Alva karting away to success
The road to higher classes of four-wheeler racing begins with karting.
Ruhaan Alva
Easykart Italy
After honing his skills in the National Championship in India, Ruhaan Alva is now pitting his skills against some quality drivers in Italy.
Competing in the EasyKart Championship, the 10-year-old from Bangalore has shown positive signs. He won two races in the EasyKart 60 category, while his earlier win came in the Mini 60 category.
He is fourth in the EasyKart 60 championship standings. "I feel really good that I am in fourth despite missing the first round as I was in the Mini 60," he said.
"I am a little disappointed with the disqualification in the seventh round since I was fighting for the top spot in the championship till then.
"I would like to continue to fight for the top two in the championship. A win is not impossible and I am going to fight it out till the end," he added.
Without doubt, racing in Italy could be daunting as the standard is much higher. "It is a lot harder since the level of competition is much higher. The first five-eight drivers are within 1/10th of a second," he explained.
There is no room for mistakes as Alva has found out. "The format is such that you cannot afford to make a mistake. A pole position fetches three points. In the pre-final, you need to finish well to start the final in the front," said Alva.
"If you make a mistake or are involved in a crash, it is tough to recover because you have only 12 laps in the final and 30-40 drivers to beat. This happened in the sixth round.
The EasyKart Championship uses Birel karts that are different from what he was used to in India. "The grip level is higher and one has to adapt to the more powerful engines. A mistake can be very costly in this series," he stated.
Alva hopes to use this experience and move to higher levels. "I love the sport and want to progress to the higher levels. I want to drive with a team that can help me win.
"The plan is to do the WSK next year and then progress to Juniors before moving to Formula 4, GP3 etc," he remarked.
Alva is nursing Formula 1 dreams. Though there is a long journey before that, the start seems to be rather good.
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