This is Harry in his first championship, The Monaco cup 2017. The first race is called the winter cup so they can determin where they start in the following races for qualifying. This was a real eye opener for us but harry did grow in confidence going round the track on practice and qualifying , but during the race took a spin on the 4th lap and hit the tyre wall head on winding himself and hurting his arm so he had to retire . Already he could see how good the other drivers were so had to get him back into a kart straight away so he didnt get put off by the incedent.
This was race day 1 of the monaco cup championship at rye house with harry geting back in the hot seat from his crash in the winter cup last month . He had a great race consideringFinishing in 10th place for his first ever proper race and a fastest lap time of 51.72 seconds . Well done harry .
Monaco cup Championship on 18th April 2017 saw round 2 with harry having a better race finishing 9th place with his confidence growing all the time and getting his lap time down to 49.28 seconds . Also taking him up to 9th in the championship with 37 points.
23rd May 2017 saw round 3 of the Monaco cup . Qualifying in 8th place, It was a tricky race and with an unfortunate spin on the 3rd lap left him in last position with some work to do to catch up the rest of the pack. He finished in 11th position but did beat his pb lap time with 47.36 so we took this positive from the race.
20th June 2017 saw round 4 of the Monaco cup but did not have footage of the race but harry managed to qualify in 9th position with a 47.170 lap time . With a positive start harry gained a place on the 3rd lap and was doing well but then lost the place on the on the 3rd and another spin on the 14th lap saw him lose alot of valuable time and could only manage to finish last but did beat his pb lap time with a 47.124 so we were pleased with that but we could see more practice on track was needed.
18th July 2017 saw round 5 of the Monaco cup and a great quaifying saw harry start in 6th on the grid smashing his pb with a 46.452 lap . A great start but gutted when he span on the first lap at pylon putting harry a lap down on everyone by the time the marshalls had got to him but still managed to finish 9th with beating his pb again with a lap time of 46.038 seconds.Part 1 has commentary from Sam Green at Rye house raceway
22 August saw round 6 of the Monaco cup and must say the extra practice has definitely paid off with harry finishing a superb 4th position missing out on the podium by 6 seconds and a fastest lap time of 46.338 seconds . His best race by far in the championship to date.
16th September 2017 saw round 7 of the Monaco cup Harry practice session 16th sept 2017 AND RACE DAY 7 Monaco championship finishing in 5th place with a fastest lap time of 46.374 seconds
24th October saw round 8 of the Monaco cup and harry qualifying in 3rd place with a 47.085 lap . Gutted he was nudged off track on the straight after gaining a place to 2nd and no penalty was given to the other driver which did suprise us but thats racing. Commentary is from Sam Green at Rye House Racetrack.
This was the Monaco cup finale Rye House 21st November 2017 Race day 9 with Harry finishing an impressive 5th place having to get used to a few damp conditions on the track which he had not raced in before. His 5th place finish made sure he finished in 5th Position with overall points of 346 in the whole championship which was outstanding as he started in 12th and you can see how his confidence grew throughout the year with his final few races. footage courtesy of Sam green at Rye House racetrack