What should a driver do when he thinks his equipment and his team don’t have what it takes? When the question arises late in the season, there is no problem, but if the doubts are earlier … Bite the bullet, try to change things in the team, thinking, opportunities are there but one wishes to stay loyal, and the medium term future stay with the team. When the carrots are cooked, wrongly or rightly, or a whopping offer arises, a change is needed. Be careful though to choose the right moment. A detailed knowledge of the regulations is needed.
The case arose this year for some drivers between the two races of the European Championship KF2/KF3. If you participated in the first, it is imperative to race in the second to be able to race in the World Cup. Moreover, any change of equipment is prohibited between the two events. The situations caused can be simple or very complicated …
Thus Valentin Naud is racing a Formula K / TM under the VDK and PFI structure before continuing his international season on a FA Kart / Vortex with RFM. Antonio Fuoco is running on a Tony Kart / Vortex with the Kosmic Racing Department, Nicolas Gonzales is on GP-Racing/TM with the support of DR Racing France, his new team, Amaury Bonduel, now with ART GP, is on a Kosmic / Parilla and George Russell is now not part of the Intrepid Driver Program but is on an Intrepud with Forza Racing…
One conclusion emerges: if there’s an alternative, it is better to not change teams during the year.
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