Why It's Almost Impossible to Become an F1 Driver

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

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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.

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

hundreds of hearts shattred after watcing this video

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???

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.

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

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

this make me like 80 times more motivated

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

something has died in me today

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