02 December 2001

Brask Management ace Giorgio Pantano has been awarded the prestigious 'Italian International Driver of the Year award' by leading Italian magazine Autosprint. Giorgio, who wowed Italian fans with a sensational Formula 3000 victory at Imola in September, was chosen for the award ahead of Grand Prix aces Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella. Giorgio will receive his trophy at the Autpsprint Awards on 15th December.

Formula 3000 testing commences again soon with a session at Barcelona in Spain. Brask Management driver Alex Müller, who finished third in the European Championship, will be having his first run in the FIA sanctioned International version as he tests with Astromega.

Formula Renault testing

Fresh from two sensational podium finishes in his first two car race dates, former kartist Mike Spencer jetted off to Germany with Team Brask's Managing Director Alf Boarer last week for another Formula Renault test. Alf reports that the session with Timo Rumpfkiel's Motopark Academy was very successful. Mike soon got to grips with the car and a damp Oschersleben circuit to post some very encouraging times.

Karting - Team Brask Trophy

On Sunday November 18, the Team Brask trophy was awarded to two talented drivers in the youth-club "Viadukten" in Roskilde, Denmark. It was a club championship, - all 17 drivers were there, with high hopes and expectations. The track was the newly built "Roskilde Racing Center" which is built for bigger carts than the small 50cc - so the concern was primarily wether ths engines would withstand the high revs for extended periods of time, as they hurled down the 160m long straight. A revcounter on initial trials showed 11,500 revs, - the flywheel is only certified for 10,000 - but it was decided to run the risk, and see what happened. As it was, none of the karts had any problems caused by the high revs or speeds, - the problems that did occur, could (and would have) occurred on any other track! The circuit was a little wet, so rain tyres were chosen by almost all karts. Winners were found in all three classes, - and overall two drivers stood out as very talented, - almost becoming part of the kart, taking beautiful lines, and getting more out of the machine than would normally be expected:

#4 Andreas Sylvan
Had a very contentrated run, - found great lines. Despite having problems with chain and gearing he made his way up through the field - to an excellent second place in class-1.

#12 - Morten Sorth
Is a veritable master of the wet - makes it look like a walk in the park, - but still laps many seconds faster than the other carts. Despite being in a 8hp 50cc powered cart, he was a real threat for the new watercooled 13hp 50cc carts (!) In the second heat, his steeringwheel broke loose, and he promptly stopped on the grass, - so his start position in the final was relegated to the far back - nevertheless he advanced from 15'th to 5'th in the first lap!

These two drivers both fully deserved getting their names on the Team Brask trophy. All the drivers are looking forward to next year, when they all have a chance to join Andreas & Morten's names on the trophy.

The club were delighted with the support from Team Brask: "We want to thank you for a wonderful trophy, which truely motivates the kids to perform their utmost best, - and thought you might want to have a look at some of the pictures from the event: http://www.klub-viadukten.dk."

"As a final note, - yes Morten Sorth is related to me (my son), but I have had nothing to do with the selection of him for the trophy. With the kindest regards, and best wishes Lennart Sorth / webmaster and photographer for klub-viadukten.dk "