Hi guys, Spaners here. Have you ever noticed that when the topic of driver funding comes up,

or whether a driver has used their personal wealth to get ahead in the sport, one of my shoulders

starts lowering under the massive weight of the chip I keep there.

And why? Because I know for a fact that had I not been a scumbagged street rat, I'd have

definitely been an F1 driver. That's the only difference between the guys on the grid now and me

is that their dads didn't complain about carting being a pound a minute. The truth is, there probably isn't a version of this world

where a kid like me could have got into motorsport,

but is there a world where carting could have been a little bit more accessible?

So dropping into the shed today is one of the best known race engineers in F1 history,

who can talk to us about a carting series making motorsport more accessible

than it might

have been in the past. It's legendary pit wall voice. Rob Spendley joining us. Hello, Mr. Smedley.

Hello, boys. How are you? Really nice to be here. Thanks for having me. Oh, this is Trump

Pitts, by the way. Don't mind him unless the topic of tires comes up. And then I take no responsibility

for what happens.

You'll be in deep trouble.

But mainly, I think I'm grateful to you just for the spirit of let's get motorsport more

accessible to people who aren't from incredibly wealthy families.

If you could just tell us a little bit about your global carting series, fat carting, I'd be very grateful. So let's do it. Let's do a quick

history lesson. I built out of Williams Formula One in 2019 and decided that I needed to take some time away from the sport what became

apparent during what was a sabbatical um was that you know I really wanted to to find a way

to give back um you know I'd been incredibly fortunate uh I had up to that point a really good career with Formula One teams and like what could I

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