Proof
Ryan's record
The book argues for proof over polish. This is the author's, and it is meant to be checked.
Ryan Rijvers is thirteen, from Schimmert in the Netherlands, and wrote this book himself. He first sat in a kart at eight. What follows is the karting record — here as evidence that the method in the book is one he has actually run, and for no other reason.
The record
Age 8
First time in a kart.
First race
Spa, Micromax, round 2 of the Dutch Rotax Max championship. Fourth place, best rookie, and driver of the day — in the first race he ever entered.
Age 10
Belgian champion, Rotax Max Mini Rookie.
Age 10
Won round 2 of the German Rotax Max championship at Genk, ahead of a Rotax world champion.
Teams
Strawberry Racing and François Slangen.
Series
Rotax Max Euro Trophy, and the Rotax international finals at Le Mans.
Home
Schimmert, the Netherlands.
Inspired by
Max Verstappen.
Sources
Result links pending — one per line above
Every line above is publicly reported, and none of it is sourced here yet. This is the outstanding list, not an excuse for it: each claim and the document that would prove it. Until a line has its link, read it as unverified.
- First kart at eightA published interview or press profile giving the age.
- Spa, first race everThe round 2 classification sheet for the Micromax class, plus the organiser's report naming best rookie and driver of the day. Three separate claims, so possibly three links.
- Belgian champion, Mini RookieThe Belgian Rotax Max championship final standings for that season.
- Genk round 2 winThe Genk round 2 classification sheet. It has to show the finishing order, since the claim is about who finished behind him as well as the win.
- TeamsAn entry list or team announcement naming him for each of the two.
- Series enteredThe Euro Trophy entry list, and the Le Mans international finals entry list.
- Home townA published profile. Town only, and it stays town only — nothing on this site narrows it further.
- Inspired by VerstappenAn interview in which he says so, in his own words.
Record checked on 30 July 2026.
The claim we are not making
You may see it said that Ryan raced Formula 4 at eleven. It is not on this page, because we have not been able to confirm it.
Zolder sells an F4 Experience through the ERA Racing School. Driving a car is not the same thing as contesting a championship, and the difference is exactly the kind of gap this book spends fifteen chapters arguing about. The exact facts are being confirmed with the people who were there. When they are, this page will state them precisely — including if the honest version is smaller than the rumour.
A book whose first promise is “no fake case studies” cannot carry an unverifiable claim about its own author. That rule costs something here, which is the point of having it.
The two portraits
Both of these are already printed in the book. Nothing on this site adds new exposure of a minor beyond what the book itself published.
What is deliberately not here
No school, no address, no training schedule, no race calendar, no daily routine, no live location, and no way to contact him. He is thirteen. Results are public; a child's week is not.
There is one mailbox for this whole site, at the bottom of every page, and an adult reads it. Ryan does not reply to strangers anywhere.
Why this page exists
“Why would I take advice from a thirteen-year-old?” is a fair question, and the honest answer is not that the karting makes him an authority on money. It is that the book's whole method — pick one thing, shrink the first step, do it before tomorrow night, keep the proof — is the method he already uses somewhere it is impossible to fake, because a stopwatch is watching.
The rest of the site is the same method, free and unlocked:the nineteen 24-hour builds,every Reality Check, and the worksheets. The book is the part that is not here — what is in it, honestly stated.