Max Verstappen from front row to disappointment

Published on 23 September 2011 by Niels Hendrix

In Italy on the circuit of Sarno, Max Verstappen felt his world crumbling around him after a race accident deprived him of a possible victory in the CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup.
Max Verstappen has dominated the WSK Euro Series KF3 for two seasons, but success keeps turning its back on the CRG driver in the European and World Championships organised by the CIK-FIA, although not for lack of competitiveness, which he displays every time. This was again the case at Sarno. After setting the second fastest time in timed qualifying, a mere two hundredths short of pole position, Verstappen won as many as five qualifying heats (out of six), including the one where he raced against the future champion.

The second place of the Dutchman in the pre-final allowed him to continue to firmly believe in his chances. "In a Word Cup you take all your chances in just one final and I knew everything could happen", Max confessed. "As a consequence, I was determined to give it all to reach my goal". Unfortunately, starting on the outside of the front row is not always the ideal situation and Verstappen got boxed in at the start. However, he quickly regained the second place, though a duel with another driver sent him off the course. After he went back on the track he had an electrical problem, while the CRG driver had not said his last word for the podium, yet. A big deception that Max Verstappen is determined to forget, in order to make his way to victory again very soon.

Niels Hendrix