OtomotifZone.com – Surabaya. Pegokart cilik Jawa Timur semakin menunjukkan prestasinya yang kian meningkat. Bahkan beberapa sudah dikontrak oleh tim karting dari luar negeri. Salah satunya Darryl Wenas yang baru berusia 11 tahun. Darryl yang mulai karir balapnya di awal tahun 2008 saat ini tergabung di tim Kartmaster Singapore sejak tahun 2011 lalu.
Seiring berjalannya waktu, skill dan prestasi siswa yang baru saja naik kelas VI Sekolah Dasar Katholik Santa Maria Surabaya ini di ajang balap karting nasional semakin meningkat tajam. Dan akhirnya pada tahun 2012 ini Darryl didaulat untuk memperkuat Drakkar Racing Team yang juga dari Singapore.
Di tahun 2012 ini juga dua tim besar asal Singapore, Karmaster yang digawangi Roland Chong sebagai principal dan Drakkar yang dipegang Raymond Low sebagai principal akhirnya melakukan merger. Dan namanya menjadi Kartmaster Drakkar Racing Team, yang diperkuat 4 pegokart dari Singapore, 1 dari Indonesia dan 1 dari Amerika. Antara lain Opal Naufal, Jon Lee, Josh Lee, Santos Bala, Darryl Wenas dan Andersen Martono.
“Saya sebagai orang tua berharap, dengan bergabungnya Darryl di Kartmaster Drakkar Racing Team ini bisa semakin berpresati dan lebih professional lagi. Saya sebagai orang tuanya mendukung sekali kegiatan yang positif ini. Saya mengucapkan terima kasih juga kepada pihak-pihak yang terkait yang sudah membantu Darryl,” ucap Ferdy Wenas, orang tua Darryl.
Selama tergabung di Kartmaster Drakkar Racing Team Singapura ini even yang akan diikuti Darryl adalah AKOC (Asia Karting Open Championship) dan Seven Racing, Malaysia utk kejuaran Asia Max Challenge. Sedangkan di Indonesia Darryl di bawah Djakarta Theater Beagle Master, mengikuti kejuaraan nasional di Indonesia dan Rotax Max Challenge Indonesia (RMCI).
(Bimo Seno)
Darryl Wenas
FACTFILEBorn: October 10, 2000Age: 11Height: 149 cmWeight: 49 kgNationality: IndonesiaCategory: CadetLanguages: Indonesian, English
Team Drive: Seven Racing Malaysia, Kartmaster Drakkar Racing Team, Singapore, Beagle Master, Indonesia
School: SDK Santa Maria, Surabaya – Indonesia
HONOURS
December 2009 JKC Open karting, Cadet Comer 60 rising star, 1st
August 2010 Indonesian kartiing round 5, Cadet Comer 60 rising star, 3rd
February 2011 JKC Sunday Race, Surabaya, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60 rising star, 2nd
May 2011 RMCI Round 1, Sentul, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60 3rd
July 2011 RMCI Round 2, Sentul, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60 4th. Micro Max 5th
July 2011 JKC Open Karting, Surabaya, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60 2nd. Micro Max 2nd
October 2011 – RMCI Round 3, Sentul, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60 3rd.
October 2011 RMCI Round 3, Sentul, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60, 3rd Over All Champion
November 2011 AKOC Round 3, Philippine – Minirok 4th.
February 2012 AMC Round 1, Subang, Malaysia – Micro Max 10th
March 2012 AMC Round 2, Subang, Malaysia – Micro Max 3rd
May 2012 AMC Round 3, Sepang, Malaysia – Micro Max 2nd
May 2012 RMCI Round 2, Subang, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60 1st
June 2012 RMCI Round 3, Surabaya, Indonesia – Micro Max 2nd
June 2012 RMCI Round 3, Surabaya, Indonesia – Cadet Comer 60 3rd
June 2012 Jatim Karting, Surabaya, Indonesia Best Micro Max & Best Cadet Comer 60
June 2012 Jatim Karting, Surabaya, Indonesia Best Cadet Comer 60
July 2012 AKOC Round 1, Macau Minirok 2nd
July 2012 AMC Round 4, Sepang, Malaysia – Micro Max 7th
ABOUT DARRYL
Darryl love for motorsports started at 3, when he can not get enough of racing toy cars and remote control formula cars. But it was after watching the inaugural Singapore F1 Grand Prix at Marina Bay that made him decide to make that passion a reality. By June 2009, introduced by his great grand father, Darryl tried go karting for the first time and the rest , as they say, is history. He never looked back since.
Q. What do you like about kart-racing?Darryl: The excitement of high speed chase and the adrenaline that comes with competing against other driver on the track.
Q. What makes you a winner?I am very determinded person. If I am not good at something, I will practice and practice until I make it perfect. I learnt from my mistakes everytime I did not get into podium, even untyil now, I am still learning and learning from my mistake
Q. You have joined a new team in Kartmaster Drakar Racing team. Do you feel you have something to prove to the rest of the boys?I want to prove that I can compete with the rest of the boys. After coming under the coaching of Roland Chong, I have improve tremendously over the past year
Q. How are you preparing yourself for this new season?I have been practicing a lot on track and preparing my mental approaching during races
Q. What’s the next step for you?Like many of my peers, I have dreams to one day race in Formula cars. Before I can achieve that, I will need to strengthen my foundation in karting and I want to make a big impact in this year’s Asian Karting Open Championship.