Samuel Oram-Jones, KF3
Milton Keynes-based youngster overcomes mechanical problems and illness to impress at the highest level in karting for 13-16 year olds.
Samuel Oram-Jones proved fast and competitive in the opening round of the 2012 WSK Euro Series at Sarno in Italy last weekend and came through to take a stunning fifth place finish in the pre-final.
Sammy, who has graduated to KF3 this season, after shinning in the MiniMax class in the Lewis Hamilton and Bernie Ecclestone Formula One Management-backed Fomula Kart Stars Series and in the Super One Rotax Series, began the event strongly and he was right on the pace in practice in his Millennium Motorsport-run kart.
Indeed after setting the second best time in final practice, the Milton Keynes-based teenager, headed into qualifying on the crest of a wave. However, an electrical problem left him with a misfire and the youngster finished up 60th out of the 69 competitors and thus missed out on a place in the superpole.
“Although I have only been to this track once before, we were on the pace straight away and we were hopeful we could get into the superpole and try and do well there,” Sammy said. “Unfortunately though, we had a problem in qualifying with our engine. It started to rain and we think some water got in and that was why we ended up so far back”
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