Global Karting League:UK - Round 3 - Clay Pigeon

Round 3 of the Global Karting League:UK was at Clay Pigeon this past weekend and the Driven By Us Academy had 4 drivers participating: Nina, Jotham, Aaron and Babacar

The Junior Lights race was held on Saturday the 4th with perfect weather and with Jotham making his debut appearance as a Junior driver.

Jothams performance was really impressive given the limited time he had to learn to drive a new electric kart and the results demonstrate the potential of this young teenager. Jotham of A-A BROS RACING qualified 11th out of 19 drivers, but his persistence, speed and race craft ensured he finished 5th in the race.

Sunday the 5th was Junior Race day and we had very changeable weather conditions; 3 seasons in the space of 6 hours! The track was greasy and all Driven By Us Academy drivers initially struggled to adapt in the karts as this was a new experience for all of them. By the end of the practice sessions in the morning, they had all clearly learnt how to handle the kart in greasy conditions, on slick tyres, and were moving up the grid.

Babacar attended his first ever race with GKL and really impressed in his ability to learn and adapt quickly, Nina was equally impressive, is a natural fighter on the grid and never gave up. Aaron, the more experienced driver adapted later in the day with impressive qualifying.

For the final race, we had drier conditions with a few incidents. All DBU drivers performed well and finished 5th, 7th and 12th in the end.