South Australian Riley Harrison has qualified the best of the Australians in the three sprint karting elements for the FIA Motorsport Games.
The youngster – who races for Nick Percat’s JND Racing squad at the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship – qualified sixth quickest in the Karting Sprint JR (junior) category.
Jay Kostecki – fresh from the highs of winning the ROK Supercup last weekend – was quickest in practice for Karting Sprint Mini – but was only able to manage 18th in qualifying.
Victorian, Pip Casabene struck trouble in qualifying for Karting Sprint Senior with a front wheel hub issue and could manage just 29th.
The Karting Sprint component forms part of a larger program for karting that includes endurance karting, slalom karting and more broadly in terms of racing eSports, GT, GT single make and open wheel.
Coverage starts at 5:40pm AEDT with the Karting Sprint racing beginning at approximately 6:40pm AEDT. Note: Times and links may change.
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