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Millroy Starts Italian Championship Campaign At Sarno |
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 |
Surrey karting star Ollie Millroy will get his 2007 championship season underway this weekend (March 17-18) at the opening round of the World Series of Karting (WSK) at the Sarno circuit in southern Italy.
The 16-year-old works Zanardi racer has already shown his pace in the KF1 (Formula A) class at the two major early season non-championship events in Italy. He will head into the opening championship event of the season with the intention of bringing himself and the team the best result possible in the top level of competition.
“Although it’s the first championship race of the season, I’ll be
treating it like any other race,” said Ollie. “We must focus on that
and not be distracted by the thought of it being a championship. It’s
too early in the season to be talking about that but as always I will
give it my best shot.
“The competition will be the same as I’ve raced against in the last two
events, the Winter Cup and the Margutti Trophy and I’ve had the pace in
both of those, so things are looking good. We’re still learning the
kart and the engine and we’ve improved at every outing and I intend to
do the same again next weekend”.
The WSK Championship brings the best karting talent from across Europe
together for a five round series, based in Italy, Spain and France. The
KF1 class is the toughest of all, putting the reigning British Champion
right at the sharp end of international competition against current and
past World and European Champions.
The Sarno circuit has been kind to Ollie in the past and is one of his
favourites although the changes made since his last outing, which
include a longer straight and two new corners will provide a different
challenge.
“I love the circuit and I’m sure the new layout will not detract from that. There’ll simply be more of it to enjoy!”
Ollie will take to the track for practice from Friday morning before
the timed qualifying and the races take place on Saturday and Sunday
March 17th and 18th.
To follow Ollie’s progress visit Ollie’s website on www.olliemillroy.com
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