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Newly crowned Asia-Pacific karting champion
Jack Harvey heads to the Braga circuit in
Portugal next weekend for what will be his
biggest and toughest event of the year, the KF2 European
Championship.
The 15 year-old
Alpinestars-backed racer won the KF3 (junior) title last season and goes into
the event as one of the favourites for the European crown. However, the factory
Birel Motorsport driver knows that the competition is going to be the fiercest
he’s ever faced.
“It’s one of the events where
points don’t mean prizes!” he said. “It is a one off event and the title is at
the end of the weekend. Realistically, winning is the only aim for me, it would
certainly be another great title to add to my CV,” he
added.
At the recent qualification event at Sarno in
Italy, Jack was on top form claiming
victory in the opening final before being shunted out of contention at the start
of the second. His lap-times and results have marked him out as one of the top
racers in the KF2 senior category so far this year and a repeat of European
Championship glory, after claiming the KF3 crown last season, would put him at
the top of his game amongst his peers.
“It’s definitely the biggest
event of the year for me so far. I’m fairly confident going into next week as
we’ve been testing hard and it has gone really well. That normally means that we
have a good race afterwards as everyone is at the top of their game,” he
said.
“The whole team is behind me,
Birel and Iame, everyone, has been working really hard and I want to be able to
go out and win another big title for us all. I feel good and will definitely be
trying my hardest every time I’m out on track,” he
added.
Jack will take to the
Portuguese circuit for the first time on Thursday for free-practice, before
qualifying and the heats get underway on Saturday. The all-important finals will
take place on Sunday afternoon. (August 3).
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