Under 18s World Champ Test DayThirty-seven of the 70 drivers entered in the Under 18s World Championship participated in a test day at the Ostricourt circuit in France on the weekend. This was an official test day for competitors to try out their new machines and have a first run with the new WKE (World Kart Engine) engine - an identical power plant that everyone has to use.
“The engine is really working well and quite amusing to drive”, rejoiced Jordan Chamberlain, European KF2 Champion in 2009. “I was even pleasantly surprised by its performance.” Lap times showed that the fastet drives at the test were faster than the fastest KF2s at the French Championship organised on the same circuit in 2009. The new CIK-FIA “U18” World Karting Championship will officially begin on Friday 23 July with non-qualifying practice of the first event at the German circuit of Wackersdorf. Beyond performance, the participants declared themselves very pleased with the concept. Frenchman Mathieu Jaminet, winner of both F4 Eurocup 1.6 races at the World Series by Renault event held in Hungary, made a come-back to karts for this Test Day. “I wanted to continue to run in Karting in parallel to my single-seater débuts”, he explained. “When I had the opportunity to participate in the ‘U18’ World Championship, I took it. On the one hand, this World Championship is very affordable financially, but it is also clear that if I could add a world title in Karting to my list of results. it would quite be a bonus!” |
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