Harvey takes superb second place in British KF2

Reigning KF2 Asia Pacific karting champion Jack Harvey took a fantastic second place at the latest round of the MSA British Super One Championship at Larkhall in Scotland this weekend (August 16/17).

The Newark Steel-backed racer made an immediate return to the podium after his frustrating weekend at the European Championships just a fortnight ago. His result in Scotland was even more satisfying for the 15 year-old factory Birel Motorsport driver after he was forced to start from the back of the grid, after a technical infringement took his pole-position time away from him and left him at the rear of the field.

In a typical Harvey drive, in the heats he put on a fantastic display of overtaking as he claimed a fifth and an eighth place in the two races. In the first of two finals he managed to take third place, giving him a second row starting position for the all-important second final.

At the start Jack went to go with the leaders as they made a break. However, the second place driver’s engine let go right in front of him and he had to take avoiding action. This allowed the leader to pull out a lead that was too much for Jack to get back over the course of the race, but he was still able to keep control of the rest of the field behind him and take a hard fought second place, giving him more silverware to take home.

“It was good weekend for us,” admitted Jack afterwards. “Practice went well and I’d qualified on pole, but a problem meant that I was forced to start from the back of the grid once the heats got underway and I knew then that I would have to drive hard all weekend.

“My heats went well and I was hoping to be able to go for the win in the second final but there was nothing I could do about the guy in front of me and his engine problem. Once I’d got past him the leader was just out of reach, but it’s great for all of the team to come straight back to a podium finish and we will be aiming for more of the same at every race for the rest of the season,” he added.

Jack now has just two weeks before he is back in action in the British series as it heads to Whilton Mill at the end of August.

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