WINDHOEK: Round six of the Rotax MAX Challenge (RMC) took place on Saturday with drivers showcasing their skills and talent at the cathedral of Namibian racing, the Tony Rust racing track on the outskirts of Windhoek.

The RMC is a motorsport race formula for karting racing which is owned and organised by BRP-Rotax and its distributors.

On Saturday, racers from the seven Namibian national classes solidified their positions on the leaderboard, with only two legs remaining in the season out of the usual eight. Among the standout performances of the day was Kobus Reyneke’s domination of the senior max category, winning 14 out of the 15 races held in the six legs thus far.

The junior driver once again put up an impressive performance, earning maximum points from the three races held at the Tony Rust racing track.

Reyneke collected 99 points out of a possible 105, maintaining his overall lead on the leader’s board with 484 points. Kian Fussell, who secured his first win of the season on Saturday, follows with 4
42 points, and Heinrich Ross is third with 420 points.

Adrian Glaeser closely follows with 397 points, and the top five is closed off by Marius Zandberg with 376 points.

In the mini max category, the Kaiyamo brothers once again solidified their lead by collecting important points. Despite spirited driving from Cecil Koorts, who is third on the leader’s board and won two of the three races on Saturday, Nande Kaiyamo still leads the standings with 473 points.

His brother, Mandume Kaiyamo, follows with 461 points, and Koorts is just 30 points behind the leader with 443 points.

In the micro max category, Nic Kruger once again displayed his dominance, collecting 105 points on the day, while Kristopher Koudelka accumulated 94 points and Joubert Esbach managed to secure 89 points.

Jakobus Retief ranked fourth with 85 points, and Petrus du Plooy was fifth with 61 points.

Kruger leads the standings with 475 points, followed by Koudelka with 453 points, and Esbach securing the last podium position with 438 points
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In the DD2 category, Nikita Thieme collected 100 points after winning two of the three races, while Ezequiel dos Santos and Zain Beuthin both scored 94 points from the three races held in round six.

Currently, Beuthin leads the division with 447 points, followed by Thieme with 412 points and Dos Santos with 394 points.

In an interview with Nampa on Sunday, event organiser Jörg Goldbeck said he was happy with the event and looking forward to the remaining two legs of the season.

‘Excellent racing. Leg seven will see the DD2 championship leader win a ticket to the Rotax grand finals that will be held in Italy in October 2024, and this will be the first time for Namibia,’ he said.

Source : The Namibia News Agency