Meet the world’s only armless racing driver who steers with his feet at 110 Mph
At 23, Callum Smith was born without arms — but he has already hit over 110 mph on track using his feet to steer.
The Briton has just signed his first driver contract with Team BRIT, the world’s only competitive racing team made up entirely of disabled drivers, and is now chasing a place on one of motorsport’s biggest stages: the 24 Hours of Le Mans.”My feet are like my hands — I write with my right foot, I play Xbox with my feet like FIFA and Call of Duty,” said Smith. “I play guitar with my feet, and I eat by myself use a normal knife and fork.”
Smith fell in love with racing at just 2 years old watching bike racing with his grandad, Michael. His dream took a turn when he sent a bold email to Team BRIT.”The racing started off with an email to Team BRIT expressing my interest in racing and I said if they were interested in making my dreams come true, I’d be forever grateful,” he recalled. “They got back to me and I passed some tests with instructors and did a skid test — it went from there.”
He completed his first track day in July 2025 and maxed out at 90 mph around Donington Park, a host track for the Superbike World Championship. Four months ago, he clocked 100 mph at Silverstone in his own Audi A3.
Now working towards his racing licence, he is putting Team BRIT’s modified BMW 1 Series through its paces at Donington Park, learning a unique set of controls — including a flat steering plate.
His left foot turns the plate while his right foot operates accelerator and brake. On top of the accelerator sits an indicator switch with buttons for horn, headlights and wipers.”It’s hard, there’s a lot of eye to foot coordination. The biggest surprise to me is how heavy the steering feels in a race car, everything is stiffer,” he said. “But I love it and I’m quite keen to get it sorted, I’m motivated to get it done.”If he makes it to Le Mans, he will make history.”I’m going to be the first person to be racing without any arms, the first one ever.”
