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Bassingham kart racer, Jack Harvey took another
podium result at the weekend as he took third place in the KF2 British Open
Championship ‘O’ Plate meeting at the Three Sisters circuit near
Wigan on Sunday.
The Newark Steel-backed racer has already
started his European campaign. However, a handful of
UK outings are on the cards for the
current European KF3 champion and as a test for him and his Birel chassis the
Wigan event was a great way to make a return to
British soil.
“It was another good weekend for me,” said
Jack. “I hadn’t driven the kart in UK specification since the end of the
Winter Series and with the weather and track temperature playing a big part in
racing it was a good chance to get some more miles under me,” he
added.
Over the course of the weekend
Jack and his team tried several set-ups and were always at the sharp end of the
grid. However, a few small issues kept him from finding a perfect balance and he
was unable to push as hard as normal when it came down to the final on Sunday
afternoon. Despite a great drive, the 14-year-old had to settle for yet another
podium result, rather than victory.
“It would have been nice to have won the event
and been able to run with the ‘O’ plate during the season,” said Jack. “Having
the plate is like being the benchmark for the class in the
UK. We had work to do to try the kart
on the UK tyres and we made a few changes
that didn’t work for us. But, we know what did and what didn’t work, so it was a
good weekend from that perspective.”
“Obviously every time I go out I want to win,
but this weekend was also important for me and the team to get more set-up work
done before we approach the UK races over the course of the
year.”
“It was great to be on front-running form
without being able to push as hard as I would have liked though, it puts me in a
great position for the opening round of the MSA Super One Championship back at
Three Sisters in two weeks time,” he added.
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