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At just age 10, Amelie Acketts is set to become the UK’s next Formula 1 superstar.

The schoolgirl, from Southampton, Hants, has shunned playgrounds for race circuits and is being scouted by F1 bosses as a rising star.

Amelie uses her free time at race tracks, driving at speeds over 55mph – although she can’t get a driving license for another seven years.

The little girl has been interested in racing ever since she was four years old.

Her interest sprang when she saw her uncle building his own racing car in their house garage. Two years later, at the age of six, Amelie took her first ride around a go-karting track.

“I think I first got interested in cars when I caught daddy watching NASCAR on TV so I started watching with him, and then when my uncle worked on his car in the garage and I helped on that,” she told Story Trender.

“I love everything about racing – the speed, the adrenaline, having fun with my friends in circuit on practice days, and working on the kart whenever I can.

“I would love to be a motorsports  engineer as well as an F1 racing driver and I am also very interested in science.

“I would say to other girls my age who like cars to try it, no matter what anyone else says, go for it and don’t let anyone get in your way.

“I think you need to get them in the circuit and actually drive the car until they realize they actually love it. The message I want to get out is that girls can race equally as boys.”

Amelie had to pass a driving test, similar to a usual driver’s license test comprising of theory and practical, to get her race license for go karting.

The youngster, who loves studying science, says she wants to bring more girls into her unusual hobby as she is the only girl in her racing class of 25 children.

The prodigy even won a competition organized by Motorsports UK and was selected as one of the 20 kids to represent UK Karting at the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone.

“I am actually a fan of all the drivers but if I had to choose, then team-wise at the moment, probably Redbull and Mclaren,” the 10-year-old said.

“However, in terms of drivers, I guess I am supporting all the young guns who are coming up through the sport, originally this was obviously Max Verstappen, but this year, I would say especially Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc, but also George Russell and Pierre Gasly.

Amelie’s parents, Julie, 41, a teacher, and James, 43, an IT worker, say they are proud of their daughter, and that they would always keep supporting her.

“I think what got her interested was when my brother built his own vehicle – we were modifying it in our garage and Amelie came up and asked if she could help, so she started helping and get more involved,” James said.

“She has an interest in the engineering of the car as well as driving – she showed an interest in watching racing on the TV. I took her to the NASCAR just to see whether she was actually interested or she was just humoring me but she really loved it.

“A friend mentioned he takes his daughter karting at a teaching race car track – I bought her the modules for her sixth birthday and that’s how she got into it.

“As parents, we are very proud – we probably held her back a little bit more than we should on the racing side, we wanted her to get a bit older.

“But we are definitely promoting her doing the engineering side of things because she loves science. It’s her dream and we fully support her.”

 

 

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