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yazid…mikko…my prayers have been answered!!!
i’ll be going back to KL for a day from 26th-27th Nov…to collect my D300…hehehe… 😉
i shud be back in abu dhabi on the 28th…just gimme a sms or a ring on my mobile…looking forward to seeing you guys soon in Al-Ain… 😎
good luck dewds!!Thanks… We will be flying off tomorrow morning and should be in Dubai by late afternoon. We will then drive to Al-Ain which is 140km away from Dubai. Visit http://www.maxchallenge-rotax.com/events/2007_united-arab-emirates/united-arab-emirates.html
for more information.
7 drivers will be participating in the Junior, Senior and DD2.
For the 1st time the Malaysian Team will be wearing specially made Team Malaysia Driving Suite, Shirts, T-Shirt & caps for the world finals. However we are yet to receive the driving suites which were on its way to Kuala Lumpur as of yesterday.We are hoping to receive it today or else it need to be couriered to Al-Ain.
Just like F1 in Dubai the track will be slippery if the wind blows. Juniors & Seniors will be driving the Intrepid Cruiser and DD2 drivers will be driving CRG Dark Rider 32.
So guys pray for the success of the Malaysian Team.
Razmyn we’ll see you in Al-Ain. The team will be putting up at Green Mubazzarah. Do text us when you arrived.
The UNTAs are not very far away from where we will be staying… I’ll take a ride just for you…
[quote=saa73]cool….btw heard there has been lots of fog in Dubai/Abu Dhabi….take care![/quote]lan…last week was a bad week for me…had to divert o doha on 1 of my flight…& countless delays…extended my duty periods by too many hours..hehehe…(i like it better when i’m underworked & overpaid…rather than the opposite…hehehe)tho now things has somewhat improved…a lot…
yazid…i’ll be back on the 28th…i’ll give you a call later…
remember to bring my tshirt arrr…hehehe 😉razmyn @ manila
Was not able to give updates as Internet Services is difficult.
Anyway, the best result achieved by a Malaysian during the world final was Calvin Wong in the junior qualifying for the final race and finished 9th. Calvin Wong is the most experience Malaysian driver as he have raced in the Langkawi World Finals and also in Europe. Ikhwan being a rookie now understand what it takes to drive on a track with so much grip and highly competitive environment. Without the rubbers on the track Ikhwan managed to get 15th and 17th fastest in his group respectively in the non qualifying practice. In the warm up before the qualifying heat he was the fastest among the Junior drivers from Malaysia.
With the changing track condition I think he was a little confused with the set-up. Argued couple of times with the mechanics trying to explain what he was going through. It seems it’s difficult for him to tell whether it’s understeer or oversteer. He qualified 24 or 25th in his group of 36 drivers and finished 25th in 1st qualifying heats. 2nd qualifying heat he dove aggressively and was warned with a black and white flag and thought he saw a black flag and retired. On the 3rd qualifying heats he crashed out 2 laps before the end ad finished last. But it was indeed a good event for him to gain some experience.
Just imagine 1/10th seconds you see 5-6karts in between. What more if it’s 1 seconds, you would probably see everyone is in front of you If you talk about a close fight you would be able to see them there. This is my 1st time and i just can’t believe it. One of the Malaysian entries in the Junior has a kart destroyed. He paid 955 Euros for it. I think you guys can imagine what’s the race like.
Next he will be participating in AKOC in Macau next week and end the season. I hope he will apply what he has learned from the world finals there as the track condition maybe similar.
I met Razmyn on Saturday with his new camera. Razmyn I am sorry, I am not sure whether Mikko passed you the T-Shirt.
what is the event called? maybe i can try looking at youtube to see if anyone upload a video on the event..
[quote=edwynlow]what is the event called? maybe i can try looking at youtube to see if anyone upload a video on the event..[/quote]
Bro,
Its the Rotax Max Challenge WORLD FINALS at Al Ein, UAE……google it for the official website which has plenty of pictures.
Otherwise link also found on http://www.citykarting.com…..see Karter’s Bulletin Box!
Its Olympics of Karting….
[quote=yazidm]…..Ikhwan being a rookie now understand what it takes to drive on a track with so much grip and highly competitive environment.
…….Next he will be participating in AKOC in Macau next week and end the season. I hope he will apply what he has learned from the world finals there as the track condition maybe similar.
[/quote]I believe he has learned much and will do better in Macau. No pain no gain!
[quote=naza][quote=yazidm]…..Ikhwan being a rookie now understand what it takes to drive on a track with so much grip and highly competitive environment.
…….Next he will be participating in AKOC in Macau next week and end the season. I hope he will apply what he has learned from the world finals there as the track condition maybe similar.
[/quote]I believe he has learned much and will do better in Macau. No pain no gain![/quote]
When is the Macau event? I’ll be in Macau next week.
[quote=timmsm][quote=naza][quote=yazidm]…..Ikhwan being a rookie now understand what it takes to drive on a track with so much grip and highly competitive environment.
…….Next he will be participating in AKOC in Macau next week and end the season. I hope he will apply what he has learned from the world finals there as the track condition maybe similar.
[/quote]I believe he has learned much and will do better in Macau. No pain no gain![/quote]
When is the Macau event? I’ll be in Macau next week.[/quote]
Will you be there for team televas poker championship?
As what he has told me, he has learned a lot, such as you need to do late braking and to step on the accelerator very much earlier and also to understand the kart behaviour on such condition which is very important. you can easily confuse yourselves with understeer and oversteer. That was the argument he had with his mechanic in the world finals. It turn out to be he was wrong and the mechanic was right. Hence they couldn’t find the perfect set-up for the heats with the standard chassis. Nevertheless he was the fastest among the malaysian juniors in one of the warm-up outing. He thought he can better that by changing the set-up. His best time was 59.35 (if I m not mistaken) which is 2 or 3/10th slower than Calvin Wong. But in the world finals 3/10th is a huge gap as you easily have 16 other karters in between.
Experience and exposure do play an important role to get the perfect set-up. I believe he has learned and hope he will improve from there.
Ikhwan will be leaving for Macau on Tuesday 11/12/2007 and register on 12/12/2007 and hopefully he got to do a day practice.
The event starts from Thursday with scruitineering and non qualifying practices. Log-in to http://www.asiankarting.com/home.aspx for details.
Hope to see you there timmsm…
[quote=sabelt][quote=timmsm][quote=naza][quote=yazidm]…..Ikhwan being a rookie now understand what it takes to drive on a track with so much grip and highly competitive environment.
…….Next he will be participating in AKOC in Macau next week and end the season. I hope he will apply what he has learned from the world finals there as the track condition maybe similar.
[/quote]I believe he has learned much and will do better in Macau. No pain no gain![/quote]
When is the Macau event? I’ll be in Macau next week.[/quote]
Will you be there for team televas poker championship?
[/quote]haha, busted!!
[quote=yazidm]Ikhwan will be leaving for Macau on Tuesday 11/12/2007 and register on 12/12/2007 and hopefully he got to do a day practice.
The event starts from Thursday with scruitineering and non qualifying practices. Log-in to http://www.asiankarting.com/home.aspx for details.
Hope to see you there timmsm…[/quote]
If I’m not mistaken (need to check the schedule), I’ll be in Macau on Monday afternoon (10th) then Hong Kong (maybe Beijing too) and back to Macau on 12th.
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