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"Baby Vettel" off to burn more rubber in Europe─── 09:05 Tue, 15 Apr 2014
Morgan Piek
Bloemfontein - Bloemfontein’s “Baby Vettel”, Stuwie White, is jetting off overseas again to burn some more rubber.
12-year-old White, who become the Minirok and Rotax Max National Karting Champion last year, is off to Belgium to take part in the IAME X30 European Championship at the Mariembourgh circuit close to the Belgian-French border.
The youngster is going over to gain valuable experience for X30 World Championships in Le Mans as well as the Minirok World Champs in Italy, which he will be competing in.
White told OFM Sport for now his trip overseas is to learn the track and the kart, he will leave the sightseeing for another time.
The event at Mariembourgh runs from Thursday to Sunday, after which they fly directly to Cape Town to compete in the SA Nationals.
White says he is excited to compete in Belgium: