20/08/2026
Swedish Championship 2026
A tough but rewarding race week, with little to no practice we knew it was gonna be a struggle. We made improvements in every session I drove but in the end maybe not the result we would have hoped for 🫠
Qualifying: P50/P53
Heat 1: P26-DNF
Heat 2: P25-P16
Heat 3: P25-P15
Second chance: P2-DNF
For the official practice on wednesday we had planned to drive all 4 sessions, but having to run in my engine and some mechanical issues resulted in only 2 sessions to get up to speed, while running in the engine in the first session.
We knew we had the opportunity to move forward through the heats with all the potential chaos, sadly I got caught up in it in the first heat. Despite this I still got the points for a 17th place, still a rough one since I was 14th when it happened. The other 2 heats I manages to stay out of trouble and claw back some well needed points to make the final.
Unfortunatley I was 2 places short of going directly to the final, this meant I was starting P2 in the second chance heat. Starting on the outside was tough and I fell down to 5th place after the first lap, this was still fine as the top 6 would be enough to qualify. The top group was defending through the whole race drawing the drivers behind into the fight. Going onto the start finish straight I was on the outside going into turn 1 and desperate to hold onto as many positions as possible I was involved in a big crash with another driver. Thankfully everyone walked away okay but my kart was not.
Maybe not the ending we would have hoped for, but Im still proud of my efforts and we proved that even without days of practice we were still in the mix and plenty competitive.
Huge thanks to MenanderRacing for the help and also Gokart Helsingborg for the support
Now time to recharge and reflect before the final races of this season
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