Driving the kart of one of the best drivers of all times, on “his” track in Kerpen. A dream... come true!

This story dates back a while, but still gives me chills.

It began as far back as late 2006, when I saw Michael Schumacher’s kart tests in Lonato. Michael had just retired from F1 and had committed to spending a day on track to help with Tony Kart and Vortex product development.

I couldn’t believe that a seven-time world champion could still be so deeply in love with karting.

I remember thinking:

“Ok, with an F1 there’s no arguing, I’d slam it into the pit wall. But on a kart, how would I do against Michael Schumacher?”. In other words: take your average karter, who trains here and there: how much of a gap could he get from the best driver of all times?

So, one day I decided to ring up Mister Peter Kaiser.
I set the date for 15 April 2009, in Kerpen. Just a detail: the kart, I was told, was going to be a Tony Kart/Vortex KZ… ...(keep reading on the “ONCE IN A LIFETIME” TKART Magazine channel)