Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Round 6: Racing near l'océan Atlantique

After a long summer break, Alvis returned to Montalivet karting track for the 6th race of Trophée Sud-ouest 2010. It was about 5 minutes drive away from the beach. It was almost windy throughout the whole day at the track.



It was a very important race for the Trophée Sud-ouest 2010 as Alvis needed to finish strongly to secure at least a podium for the Championship.



During the practice, he was struggling with the grip because this is the shortest track of the championship with a lot of twists and turns. Though he was getting quite a good timing but you can see that he was pushing hard to save that hundreds of a second each lap.



Alvis managed to finish second on chronos on the race day.





As the race went on, he was dropped from 2nd during the qualification to 3rd and to 4th on the final. At one point, he skidded out of the track after a 'kiss' with another kart during the final. Lucky enough for him to recover to join the group in 7th position. He put on a fight for the remaining laps to climb back to finish strong enough for a 4th.









We would like to thank the staff of Montalivet karting and the race officials for a wonderful race day. Also, not forgetting the nice restaurant recommended and we had a wonderful dinner by the Alantique Ocean.