European kart racing champion, Jack Harvey, heads back to the scene of his first international title next weekend, when he enters the Margutti Trophy at the Parma circuit in northern Italy.
Jack will return to the event as the current KF3 class champion. However, with the move up to the KF2 category this year, he has his sights set on repeating his victory of 12 months ago, especially after a strong showing at the recent Winter Cup meeting.
“I’m really looking forward to the Margutti event,” said Jack . “Obviously it was where I took my first title last year and it was a brilliant weekend for me then. I’m certainly going back out to the event with the intention to try and leave with my name on the winner’s trophy again, this time in the KF2 class,” he added.
Jack will also be keen to be right on the pace from the moment he takes to the track, with the opening round of the WSK taking place just one week after the Margutti event. He knows that whatever speed and set-up he and the team have at Parma will carry on through into the start of his championship season.
“We’ve been working really hard since before the Winter Cup and everything has gone really well. I’m happy with how the team works and I know there is still some time left in me to find as I learn more about the kart and how it reacts to changes and different conditions during the races, which will especially help in the middle of the season when it’s hotter.”
“I’m not under any illusions that it’s going to be easy, but I said at the start of the year that I wanted to repeat my results from 2007 and this is the first event where I can go for that goal,” he said.
Jack will take to the track from Thursday next week, with the heats taking place on Saturday and the final on Sunday afternoon.
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