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Baby behind wheels

Updated on: 26 February,2023 07:45 AM IST  |  Australia
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Meet this three-year-old Turkish driver, who manages to drive better than most people

Baby behind wheels

Zayn Sofuolu has almost a million followers on Instagram. Pics/Instagram

At just three years of age, Zayn Sofuoglu can barely reach the pedals of a car, and he can’t even see past the steering wheel, yet he somehow drives better than most people. The youngest son of Turkish motorcycle racer Kenan Sofuoglu, Zayn spent most of his young life around powerful motorcycles and supercars and he probably has more experience with them than most adults. Zayn wasn’t even two years old when his father, who holds a record of five Supersport World Champion titles, started posting videos of him riding a motorcycle in the driveway of their family home.



Since then, the prodigy has been honing his motorist skills, and he is now able to expertly manoeuvre and park various supercars even though he can’t even see through the windshield. It’s no surprise that Zayn Sofuoglu has almost one million followers on Instagram alone. He’s a special kid who seems capable of things that no other three-year-old would even dream of. The latest viral clip uploaded by his parents, who manage all his social media, shows him using a GoPro camera linked to a tablet inside the family’s Ferrari SF 90 Stradale to take the supercar out of a garage, take it for a spin and then expertly back it up into the tight garage.


Many adult drivers would probably be nervous about driving a supercar for the first time, especially in what looks like a relatively tight space, but young Zayn doesn’t seem fazed at all.

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