Why It's Almost Impossible to Become an F1 Driver

[@A-Karim2003]

So youre telling me out of 8 billion people, 5 billion of them are interested in becoming a F1 driver? that's more than 1 in every 2 people on an average. I've never met anyone who was interested in F1. I'd even argue that 5 billion people never heard of F1

[@Roni5]

Yep I fully agree

[@MotiFitMatrix]

Yeah i 100% agree with you, these percentages are grabbed out of thin air. Why don't you base your statistics on kids that are actually karting proffessionally?

[@creepyface1122]

exactly what i was thinking before i clicked the video.

[@tronghoatran8183]

its probably less than 200 million lol

[@elsamuh]

He didn't consider the age of interested people at all. The real number of interested people with viable age is much lower for sure. And the number of people willing to race is very different from a fan base of people interested in watching the sport. Only 3 billion watch FIFA World Cup. How on earth are there 5 billion watching motorsport?

[@aidenlouisaduna2386]

Stroll family: Financial backing is only what is needed.

[@ErickMcNerney]

Yeah, Stroll didn't get a super license or win anything at all before F1.

[@mechanixs4435]

tell youre a DTS fan without telling me youre a DTS fan moment

[@aidenlouisaduna2386]

@@mechanixs4435 I don't watch it

[@treytonlandplayz3151]

@@mechanixs4435never even watched drive to survive. Stroll still shouldn’t be in F1, and if his dad wants to win a constructor’s, he needs to fire him.

[@mechanixs4435]

@@treytonlandplayz3151 his career was on a rise. he dominated F3 and F2, he is a "paid driver" because his father owns a team, if his father wouldnt own a team, im more than confident that stroll would get his place in F1 due to his F2 and F3 achievments, i admit he is shit in F1 however he gets way more hate than he deservers

[@kiranbabu5403]

This video is to a degree innacurate. there aren't 5 billion people actively wanting to get into f1. sure kids could dream but the actual percentage would be low but still a lot higher than the number you suggest. Have to take into account how many kids try to get into the FIA karting world championships and how many end up being able to participate and go from there in terms of how many people participate in each driving category.

[@phoebesmith8154]

Came here to say this. That’s not how you’d work out the chances. 99.99% of the population has exactly 0% chance.

[@Da_Beef]

Thank youuuu 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@saucegotti9416]

Bruh it’s only 8 billion in the world and he is saying 5 billion want to be in F1. I never met anyone who ever wanted to be a F1 driver. I’m sure there isn’t even 200k active drivers in all F Divisions

[@andrebelike6918]

@@saucegotti9416your right this video is lowkey in accurate

[@mattdustz9215]

came here to say this

[@suppmjz]

Money would make your journey short

[@reileyy3608]

I don’t have that

[@a1160757]

You still need to have tremendous skill. Money alone won't get you a seat. Did you not watch the video lol

[@zeltim]

@@a1160757 no one said that??

[@suppmjz]

​@@a1160757 Latifi Mazapin Plus the skill is just not to kill people

[@NhaR.Edits2]

@@a1160757 Look at lance 💀

[@drivingduck2234]

i think the most tragis thing abaut this is not our misable unsolid dreams that never materialised, but the unknow amount of talented young boys and girls that were never able to surpass the nacional karting leagues. We know lewis hamilton did, but how many more stayed forgotten???

[@SimRacingVeteran]

My local Karting track. The owner bought the track for his daughter back in the day. They used to race Lance Stroll in Karts. She’d beaten him multiple times. Unfortunately they just didn’t have the budget that the Strolls had to fund her racing career. There’s plenty of talent out there, like most we all lack the funding to go far.

[@Benucci_music]

Lando Norris won the F1 recently although his dad is a millionaire having played around with pension funds for a number of years. It probably helps having links to billions of dollars

[@mastercreamer1398]

Apply that logic to all sports. The best may not be the best, only the best we know of

[@wanr5701]

Forget about going beyond national karting leagues; how many can't even make it to the grid because they are too poor to start racing, forcing them to abandon their dream and begrudgingly go to academics against their own will?

[@tomatise]

Please reread yourself before posting...

[@SimRacingVeteran]

There’s literally no other sport in the world that only has 20 participants per year.

[@AJ-dx6bn]

Football

[@Mr_Dusty.]

There is multiple divisions of Motorsport though.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

@@AJ-dx6bn - football has hundreds of players in the NFL.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

@@Mr_Dusty. - right I understand that. But I’m just strictly saying in F1 as reaching the pinnacle of Motorsports as a driver there’s only 20 seats available, and there’s about 8.5 billion people on this planet. Slim margins. But yes there are many seats available at the professional level in other categories.

[@AlonsoRules]

Chess Candidates Tournament has 8 players every 2 years

[@sheepco]

Getting to F1 is 95% money and 5% skill. You could be the best there ever was, but if youre broke, tough luck.

[@kevinprengemann7456]

That is true for some and is a bullshit comment for others (Hamilton and Schumacher, they both were not wealthy).

[@susbrody5983]

Yes but you need to be lucky to get a connection like lewis​@kevinprengemann7456

[@trevmorin]

​@@kevinprengemann7456to give respect wherever its due, the 2 goats recognized their 1 in a trillion opportunity and made the best of it

[@Adamm0896]

Its more like 25% Skill, 25% Money, 50% sheer luck. The luck of getting into F1 after you've gone through EVERYTHING is literally half the battle.

[@roythousand13]

There's Nascar and Indy!

[@dtrain-uwu]

I grew up stupid poor so no chance at getting into Karting as a kid. Now that I can afford karting, I'm too old.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

No way man. How old are you? You’re only kidding yourself if you think you’re too old. I race and plenty of these guys are mid 50s. I started two years ago at 38. Gearing up for my first competitive season. Your assignment is to get to a local track and check the scene. Do some rentals. Or you can just sit at home and think you’re too old. Whatever.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

Honestly go check out your local track. Check out the equipment people are running. I run a Briggs and Stratton LO206 it’s the most basic entry level karting and everyone is on an equal playing field as the blocks are sealed and can’t be modified.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

Do yourself a favour and go have some fun.

[@wanr5701]

@@SimRacingVeteran what makes you think a professional race team in any race series will hire someone who can only afford to start karting at 40 years old and race cars 5 years later, all with his own money? I can't imagine a race team in F4, F3, F2, WEC, WTCR, Super Formula, Indycars, nor F1 hire a 50 year old as a debutante.

[@phoebesmith8154]

@@wanr5701tbf, some teams might. But they won’t be any in the FIA formulas. Rally driving and other lower motorsports you might have a shot.

[@x65gurr93]

hundreds of hearts shattred after watcing this video

[@DrewWithington]

Shattered even.

[@420BudNuggets]

Mine as a future father 😂

[@SLAYINGVR]

Lol with this math you mean 5 billion

[@Neo-rw5nv]

😭

[@gbw28]

One sure way to not become an F1 driver is to not try at all. The 5 billion starting point is way too high. Who knows the true number? We can only count people who start a motorsport career with the serious intent that F1 is their goal, and that would be a lot less than 5 billion.

[@quAdxify]

It starts with the one having the financials to even try, the of those only a small fraction will actually want to do it, so I doubt this will be more than a couple of millions to be honest. Not too many families can support a 10k per year hobby for their 8 year old lol and those that cant dont really have any chance, even if they wanted to.

[@divirusp]

@@quAdxify I'd say it's about those who want vs those who can afford. If one wants to become an f1 driver, finances is one of the limiting factor that decreases their chances, so those people still should be included in the stats. But surely 5 billion just doesn't make any sense.

[@pressstart1490]

Gotta also mention recent driver Oscar Piastri as well. The lad won everything before F1 basically. Spent one year in Alpine as reserve driver and its now at Mclaren.

[@TheTripol]

The current grid, apart from very few drivers the past 5 years has been insanely competive, the trackrecord and talent is insane.

[@rickrolled7930]

Don't worry people, even if f1 is too much for most of us, remember that it's not the only form of motorsports on the planet. You have touring cars, endurance racing, which is very demanding and with a bit of skill and determination and maybe just a little money you can get a gt class seat.

[@AJ-dx6bn]

I love GT racing

[@jimjonsen1591]

yes but F1 is F1 nothing even comes close it's like the highest quality 10 out of 10 hottest chick in the world and you want to substitute that chick with some easy sluttttt down the local bar that give it way in the back WC for a drink or two

[@harirami4024]

Ye but you pay more than you win in these races

[@rickrolled7930]

@@harirami4024 well yes that's true but at least you go racing. What i noticed in most forms of motorsport is that you don't actually get paid for it, you just do it cuz you like it. People are more passionate about it as well.

[@isaacmashila1002]

I think F1 would benefit from a relegation/promotion system where the best 5 teams in F2 swap with the worst 5 from F1, with financial support for the promoted teams to help them survive the season. This might boost competitiveness and raise the chance of F2 drivers getting promoted with their teams to F1 if they’re good enough. The same would apply for F2/F3

[@FacelessBillions]

That would be cool

[@Lumakid100]

The real problem starts when you start to break it down into the regional F3 and F4 championships. How would it work then and where would relegated teams go?

[@parkour267]

Billionaires wont let that happen. They want their kids to have that spot

[@Lumakid100]

@@parkour267 That too.

[@-RunninNGunnin-]

I'm from Finland and I'm so damn proud about what this small country has achieved in this sport from 90s to current day. Mika Häkkinen, Mika Salo, Kimi Räikkönen, Heikki Kovalainen and Valtteri Bottas were all people who were able to hit the jackpot! These guys definitely didn't have rich parents to pay their career, no. It was all about being good at something, trusting in yourself and just working your butt off to get yourself there. Of course being in right place at the right time with right people, so it's also luck but still..

[@ROVA00]

You kind of have to be rich to get your kids into karting in the first place.

[@purplehaze7615]

Leo Kinnunen and later success Keke Rosberg winning champion opened that door for finns to f1, its snowball effect that still goes. Without Keke there wouldnt been Mika either.

[@Thrill_enthusiast9]

this make me like 80 times more motivated

[@Benucci_music]

Yep they won't give you a 1 million pound car to spin about if you don't have some experience though. I would recommend getting some experience before trying to join the f1

[@g.w.7893]

Sarcasm?

[@Thrill_enthusiast9]

@@g.w.7893 yes

[@Thrill_enthusiast9]

@@g.w.7893 and no

[@Freakistic]

I support you G! What's your name?? I'll remember it when you become the greatest formula 1 driver in the world. My wishes to you on your journey 😊

[@EricDM88]

Ihhh there are not 5 billion people interested in becoming an f4 driver 😂

[@AayushShah-p4y]

He meant 5 million

[@lk5388]

Probably even less. Karting itself probably has less than a million people who actually had the finances.

[@laius6047]

@@lk5388 were talking 10s of thousands of kids. definitelly not even 100s of thousands, so these odds are quite useless.

[@quAdxify]

@@laius6047 ye probably like 100k ish maybe even less. Im coming from one of the richest countries in the world and I know of exactly one person that wanted to do this throughout my entire life, so the odds for those that have the financials and also want to do it are probably not great but way way way higher than what he made it out to be. Maybe even 100k is too much, it may be closer to 10k or something.

[@divirusp]

@@AayushShah-p4y 5:07 idk what he meant, but he repeatedly mentioned "5 billion" for his stats not million, and put that number in his infographics.

[@tylerferrin7524]

I did karting for 5 years from 2012-15 and again in 2018 got only 1 win but just ran out of money and I wasn’t going to go anywhere with it.

[@الظاهرمعتز]

Start sim racing

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

For anyone saying that compareable skill to people on the grid is a prerequisite above money. Let me remind you all that *Nikita Mazepin* was once a F1 driver...

[@MCOGroupNews]

And that lance stroll is still a driver to this day

[@SimRacingVeteran]

Latifi 💀

[@mynameisjeff9124]

This video is literally the best advert for buying lottery tickets

[@Mr.Reality]

You forgot the fact that 99.9999% of the entire population isn't even interested in becoming a Formula 1 driver. Most people don't even kart.

[@Nightro-Fx]

Lol

[@jessnoby9579]

thats not true.

[@E30OG1]

Makes you wonder how crazy the grid could be if the seriously talented could give f1 a shot without needing crazy money

[@AxelQuinnShow]

Yeah I agree this is one of the least accessible for most average people but I disagree with how you did your odds.. it’s really actually if you have the money and a family willing to fork up the cash.. your odds are considering population as a whole, and not every single one of us wants to race cars lol..you just have to be part of the small few that want to drive firstly and then secondly have the cash to do it.. sure your odds are still astronomically small but much better odds than your 1/300 million chance.

[@markymarknj]

I think it would've been more accurate to look at the number who race in karting, and use that as the baseline. Out of all the people in karting, how many progress to each successive level?

[@SwiftestScout]

And this is why we sim race haha

[@Lofty138]

Its crazy that the 2025 driver line up includes THREE new drivers coming up from F2, Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman and Jack Doohan, and its gonna be so interesting with so many rookies all in different teams fighting for points next season.

[@dy7296]

Kimi: "Bwoah, I was just racing for fun, but then Peter (Sauber) called me up for some reason." * he only raced Formula Ford and Formula Renault UK after kartinf before F1

[@basukisugito3275]

We missing Kimi don't we?

[@its3amagain.]

@@basukisugito3275 yes we do.

[@DOC_951]

People need to stop thinking you can use statistics whenever you want. You absolutely cannot compare being hit by lightning versus trying to get into F1. One is an act of nature and one is something you actively train for and participate in and apply for. They are entirely different.

[@dezpotizmOFheaven]

First of all: You must be born rich and with parents who care about you a lot so they can afford to and will finance you a karting carreer from very young age. Otherwise there is simply no chance...

[@DailyFuelUp]

My calculations should be taken with a grain of salt as it’s impossible to know exact numbers for most parts but I based it on how they calculate odds of winning the Powerball. Hope you enjoyed the video ❤️

[@aarushvijai4718]

Hi great videos. Very informative

[@matthewd9431]

Man you cannot Just pick a random number like 5 Billion, devide it blindly and then use it as the reference Point

[@farhanshah6688]

​@matthewd9431 stop crying man it's never that deep

[@Shawnmell]

Very well put together video nonetheless, really good job

[@lrvracer3515]

@DailyFuelUp - Good video. The actual odds, while still extremely long (100 millions) would need to be discounted by at least 50% up to maybe 75% to take into account the drastic variability of pay and partial pay (sponsorship) drivers within Formula 1. To this day in both F1 and GP2 outright direct pay, and driver-specific sponsorship are critical factors in whether or not one can advance into and sustain a seat at the Formula 1 level. The exception (of course) is pure natural talent - if one is a Schumacher, or Hamilton, or Verstappen.

[@StefanSpeidel]

Legend says that to qualify for this guy's 5 billion number all that you need to do is say, 'motorsports are cool'.

[@bruce4139]

A lot of people dont think about the price that this takes

[@TanvirAlif]

I'm not surprised at all. I never wanted to be an F1 driver, I wanted to race with carts and entry level cars like gt86 or mx5 in regional race compilation s but sadly for me my country Bangladesh has the 3rd lowest car ownership because of not having an automobile industry, hight population density and crazy high tax rates. Only 0.4% people have cars. 😢

[@mk_annan22]

We cannot afford car culture, honestly. Less area, lesser road networks. Even if we had an automobile industry, it still won't allow motorsports like F1 to thrive. Owning a piece of machinery is very lucrative. Formula E, otherwise, seems like more open minded to car culture and it's fans. Not saying it's cheap, but more interactive than F1.

[@BugartGX]

The lowests positions on the championship on f1 should be free to new f2 drivers, if the drivers don't succeeded by consecutive years, they're out. by doing that, those drivers would recive lower salaries, and the teams would have more money to spend on the car, and the people would have bigger chances to be a world champion at least 1 time

[@vincentlussier8264]

That's not a bad idea but a driver still has to have an income to live on .

[@colinwinterman]

We never see the ultimate skills of what humanity has to offer. Instead we always see the the ultimate skills of the millionaires have to offer, Ill bet there's a difference, there will be somebody out there with nothing and yet could wipe the floor with them all, same in the motorbike world

[@LONEWOLF-kb4iw]

I’m about to Make it to FORMULA 4 and this video popped up man Devastating to watch absolutely gutted 😂

[@howcanyou9151]

Congratulations mate 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@LONEWOLF-kb4iw]

@@howcanyou9151 appreciated man

[@theairaccumulator7144]

Damn bro your parents are rich asf

[@sonalikshirsagar229]

Which F4? What’s your name? And how much money did it take you? I know it might seem weird a stranger is asking you a thousand questions but tbh I am really curious.

[@sonalikshirsagar229]

And I wanna see my chances

[@etheyj]

Everyone take this moment to appreciate how easy and accessible sim racing is ❤

[@sathishajay9654]

I personally think to become a F1 Driver. In exchange for it. Your family, yourself & everyone who supports you in this early journey would have to give up something big without ever knowing if they would make it. I feel that is the biggest challenge.

[@rushnerd]

Just wanted to say your vids are amazing. It's actually gotten me into F1.

[@Benucci_music]

U guna be a driver ?

[@rushnerd]

@@Benucci_music I just pretend to be in my Celica and Supra

[@AR-fh4qu]

You’d be better off building a business and buying all the cars you want than being an F1 driver. If the odds are that low for a comparatively small payout - it definitely isnt worth.

[@franz_egomusic]

something has died in me today

[@MinionInc]

Don't kid yourself bro. Your profile pic should've told you that your waaaaaaay past the age to start. I wanted to be an f1 driver too. Now I just stream full length f1 races ..not even competitively 😂

[@mobdarnell]

Bad math, I’d start with the amount of people who are in f4 after karting, because not everyone in karting wants to become an f1 driver (a lot of hobbyist) let alone 5 billion people 😂

[@zretil]

I believe sim racing is the future for driver development, and getting them ready for the real thing, it's a lot cheaper and the simulation is getting closer to real life every year. So far Max Verstappen is the only one who's aware of how useful sim racing can be for real life and is actually planning to make a drivers development project around it

[@kevinprengemann7456]

I believe it is still far off real life racing. Neither Hamilton nor Schumacher liked it. Though in Schumachers time he could test without limitation and real driving / real life tests will always be superior to any sim. Nowadays testing is heavy limited and possibly at some point sims will be close to real life indeed.

[@AJ-dx6bn]

The sim racing can't provide those 5Gs turn force mate

[@AJ-dx6bn]

Only some motion and vibration cannot be compared to the real thing,if you crash you are either injured or die NO RESPAWN NO RESTART

[@noobehnoober3178]

Maybe the key is to put toddlers into sim racing and ignore karting entirely.

[@arisaga822]

I love it how your basic assumption of “has passing interest in Motorsport” is equivalent to “willingness to pay tens of thousands of pounds to compete”, but sure, whatever helps you calculate those numbers.

[@noobehnoober3178]

These statistics are completely fucked. 5 billion people have not tried to make it as a F1 driver LOL.

[@AndersFloor]

You got your percentages wrong. For example, 8:09, 0.00000000068% is not 1 in 15 million but 1 in 1.5 billion.

[@tenningale]

12:21 me and my $500 Logitech wheel and VR setup lmao

[@ChiefsFanInSC]

The odds are calculated wrong. You are assuming that a person is competing against the entire world population. If you are a young kid who starts in Go Karts, you are probably in a population of around 40k to 50k kids around the world whose families have invested in them and are REALLY serious about racing. These are still very long and difficult odds.

[@koffyolomide_mopao4350]

You throwing random numbers really shows that you truly don't understand how probability works.

[@FacelessBillions]

Yeah, he used many wrong numbers snd forgot that you can affect your own probability to an extent

[@808addict]

Nothing is impossible gang follow your dreams.

[@Maya69_6]

DailyFuelUp:Getting to the top in motor sport is difficult. Mahaveer Ragunathan:Hold my check

[@enzodeligny17c]

2:10 Ayoo that was my mechanic in Parolin 😂😂

[@samfisher2306]

Lewis Hamilton's journey was a harrowing one. He was operating max difficulty level right out the gate!

[@cameronmckelvie3022]

All hope is not lost esports are growing every year and a good racing setup might only cost you a couple grand if you want to get serious. Might not get you millions like f1 drivers but the pros are definitely getting a pretty penny back from there investment

[@paganini0332]

If you're Penelope Piquet, you will thing this math is wrong: Her Granddad was a 3x F1 World Chanpion Her uncle was a F1 racing Driver Her Stepdad is an F1 3x World Champion (soon to be 4x)

[@SimRacingVeteran]

You forgot her father in that mix. Torpedo Kvyat.

[@paganini0332]

@@SimRacingVeteran true haha. They are so many.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

@@paganini0332😂😂🤙

[@44Haro]

The only thing for football is something for a goalpost, well said sir, keep kicking that goalpost.

[@kenpurser6422]

You need to mention age restrictions… because of Max V., we have another barrier to entry. 13 new drivers in 10 years, young drivers will be old and rusty before starting.

[@SupercarShed]

Thank god sponsors exist

[@mdhayanandha7738]

i thought i should workhard so that i can to my son : "dont worry abt ur studies my son , be best in what u do , dad got all ur back" but now realizing i should workhard so that i can say to him : "money i never gonna be a problem , the only purpose of ur life is to become a F1 champion !" and we gave birth for u only for that ! jff but i should work hard atleast to say the frst stansa

[@fsxlandings]

Nyck de Vries sacking was so uncalled for, they brought back Ricciardo who did not add anything to that seat either, but yet, we have people like Stroll or Saergant taking up seats with ridiculous performance for years in a row...

[@er_don_gino_fabianz9401]

5:07 Alberto Naska showing on the video, thank you for sharing such footage on his cockpit!

[@JTread2003]

I think it'd be awesome if they had global karting championships, it'd be much more accessible.

[@Burhan-c7z]

i am a 34 year old man and i still dont know how to drive a car and i am going to make it to formula 1 ! it is not that i like it or anything just sounds really cool to add another adventure and experience into my life . think big boys nothing is impossible when you set your mind into !

[@IbrahimAli-wi2ui]

Liar, 34 is when most drivers move on.

[@Burhan-c7z]

@@IbrahimAli-wi2ui what do you mean i am 34 for real

[@IbrahimAli-wi2ui]

@user-md8tv5zf6r Well, there's no way you're getting into F1. That's what I meant.

[@Burhan-c7z]

@@IbrahimAli-wi2ui no man, if you can visualize it you can make it! dream big ! everything is possible you just gotta to work hard for it

[@sonalikshirsagar229]

I agree with your saying but sadly when Jean (the oldest F1 driver to win a go at 41) F1 and motorsports were just starting out. Now in the modern era the chances are so slim after 13!

[@salmonzz]

So because this sport is money gated, there are actually even more (natural) talented drivers on this earth. But they just never had the chance

[@ahmaddayekh4096]

Thank u for breaking my heart and dreams

[@ketchupheadd]

wish i got into karting as a kid instead of being into scooters and skateboards and yugioh 😂

[@Mrcoco-ne4rf]

The mention of 5 billion ruined the whole comment section

[@MrOrtmeier]

100000% correct. I only made it as far as 1 go kart hobby season. Money ran out. The end

[@amgoneisdope]

Im starting karting soon I at least one to try my best to get into a low tier racing series

[@AJ-dx6bn]

Go for GT

[@dinonuggie1908]

Just go to endurance racing man

[@amgoneisdope]

@@dinonuggie1908 Yeah thats probaly the one

[@max-5674]

can you still become a f1 driver at 20+ years old? (If you get really crazy fast and have acess to the money)

[@SimRacingVeteran]

No. Have you even started Karting?

[@harirami4024]

If you find a way to get lot of money by doing some business yourself ye there will always be a chance

[@Posirep]

No. Ask Alex Palou. He was a guy who didn't find his speed until he was around 20 and almost won Super Formula as a rookie. Now as of today he is a 3 time IndyCar champion and it's only his 5th season at 26 years old. But he'll never have a shot at F1

[@Puneet_P]

Looking at the current grid most of the drivers are there either because of money, relations, dad , etc.. At the same time I don't mean they don't have talent (Max, Carlos, Leclerc, Norris, etc)

[@olabodealamu5297]

Always a good time when I watch these videos

[@benjamin.kelley]

You are wrongly assuming that 5 billion people are interested in Motorsport. I'd cut that number to a 10th of that.

[@europana7]

If you win the Powerball, you can then fund your own dreams ...

[@StanceSantos]

Nigel Mansell grafted his arse off to get into F1 even remortgaging his house. He’s the people’s champion

[@EagleFntm]

5:20 Bro needs to go to college to calculate the math number properly.😂

[@saimadhavarao]

Its really sad not many ppl speak about the dark side of F1 and brush it under the rug. In todays F1 vast majority come in to the sport either through their own wealth or through legacy connections. Legacy connections are someone who have a family member already been in F1 hence the path to F1/racing is much easier for such drivers and these drivers include Max Verstappen and Mick Schumacher to name as examples. Then you have drivers whose families can afford to sponsor their career and these drivers include Lando Norris, Nikita Mazepin and Lance Stroll. Ofcourse after Lando proved himself McLaren paid back the money paid by Norris family. Then you have drivers of the 3rd kind who basically come from nothing and are backed by legit sponsors whose sponsorship conditional upon their performance targets and drivera include Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.

[@gsfcdy]

Let's not forget Zhou Guanyu. He didn't win a single F2 title but is in F1. It does help having The Chinese Communist Party behind you

[@Master_Drakkon]

Only 20 ppl in the world are f1 drivers that’s acc Insane to think abt

[@septcoco]

easy method: Step 1: win the lottery (1 in a 292mil chance) Step 2: get into F1 with the money (1 in a smaller amount of millions chance) Step 3: infinite money glitch

[@JoelFazio]

I won the @Driver61 sweepstakes. So the odds for me are about 1. For 3 laps 😅

[@TheOfficialOrbitz]

Great Video like always mate!

[@DailyFuelUp]

Thanks for the support mate ❤️

[@flazuki5288]

thank god I'm happy just watching F1 and playing the games ^.^

[@VetteWay2Fast]

Kinda inaccurate. It's not 1 in 5 billion, its 1 in (the amount of people that try). You drastically increase the odds if you actually go into karting and pursue the dream. 4.9 billion aren't interested and don't really count whereas the lotto is mathematical calculated odds.

[@VetteWay2Fast]

I'm sure is more like 1 in a couple hundred thousand or the amount of people actively pursuing being a driver.

[@John14710]

Well that was a happy video to watch before bed

[@shanetamihana1214]

Sometimes I like to forget about the odds and actually going for it

[@divirusp]

It helps to define who you want to include into the stats. I mean it's easy to compete with someone who don't want to compete with you. If you start with 5 billion people, and you just WANT to become an F1 driver you are probably outpaced most of them already. If you have the money to start karting you get straight to the top of that list. If you are age appropriate then you are at the top of those who do carting and so on and so on. Surely, it's unbelievably hard to get to F1, but if one just wants to manipulate and stretch the numbers there are always ways to do that. It just doesn't help.

[@6s9s2k3k]

nah, I'd win

[@mrsandman2185]

Before having watched the video, money, stature, driving skills and physical ability off the top of my head. Could probably add mental aptness to deal with the politics, media and fame.

[@god-ui9lm]

Lakhs of hearts broke after this video. But its a fact, May be you can pray to god that, if there is another life after death, give me a family like Lance stroll

[@danielacic1774]

So, you’re saying there’s a chance? Yeeesss!!

[@DeathclawsTheDragon2003]

Nice Dumb And Dumber reference

[@Coolman1985]

Connections would be a big factor here, I wonder how many talented drivers get cut because of not knowing big players

[@me_dox6936]

Not if you are lance stroll

[@bayandaimran]

Honestly if F1 would allow more spots for more teams such as Andretti then those F2 champions and more drivers would have a chance really

[@mateoblais1290]

How about Rally ? I wanna do this

[@omenvii242]

Win the lottery, take driving lessons, and buy your way into F1.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

No. You have to demonstrate some level of talent at the lower levels. Money can’t buy you points for a super licence.

[@urmum1363]

you say senior karting is up too 10,000 a year but i am currently a senior gx-uk driver and i spent 2k

[@shanetamihana1214]

Sometime I like to forget about the odds and actually going for it

[@akwasiampofo5565]

Being born rich or into a family with someone who was already an F1 driver is certainly a step up

[@AmandaabnamA]

I was watching motorcycle racing on Amazon a few months ago and it must be even harder because they all seem to have to be ridiculously handsome

[@Someone13133]

Bro is trying to crash my dreams with that intro 😂 I made it to renault campus. If I class as top 5,I'll transition to formula 4 then I'll climb up little by little but I'll be come an f1 driver, and I'll be the first algerian as an f1 driver and I'll win in monaco. Mark my word. 🙂

[@marmedalmond9958]

and they suddenly appear in WEC