F1: Luca sets sights on podium finish – Gulf Digital News
- Date: 03-Sep-2022
- Source: Gulf Digital News
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Bahrain
F1: Luca sets sights on podium finish – Gulf Digital News
Teenaged karting star Luca Kane Houghton is all set to make a push for a podium finish in the third and final round of the 2022 FIA Karting Academy Trophy in Le Mans, France, after a good practice session at the track yesterday.
Luca, 13, who was born in the kingdom to Cindy Kramer, who is Dutch, and Kane Houghton, an Australian, is representing Bahrain as he always has since taking up racing in 2017 at the age of eight.
“It was a very eventful day, full of ups and downs,” Luca told the GDN by phone from Le Mans. “I was driving on dry tyres but it began to rain immediately after the practice heat started. It was hard to drive on slicks as it was raining really hard but, at the same time, I was enjoying it too. I think I did a good job considering I don’t have very much experience of driving in wet conditions.”
Luca is currently placed 10th on the championship table after the first two rounds in Genk, Belgium, and Cremona, Italy, earlier in the summer. Although he lags 36 points behind championship leader, Luxembourg’s Guillaume Bouzar – who has 54 points to Luca’s 18 –
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