International Superkart Series – Oschersleben / SRN - 9.5.2011
On 8-9th May 2011 there took place the second race of the International Superkart Series at the Motorsport Arena in Oschersleben/Germany. Our MS KART Racing Team was represented by our 2011 Superkart factory pilots, Adam Kout / CZ and Marko Laine/FI – both with MS KART chassis and VM engines.
In the qualification training on Saturday Adam made the 2nd fastets lap time and Marko finished 4th. The winner of the time practice was Jürgen Reinke from Germany, the 3rd position belonged to Priscilla Speelman from Holland (MS KART/VM) and the 5th fastest was an other Duch pilot Mark Verhaar (MS KART/VM).
The result of the 1st final heat meant historic success to our makes MS KART and VM: after the race favorite Reinke stopped in the 5th lap our driver Adam Kout took over leadership and won the race with no problems. His team colleague Marko Laine finished 2nd and the 3rd place got Mark Verhaar so the first three Superkart crossing the finish line were MS KARTs with VM engines !!!
On the starting grid of the 2nd final heat everybody was awaiting a duel between Reinke and Adam Kout but unfortunatelly Adam did not have a perfect start and when he managed to shorten the jump of the German pilot driving ahead of him he had to stop in 8th round because of an engine trouble. Marko Laine finished 3rd behind the winner Reinke and Priscillou Speelmann (MS KART/VM).
The next Superkart race will be the 1st round of the CIK-FIA European Championship in Magny Course / France on 15-16th May.