The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a large fortune.

Given all of her advantages, I wonder how many other child racers would do as well. It's hard for me to call her a prodigy when her skill may be average for someone who's been racing for 8 years with top notch equipment and tutelage. She certainly has some advantages most people don't.

She has a huge advantage learning racing and feeling a car at the limit at such a young age. Whether that translates into F1 level talent is impossible to say. Hopefully if she's good enough she gets a chance. But advantages do nothing without innate skill which she obviously has.

"Starting as young children" is typical for professional racers.

In that regard, she is not advantaged (compared to her professional peers).

-scheherazade

So, which records is she breaking?

Her sponsor is MikiHouse, a Japanese manufacturer of children's clothing.

She holds the U17 Formula 4 lap record for Okayama International Circuit with a time of 1 minute 32.8 in the under 17 category, despite being too young to actually compete in F4 races (she needs to be 16 to enter).

she's too young to blame her

if you want to be angry about wealth and privilege, blame her parents, but not her

there is a lot more too this than simple opportunity, she has to be seriously good to be able to race with this level of ability

all cynicism aside - it's just a nice story

Why even be angry?

Nothing wrong is happening here.

-scheherazade

Why be angry? I'm angry as hell. But not at her....

I'm angry as hell at me for being so damn jealous of her.....

She gets to drive that and I'm stuck in an 04 scion XA......

Ouch. XA. ::cringe::

My condolences.

On the bright side, at least it's not a yaris?

-scheherazade

I race on my own dime.

Everything my parents thought was dangerous when I was a kid, I had to fund for myself after I was an adult.

My parents spent their money as they pleased.
I spend my money as I please.

Not angry about it. It's not like they owed me anything.

-scheherazade

I would agree.....had they not allowed my brother to do all those dangerous things on their dime in front of me, but then denied me the opportunity to do them, even on my own dime.

Their favorite line used to deny me fair treatment was "we made that mistake with your brother, we aren't making it again with you."
They never once used that line on him, nor did they ever change the behavior they called a "mistake".

So I disagree. Parents owe their children love, honesty, and fairness (and food and shelter). Failing that, they should expect some well deserved bitterness later.

Hmm, I partly agree.

Surely, what goes around comes around. Kids are people, too.

You do some shit to poke your kids in the feels, you'll have to live with the consequences.

However, I don't see the debt (owe).
People are free to make their own choices regarding their own affairs, and their personal part of any relationship with others.
People are free to dislike other people's choices.

Happiness/contentment is not a requirement, and no one else has to go out of their way to make whoever else happy.

-scheherazade

Sadly, that's mostly correct.
There is no legal requirement to treat your children fairly, or to raise well adjusted, humane, empathetic children that love and respect their parents, only a moral one.
To pick nits, people aren't totally free to make their own choices regarding their own affairs, and their personal part of any relationship with others. Parents must supply a certain minimum by law, no choice involved. Beyond basic needs, I agree, people are free to be as douchey as they choose.

$ opens doors and so does talent. She has both.