Race Report - Round 2
LUIS AT THE DOUBLE WHILST SHAH WINS BATTLE ROYALE
RD2 Cadet Category
The cadet section was all about the masterful qualifying pace of
Asha Brooks, who was to cruise to victory five times and secure
maximum points ahead of the Grand Final., with series leader Luis
Ikonen alongside on the front row and Rasaan Malcolm-Moore leading
off grid 2 with a delighted Tyler Dougan on grid 4 and
Solid performances from Krishaan Sivagnanam and Finbar Skitini both
were showing their potential on the international circuit.
We saw two new drivers to the series join in at round 2, with Rian
Phillips in particular putting in a feisty performance, showing lots
of potential once he smoothes his style down a bit.
The heats opened with Brooks producing the first of his five wins
and Ikonen taking a penalty for a tangle with Tyler Dougan, and
heats 6 and 7 saw some good racing as the favorites went head to
head in some heavyweight clashes.
Joel Golding and Rian Phillips fell foul of the black flag, not
understanding the penalty board rule, all part of the learning
curve, and Brooks completed his perfect score in Heat 20 looking
untouchable. There was also the heartening sight of Jacob Lefevre
winning a heat, rebuilding his confidence after a traumatic midweek
smash in training.
The Grand Final was the customary dash to the first turn, with
everyone glued to the Brooks/Ikonen battle that saw their karts lock
together on the run in... It was clear that however came out of that
tussle on top stood a decent chance of victory, and from the moment
that Luis Ikonen released his kart to snaffle the lead, he looked
assured.
Asha Brooks disappeared into the chasing pack, as Rasaan
Malcolm-Moore took up 2nd place, vainly chasing the now in his
stride Ikonen, and so it stayed with Luis, Rasaan and Asha
maintaining a healthy distance between each other as they ticked the
10 laps off.
Driver of the day was awarded to Jacob Lefevre for making it to the
Grand Final by way of qualifying from the C and B finals!
Cadet A Final Podium, (L-R) Rasaan Malcolm-Moore, Luis Iknoen, Asha
Brookes
Cadet A Final Results
Pos Driver Best Lap 1st Luis Ikonen 31.266 2nd Rasaan Malcolm-Moore 31.346 3rd Asha Brookes 31.209 4th Tyler Dougan 32.796 5th Krishaan Sivagnanam 32.373 6th Roberto Ferreira 32.414 7th Brandon John 32.529 8th Jacob Leferve 32.502 9th Vincent Souillat 31.979 10th Finbar Skitini 33.297
RD2 Junior Category
The Junior section began in a quiet atmosphere, with Daniel
Wright and Jonas Moore quickly stamping their authority on
proceedings with some enormous wins in the early heats. The pick of
the early race action was Andy Rrapo’s masterly move in Heat 8 to
take 2nd place and Wright’s dash to victory in Heat 3.
Other than that, we had to wait until the latter races for anything
of note as most races were won from pole position, showing the
closeness of the field with most drivers capable of winning a race.
Worthy of mention was Wole Bello’s win under great pressure in Heat
27.
Daniel Wright jetted away from the start to take command early on,
but Prajesh Shah found something special for this final. The
gentleman suddenly became Tough of the Track as he came from grid 6
to take up the challenge, and with 3 laps to go, Wright was casting
nervous glances over his shoulder at the rapidly advancing Shah.
Corner after corner, lap by lap, the lead changed hands with Wright
and Shah fighting tooth and nail, but without ever making
significant contact, a masterclass on how to race properly.
Eventually Shah found the guile and pace to hold off his ever
pressing nemesis to take a popular and emotional victory, and the
lap of honour given to both drivers was much deserved, for truly
both drivers could have won.
3rd place equally hotly contested, with never much between Sipho
Manzi and Jonas Moore, before Manzi got the drop on the last corner.
Alex Douglas was awarded driver of the day, once again coming
through the repocharge all the way from the D final to contest the
Grand Final.
Junior A Final (L-R) Daniel Wright. Prajesh Shah, Sipho Manzi
Pos Driver Best Lap Starting Position 1st Prajesh Shah 31.896 6th 2nd Daniel Wright 32.135 1st 3rd Sipho Manzi 32.219 3rd 4th Jonas Moore 32.286 2nd 5th Shane Scott 32.621 3rd 6th Andrew Knight 31.990 8th 7th Andy Rrapo 32.603 7th 8th Michael Iacovou 32.262 10th 9th Andre Aguirre-Conde 32.736 4th 10th Aimee Bush 9th
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