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Chamberlain adds British title to European KF2 Championship
Jordan Chamberlain has achieved the unprecedented distinction of winning not only the European KF2 title but also the British Championship in the same year. With some strategic racing, he secured enough points in the first Final to have some fun in the second race.
The Super One Series, the UK’s national championship, is run over seven rounds all over the country and the last round was last weekend at Fulbeck in Lincolnshire.
Jordan has truly seen the highs and lows of kart racing this season, ranging from his European win in France to suffering a broken collarbone at his very next race. Luckily recovering from the injury caused barely a blip in his national championship campaign and Jordan has now fulfilled both of his 2009 aims.
After impressive speed on the test days, Jordan took pole by 0.15s and was confident going into the first heat.
As Jordan says “we won the first heat after being knocked back to fifth at the start, so coming away from the track on Saturday my confidence was booming and things were looking promising.”
Overnight Jordan and his team Williams Motorsport finalized their plans for the next day’s racing.
“On Sunday morning in Practice we made some changes to the kart and we were once again the fastest by 1.5 tenths, so I was again very confident going into the second heat,” said Jordan.
“Jake Lloyd put up a good fight in the next heat as he needed to win because he didn’t finish Heat 1 so I settled for second so as not to cause any conflict and crash.”
“Then I started on pole for Final 1, took the lead and started to pull out a healthy gap and relax, but as I started to relax Lloyd hunted me down and overtook me quickly. I pounced back at the next corner and re-took the lead and tried to push on, but a slight mistake allowed Lloyd to re-take the lead so once again I settled for second as I only needed to finish in the top three to win the Championship.”
Next up was the second final, and Jordan didn’t need to take this one quite as seriously.
“Having already won the Championship after the first final, my aim was to go out in Final 2 and “have fun”… after the first corner I had fallen to third place. Then still on lap one, me and the leading group were defending our places so a lot of bumping was going on, so at the hairpin I moved aside and let all the drivers overtake me, so now I was in 16th place.”
“I let the leading bunch settle down then I got my head down and tried to carve through the traffic. I got into third place, setting the fastest lap by two tenths, but then a slight collision with me and the driver in second place allowed my teammate Shaun Carter to pip me on the line for the final podium position.”
The prize presentation will take place at the Autosport International show in the first week of January, but between now and then Jordan will be on a hunt for sponsorship to enable him to take the next step into car racing and on the road to Formula One. Anyone interested in this opportunity to support the career of one of Britain’s most exciting young racers can find more information on JordanChamberlain.net.