Dancing on the edge▶▶Age 12▶▶First go-kart▶▶First win▶▶Left upper secondary school▶▶All in▶▶Dancing on the edge▶▶Age 12▶▶First go-kart▶▶First win▶▶Left upper secondary school▶▶All in▶▶
Meet your driver
Meet Alex Maansen –a young racing driverwho hasput everything on the lineto chase his dreamof becoming a professional racing driver.
Telemetry
In this episode Alex shares how breaking the façade and daring to go all in on chasing his dream has been crucial to his journey.
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First go-kartAge 12
First raceWon
SchoolDropped out of school
The goalProfessional
Lap 1 / 5Green flag
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First go-kart
12Years old. First time in a go-kart.
Alex Maansen fell in love with motorsport at the age of 12, when he sat in a go-kart for the very first time.
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He won his first race – and right there, the dream was born.
Lap 2 / 5Full throttle
L2L2
Something wilder
Since then, the speed, the competition and the technical game behind the wheel have been everything. As he grew older, it became clear that go-karting could no longer keep up with his ambitions.
He wanted something bigger.Something wilder...
Lap 3 / 5Hairpin
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The biggest corner
So he hung up the helmet from his go-kart days and took the biggest corner of them all:
He chose to drop out of upper secondary school
to chase the dream of becoming a professional racing driver – while he still had the chance.
Lap 4 / 5Qualifying
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All in
From intense qualifying laps to the financial and personal sacrifices he has to make, Alex shows how the courage to bet everything on his passion has helped him find meaning and direction in life.
LapLive timing — Alex MaansenStatus
01First go-kartWon
02The go-kartToo small
03SchoolDropped out
04The façadeBroken
05The dreamAll in
Final lapChequered flag
FinishFinish
Chase your dream
Today Alex is one of the most exciting young talents in Danish motorsport
and chases the dream with an uncompromising approach that makes him the perfect example of a Northern Legend.
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