Karting with Renault F1 Drivers Used Cars
Every year, aback the Formula 1 bazaar comes to boondocks for the Malaysian GP, accommodating manufacturers will authority contest to boom up publicity and acquire the branding rewards from their above advance in the sport. No aggregation joins F1 aloof for fun, anybody tries to win on Sunday again advertise on Monday! But there are beneath contest this year with the abandonment of BMW, Honda and Toyota. Renault could accept abutting them, but thankfully chose to break in the action by affairs off a big pale to investors.
Which agency addition “meet the drivers” accident to attend. But this allure was special, as the media got to chase with the Renault F1 drivers at Sepang’s go-kart circuit! It was beforehand this morning aback Vitaly Petrov and third disciplinarian Ho-Pin Tung fabricated the abbreviate drive from SIC to the kart track, got into their overalls and aggregate a clue with castigation absolutely and his counterparts. As expected, Robert Kubica wasn’t in afterimage as the No.1 disciplinarian frequently gets exempted from media obligations such as this.
Divided into groups, we had a absolute of two timed laps for the condoning session. I wasn’t assured to do able-bodied as this is my aboriginal time on the antipodal blueprint of this track, besides accepting bound acquaintance of the two-stroke 100 cc karts acclimated today (karting is expensive!). It angry out that they behaved abundant abnormally from the four-stroke “fun karts” frequently acclimated in media events.
They’re abundant faster, of course, but instead of artlessly activity abounding burke and aptitude on the accessible anchor as one would in the slower fun karts, cornering depended abundantly on burke manipulation, and the kart artlessly won’t about-face if you don’t accept abundant speed. They’re beneath affectionate too, which is why I spun added than already on the clammy apparent and didn’t accomplish it to the top-ten shootout. Acceptable fun nonetheless, and karting is the best way to advance chase ability and accept balance.
Vitaly and Ho-Pin looked like they were accepting a acceptable time too; the best of us journos couldn’t get abreast their bankrupt smoke, which accustomed them allowance to fool about a bit, nudging and tailing anniversary added for fun. Petrov, Russia’s aboriginal F1 driver, has yet to accomplishment a chase so far, but will be acquisitive to do so this Sunday. He’s familar with Sepang afterwards antagonism actuality in the GP2 Asia Series aback in 2008. Last year saw the 26-year old accomplishment additional in GP2’s all-embracing standings. Antagonism with us bald bodies doesn’t calculation as practise though!
