLaren hadn’t supported me before, and if I hadn’t signed with Mercedes, I would never have been able to have a career like this. It’s very worrying to see the costs rising.”
And we also hear a lot about young karting drivers not going to school. Parents put everything on the line with them, and the boys train and race constantly. Most of them will never reach Formula 1, and they would really need to have skills in civilian life that they could rely on. It would be necessary to regulate this, for example by linking the license to academic results. I think that would be the solution, because what is happening now is not good,” Hamilton expressed his opinion.
