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Robert Foster-Jones took an emphatic win in the first round of the
Winter Series yesterday (4 November) at PFi, Lincolnshire. The event also marked the
inaugural running of the new KF classes in Britain.
The Ricky Flynn Motorsport driver said: “I’ve won the first KF2 race in England, so I can’t moan. To be
honest, I didn’t really have the pace today but we’ll work on that. Anyway,
it’s not always the fastest man who wins.”
The Southend teenager won the first heat after passing thirteen
karts. In the second he again came through the pack – from 17th on
the grid - to take 2nd place, and seal pole position for the final.
However, negotiating the traffic hadn’t been without its moments. Rob
said: “There were a lot of die-hard moves
out there. There were also a lot of newcomers into the class trying to prove
themselves”.
Despite the low autumn sun shining directly into the drivers eyes
making it difficult to see the lights changing from red to green, Robert got an
excellent start to avoid the crashing and bashing behind him to take a lead he
was never to lose.
“My
game-plan was to stay away from the lunatics” Robert explained after several
drivers failed to make it past the first corner. “I’m very pleased. It’s been a bit of history in the making today and
that makes my win all the more satisfying. I would like to say a big ‘Thanks’
to all the team – Moose (Mickey Higham), Ricky and Gordy at GFR. They’ve all
worked very hard, so this win is thanks to them.”
Foster-Jones earned the praise of team boss, Rick Flynn who said: “Rob was very good. He didn’t do a thing
wrong all day. His drive in the final was excellent. Every lap was within a
tenth of the other. Not even that, in fact.”
Robert’s next race is in the second round of the Winter Series, at
Shenington in Oxfordshire on 2 December. But despite having the advantage in
the championship he’s not wholly confident that he can win it overall - “One of the rounds clashes with the Winter
Cup in Italy.
Winning that race is more of a priority, so I’ll just have to see if I can win at
Shenington and wrap the Winter Series title up in March. It’ll be very
difficult but not impossible.”
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