Milton Keynes-based youngster makes his mark at PF International as he continues his first year in KF3
Samuel Oram-Jones sent out a warning and showed it won’t be long until he claims his debut KF3 win, with a sensational performance last weekend in the second and final round of the 2012 CIK-FIA European KF3 Championship at PF International.
Samuel Oram-Jones, KF3
Sammy, who is competing in KF3 for the very first time this season, began the weekend in confident mood and having been quick in testing in his Millennium Motorsport-run kart, made his mark immediately by qualifying a very good third in his group and tenth overall.
The Milton Keynes-based youngster then made the most of his grid position to take three seconds, one third and a seventh in the five heats, only denied a clean sweep of podiums in the last heat after he was hit at the second hairpin.
Still he could console himself with the fact he still managed to set the fastest lap in his fifth heat.
The two finals promised much, but unfortunately a mysterious technical issue left him on the back-foot.
The 14-year-old kept his head down though, and despite being severely down on power, came away with a 12th and 13th, finishing the 2012 CIK-FIA European KF3 Championship with seven points and ranked a highly encouraging 23rd out of the 109 competitors.
“My pace was very good in the heats and I was very fast in nearly all of them,” Sammy reflected. “However on Sunday when we went out for first practice, my team-mate and I both had the exact same problem. We just had no power and while we tried to make it better for the finals it was exactly the same. I was getting dropped by people that earlier on in the weekend I had completely dominated and thought wouldn’t be anywhere near me...”
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