My journey with go-karting (and racing cars) only began recently, but I already know it's going to be a longer chapter in my life. As you know, my goal is to get a racing licence (in my lifetime;) and go-karting is a solid starting point to improve my skills.

To those who are less familiar with racing and rallies, they are two separate sport driving disciplines. In racing you go round a circuit, usually a winding tarmac track, whereas a rally is made up of a different routes, terrains and obstacles every time. In many ways racing is more predictable than a rally, and some drivers say they prefer the 'unknown' element of rallies. Nevertheless, both require tonnes of hours spent behind the steering wheel if you want to be any good!

For someone starting later on in life like me, racing is a bit more approachable. I'm very happy on the track, plenty of excitement there for me. Frankly, for the time being I'll drive whatever, whenever and wherever I can.

Anyway, coming back to the subject-matter, go-karting. It's a great way to get into racing. Teaches you everything from how to efficiently take corners and the quickest way around the track, gets you used to the speeds, how to properly accelerate and break, how to overtake etc And it's cheaper than having a proper car when you're budget is pretty much non existant and you still want to enjoy the sport!

I did very well for my first time last week. You might even think, 'ah it's just a few seconds away from the leader' but those few seconds are years of training. Either way, proud of myself that I didn't come last in the group of experienced drivers (I'm number 8) and I absolutely loved every second of it ;-) There's a few tracks in London which I'll be visiting regularly from now on!