succesful professional drivers need a combination of skills to make it big in motorsports. my top 10 list:
1) excellent natural driving skills
2) determination and good mental strength
3) good articulation of feedback to engineers and technicians
4) enough of own funding to setup a proper campaign
5) good communication skills with sponsors and support people
6) marketability and a thick confident face
7) dont expect free things, first class treatment and high fees
8) never burn ur bridges, you never know who will be able to help in the future
9) show ur appreciation to sponsors, do your bit, thank them
10) luck, lots of it
as you can see, a lot of it has nothing to do with driving.
anyway, i did see karamjit's face on TM posters and trucks. he advocates safe careful driving. and gets to whack a TM liveried nissan R33 everywhere. he also gets all expenses paid drive in R3TA. he gets a drive every year at MME. so there is support for him. but funnily enough, he keeps being the lone wolf. the underdog. the guy who has to struggle doubly hard for successes. the privateer. the poor cousin. why is that??
he did say he was going to start a driving school. but as most things that involve kementerian money in this country, nothing comes out of it.