BRDC Stars of Tomorrow JICA runner-up Max Goff has confirmed his status as one of the most promising young hopefuls on the international karting scene, by stunning the opposition to triumph in the prestigious Monaco Kart Cup on only his first visit to the Principality.
The Brigstock ace who in addition to his impressive Stars campaign has already proven his talent this year by outscoring every one of his 90 rivals in the second half of the Italian Open Masters campaign was one of 36 KF3 drivers to take part in the invitation-only race, but having never been there before he knew it would be no stroll in the park.
The track was amazing, enthused Max, at 13 also one of the youngest drivers competing. It's a street circuit, and it's very tight which means you have to concentrate really hard, just like they do in
Formula 1.
We only had two practice sessions, so you don't get very much testing time. It took me about a session to learn the track, and from there we just tried to get the kart set up for the weekend.
It was tough, because quite a few of the other drivers had been to the track before and with so little practice time it was quite hard to get to grips with it. In the first practice session Olly Rowland was about nine tenths of a second quicker than anyone else purely because he knew the circuit.
McLaren and Mercedes-Benz Young Driver Support Programme member Rowland runner-up at Monaco in 2006 was just one name amongst a field of the highest calibre, also including former British Junior Karting Champion and reigning Kartmasters king Jack Harvey, star of both the domestic and overseas stage Jordon Lennox-Lamb and the cream of the European crop. In such elevated company, to twice qualify ninth in his group and 16th overall as Max did was no mean feat, though the heat races did not run entirely to plan.
![Leading KF3 ace Max Goff punches the air in delight after crossing the line to clinch the coveted 2007 CIK-FIA Monaco Kart Cup [pic credit: Chris Walker/www.kartpix.net]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/390603.jpg)
