In fact, they’re a particularly common place for young drivers to start before – potentially – moving on to higher profile races and cars.
None of that was going through my head as I pulled in to pit lane. At the time, the only thought in my brain was that I could do it better if they would just let me out for a couple of extra laps. “I was going pretty fast,” I told myself with absolutely no way of verifying whether or not that was true.
It wasn’t until the end of the day when the guy who actually races in the Formula F1600 showed up that I realized two things.
First: there was probably a reason for the guy was getting a laugh out of the way I fit easily into the car.
Second: you’re never as fast as you think you are.
You see, “the guy” is 16 years old, much faster than me and also able to nail the turn that I ended up spinning out on with what looked like razor-sharp precision.
