Bubba Wallace

The biggest thing is getting the kid in a kart - they have to buy it and that's the biggest thing. You can go to a sporting store and buy a basketball for 30 bucks or a football for 30 bucks. You go buy a go-kart and that's 300 bucks. What are you going to get? A basketball or a go-kart?

American Driver

Pastor Maldonado

In my city of Maracay, there is a go kart circuit about five minutes from my home. When I was about three or four years old, I said I wanted to race, but I was too young; then, when I reached the age of seven, my father gave me a kart and we started from there.

Venezuelan Driver

After karting in Venezuela, I came to Europe in 1998 to compete in international kart races, which was great for me to get experience racing outside my country. After consistently being at the top, I decided to move to Italian Formula Renault.

Lando Norris

I turned away from bikes when I got a bambino kart for my seventh birthday and started doing some karting, just around some cones at home, but I didn't think at that point I knew I wanted to go into F1, it was more just for fun.

British Driver

Max Verstappen

When I was very little, my dad had his own go kart team as well while he was still in F1, so I always joined and riding through the paddock on my bicycle.

Dutch Driver

My first memory of motor racing - I think it was just attending a go kart race.

The word 'kart' is informal and often used in casual conversations or leisure activities.

Informal Usage

'Kart' usually implies fun and is associated with hobbies or entertainment rather than serious sport or transportation.

Entertainment Context

Karting is an activity enjoyed by all ages, but 'kart' often suggests something that is especially popular with kids and teenagers.

Child-Friendly Activity

 go kart track out here that certain morning I happen to look over into the sky to the northeast and I seen a very very bright light up there like a very bright store and then I said well that's moving and I just stood there and watch