Jiggy is Back

James (Jiggy) Gornall, the former British Formula TKM kart champion, BARC Formula Renault champion, and British GT champion, made a successful return to mainstream kart racing this weekend, in the opening round of the 2011 Super One Series at PF International, when he fought from a lowly grid position into a superb runner-up place... until officialdom struck!

Using his new Formula KGP Intrepid/BMB, and operating from racer Benjy Russell's camp, Jiggy recovered from 12th in timed qualifying, to take a solid 2nd place finish in the second final behind the outstanding Mike Simpson, only for problems with the MSA Steward being announced later this evening (Sunday), following a 'late in the race' clash with another driver.

Undoubtedly more news will follow on this story as it develops... as it most surely will!

Bas Lammers - Eurpean Champion

Ignore the fact that Swiss Airlines are incompetent when it comes to looking after your luggage, which was evident by the fact that they 'lost' my case on both the outbound and inbound flights to and from Nurnberg in Germany via Zurich. So if we ignore that sorry fact, then the European Formula KZ1 and KZ2 Championship at Wackersdorf over the weekend, was really quite an enjoyable event.

In Dutch ace Bas Lammers the Formula KZ1 class European title has gone to a truly worthy driver, which means the Intrepid team for whom Lammers drives, pulled off a major coup when they signed Bas to drive for them. In company with his young and promising 16-year old team-mate Norman Nato, who is clearly a future champion in the making, Intrepid is now perhaps 'the' major force in International gearbox karting.

Hot and humid over the whole weekend, the 80% chance of rain on Sunday failed to materialise, although it is unlikely Lammers would have been affected by the weather, as his skill in the wet is just as good as it is when it is dry.

The only pity, one of two, is that Lammers is not British.

And as for the other pity, where is my luggage please Mr Swiss Airlines..?