Outstanding performance from Jack Moore in Germany

Young local karting sensation Jack Moore enjoyed a hard fought, character building weekend in the second round of the FIA European Karting Championship that took place in Mülsen at the Motorsport Arena-E Circuit that is situated between the major German cities of Dresden and Leipzig. The series that caters for drivers between the age of 12-14 uses the “arrive and drive” principle amongst the 49 competitors from around the globe all using identical karts with engines been drawn from a motor-pool and then swapped between drivers for the duration of the event.

Picture: ***Masterful Moore:*** Jack Moore in full flight mode in **Mülsen**, Germany.
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Moore had a brilliant Saturday finishing in second place in the first qualifying heat race including the fastest lap time and then fourth place in the second qualifier and fifth in the third qualifier thereby marching into Sunday finals with his confidence high. Unfortunately the engine he drew for the final day was not quite as good as the Saturday engine but Moore still managed to put in a scintillating performance running in the top three for the majority of the 20 lap final using a great display of race-craft and defensive driving. With four laps to go, the charging pack behind Moore launched their attack forcing him to run wide off the track and drop down to 11^th position from where he fought back to 9^th place overall when the checkered flag came out.

Fellow South African, Emma-Rose Dowling finished in 25^th place out of the 36 karts that had qualified for the final.

The FIA Karting Academy European Championship Trophy takes place over three rounds with the next and final round being in Italy from the 25^th– 28^th September.

Last weekend Moore was in action with the Beyond Racing Team at the Cremona Circuit in Italy in the Italian Karting Championship where he was up against 93 other OKN Junior competitors from around the globe and was the only South African to make it into the finals where started in 31st position. After a hard fought 16 lap final, he had worked his way up into 15th place when the checkered flag came, matching the lap times of the front runners.