2023 The races and events
Competitions planned:
Dutch Rental Kart Chamionships - a total of 12 races - Rookie entry
GK4 - Honda 9PK Junior Series - a total of 9 raceds - Rookie entry
Training:
I train every Tuesday evening at Indoor Karting Hezemans in Eindhoven and with the Honda 9PK I train at various circuits in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Year | Event | Nr of Races | Best results |
2022 | Club house Races - Genk | 9 | 1x 1st and 2x 3rd place |
2023 | Dutch Rental Kart Champ | 8 | Rookie - 1x 2nd and 1x 3rd place |
Formula Honda 9PK | 8 | 2x 2nd and 1x 3rd |
GK4 Honda 9PK - Race 9
During the training on Friday before the event I had some technical issues, kart stopping in last lap on session 1 and the 2nd session I did not even leave the pit lane. With assistance of the mechanics the DKF team we trouble shooted and were able to solve the problem and managed to get another 2 training sessions in.
All was ready in time for the last race of the Honda 9PK junior cup at the Home of the Champins circuit in Genk.
We hade an excelent training in the morning but in qualification I place myself a little to close to the racer before me holding me up and I managed the qualify 5th on the grid.
At the start of the race I got caught up in between the other races and lost 1 place but was back in place 5 in lap 4. I had the speed and made it to 3rd place in lap 8. It was a 40 minute race and kept my cool, challenged the number 2 in lap 16 but could not hold on to it. Tried it a few more times unsuccessful with the racer in front of me defending. I decided to place a final attack in the last corner to the finish if he would defend on the inside I would go wide to pick up speed earlier coming out of the turn and cross back on him.
This worked out perfectly and 2nd place was mine!!
GK4 Honda 9PK - Race 8
An other exciting race day at Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg, Belgium.
After a warmup session in the morning we did the qualification but this did not go as good as I hoped, I positioned myself to close behind a fellow racer and during the fast lap I came to close behind him, preventing me to get a good time. I became caught up in traffic and only managed to set the 9th time on my last lap.
This meant that in the heats I had to battle myself forwards which proved a bit harder then expect and trying an overtake in the last round of the first heat I was a little to eager positioned the kart on the outside of turn and got bumped of the track .I finished 13th as there were some techincal DNFs.
Due to the spin in the first heat I had to start on the 13th position in the second heat. Althoug I only gained 2 positions during this race I set the fast lap time during the session and felt confident for the finals.
Going into the finals and after a thrilling race I finished 5th overall - a good result for today and some good points to work on.
Oktober 8, 2023
GK4 Honda 9PK - Race 5
In progress