The second race in the German championship in KZ2 was held on Prokart Raceland in Wackersdorf 29th-31st of May. 30 guest drivers from the European Championship series were in place for the opportunity to practice before the European Championship race on the same track in June. This was my toughest race ever because of these international top drivers and the 66 drivers in total.
On Friday we had four practice sessions on a dry track.
We tested a lot of settings during practice and we got rid of the biggest problem with too little grip back, by changing the rear axle.
On Saturday, the weather forecast was unclear, but all my sessions throughout the day, were run on a dry track.
The time qualification was a disappointment from both team and driver?s side.
We had a setting that was adapted for about 8 laps, but I did just 5 laps and the tires never came up in the right working temperature. I simply felt that I couldn?t go any faster after those 5 laps and didn?t want to stress the tires too much.
In the three heats driven, I finished on 25th, 26th and 25th position.
In the first heat I had much under steering and had to adjust my driving too much for it to go fast, however, we fixed that later on and the kart felt more balanced.
After the three qualifying heats I was totally on a 53rd place in the list of 66 drivers. This meant Second Chance for me. In this heat 34 drivers started but only six would go on to the A-finals on Sunday.
I started in 25th place and made a very strong start and was as high as 14th place before I unfortunately was pushed off the track from behind by a competitor on the sixth lap.
I?m of course disappointed to have to retire from yet another race, but this weekend brought some positive things. I?ve never done such strong laps initially. The chassis was good, I made a lot of overtaking and had great pace. Also, I managed to stay out of trouble in all three heats despite much crashes.
Next race is run 3rd-5th of July in Ampfing where the A-final is the goal.
