Warwick Mylum was the lone Vitesse contender in the Inter-Max category. Saturday practice was promising with the SODIKART driver putting it top in practice. Heading into Sunday, Mylum faced three-random grid heats. Never finishing outside of the top four on track, Mylum was pushed down the final starting order after receiving two front-fairing penalties. The final was all to play for as he lined up fourth. A battle for the lead into the first corner left Mylum in where he started. Quickly moving forward to second place, he turned his focus to the top step of the podium. Chasing down the leader for the remainder, and punching in fastest lap after fastest lap, Mylum knew exactly what he needed to do. In a textbook manoeuvre, he placed his kart perfectly and made the move into the final turn, coming across the line in first. Marking the first Inter-Max win for the team and the young driver. Showing that hard-work pays off, Mylum will be back for more at Whilton Mill later this month.

Junior Max saw three SODI Vitesse entries in the form of Haywood, Sarkus and new edition to the team, joining from the SODIKART OKJ team, Rao. Haywood had the kart on rails as he propelled forward in every heat, lining the kart up on the front spot for the final. Pushing hard on a fierce grid and contending for the win, the drivers race came to an unfortunate end. He ended up as collateral damage in another’s fight and could not finish the final due to a damaged exhaust. We will be back to fight for that deserved top step.

Sarkus improved on his previous efforts from Round 1. Still gaining his MSUK signatures and running on novice plates, he started from the back of the thirty four kart strong grid. Pushing forward a total of thirty three places in the heats, he started the final from seventeenth. An effort to not go unnoticed. A constant battle in the final and never giving up, he crossed the line in thirteenth and with an improved lap time by eight tenths. He will be back for even more in Round 3.

Rao had a weekend of firsts. First time at Forest Edge, in the Junior Max class and racing the MOJO Tyre. Having to adapt his driving style from OKJ to Junior Max, he already had a tough battle ahead. Saturday was about learning the circuit and adapting. Entering Sunday feeling confident, he found almost half a second in pace and looked competitive. A good set of heats saw him round out the top ten on the starting grid. Fighting forward and staying in the top ten, a mid-race accident out of his control, saw him drop down the timing board. He raced forward and crossed the line in fifteenth. The team will continue his driver development in the OKJ category through a series of test days.

Next up, the team head to Whilton Mill for Round 2 of the Club championship. We will be back with a vengeance after a difficult Round 1.

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The season opener of the Rotax Max Challenge Euro Trophy, Winter Cup 2020 proved that the newly formed Sodi Vitesse racing team will be the team to watch in 2020. Unlike many of the teams, Sodi Vitesse arrived at the Campillos track on Tuesday having done no previous testing at the track. We knew we would have to work hard as a team if we wanted to be competitive.

During practice, we quickly found a strong base setup for the weekend and with the help of Sodi Factory Ambassador Bas Lammers each driver and mechanic had an optimised setup for the tough qualifying ahead.

Qualifying was as tough as expected and with the track changing quickly between the different groups we were pleased with the 7th in Group for Charlie TURNER, 9th in group for Bradley BARRETT, James JOHNSON was unlucky in traffic and was 29th in group.

After the heats, all three drivers qualified directly in the A Final. Charlie TURNER 19th Bradley BARRETT 23rd and James JOHNSON starting 26th

All three drivers had strong Finals with Bradley BARRETT getting fastest lap and 9th in Final 1. Charlie TURNER finishing 8th in Final 2 and James JOHNSON making his way from 26th to 19th in Final 2.

Lots learnt this weekend with thanks from Sodi Vitesse to our partners

• Sodi Karts & Bas Lammers
• Time Race Engines
• Ella Burgess photography

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Bradley Barrett started 3rd and won the race crossing the line almost 5 seconds ahead of the pack.

After two strong heats, Ben Burgess started the final on pole finishing 2nd on track. Cruelly a nose penalty on the last lap dropped him down the classification.

James Johnson finished 4th making up 6 places and Samuel Harrison finished 8th after a strong race for both in the thick of the pack.     

The Sodi Vitesse team were on the pace all weekend and performed well in both wet and dry conditions.

All enquiries welcome for new and used 2020 Sodi karts.  We also have spaces in the race team for both UK and European races.

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