Rotax World Final - Heat 3 + Videos
| 29 November 2014 |
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Adam Hunter and Jordan Boys are the best placed Australians at the conclusion of the heat races. Hunter scored another DD2 Masters win (in a race that featured a number of laps under reduced-speed yellow) while Boys carded another 2nd in DD2.
Australian heat results below (last chance races to finalise the pre-final grids were yet to be run at the time of writing):
Junior MAX
#112 - Zane Goddard – Qlf: 33rd, H1: 15th, H2: 17th, H3: 9th (ranking = 19th)
#128 - Jayden Ojeda – Qlf: 25th, H1: DNF (34th), H2: DNF, H3: 18th (31st) (ranking = 64th)
#136 - Bryce Fullwood – Qlf: 3rd, H1: 5th, H2: 8th, H3: 20th (ranking = 15th)
Senior MAX
#209 - Ryan Kennedy – Qlf: 38th, H1: 16th, H2: 10th, H3: 17th (ranking = 22nd)
#228 - Andrew Carey – Qlf: 22nd, H1: 17th, H2: 14th H3: 11th (ranking = 17th)
,#243 - Brad Jenner – Qlf: 20th, H1: 5th, H2: 7th, H3: 23rd (ranking = 13th)
DD2
#312 - Jordan Boys – Qlf: 12th, H1: 2nd, H2: 5th, H3: 2nd (ranking = 3rd)
#354 - Troy Woolston – Qlf: 45th, H1: DQ, H2: 32nd, H3: 16th (ranking = 63rd)
#356 - Jason Pringle – Qlf 50th, H1: 17th, H2: 19th, H3: 14th (ranking = 28th)
DD2 Masters
#417 - Adam Hunter – Qlf: 2nd, H1: 3rd, H2: 1st, H3: 1st (ranking = 15th * )
#421 - Hamish Leighton – Qlf: 44th, H1: 11th, H2: 31st, H3: 19th (ranking = 34th)
#451 - Steve Ellery – Qlf: 32nd, H1: 19th, H2: 15th, H3: 29th (ranking = 33rd)
Above: STUDIO THURSDAY - We're joined by motorsport fan and rally driver Peter Ölsinger, vice president of BRP Powertrain, who produce the Rotax engines in Austria. Euan Jeffery, CRG race team manager, tells us about the longstanding partnership at the Grand Finals as one of the four supporting chassis manufacturers at the event this year. Both our guests also reveal some exciting news to look forward to in 2015! We also spotlight the RMCGF press as Frédéric Billet (FRA) and Gordon Cooper (AUS) explain why it's essential for karting that the Grand Finals goes out to the world in social media today.
Above: STUDIO WEDNESDAY - What's new at the 15th edition of the RMCGF in Spain? We invited Silvia from BRP-Powertrain to tell us about the latest merchandise available now and we met up with the Luca and Antonio from Lucky Design with some simply amazing helmets. You can hear about the Kart Cloud concept now online at the official Rotax website - so join the community today! Plus we catch up with Rotax DD2 class pole-sitter Sean Babington after today's very close qualifying session.
Above: STUDIO TUESDAY - Event organisers Helmut Voglsam (BRP Powertrain) and Arnaldo Frias (Korridas) join us to talk about the Spanish 15th edition of the ROTAX Max Challenge Grand Finals. In addition, the top 3 Nations Cup place-getters from the 2013 New Orleans RMCGF – Josh Smith (USA), Rui Viera (Spain) and Ian Black (AUS) were also in the studio to share an insight into their team’s chances this year, as they rally for votes in the “ROTAX - New Age Karting” race fans Nations Cup Competition on Facebook
