 Hey guys, welcome in this video today we're gonna talk about how to become a professional racing driver So obviously it is I hate to say very costly from day one There's no secret model racing. It's fuel. It's tar. It's engine. It's equipment It costs money too much to my taste and I'm trying to find a way around that through eSports and sim racing I explained to you that a little in a little bit, but yeah So carding then you're gonna go formula four formula three formula two Formula one and even so when you win formula two, you're not necessarily sure of making it to formula one There's only 20 seats and drivers last for a very long time. I did so I'm not gonna complain You know for 10 years I was using one of those 20 seats and obviously that's a long time If we look at the stop and look like they're super young and they're they're on Norris and so on Russell They're here for a very long time So that means that there are seats that are taken for for that period of time But yeah, starting it's it's about never giving up believing your dream having fun Go on knock on every door every door you can at the beginning parents friends Try to find small sponsor here and there go racing try to find scholarship if you can That's more in the u.s. But I'm gonna touch base on that later I was lucky to have a dad I could afford carding initially and formula one point six leaders formula one or two It isn't then even to the end. I joined the rondo driver development that Finance the rest of my career and put me in formula one in 2009 at the beginning You need to make your proof But as soon as you can and as soon as you get to top level it's try to go and knock on everyone's door Methodist headbuild Ferrari all of them really just try as much as you can get into One of those driver Academy. That's your best chance to to go to the top, right? It's hard. There's a lot of drivers that there's only 20 seats in formula one at the end But there's not only formula one You know, I think in the u.s. You've got the road to indy which is us f 2000 indy pro indy light indy car There's a cool system in the u.s. Is that when you win a championship? You've got a scholarship to go to the year that the next championship It's not money that you get directly But it's money that is paid by the organization to a team to make you drive the year after So if we take the example example of kyle kirkwood very talented young driver american Add to win every single championship to have a chance to make it to the next level He made it to indy car this year. It's done really well the scholarship helped a bit But also has resulted in the past was so good that he made it to indy car. So it's possible It's hard one thing that we tend to forget sometimes is the fun of it, right? If we do it at first it's because we're passionate about it We're having fun. We love it. And when you become a professional driver, it's very easy to forget that But yeah, keep the fun Esports, I'm sitting on my simulator here at home I'm trying to push as hard as I can that we find new talent through esports The same racing is getting better and better more and more realistic I've got a couple of drivers in my in my esports team i g sports that actually know going into real racing And that's super talented, right? We could see them from the data We could analyze what they were doing in the simulator and we can we could like know who was going to be good or not That is very impressive. So yeah through esports I'm trying to find good drivers nissan did that in the past with contourismo redbull did it I believe I'm trying to do it Trying to build stuff that maybe we can create something with a esports championship And if you win it, then you have a chance in go kart or formula for something like that Obviously we need to find partners to do that I can't afford to do it on my on my own But one of the reason I've got a i g sports is to try to give young guys the chance to leave their passion Is it from sim racing? Is it gonna be from sim racing to real racing? I believe there is there's a way to do it Praga the car brand is doing it really well in the uk and they've brought gb broadband and a few more Influencer they have actually one of my driver gordy much is one of my esports driver And it is doing super well in the praga air cap our one cup Sorry, so it's possible that it works, right? I just need to find the right person that that believe the same as I do I hope it's gonna happen It's growing as I say simulator getting more and more professional more more realistic And I love that and I think that that could be a way to do it But again, don't wait that someone comes and knock on your door Go on knock on everyone's door try hard always all the time throw out all your career You know, don't expect anyone to come and see you go and see people That is something I didn't do quite right early in my career. I learned but definitely yes There's ways that you can do it. You can you can get there Yeah, really hoping that uh, if you're passionate about it if you're talented about in in racing I really hope that you can make it and that would make me happy As always guys, if you have any camp comments, suggestions, ideas Make sure to write a comment make sure that you subscribe you like and I'll see you very soon for more