Ferrari signs 11-year-old Canadian karting champ
 

In a deal announced ahead of the Formula One Grand Prix du Canada taking place in Montreal this weekend, Ferrari has signed 11 year-old Canadian karting champion Lance Stroll for its Ferrari Driver Academy program in Maranello, Italy.


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why not... judging by the guy on the left, it looks like they also accept drivers with downs syndrome.... :thumbsup






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that's felip massa, he may look that way but he's an extraordinary driver.

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Wow thats amazing for a kid so young. I mean damn, the kids going to be taller with bigger feet at the end of every practice session, haha. Hopefully he can handle it! What a deal.

Destined to sit behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car... You win at life, at 11, WTF, hahah

He he, talent has no age limit. Good for the little guy, seems he will be a money making machine.

I have to admit... I'm almost sick with jealousy...



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me too, man. fuck, my parents would not even let me have a go kart growing up. :1orglaugh

btw, the next youngest driver to be accepted at the ferrari driver academy was lewis hamilton.

Good for him - that's gotta be one hell of a story to tell your kids/grandkids.

I hope he does well... best of luck kid.

lucky little fucker

It's just PR guys, I read the whole article from a few days ago. The boy's father owns several ferraris, owns the race track in Montreal, imports Ferraris for sale at his dealership, bought the Tommy Hilfiger clothing line, so Ferrari is just rewarding their best customer/distributor by signing his son. Even the kid's racing coach did not give a very glowing review of the kid. I didn't hear anything like "The Next Senna" or "Phenom" but the coach said "competitive" and "better than kids his age". Does that sound like a glowing endorsement lol

so what if his dad is rich, he didn't buy the kid's victories.

The 11-year-old has two wins in the Canadian national championship in the Rotax Mini Max category as well as Coupe de Montreal and Coupe du Quebec Micro Max Championship in 2008 and both Mini Max Championships in 2009.

Montreal native Lance Stroll has started off his 2010 karting season by taking two championship titles at the prestigious Florida Winter Tour. The third year driver was able to pilot his Scuderia Karting Tony Kart to two major class championships in the span of only three months.

Montreal native Lance Stroll made a big impression on the European karting world with a stellar performance at the 2009 Vortex ROK Cup held on October 24th at the famed South Garda Karting track in Lonato, Italy.

Valentino Balboni with be jealous :D

If he can convert karting success to F1 success then good for him.

lolz, he's prolly more upset lambo doesn't have a race team.

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40 years driving top cars and not a single race :\

The man driving this car has the best job in the world ;)

That kids gonna make some big money in years to come.

No doubt the money hungry whores will be stalking him already lol...

Good, now the kid just needs a thicker neck.

Congrats to him...