What a race... to give myself a huge reminder that one should not take the race lightly. Not that I did, but I did not realised it was such big a challenge to race after a week of merry going holidays in Taiwan.
I was practically all the places, almost all the time.
One of the bright spot was I qualified in a decent 5th place with a time of 45.3s. There were 4 who managed to do a sub 45s lap, and one of them was Leo with 44.66s on pole. However, sadly for him, he was found to be underweight by 2kg. The weighing machine is crazy!
For Heat 1, my start was "destroyed" when Mary who was in front of me sort of stop when everyone else started to romp away. I was almost last through the second corner but managed to have some good pace and overtook a couple of karts. Which is good for the fact that I could feel that somehow I was not too coordinated in my driving. Also after the heat, I realised the rear bumper was loose from the chassis which make my turn in very stable.
Anyhow, I was feeling the effect of the strain at about half way through the gruelling 18 laps.
I was... somewhere near the back of the pack and Chang nick in front of my at the final lap.
It does sum up my day.
Heat 2 was a non event. I had to pit in after 10 laps. I could barely hold on to the steering with cramps on my right side arm. My head was veering to the left as I went through Monza. I had never experienced that racing on the same track. This just goes to show how much I was lacking in overall fitness... sigh
Again, a reminder for myself not to take these races lightly. Adequate preparation is always necessary, otherwise it's a waste of money.
The only highlight of the day was that there were some great pics taken by Albert's brother of me.
Thanks!
