In terms of starting and pushing, it's only a minor thing, but the point I was making was that 2nd place was not only burdened with more reponcibilty than anyone else on the grid, but was also at the mercy of others to some extent, we have raced plenty of people who would push you over the line in order to get you a penalty, without a second thought. Mostly French people though, I must admit.
As for enjoying your racing for its own sake, I couldn't agree more, only last weekend we entered a race in an uncompetitive chassis, for the fun of it, we never had a chance of a top ten let alone a podium. However good a weekend we had, we only turned up to race, not too win, along with a good many others on the grid. However, I might add we travelled nearly 2000 miles for this fun, so nobody could accuse us of lack of commitment.
But, what I object too is that those that want to show what they can do at a high level are often prevented from doing so. What has driven us out of high level karting certainly in France and to some extent the UK is the fact that however hard you train, however good you are or could be and how much commitment you make, unless you have pots of money and or the right connections you have no chance, simply because the top people have better engines.
This is simply wrong, especially because the problem is easily solved. Only it isn't, because those with a vested interest in keeping it this way control the sport.
Of course there are many other things that money can buy in sport and this will always be so, but engines should be equal for everyone, especially youngsters.
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