I can't accept the fact that i will never be an f1 driver, help?

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Since I was a kid, my dream has always been to drive one of those '' jets with four wheels '', but to get there you either need a team to pay for your career or you have to pay everything by yourself, which is a lot of money. As a kid and as a teenager I was devastatingly good in official karting races, and as soon as I became an adult I proved myself to be extremely talented by winning a national tournment in actual cars, but before that, I even had the chance to drive a Formula BMW car, I had never driven one before and the result was amazing. When I drive, my racing lines are always perfect, my driving style is just beautiful to watch,from the outside I look like I'm dacing on the racing track. I was given the chance to compete in a Formula BMW season, on the condition that I'd pay 400.000 euros, which I didn't have... it's a shame, I'm not going to claim that I could've been the next Michael Schumacher or Lewis Hamilton ( not impossible though, really ) , but I definitely have the skills to be among the very best racing drivers in the world, yet I wasn't lucky at all in my career. I'm not going to say his name, but I would always destroy this guy when I was 14 and well later on I found out this guy found sponsorship and is now competing in lower Formula's... that says it all.

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  • BlackCatsAreAwesome
    6 years ago

    I can relate somewhat as I can't get over the fact that I will probably never be a professional helicopter pilot.

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  • LuxM4G
    6 years ago

    Use your racing skills as a getaway driver and then invest the money you've earned from a couple of successful heists. Or, you could be a movie stuntman for car chasing scenes. Now on a serious note, the future is limitless, just stop wasting a second thinking about what could be. How come haven't you got a sponsorship deal if your so talented?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      Hahaha that was quite funny to be honest!

      The answer is... I really don't know, I think that's a case of simple '' bad luck '' and nothing else.

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  • rayb12
    6 years ago

    Bad attitude

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      Why?

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      • rayb12
        6 years ago

        Nobody is born a victim. You knew there would be an entrance fee and should have figured that out or prepared. People break their backs to get opportunities like this. You're focused on other people, and the past not yourself and the present. Who gives a shit about your races as a 14 year old why do you think that or his success has jack shit to do with your life even remotely, let alone "saying it all". There are obstacles and life and the difference between winners and losers is those who don't give up. So the question you have to ask yourself now is would you rather race or would you rather brag about your driving prowess to strangers on is it normal?

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          6 years ago

          '' People break their backs to get opportunities like that ''

          You sound like you're trying to lecture me when you have no idea what you're talking about, I'm not blaming you though, you have to be involved in motorsport to understand how it works. Financing your whole career isn't about spending a few thousand pounds, it's about spending millions... which I didn't have! How was I supposed to pay 400.000 £ and more? There was nothing I could do as a 14-15 year old kid!
          That guy came from a wealthy background ( like a lot of other people involved in motorsport ) and even found sponsorship, I didn't, that's it. Not my fault, I did my best in karting championships, rally events, and I was extremely fast when I had the opportunity to drive a '' Formula 1 like car '', I can't point a gun at anyone and force them to put their money on me.

          '' Why do you think his success has jack shit to do with your life even remotely? ''

          Because he was very skilled yet I could beat him 3-4 times out of 5, now he's doing very well in lower Formula's, this is is the proof that I definitely had the talent it takes.

          I'm not a loser, realistically there was no way for me to invest all that money without a sponsor, which I didn't find, and again, I had no control over that. I did my best, not all drivers are lucky enough to find one or more sponsors and well I wasn't one of them. Maybe he met the right people, or he was at the right place at the right time, but I can't be called a loser because of something out of my control.

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          • rayb12
            6 years ago

            You are just making yourself sound stupid. Why waste a day doing what according to you, was so completely out of your control whether it happened or not? Do you also buy lottery tickets and can't accept when you don't get the jackpot?

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              6 years ago

              What an idiotic analogy, the lottery has jack shit to do with this, it works in another way!

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          • rayb12
            6 years ago

            By your reasoning you've had your entire life to accept this 'fact'. Sounds like a lost cause

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      • MrDexter
        6 years ago

        Firstly you need to figure out how to use a period. Secondly This post is more of a brag then anything else. A lot of people don't have that kind if opportunity you have had.

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  • Pumpurrnickel
    6 years ago

    That's really unfortunate. But it's not impossible to still become one. You said finding a team and having them pay for your career is an option. Since you're very skilled in this, how can it be that difficult for you to find one?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      Because there are only 10 F1 teams in the whole world and most of them struggle keeping their business going as F1 is ridiculously expensive, teams like Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull Renault spend half a billion a year, but not all teams have such high budgets so they'll look for a driver with sponsors that provide a good amount of money to finance their F1 program. Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull Renault are the only teams that will invest in young drivers as they don't have financial problems, but all the drivers in their '' young driver programmes '' are kids and rightly so, I'm way too old now.
      Like I said, it's not that no one noticed my skills, but when I had the chance to compete in Formula BMW( which could've got my career started as some of the greatest champions raced in Formula BMW) I didn't have a sponsor and I didn't have the money the team asked for.

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  • e51pegasi
    6 years ago

    Buy a scalextric f1 set & practice.

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  • insanebotv21
    6 years ago

    meh... Yeah you're not crazy to be upset, but... You could probably find another way. It's not like it's closed off, just start searching, asking around looking for a way; it sounds like you've given up and that's definitely what annoys you more than anything.

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