Determined Jordan races by the seat of his pants « Jordan King

Karting hot-shot Jordan King is still firmly in contention for the 2009 Super 1 Series title after two strong points-scoring finishes on his latest outing at the Whilton Mill circuit.

It was an impressive effort in Northamptonshire from the 15-year-old, who was only sixth in qualifying for the 36-strong, hotly contested KF3 class field due to handling woes.

His kart is designed to perform best on hotter, more grippy continental circuits.

Nonetheless, fourth and sixth positions represented a solid showing, and earned the Harbury ace a top six starting spot for the first of the all important finals.

On both occasions he would come within barely whisker of a rostrum finish, setting a better fastest lap time than his third-placed rival into the bargain.

Jordan said ‘’It didn’t help that the bottom of my seat fell out half-way through the race. ‘’That never happened to me before and I had to lean out of the kart to stop my bum from dragging on the ground. It didn’t cost me a massive amount of time and I don’t think we would have had a chance of getting third back again anyway because we were still sliding around a lot, but it did hurt a bit.

He added: ‘’In the grand final I got up second at the start, but then they red-flagged the race two laps in. ‘’I didn’t get away quite so well when they re-started it and I was still fourth when it was red-flagged again.’’

Because 16 laps had been completed by then, it was enough to count as a race distance and the result was confirmed.

At the end of the day, indeed, it is consistency that wins championships, and with almost half the season remaining, the reigning British Mini Max Vice-Champion is third behind Red Bull – backed Alexander Albon and defending champion Jake Dennis.