Two youngsters with familiar names are revving their engines in the direction of Formula 1. Almost two decades ago, Kimi Raikkonen and Alex Wurz were teammates for a time at McLaren. 17-year-old Charlie Wurz, who is Monaco-born, made his single-seater debut in 2021 in Formula 4 but is currently dominating the Formula Regional Oceania championship in New Zealand. “Nice job son,” Austrian Alex Wurz said on social media. “Pole, win and championship lead down-under in Kiwi land after 6 from 15 races,” he added. Meanwhile, Gino Rosato, a former Ferrari official and close friend of 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen, spent a day this week watching 7-year-old Robin Raikkonen race karts.

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