I wish F.A.T all the best. But I don't like how you characterise traditional karting as costing £250,000 a year. Maybe you mean elite international factory team world championship karting -which represents a vanishingly small part of karting, and is certainly not traditional.
Karting is extremely accessible still, where individual drivers responsible for maintenance and sourcing of their own equipment can compete on whatever budget they can find, £5000 being perfectly fine. This means they also get to keep the kart, learn mechanical skills and self-reliance.
It might not be analogous to whichever political system you want to imbue with wholesomeness and fairness, be it democracy or communism, but since when has motor racing ever advertised fairness as it's virtue? Is Porsche in relentless pursuit of fairness, or advantage?
Thanks for the comment, Terence. The word traditional wasn’t the best choice, and I could have characterized what I was referring to more straightforwardly. Appreciate you calling that out.
I wish F.A.T all the best. But I don't like how you characterise traditional karting as costing £250,000 a year. Maybe you mean elite international factory team world championship karting -which represents a vanishingly small part of karting, and is certainly not traditional.
Karting is extremely accessible still, where individual drivers responsible for maintenance and sourcing of their own equipment can compete on whatever budget they can find, £5000 being perfectly fine. This means they also get to keep the kart, learn mechanical skills and self-reliance.
It might not be analogous to whichever political system you want to imbue with wholesomeness and fairness, be it democracy or communism, but since when has motor racing ever advertised fairness as it's virtue? Is Porsche in relentless pursuit of fairness, or advantage?
Thanks for the comment, Terence. The word traditional wasn’t the best choice, and I could have characterized what I was referring to more straightforwardly. Appreciate you calling that out.
I appreciate the appreciation.