Cui, who drove a go-kart for the first time at the age of six, will start with Kart Republic in the OK Junior classes in 2021 after a successful 2020 season in which he was able to achieve several victories and podium places.
At the 31 ° Andrea Margutti Trophy in the OK Junior, he took second place, while he took race wins and podiums in the WSK Champions Cup and the WSK Super Master Series. Another podium followed at the Florida Winter Tour 2020 in Mini ROK.
Cui is the latest addition to the Mercedes junior program, which is led by Williams F1 driver George Russell.
Frederik Vesti from Formula 3, Paul Aron from the Formula Regional European Championship and the karter Alex Powell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli are also in the squad for the German festival tent.
Mercedes is the second F1 team to add a 13-year-old Karter to their ranks this year after McLaren signed American rising star Ugo Ugochukwu.
At the Monaco Grand Prix, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said motorsport needs to be made more affordable on a broader scale after Lewis Hamilton told Spanish publication AS that F1 “has become a billionaire boys club”.
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Three drivers on the current F1 grid – Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, Williams’ Nicholas Latifi and Haas newcomer Nikita Mazepin – are all sons of billionaires.
Hamilton grew up on a council estate in Stevenage. His father Anthony worked in several jobs to fund his karting career before he was picked up by McLaren at the age of 13.
“What makes sport so attractive is that it can tell a good soap [opera] also outside of racing, ”said Wolff.
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“Drivers have always come from different backgrounds and I think everyone has their story and things to tackle [with].
“I doubt that children from privileged backgrounds always have it easy. They fight against their own demons.
“I think we can make popular sports more affordable so that children who have no financial background can actually do well in the junior formulas.
“All the big Formula 1 teams [need to be] being able to identify these kids instead of making it so expensive that a good go-kart season costs 250,000, an F4 season 500,000, and an F3 season 1 million.
“This is completely absurd and has to stop because we want to have access. I think we need to give kids who are interested in karting the opportunity to race for much more affordable budgets. “
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