A difficult but instructive French event
01/06/202116:00
Competing in the OK category among the world’s top karting hopefuls when you have just moved up from Junior remains a difficult exercise and Jesse Carrasquedo experienced this again during the second round of the FIA Karting European Championship. In France, on the Aunay les Bois circuit, the promising Mexican driver showed an excellent level of performance, but faced too many racing incidents. His Final result was unfortunately affected.
After having faced particularly changeable weather conditions in Belgium during the first round of the European Championship, Jesse Carrasquedo this time had to tame the circuit of Aunay les Bois with its rather particular hilly layout, compared to those on which the young driver is used to racing. Nevertheless, Jesse showed his ability to adapt. On Friday, he set the 4th and 5th fastest times in his group in Free Practice.
James Wharton, who performed well in Belgium for the opening round of the FIA Karting European Championship in the OK category, arrived in France with a lot of ambition and the desire to make his mark in this second round of the season. Unfortunately, the Qualifying sessions caused him to…
Unlike the previous event in Belgium, the twenty Qualifying Heats of the second round of the 2021 FIA Karting European Championship - OK and Junior were not disrupted by rain, even though there was a threat not far from the international circuit of Aunay-les-Bois. British Junior Freddie Slater had a…