When Chloe Chong thinks back to her childhood, her six-year-old self would never have dared to dream she would be where she is now. And this weekend for their season finale, Chloe will be sharing the race weekend with her hero Sir Lewis Hamilton. It’s not the only connection Chloe has with the legendary British driver, having taken her first racing steps at the same karting track as him. Chloe says the memories start “flooding back” when she’s on the track. “He told me that there was this track where Lewis Hamilton [started], and that all champions start in karting,” she says. But moving from karting to racing cars has been a “massive adjustment”. F1 teams are also going to pick a driver each to race in the F1 Academy – with Chloe keen to be picked up by McLaren, Mercedes or Williams.

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