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The second challenge of the day takes place a few quilometers from Silverstone
Where Dani and Lucas want to discover the natural characteristics of each driver
Welcome to Daytona Karting Today is already the second challenge
But it's the first where we can see competition between you guys
Well this is your racing Kart Two engines, four strokes
The Challenge consists in 15 minutes qualifying and 8 laps race, so give it all!
Karting as you know, it's the base sport. For us it's very important to have a kart race
Because here is where the drivers fight more, overtake, They are more agressive and the give it all
This is what we want from you guys
Karting is one of the most authentic way of automotive motorsport
The majority of the F1 drivers, started in a Kart Track
Here, Dani and Lucas want the drivers to show their skill at the wheel
The profile of the majority of the racing drivers, can be divided in two different categories
First, the natural driver
This sort of driver is the one that reacts at any given event
They are always seeking to win advantage using their natural gift with the wheel and they adapt better to unknown conditions
This sort of drivers risks more in the overtakes, driving always at the limit
Some of the best drivers of this sort, we can find
Lewis Hamilton
Michael Schumacher
and the great Ayrton Senna
Drivers that always drive at the limit to reach for the win, and sometimes tragedy happens
In the other side there's the methodic driver, this sort of driver thinks more the strategy
Studying every aspect of the race, of the track, and the other drivers
They plan the race meticulously calculating every aspect of the race
Examples of this sort of drivers are
Damon Hill
Sebastian Vettel
And the man called "The Teacher" Alain Prost
The qualifying laps start with all European drivers on track and there's a fight with the brits
[Dani Clos]We are having a good fight again, British and Spanish
[Johnny Herbert]I'm gonna bet we are going to win we are going to first and second
[Dani Clos] No, I bet we will do second and third
Last lap, last lap
[Lucas Ordonez] Diogo is third, come on, come on, come on!
[Johnny Herbert] "ambareambareambare" [Lucas] Try to learn spanish, that's mexican!
[Johnny Herbert] Ups Mexicanm I'm sorry
[Lucas] Your drivers are bad
[Johnny] Well they are regular, we have two in the top3
[Dani] Yes but we have five in the top10
The Iberian team have put strong results, even the brits agreed.
Five of our drivers end qualifying with times in the average of all Europe
A great result that allow to dream higher
Diogo was incredible, consistent and getting better every lap
In the last lap he has done the 3rd best time
Luis has to get a lot better in Karting, we have to push him
Let愀 speak to them
Luis what happened?
Awful guys, I don't know... Karting is not for me...
I don愒 want to hear that again, "karting is not for me"
How can I do to get better? I have this weekness, what do I have to do?
Speak to us, to your team mates, get yourself informed and don愒 go down on yourself
We can't miss. We don't have a second chance, so now I have to stay first and win
The grid is settled. Diogo with pole, followed by Jesus, Hugo, Daniel, Raul e Luis
Diogo gets out in first, Hugo third try to overtake in the interior line
Jesus closes the gap, he is defending
Hugo didn't overtoke
Diogo is first, Jesus defending the second place
Hugo tried to surprise but he couldn愒
I think they have respected each other too much
Hugo had a good start but at the end he did not risked too much
He's also listening to our indications, we don't win it all in the first corner
First lap with Diogo leading, behind Jesus and Hugo with the battle of the day
Hugo very agressive got the back of Jesus
Jesus enters with too much speed, has to open to the exterior where there's less grip
Hugo is close, Jesus lost the best line
Hugo has more speed, he is going to overtake, he is faster
Hugo is second, Jesus third
An error from Jesus that Hugo took advantage with perfection
With a clear track, Hugo is now the fastest
[Lucas]Hugo, 69,4 [Dani] He is getting faster
[Lucas]Hugo is getting better, faster than the leader
Hugo is showing that he has an ideal natural skill
His opportunity arrived and he doesn愒 want to miss it
It was all his life dreaming with this moment
With 4 years I was in the back seat of my parent's car with a wheel in my hand, driving
It was funny because I imagined myself overtaking and reach the destination first
So when we arrived at the destination, I always said "I扉e already arrived 10 minutes ago"
In the last lap, Hugo scores the best time
[Lucas] Diogo is first and Hugo already there but he was pushing hard to get to Diogo
[Lucas] But he is very far
Diogo finises first followed by Hugo, Jesus, Daniel, Raul and Luis
To Dani and Lucas it's clear who has been the day's highlight
For me it's Hugo's day. He has done the best lap in the 370z and here he showed a great progression
Jesus have disappointed me a bit here at the end he's looking donw and saying "no", we have to speak to him
What happen Jesus, why are you so down at the moment?
I don't know, I扉e made an error, I couldn't react and after that I don't know...
[Dani] You lost focus and you pushed harder then you should
[Dani] There's still a lot ahead [Lucas] You have to be positive and learn with your mistakes
The first day of GTAcademy has reached the end with every drivers fighting for the wheel at Dubai
There's still a lot of open doors, the two guys in the back can still surprise us
and the guys in the front can reach a plateau
So everything is on their shoulders and we will teach them this way
Next we will see how on second day of GTAcademy our drivers push themselves to the limit to keep in the competition
And until the end of day, two of them will have to forget the dream to race in Dubai...