The 16-year-old survived a Formula Four crash at Imola to become the first Singaporean to join an F1 development team.
SINGAPORE – Almost 30 years to the day when legendary Formula One driver Ayrton Senna fatally crashed at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, a Singaporean teenage speedster had a close shave on the same track.
Emerging with a “ballooned” right hand as his second metacarpal broke into four pieces during the accident, he flew back to Singapore the next day for surgery.“When you’re pushing a vehicle to the limit, you are eventually going to go over it,” said Kabir, who was racing for French team R-ace GP. “It was a scary moment because I never really expected to break something. I was worried if I could hold the steering wheel again or return to racing.
He was just five when he was mesmerised by F1 cars zipping by on the Marina Bay Street Circuit as Sebastian Vettel won the second of his five Singapore Grand Prix titles. His parents, who are understood to spend a six-figure sum annually on their younger son’s ambitions, backed his move to Italy’s Desenzano del Garda in 2022 with his coach and manager Pavan Ravishankar.
He added: “It is what drives him to the gym and work on the simulator every day and become the best version of himself. F4 is the first step from karting to F1, with drivers typically progressing through F4, Formula Regional, Formula 3 and Formula 2.There have been speed bumps along the way, as Kabir admitted to initially struggling in the wet and feeling inadequate against some “untouchable” drivers.
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