Kimbolton: Sunday February 11, 2007
SUNDAY’S club championship round at Kimbolton wasn’t a race to remember for national karting champion Michael Comber.
Poor conditions, a new chassis and old tyre stock meant a disappointing three heats with a best position of 21st.
But, despite a collision in heat three and a water-filled air filter in heat one, the 16-year-old from Thrussington managed to make it up to 10th place in the finals… just before the race was abandoned.
And this was after a poor start to the weekend.
Mike said: “I was very unhappy with the practice on Saturday because it was clear that new tyres which other teams had been supplied with were giving them more than a second a lap advantage.
“On race day most were on the new batch of wets, but we had to try slicks in the hope that by trying something different we might gain an advantage and it could have worked.”
In the finals Comber was 30th on the grid, his lowest place in a final for years.
With the conditions and poor tyres, his team Klaassen Motorsport had wanted a top ten finish so it was mostly mission accomplished - but with hopes for a better result next weekend.
Mike’s manager, Rob Comber, said: “This was our worst result for years, but let us hope that this bad luck is out of the way and that Mike can compete strongly at Llandow next week at rounds one and two of the Motors TV competition.”
These races will be shown on the Motors TV channel this time next month.
For more on Mike's challenges for the rest of the year, stick with us up here on the blog or visit Mike's official website at www.michaelcomberracing.com
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