The conclusion of the 2011 Honda Cadet F6 Championship saw the top three drivers awarded their prizes and vouchers supplied by the team at Kartmania Kart show. Ambition Driver Christopher Lulham took the spoils over all in the championship, with the most points gained.

Ambition as a company sponsored every round for the top three drivers, including fastest lap and the over all championship. Prizes in access of £800 were distributed to the lucky winners.

Ambition would like to thank Roger Sheffield and the F6 team for running this great little championship. Ambition are currently conducting a new sponsorship programme for 2012.

The weekend of the 10th and 11th of December saw Ambition compete for the first time in over a year at the Kimbolton circuit in Cambridgeshire. Ambition Motorsport fielded three drivers in the Honda Cadet category which were Charlie Lamb, Christopher Lulham and Mark Kimber.

After two strong heats by Charlie and Chris, both boys lined up on grid in the top six out of nineteen other competitors. Mark unfortunately had a couple of incidents in the two heats which saw him on a lowly grid fifteen start. With sprinkles of rain before the start most competitors where debating about the change to wets. Ben Thomson gambled with his father on a wet option but the team strongly believed in a dry set-up.

A quick pressure recount in all three drivers karts enabled them to show such strong pace, with Chris using the experience he has gained with the team to work with his team mate Charlie charging towards the leader and for them both to make an Ambition challenge pushing their way through into first and second leading into the last lap.

Mark showed his attacking skills by coming through the field strongly with great speed and grip to leap into 5th place as the flag fell. Upfront leading into the last corner Chris unfortunately left the slightest of gaps to lose his well earned second place to finish at the flag 3rd with Charlie taking his first outright Honda Cadet victory for the whole team to be proud of.

Ambition would like to congratulate the boys for their true grit and focussed driving throughout the day, with Charlie taking fastest lap in one heat and Chris fastest in the final. On the final result standing the three boys classified in the top four fastest, with only Mark being 0.001 off the team securing the fastest three times.

Ambition look forward to competing once again at the circuit in February 2012, and would like to thank all the staff and the help from Sean Babington this weekend.

The team travelled to PF International this month for the first round of the Winter Series. Ambition fielded Charlie Lamb for this event to help him improve and race with the best drivers in the country.

After a promising Saturday testing in variable conditions, it brought confidence to the team for Charlie’s pace on Sunday. With consistent heats Charlie qualified P9 out of 30 drivers in only his second visit to the circuit. A great start in the finals saw Charlie rocket into 5th place but after a couple of costly mistakes by not knowing the circuit as well as the others the young Essex driver dropped down to 8th by the falling of the flag.

Over all a very promising weekend and great experience for Charlie to carry forward leading into 2012. The team would like to congratulate him on his strong result, with more to come…

The 2011 Star Pupil was held once again by Buckmore Park. The event this year was judged by Ambition Motorsport’s Paul Janes and Clio Cup driver James Dixon, with the event also being sponsored by the team.

A cold frosty morning welcomed the young six and seven year olds to the circuit and was an ideal opportunity for the judges to analyse the changeable conditions with kart control and skill.

The day got going with two practice sessions and two timed sessions, with mixed drivers competing in each session. As judges Paul and James analysed every aspect they could possibly see with attitude in and out of the kart and how they interacted with their fellow competitors.

After the last session all drivers and parents made their way to the education centre at Buckmore to reflect on their day. Paul and James conducted a survey on the notes they wrote down throughout the day which did take some time to agree upon. But with all the boys driving their utmost best on the day, Paul found himself having to give out extra prizes for the hard work each driver produced on circuit.

The conclusion was:

In third… Luke Clifford.
The Runner Up… Charlie Cole.
The Bambino Star Pupil 2011… Khali Atkins!
The Sportsman award was presented to Max Foulston
Special prizes were awarded to William Vincent and Bailey Morgan.

Ambition Motorsport would like to thank the Buckmore team for their invite to judge this amazing event and also James Dixon for sparing his time and knowledge in helping decide this years prize winners. Hopefully these young drivers will no doubt follow in the footsteps of the names like Jensen Button and Lewis Hamilton, who all competed at Buckmore Park as young drivers.