“Although it was only his first run and he was just getting used to the kart he was already confident and up-to-speed,” added Birel UK director Andy Cox, after witnessing the 14-year-old's first run aboard his new mount. “He was unable to run with the front brakes on the chassis, but as he hasn't used them in KF3 anyway it didn't faze him one bit and he was immediately pushing and exploring the limits. We're incredibly pleased to have Jack on-board at Birel, and hopefully we will be able to achieve some top class results together.”
Aside from his European and Italian Open Masters success, Jack has also shone on the British stage this year, and though he may have been forced to relinquish his hard-fought MSA British Super 1 title to
McLaren and Mercedes-Benz Young Driver Support Programme member Oliver Rowland in the final meeting at Clay Pigeon, he did not go down without a fight.
Having elected to put his European commitments ahead of his British ones – and therefore being unable to complete the entire Super 1 campaign – the Newark Steel-backed factory star entered the final round of the 2007 championship determined to show his rivals he is still the man to beat.
After recovering from a tough start to the weekend, Jack sealed fourth place on the grid for both of the heats to put himself firmly in contention for victory. However, at the start of the first of them, he was launched off the track and forced to rejoin at the rear of the field. A fantastic drive back up through the order saw him in eighth place at the chequered flag and left him fired-up ahead of heat two, but just as things were looking good a clipped kerb would result in the chain falling off – and a costly DNF.
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