Aussie Rotaxers Looking For A Change Of Luckfrom Ian Black in Italy Luck did not seem to go in the way of the Aussies in La Conca today (Friday) as racing got underway for the 2010 Rotax World Finals. The day started off well with Kyle Ensby and James Macken setting the 2nd quickest times in the morning warm up in their respective classes and Troy Bretherton set the 8th quickest time out of the 72 drivers in Senior Max. This meant that everyone went into the heats feeling confident, even those who had not qualified as well as they would have liked. Once racing started however, it seemed like the Australian team had no luck at all. Racing incidents seemed to be constantly happening right in front of the Aussie drivers, costing them valuable track position through no fault of their own. There were some moments of glory though. Pierce Lehane set equal fastest lap in Heat 1 showing again that he will be a force as the weekend progresses. James Macken had two barnstorming drives from deep in the pack to lock in two solid heat results for the day. The other very promising outcome of the day was in the DD2 class, both Jason Pringle and Damian Ward lead races and Damian finished 2nd in his heat late in the day. Travis Millar is also right on the pace so all 3 drivers are within reach of a great result as the weekend progresses. Tomorrow (Saturday) will see the third heat in the morning followed by the last chance qualifiers races in the afternoon. Then the scene will be set for the finals on Sunday.
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