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Formula One Stars Who Started in Karting

It’s no secret that most Formula One drivers started their career in karts – it’s the perfect breeding ground for future world champions, and amongst the current crop Lewis Hamilton, Sebastien Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber all started their careers in them.

Perhaps the two most famous drivers of all time – Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna was also kart drivers, and Senna still loved visiting kart tracks to race all comers right up until his death in 1994.

There are three key reasons Kart racing has given us so many world champions over the years:

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