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Rotax Max Grand Finals Monday Report
Greetings from Italy!
Most drivers have completed their registration at the 2008 Rotax Max Grand Finals at the La Conca International Karting Circuit! Tomorrow the drivers and mechanics will get their hands on their karts and start setting up for the first on-track action on Wednesday.
Some points of interest for the drivers at the grand finals are the new clutches fitted to all the karts and the colder than expected weather (as low as 2 degrees celcius). Check out the first pictures here, and follow the discussions in the forums here.
Nabil Dominates in Rotax Asia Challenge Hong Kong
Muhammad Nabil dominated the Senior category at the non-championship round of the Rotax Asia Challenge held at the Diamond Coast International Karting Circuit in Hong Kong last weekend. Nabil headed all sessions including the warm ups by a healthy margin, leaving others seconds behind in a matter of laps. Mikko Nassi made it to second in the final after starting in 7th making it a KRS Racing Team and Intrepid 1-2. In the Masters category John King overcame a crash on the first lap of the final which dropped him to last to stage an amazing comeback by taking the race win! Rolf Seibl finished the race in 2nd. In the Juniors Calvin Seibl took the win ahead of Matthew Solomon and Brendan Seibl. Results are HERE. Discussions including pictures on the forums HERE. More pictures on "chungangus'" flickr page HERE.
Mojo D3 and W2 Tyres to be Introduced
More Rotax News: Mojo have developed a new dry "D3" tyre which is intended for the Rotax Max DD2 category. It is supposed to be similar in grip levels to the medium compound Bridgestone (YKB) and Vega (Blue) dry tyres. Rotax has confirmed that this tyre will be used at the 2008 Grand Finals and the 2009 Grand Finals as well. They have also confirmed that the tyres used for 2008 and 2009 Grand Finals for Juniors will be D1, and Seniors will be on D2.
They have also developed a new "W2" wet tyre (finally!), which will hopefully be a big improvement over the W1. From my experience the W1 worked very well in monsoon-weather, but on a normal wet or damp track they were very difficult. This will also be used at the Grand Finals in case of rain.
