RACE-Report

Heat 1: 00:09:00 / Heat 2: 01:48:00 / Final: 03:38:00

Heat 1: 00:08:00 / Heat 2: 01:48:00 / Final: 03:38:00

• Sporting Check

  After 13 hours trip, we arrived early the morning in Valencia on the Kartodromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero. We have done the whole registration procedure and have taken our allocated place. Build up the kart, pick up the tiers and made all the settings, we expect to suit best. Later in the afternoon, we also picked up the kart suits. Everything was pretty good organized and a absolute nice atmosphere.

  The weather way pretty good with 16 C on a sunny day.

• Practice 1

  A sunny day with a lot of experience. In the morning the briefing was held. After that was the video and fotoshooting.

  At 12:30 h first practice ans warm up the engine. I had some issue with the gas pedal after a hard start. Luckily we can fix the issue before session ends. Even I had just the have of it finished the chassis worked. Then we had another two sessions. The last one was bad because of the set up.

• Practice 2

  Today wasn’t as warm as yesterday. The first practice session has start at 10:20 h and it was 10°C.

  With 56.79 sec I ranked 6th place but we destroyed the tires completely. Too many rounds were done.

  To compensate the tire wear we made some adjustment on the chassis that related to bad timing (57:06 sec) and ranked on P18.

  After that Session nothing helped really to get better results. P12 (56:95) in Session 3, P24 (57:70) in Session 4 and P22 (57:67) in Session 5.

  Today, we have learned on the hard way. Bad “optimization” too much tires wear because of too may driven rounds.

• Race 1

  The weather was cloudy at 10°C during free practice. We drove the entire session.

  In Qualifying, it was still 10°C and Jamie only drove three laps. He was in P13, but because he lightly touched another driver, his best lap time was deleted and he fell back to P25. Despite an appeal, there was no change. We will learn from this for the upcoming qualifying sessions.

  In Heat 1, there was a mass crash involving 10 drivers. Unfortunately, I was also involved. The entire steering system had to be replaced. Despite a good start in P19, I fell back to P24 as a result.

  In Heat 2, I was finally able to show what I can do. I started from P25 and finished in P16.

  In the Final, I started from P21 and was in P6 from lap 6 to lap 9. Then my brakes failed briefly and I spun. Another driver hit him hard from behind and I fell back to P21. After 15 laps, I finished in P17, but still had a 5-second penalty.

  1. Warm up: P16 (57:45 sec)

  2. Qualifying: P13 (56:48 sec)

  3. Heat 1: P20 (start P25, out Rd 1)

  4. Heat 2: P16 (start P25)

  5. Final: P20 (start P21, end P17 penalty)

• Race 2

  The weather was cloudy again on Sunday with a temperature of 10°C during free practice. We drove the entire session again.

  In Qualifying, I only drove three laps again, but with higher tire pressure than on Saturday. Unfortunately, I couldn't use any slipstream because there was too much distance between me and the next group of cars in front of and behind me. I finished in P11.

  In Heat 1, I got off to another very good start and was running in P6, but then I fell back to P9 on lap 6 and was eventually overtaken by the fastest driver (56:08), finishing the race in P10.

  In Heat 2, everything went perfectly and I finished the race in P4, but P1 received a 10-second penalty, so I ended up in P3.

  In the final, I started from P5 and was able to hold on to P5 for 5 laps. From then on, I lost ground continuously and finished in P10 after 15 laps. However, I defended my position well and for a long time.

  1. Warm up: P6 (56:68)

  2. Qualifying: P11 (56:23)

  3. Heat 1: P10 (start P14)

  4. Heat 2: P3 (start P11, end P4)

  5. Final: P10 (start P5)