Felipe Nardo - Moravsky Pohar - Slovakia Karting Center - 04/2024 - Highlights

Felipe Nardo - Moravsky Pohar - Slovakia Karting Center - 04/2024 - Highlights

Tough weekend at Slovak Karting Center. My first time with a Rotax on that track and my first race away from STEEL RING - Motorsport pro každého.
Started with Free Practices on Friday and I had all sorts of mechanical issues in 4 out of the 6 practice sessions, so in the end I just had 2 full practices sessions before Saturday.

On Saturday, during the qualify I caused an accident which ruined the qualy of one of the top contenders (and hurt my neck), which I felt ashamed and very sorry for the other driver. On the first race, my axle decided to split in 2 parts.

On Sunday, despite my moral and confidence being very low, things were slightly better, I kept improving my lap times and gaining confidence again.
In the end, the results were very far from my expectations, but what was important is that I learned a lot from the race weekend (with the help of Steel Ring team), which are always there for me.

I think for next race in Slovakia, with a better preparation (from a training perspective and from a kart maintenance perspective), things should be better.

00:00 - Poor Race 1 Start
01:33 - Braking Mistake
02:06 - Broken Axle (DNF)
02:39 - Race 2 Start (Another poor start with a kart parked on the track)
04:23 - A little contact (bumper was OK)
05:25 - Another driver goes wide
05:44 - Another contact
06:16 - The 375 goes driffiting
06:24 - Finally overtook the 375
06:46 - Race 3 start
07:16 - A little curb riding
07:53 - Kart 303 riding another kart
08:49 - Kart 321 mowing the grass
09:28 - Kart 303 overtakes me under yellow flag
10:39 - Little contact with 334
10:59 - Out of nowhere, a red flag appears
11:22 - Race 3 restart
13:08 - Kart 307 goes driffiting as well
13:18 - Finally I overtake the 307
14:14 - More contact with the 331
14:28 - Crash (difficult to see from this angle, but I think the corner was mine)
14:44 - Race finish