2014
2014 Rotax Winter Cup
Kerpen, Germany
March 16, 2014
Sucessful start to the season for me at the RMC Germany Winter Cup! I got off to a good start with second place in the final.
2014 Rotax Max Deutschland
Kerpen, Germany
April 20, 2014
In an exciting final race I finished the Mini race in Kerpen in first place, securing valuable championship points.
2014 Rotax Max Deutschland
Oppenrod, Germany
May 18, 2014
Once again I could show my strong performance in the Mini class in Oppenrod, which I had already hinted at in the Winter Cup and the opening race in Kerpen. This time I didn't want to let anything get in the way and prepared myself optimally in the training sessions. The qualifying practice went as planned for me and the secured pole position helped me to get off to the best possible start. A start-finish victory in the pre-final secured me a good starting position for the final race, which I also won.
2014 Rotax Max Schweiz
Mirecourt, France
May 25, 2014
A good third place in the final race secured me my third place in the intermediate classification of the Swiss Rotax Championship. I set the fastest lap in the final race.
2014 Rotax Max Deutschland
Ampfing, Germany
June 15, 2014
Third final win in a row in Ampfing despite broken toes! The race weekend got off a slow start. A lot of work was done on the set-up on Friday, but no good results could be achieved. Things continued in the same vein on Saturday and it was impossible to build on the good results of 2013. Although the track proved to be fast, the competition was much better prepared! The race day started well with good weather and I was able to set the second-best time. I had a very good start in the pre-final and immediately took the lead, which I could defend. The pole position was a good starting position for the final run. Although I had to give up the lead briefly after the start, I won the final run by five seconds, while having two broken toes. I was now competing under KSM.
2014 Rotax Max Deutschland
Wittgenborn, Germany
July 6, 2014
It was quite clear that the competition would show their muscles and by Saturday practice, all the Mini drivers were setting very good times. The heavy rain on Saturday evening then left everything open again, so it was certain that there would be an exciting race on Sunday. The qualifying practice was slow and I had to start the pre-final from the fifth row of the grid. I immediately made up two places at the start of the pre-final, but had to give up one again. Starting fourth, I moved up to second position at the start of the final race, lost my position again in the meantime and finished a good second in a thrilling fight. I was able to slightly extend my lead in the overall standings.
2014 Rotax Max Deutschland
Wackersdorf, Germany
August 3, 2014
I secured the championship title of the Rotax Max Mini Germany ahead of schedule at the race in Wackersdorf! On Saturday evening the initial set-up problems could be fixed and the warm-up on Sunday showed that I was able to enter the race well. After the qualifying practice I was on seventh place on the grid. In the pre-final I finished second and got valuable championship points. In the final race, I led the race in the third lap, made a driving error and lost points.
2014 Rotax Euro Finals
Bruck, Austria
August 10, 2014
I participated at the first Euro Rotax Mini Final in Bruck. The weather conditions during the event were perfect, dry and hot during all days. There were about 100 drivers from over 25 nations which participated in the Rotax Micro and Mini series. Practice started Tuesday and I developed my driving skills in all training sessions. Already within the official training sessions, on Friday, it showed that I was not only very fast but also had enough reserve to overtake. It was the first time that we worked with our own GPS data analysis and I adapted well to this tool. In the qualifying sessions I ended on the eighth position out of 42 drivers and during the following three heats I found myself on fourth, fifth and sixth position. In the pre-final I was second and was disqualified thereafter. My engine airbag rubber inserts were marked wrong. Nevertheless, I proved my very good performance. I started from last position in the final and reached eighth position at the end. I overtook in every turn and my speed and track time was equal to that of the race winner. For sure I was one of the lucky winners during this Eurofinal.
2014 Rotax Max Deutschland
2014 so far was the most successful year in Karting for me. I won the highly reputed German Rotax Series in the Mini class! Already after the fifth race I accumulated enough points to decide the championship for me. I scored 523 points in total, three points ahead of the second driver.
Great thanks goes to Thomas Neubert, Dennis Woik and the KSM team. Special thanks goes to APM Technica AG of Switzerland who supported me during the 2014 season.