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FIVE MINUTES WITH ESMEE HAWKEY

When and how did you start in motor racing?

My father did karting and circuit racing and we used to watch him in the Monaco Cup. I got to stand on the podium and at that point it clicked that motorsport was something I wanted to get into. I carefully asked my father if I could start doing it, and for my 8th birthday I

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