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Rising stars Hamilton and Rosberg go karting - in 2000!

Some of you may remember the halcyon days of motor sports from the days before coronavirus, when drivers used to compete on real tracks rather than online gaming simulations. But this video goes even further back, all the way to 2000 when future world champions Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg were just fresh-faced, wide-eyed teenagers competing together in karting. Here's extended footage of them competing in the CIK-FIA Karting Formula A World Cup at Suzuka, with interviews with both youngsters on the grid beforehand. Hamilton - then just 15 years old - had already clinched the European karting crown with eight wins, and he and Rosberg finished the year with a trip half way around the...
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