A new global motorsport initiative sees RacingPete try to relive his racing career through his daughter...
Have you ever looked at your children and wondered if they have what it takes to be a racing driver? Coming from a motorsport lineage, that was my first thought as my kids took their initial steps, wheeling a walker around with surprising agility. While some just bumped into walls before executing a clumsy 90-degree turn, others - like my daughter, Lottie - took to navigating the living room's makeshift circuit with what seemed like an innate sense of the racing line.
Rosa Dakin, manager of the programme, emphasises its commitment to nurturing future female competitors. “Our goal is to significantly increase female participation across all levels of motorsport, providing a nurturing and supportive environment that allows young girls to flourish, both on and off the track,” she explained.
With that in mind, Lottie was put into a group that proceeded to learn kart controls and the basics of driving on track before being let loose for the first of three sessions that morning. This was pure familiarisation of the track and kart, and as the majority had never sat in a kart before it was significantly less hectic than being thrown onto a track with all comers, and of course all part of the confidence-building experience.
Rosa Dakin encourages families considering the initiative to take up the opportunity, emphasising the programme’s role in shaping the future of female participation in motorsport. So if you are looking for the same way to get your daughter into the sport then the next sessions of DYD days are on April 2nd during Easter -- with another two sessions planned later in the year if those dates don’t work.
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