- 09 Σεπ 2026, 22:37
#907301
George_Prix έγραψε:Ειδα σε μια συνεντευξη το Μαξ να λεει κατι πολυ σωστο παντως. Οτι το καρτ ειναι ωραιο/ευχαριστο παιχνιδι για οδηγηση, αλλα για να προπονηθει ενας οδηγος μονοθεσιων ή αυτοκινητων δεν κανει δουλεια, επειδη ο τροπος στριψιματος του καρτ δεν εχει καμια σχεση με τα υπολοιπα οχηματα.
Αυτό λες ;
https://alandove.substack.com/p/opinion ... s-commentsΑν βαριέστε να το διαβάσετε, ChatGPT summary:
The article is essentially an argument that Max Verstappen has unintentionally exposed a major problem with modern karting.
The main point
Verstappen was asked what a driver should do if they had a year away from racing and could choose between sim racing and karting. Initially he said both, but when forced to choose, he said:
“Forget go-kart.”
His reasoning is that karting and modern race cars teach quite different driving dynamics.
* In a kart, you deliberately slide it because of the solid rear axle.
* In a race car, particularly a downforce car, you generally want the rear to remain planted and maximize front grip.
* Karting is excellent for learning starts, defending, overtaking and basic racecraft, but it doesn’t directly replicate how a car behaves.
Dove’s bigger argument
The author thinks Verstappen’s comments reveal that karting has lost sight of what made it successful.
Historically, karting wasn’t primarily marketed as:
“Step 1 → karting → Formula 4 → Formula 3 → Formula 2 → F1.”
It was simply racing.
Adults raced karts, grids were competitive, and karting was an inexpensive way to go racing for its own sake.
Dove argues that modern karting has instead become almost entirely a feeder system for car racing. Parents spend enormous amounts of money sending children around Europe with professional teams, essentially treating karting as a preparatory school for F1.
The really interesting Verstappen point
The author also highlights how Verstappen himself became so good.
Max didn’t simply get dropped into an expensive professional karting operation.
Jos Verstappen was heavily involved:
* They worked on the karts themselves.
* Jos tuned the engines.
* They practiced constantly.
* They simulated starts from different grid positions.
* They practiced overtaking scenarios.
* They worked together as a team.
* Max and Jos won the World Championship while operating this way.
Dove’s argument is that this hands-on process taught Max far more than simply driving laps in a professional karting team.
And that’s particularly relevant because today’s wealthy parents can essentially buy a professional karting programme for their child, potentially removing much of the learning that comes from actually understanding and working on the machine.
And Max himself has moved on
The article points out that Max hasn’t driven a proper kart since around 2016, when he entered F1.
When asked whether he misses karting, Max said he currently prefers:
* GT cars
* GT testing/racing
* his simulator
And ultimately described karting as something that’s useful “as a kid”, but something you eventually need to move beyond.
Dove’s conclusion
This is not really an anti-Max article. Quite the opposite.
Dove considers Verstappen probably the greatest kart driver he’s ever seen, and thinks Max’s brutal honesty is exactly what karting needs to hear.
His conclusion is:
Karting shouldn’t justify itself as a stepping stone to Formula 1.
It should try to become a great form of racing in its own right.
Otherwise, according to Dove, karting risks becoming increasingly expensive, professionalized and disconnected from the very thing that made it successful in the first place: people simply wanting to race.
My take on the articleThe most interesting distinction is actually this:
Karting teaches racecraft extremely well, but it isn’t necessarily the best simulator for learning how to drive a modern race car.
That makes Max’s position much less controversial than the headline initially suggests.
And given what we know about Max’s driving, I think the author’s strongest point is actually the Jos/Max methodology: Max’s extraordinary ability didn’t come simply from being in a kart. It came from an incredibly intense, hands-on environment where he and Jos deliberately practiced every conceivable racing situation.
That’s probably the part of the article I’d pay most attention to.
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