13-year-old World Karting Champion Enzo Tarnvanichkul has joined Red Bull’s junior team
Thailand’s Enzo Tarnvanichkul has joined the Red Bull junior team as a part of the team’s youth program. The 13-year-old World Karting Champion took to social media to announce his deal with the reigning F1 champions. In the 2022 season, Tarnvanichkul became the world champion in karting in the OKJ category – a division which has seen F1 drivers like Charles Leclerc, Logan Sargeant and Alex Albon being crowned champions.
The young Thai driver is understandably elated to have joined Red Bull and shared the news on his official Instagram handle. He wrote: “I am very proud to announce that I will be joining the Red Bull youth program in 2923. I am looking forward to my new journey. Thank you for this opportunity, I will try to do my best on the track and in my career.” In September, Tarnvanichkul beat 109 other young racers from 40 different countries over the course of the 4-day competition to take home the World Karting Champion title.
Let us take a look how fans on Twitter reacted to Red Bull signing up Enzo Tarnvanichkul.
“I think he’s just an OK Junior. Nothing special in my opinion”, wrote a fan who clearly doesn’t rate him highly.
“Hopefully he isn’t just a cart merchant this time”, joked another fan.
“Helmut is really snatching kids off cribs and strapping them into racing cars”, read a tweet.
“One day red bull will stop signing absolutely every junior driver they can find”, trolled another fan.
“does he speak more Thai than Albon? if so he can finally understand the 5 spams from Thai netizens”, the trolls continued.
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