{"id":9795,"date":"2009-11-10T17:15:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T17:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/11\/10\/karting-enthusiast-dreaming-of-success\/"},"modified":"2009-11-10T17:15:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T17:15:37","slug":"karting-enthusiast-dreaming-of-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/11\/10\/karting-enthusiast-dreaming-of-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Karting enthusiast dreaming of success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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13-year-old Zubair Hoque \u2013 a racing star of the future<\/h3>\n
\"\"AN indoor karting venue in Manchester is proving to be something of a testing ground for motor racing\u2019s young stars of the future, and has tipped 13 year old Zubair Hoque as a racer we should be keeping our eyes on.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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Youngster Zubair began his racing career at the age of eight and first honed his skills at Daytona Manchester as part of the venue\u2019s Junior Race School. Since then Zubair has obtained his outdoor license and now races at circuits all over the country and in Europe.<\/div>\n

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The talented young racer recently took part in the 2009 Formula KartStars Championship \u2013 a top-level junior championship event, patroned by Zubair\u2019s racing hero, Lewis Hamilton. <\/div>\n

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And he didn\u2019t disappoint last year\u2019s Formula 1 world champion, finishing in an incredible 4th position out of 34 drivers in his class \u2013 not bad for a \u2018rookie\u2019 and one of the least experienced drivers on track. <\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s my dream to follow in the footsteps of Lewis and I think that if I remain dedicated and focused maybe one day that ambition will become a reality and it will be me who is driving for McLaren or Ferrari,\u201d Zubair said. <\/div>\n

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And the youngster can take great heart in his current position as high-profile British racers Jenson Button, David Coulthard and Lewis Hamilton all took the Formula Kart route to the heady heights of Formula 1.<\/div>\n

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Consistently performing and remaining dedicated to the sport is no easy feat \u2013 Formula Kart racing is extremely demanding and requires participants to be in top physical and mental shape.<\/div>\n

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And, according to Zubair\u2019s father, Mashukul, if it wasn\u2019t for the opportunities and training Daytona has provided, Zubair wouldn\u2019t be where he is today.<\/div>\n

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Mashukul said: \u201cDaytona Manchester stood out for its high levels of professionalism and we haven\u2019t looked back since!<\/div>\n

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\u201cThose first early years at Daytona were very important to Zubair and the personal one to one tuition he received was second to none \u2013 we owe a lot to Daytona\u2019s staff for his successes.\u201d<\/div>\n

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In 2010 Zubair is the outright favourite to win both Formula Kart Stars in Mini-Max and the Super 1 British Championship \u2013 no more top-ten positions are in store, Zubair aims to get first place every time!<\/div>\n

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Mike Yau, General Manager at Daytona Manchester, says: \u201cZubair is an outstanding young driver and we are delighted he is doing so well. He is among the elite of young drivers in the North West who we\u2019ve seen display exceptional talent. <\/div>\n

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\u201cAs well as being an excellent driver, he possesses other qualities needed to succeed in the world of motor racing \u2013 dedication, determination, personality and, of course, the confidence to succeed. We look forward to keeping an eye on his future career and are proud to be able to say that he started out at Daytona Manchester.\u201d<\/div>\n

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13-year-old Zubair Hoque \u2013 a racing star of the future AN indoor karting venue in Manchester is proving to be something of a testing ground for motor racing\u2019s young stars of the future, and has tipped 13 year old Zubair Hoque as a racer we should be keeping our eyes on. Youngster Zubair began […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}