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Born February 9, 1989
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Charlotte will during 2008 race in the KZ2
125cc gearbox category in both the German Kart
Championship (DKSM) and in the Swedish Kart
Championship.
Exciting A-final for
Charlotte at Kartbahn Liedolsheim
The fourth round of the German Karting Championship
in KZ2 took place at Kartbahn Liedolsheim near
Karlsruhe on July 25th-27th. During the whole
weekend the weather was very nice with temperatures
exceeding +30°C most of the time, only
interrupted by a thunderstorm with hail during the
price giving ceremony on the Sunday.
As usual the weekend
started with the free practice sessions on the
Friday. Four 20 minutes sessions were held during
the day.
When I was at Liedolsheim
for practice a month ago, there was virtually no
grip at all on the track and I already had cut more
than two seconds from the previous lap times on the
first Friday sessions.
The Saturday opened with a
practice session followed by the time
qualification. After that there were two
qualification heats. The B-final, that normally is
run on the Saturday afternoon, was cancelled since
the number of participants this time was exactly 34
(which is the maximum number of karts allowed on
the track), i.e. all drivers would go direct to the
A-final this time. About 10 to 15 drivers had by
this time withdrawn from the Championship since the
first round at Kerpen where there were almost 50
registered drivers.
The time qualification was
a bit disappointing with a 32nd place for me.
The time qualification was
extremely important at Liedolsheim since the track
is so narrow with almost no overtaking
possibilities later in the races. Unfortunately I
did not manage to get a perfect lap during the
qualification session but still I managed to get my
best lap time of the weekend in the time
qualification session.
In the first heat I
advanced to 18th position over the finish line of
the 22 starters.
It was very frustrating
that I could not get any good overtaking
opportunities since I was much faster than the
driver in front of me.
In the second heat I got a
bad start, thus losing several places down the
start straight. It was more or less impossible to
catch up the guys in front so I had to be content
with 20th position this time.
On the Sunday it was time
for the final races, the Sprint and the A-final.
In the morning warm-up
session, I scored the 26th best lap time of all the
drivers.
In the Sprint, once again
I had a bad start and had to push hard to gain on
the guys in front. I managed to gain some places
and was 30th driver over the finish line this
time.
Later on it was time for
the A-final. I got a very good start but my luck
did not last for very long, since the clutch
started slipping in the first right hand corner
after the start/finish straight. The clutch discs
were gone. I aborted the race and had to retire
into the pits. At this very moment the race was
stopped due to a bad crash on the first lap. All
the drivers were called back into the pits and were
informed that the race was going to be re-started
in 20 minutes time. Now the real race against the
clock started.
Despite the stressed
situation we managed to replace the clutch discs
with new ones and we were passing the gate to the
Parc Fermé area with just 5 seconds margin
before it was closed.
I would like to thank some
very helpful persons for their assistance in the
moment when I was almost certain that my race was
over for this time. My competitor Joey Hanssen from
Holland, assisted me with five new clutch discs
with short notice and the Audi engine development
engineer Jürgen from Neckarsulm, who just
happened to stand nearby in the paddock, assisted
with his helping hands when repairing the clutch.
Apart from all this, I need to thank my mechanic
and supporting crew for a great job during the
whole weekend.
The re-start of the
A-final went very well and I managed to gain some
more places and ended up on a 25th position over
the finish line after 24 very hot laps
together with all 34 participants.
Despite everything that
happened prior to the A-final, Im pretty
pleased with my overall result. The 24 laps in
+30°C temperature and at a very high pace was
really a tough moment for me.
The finals in the German
Karting Championship take place on August 15-17 at
Hahn/Hunsrück Karting Circuit adjacent to
Frankfurt/Hahns Airport.
Time to race again in
Germany
Tomorrow Im off to Germany and the fourth
race in the German KZ2 Championship. This race will
take place in the small village of Liedolsheim.
This track is really tricky and I have only once
before driven there. Ill do my very best and
I will push as much as I can.
Im so excited and I
really look forward to this race because we have
freshen up the kart and we will arrive at the track
in a good mood. Lets just hope I wont
have problems with my ribs this time. The weather
will be sunny and very warm, says the
predictions.
The practises will start
at friday and on Saturday its practise, time
qualification, heat qualifications and B-final. On
Sunday the pre final and final will be
driven.
I will return to you next
week when Im back in Sweden with the press
release. Until then you can visit my website to
read more about me.
Source:
www.driverdb.com/blog/Charlotte-Haegermark/27/time-to-race-again-in-germany/
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