Details Quote by Valtteri Bottas

My first memory of motor racing - I think it was just attending a go kart race.

— Max Verstappen

I loved the speed of go-karting, but didn't have a lot of natural talent. The first time I went out on the track I…

— Susie Wolff

I was always fascinated by speed... My father was always an enthusiast and once I found a passion in racing, I had something in…

— Christian Horner

I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breath taking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to…

— Ayrton Senna

As a kid, I loved my Matchbox cars, my Big Wheels, and the race cars on TV. When I laid eyes on my first…

— Andy Lally

In my city of Maracay, there is a go kart circuit about five minutes from my home. When I was about three or four…

— Pastor Maldonado

My dad raced go-karts and I think driving is just something that is in my genes. But motorbikes are great, too.

— Nicklas Bendtner

When I was very little, my dad had his own go kart team as well while he was still in F1, so I always…

— Max Verstappen

The first car I drove was a BMW M3. I drove it around a circuit close to my house. We just wanted to go…

— Nicolas Hamilton

I started racing go karts when I was six. I just loved everything about racing. I was raised in a racing family. And I…

— Ricky Stenhouse, Jr

I turned away from bikes when I got a bambino kart for my seventh birthday and started doing some karting, just around some cones…

— Lando Norris

I was fascinated by racing as a kid, but no way would I have thought I'd make it into Formula One from here, from…

— Daniel Ricciardo