Boy, 12, tipped to take the F1 track by storm and be the next Lando Norris - watch below

Zak Sidney, 12, has been tipped to take the F1 track by storm and be the next Lando Norris. 

Zak has loved motor racing since he was a toddler but only got behind the wheel for the first time seven months ago. He realised he had a talent for go-karting after his dad, Michael, 43, took him to a track for his 12th birthday in November 2024.

Zak started on an indoor track driving 20mph junior karts, but moved up to adult racing vehicles, up to 40mph, within a month. He set a new record for the fastest lap time - of all ages - of 22.505 seconds, on March 4 2024, beating the previous record of 22.512 seconds. Zak will soon compete in the TeamSports British Indoor Karting Championship.

Owen Taylor, Zak's race academy instructor and chief instructor for TeamSport, said: "Zak's potential is truly something. He has a boundless amount of talent which even he didn't know about five months ago. I have seen hundreds of kids come through the driving academy and in my opinion Zak is a world champion racer in the making. Zak can go all the way up to F1 and has all the core traits that you see in world champions of that sport."