Karting whiz-kid Jordan King was already getting revved up to chase glory in the annual Winter Cup season curtain-raiser at Lonato in Italy, when a brief brush with Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button reminded the Warwickshire ace where he wants to be in his motor racing career.
Having met Button at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards several years ago, Jordan again found himself face-to-face with Britain’s motorsport man of the moment when the McLaren-Mercedes star presented him with a trophy for being one of the leading drivers in the KF3 class of the UK-wide Super 1 Series in 2009. Jordan acknowledged that it was ‘quite something’ and ‘certainly a bit different’ to receive his accolade from a driver of Button’s status.
It was also undeniably a boost as the 15-year-old SWR-run speed demon prepares to renew battle on dual fronts following a prolonged Christmas and New Year break; readying himself for upcoming outings in the more powerful and fiercely-competitive KF2 class in both the final round of the 2009/10 Winter Series at PF International in Lincolnshire, and the Winter Cup at Lonato close to Garda.
Bidding to clinch the coveted ‘O’ Plate in the former and head into his main summer campaign on a high, Jordan also has a top five finish firmly in his sights when he subsequently heads abroad on his “Italian Job”, given that by his own admission he endured a disappointingly ‘average’ debut in the same event last year.
‘In testing we’ve been really quick,’ underlined the Repton School pupil, ‘so I’m feeling quite confident and quite happy with everything. I’ve not been out in a little while, but I always get up-to-speed really quickly and I’m really keen to be back in the kart again – I miss the adrenaline rush.’
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