I proved again this weekend, I never give up!
I proved again this weekend, I never give up!
After a rib injury got by an accident, I could get back on track. This injury on the other hand strongly held me back and caused severe pain due to the G-forces when taking the corners so i had to give up the race. The race weekend in south Italy started pretty good by the way. I raced at the Pista Salentina race track in the second round of the Italian Karting Championship. In the free parctices i was pretty fast, I finished between the 2nd and 5th places in almost every time. I was looking forward to the qualifying after these encouraging results but I couldnt run a clean lap in the huge field. The first race went really good. In 9 laps I gained 14 positions and finished in 9th place. So I became pretty motivated waiting for the second race. I had the 23th position again and after a good start I was driving around the 12th position when because of a different crash, another racer hit the back of my kart on the right and knocked me out of the track. As a result of the big hit my kart's axle and chassis bent, my rim broke into pieces. I hit my ribs in the accident. After an examination on the spot the emergency took me to the hospital from where I was sent to a childrens' hospital because of my age. I didn't give up I returned to the location of the race and went to change quickly. When I got to the Parc Fermé the other competitors were doing the formation lap already. I could take my starting position but unfortunately as I mentioned earlier those G-forces made me give up the race. I will be able to continue in the next round of WSK at Lonato. I thank my mechanic, Raffaelle Polise and my team, the Parolin Racing Kart for the professional job during the whole weekend. They stood beside me all along.