Lewis Hamilton has expressed concerns that it has almost become unaffordable for most entry-level categories of automotive/motorsport to be affordable today.
The seven-time world champion is also concerned that young people are skipping school for sports:
"It's gotten crazy expensive, even karting. I don't know exactly how much a season costs in the lowest categories, but I've heard it's at least three times more than when I started racing. If McLaren hadn't supported me back then and if I hadn't agreed with Mercedes, I would never have been able to achieve the career I have. I'm very concerned about how the costs are rising.
And there is also a lot of talk about young karting racers not going to school. Parents bet everything on them and the guys just train and race all the time. Most of them will never make it to Formula 1 and they would need to have some knowledge for civilian life that they could rely on. It would be necessary to regulate it, for example, the license should be tied to academic results. I think that would be a solution, because what is now is not good,” - expressed his opinion Hamilton.
