Thomas Potter

Karting

Since Thomas was only a toddler, he learned to ride a bicycle without stabilisers very quickly, soon after he was playing many racing video games, getting to grips with the feeeling of car control with a steering wheel and pedals. At the age of 7 he was already able to drive a car with a manual transmission.

When Thomas was 6 he went racing in karts, following in the footsteps of his older sister. His first ever session was in wet conditions in a 50cc Bambino Kart, and it impressed everyone. He displayed control and determination, so he entered his first chmapionship. That year he won multiple races on his way to winning the championship at the first time of asking.

As Thomas grew up in Northern England, he learnt to drive in challenging conditions from a young age, which really helped him to achieve the level of rain-driving skills required for car racing. He was often the only kid on the track practising on slick tires in the wet, which caught the attention of none other than Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button.

Around the time Thomas was 8 years old, he began turning heads on the karting scene. He was running on one of the tightest budgets, yet achieved succeses on the British karting scene. Thomas won 5 championships, set lap records around multiple tracks, earned 3 prestigious O-plate awards, won over 100 races and even had a race-winning streak of 23 at some point. Thomas put in performances that included finishing over 12 seconds ahead of the others in challenging conditions.

Thomas even did a 6 hour endurance karting race in wet conditions, and his pace was better than many senior drivers in that race.

Next to all of these phenominal achievements, Thomas also races with the powerful message of #NoSocialHate to champion the impact on people’s lives through hate on social media.