The race: The next countries that may get their first F1 drivers

LITHUANIA, SINGAPORE, JAMAICA

It’s a fool’s errand to guess which karting prospects will march up the single-seater ladder and which won’t, but chances look good that the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy – won by Charles Leclerc in 2011 – will contribute to F1 having some new nationalities represented.

Kajus Siksnelis (above), who won the 2019 edition, looks like a potentially exciting Lithuanian prospect, while Christian Ho – the Singaporean who finished runner-up to Siksnelis – is already on the books of Sauber’s karting team, and had a strong 2020.

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