No joy for Gulf on British soil
King takes the positives from 2011 season
Though he was pipped at the post to the FIM/UEM European Top Fuel Bike Championship by Peter Svensson, Ian King remains upbeat about his debut season with Gulf.
Despite a personal best run of 6.251 seconds for the Gulf Racing Top Fuel Motorcycle in qualifying at Santa Pod, it was not to be for King as he was knocked out in the first round of eliminations by Sverre Dahl.
“We're obviously disappointed we couldn’t hold on to the number one spot, but we have achieved beyond our wildest dreams this season.” explains King.
“The competition peaked at the wrong time for us, but we hadn’t expected to be in such a lofty position with the new bike until this time next year, so we’re very happy overall.”
“I just can’t wait for next season to start now!”
Meanwhile, it’s back to the drawing board for Gulf AMR after another disappointing performance at this weekend's Autosport 6 Hours of Silverstone, following on from the ‘no show’ at Le Mans.
The team of Adrian Fernandez, Harold Primat and Christian Klien, driving the Lola-Aston Martin that had secured the Le Mans Series title in 2009, finished ninth, 11 laps behind winners Peugeot.
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