“I'M AN IDIOT: WITHOUT TRAINING, I RACED THE E20 ELECTRIC KART IN THE EUROPEAN ROTAX AND DIED (OF FATIGUE)”

There are some things that -though very attractive- you should not do: drinking ice water binge; eating 1 kilogram of ice cream all at once; taking part in a real kart racing race without the slightest training... These are all things that, before you do them, are projected to be cool. The problem is that the refreshment of a sip of ice water, the enjoyment of an ice cream binge, or the adrenaline rush of being able to take part in a real kart race (albeit without training), will hopelessly turn into a nightmare with side effects...SURE! Me of the three craps above thought it best to do the third one and today, days after the conclusion of the race, I am here writing, having finally regained the use of all my body muscles that were largely knocked out. Science will explain why - while being aware of the inevitable and fatal consequences - we do certain shit. What I can tell you with certainty is that in my case there is a very specific culprit, who has a name and a surname: Luca De Donno, owner and founder of WSK Promotion, from this year promoter of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy series. And I was his accomplice and (at the same time) his victim. For the more absent-minded, BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG, with its Rotax Racing division, is the world's largest manufacturer of kart engines, and Rotax MAX Challenge (also known as RMC) is the series, spread across the globe, based on the use of engines called Rotax MAX. Probably the most famous Rotax MAX Challenge championship - second in prestige only to the annual RMC Grand Finals event - is the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy (for friends, RMCET). A true European championship of the Rotax categories (Junior, Senior, DD2 and DD2 Master) to which, in some events, are also joined by the Mini and E20 Senior/Master classes, the newly created category for real kart racing... But electric!