Hi my friends late, but Its a bit needed a chill out, after all what happend. It all started great on the testing days, and I felt directly good with the new Intrepid chassis, and just needed some changes on seat and steering column, so we could start with set up. We had two days of test on the Sarno circuit, one week before the event, and all the best drivers were also there.

The two days were very hot and humid, and all drivers and mechanics were really suffering in these conditions, with temperatures reached more than 40?. But after all we did all good a good work on testing.

3/4/5/6 September 2009

Finally started the World cup KF3. I looked really forward to this event, and had a lot of confidence to make a great result. On the free training sessions on thursday and Friday and got with the top four best times, and it looked all really good for me. On friday was the first of two official chrono, and we decided to stay in and wait for the second chrono, as many others did of my group. Just to save tyres for next days heats.

But the disaster started as a big cloud, two and an half hours later with the second chrono passed over the circuit, and it started to rain!

This didnt look good for us, as some drivers in other groups had there official times on a dry circuit, and we had to do it on a wet circuit!
After all I took a 24th spot in the official chrono due to a what they call a 101% timing.

I had to start the heats from outside on a 12th spot on grid, and had to make my move forward in the next heats. I had to start the first heat of the day, and it was a bit of a chaotic start from some of the drivers, which made me hold in, to not crash. First heat I finished in a disapointing 16th spot. The following heats I finished 3rd, 4th and 6th.
This was enough to get through the last 34 drivers, who were going to dispute the World cup, and had a 12th spot on grid in the pre-final.

In the pre-final the start was again chaotic, and had to be done twice times over. After all we were started, and I lost some places (5) in the first corner, as I was on an outside position. But afterall I worked myself up to a 9th place finish, wich was giving me the perfect inside position for the final.

The start of the final was great for me, and took directly two places at the first corner. Coming up to the next corner, which is a slow long corner, I had to stay behind a driver, and at the same time I tought “hope they are not gone hit me from the back” And what you think? It happend, some dude, just hit me full in the back, which took me out, and the driver in front of me.

A big Shame, but I had a great weekend with a great mechanic and great team, only the result could have been better, Next Time!!

Now I was with the top five if I had a top three result in the 4th heat, and was going for this. Just in the last lap, when I was about to overtake to take 3th place my engine seized.
This took me right back to 20th place in the pre-final, instead of a top five on grid due the failure of the engeine.
I knew that the pre-final was going to be very dificult for me, as I was in the middle of the field, with other drivers who wanted to gain places. In the second corner of the pre-final the were already some victims, and I could gain some places, but getting to the third corner, there was a big traffic jam, due to some drivers battles. I had to go to the dirt part of the track, wich made me struggling during the race cause of dirt (stones and rubber) on my tyres. Finaly I finished a disapointing 27th.

Now I had to take all the risk in the final, and the first corners where without incidents, wich made me going from 27th to 12th spot, but it didn?t take long, when I just drove out of the third corner a black spoiler past my vizer, and a kart landed on me.
Destroying my whole side of the kart and my steering colum. End of Race.
I didnt know where the kart came from, but did hear later, that the kart involved, had got a hit from the back, and lost control of his kart, finally finishing in the side of my kart. This was the end of a promising European final.

I did have a chance to be on the podium, but the most important was to qualify for the Final in Zuera (ES), and not to get eliminated. Finally I finished 10? in the first final, and 12? in the second, wich gived me also the ticket for the World Cup KF3 in Sarno (IT) in September. I?m very satisfied with this result, and concentrate now on the Spanish Nacionals next week in Zuera, which will be a good training for the European.

Great weekend at Circuit Campillos in Southern Spain, with an unlucky Final for me, is how I describe this. After controlling the whole weekend, I started from a second place on the grid in the pre-final, and wanted to go for a pole-position in the “Grand Finale”. Webster, Talvar and Brand where my direct rivals, but I put the pace high, and finished first in the pre-final. With Talvar in second and Brand in third. Confident I started the Final, when bad luck striked me with a broken coil on the formation lap, and had to park my kart next to the track. The Final was won by Edward Brand, who showed me great sportsmanship after the race. Great event, and Great organisation by all.

Getting ready for next race.

As rain came down with buckets on sunday. Finaly we have the program ready for 2009, and i?m glad we do the Spanish Nacionals KF3, and the European Championship KF3. Maybe we do also the Euro-Challenge Rotax Max, but this depends on result at the Rotax Wintercup in Campillos on the 14th and 15th of february. Hope things getting better in 2009 for the sponsors, so we can do some more races. I look really forward to my first race of the year at the Wintercup. Gentlemen get your engines started !!

I still look for sponsors, wich I won?t let down for next season. (this is a promise) contact: markmeg@hotmail.com

Things weren?t that easy at the end of the season, due to the economic situations, but there was always a 110% effort, to get the best out of it. For next year we have on the program the WSK series, but this depends of course also on the sponsorships. Any help or ideas are very welcome, and well treated.

We will be at the Copa de Campeones in Vendrell (Taragona) at the beginning of December, and will have there my last race of the season. See you there.

Hey… I?m also at Facebook.

On the second final I finised 4th, behind winnwer Barrabeig, Michel Halle, and Fransico Abreu. All results at http://www.pde-racing.com

Today I followed the training sessions of KF3 live at www.cikfia.com, and there were some suprises,with 54 drivers in the KF3 class within 6 tenths of a second!! That promise ESPECTACULO!!

Can?t wait to follow the heats tomorrow, altough with a bitter feeling, as I could be there too. Hope I will have another chance next year.