Apulian Leonardo Marseglia did a great weekend from qualifying throughout heats, but a technical problem forced him to retire in the final. This time Leonardo Marseglia is not to blame for what happened on occasion of the last round of the CIK-FIA European Championship in Essay, France, the last weekend.

The 15-year old driver from Ostuni started the weekend with the 28th lap time in qualifying practice out of 80 drivers. Throughout qualifying heats Leonardo did his best to recover some important positions: Kart Republic’s driver has consistently been in the top ten in all the races, taking home two 7th, 8th, 5th and a 9th in the last heat with old tyres.

These results gave him the 18th spot on the grid for the final. After the green lights Leonardo took the outside line recovering some position, but then at the first corner he had to lift his foot from the pedal to avoid a collision. Leonardo remained in 18th position, but on the straight he was not as fast as he should be: a few laps later he raised his hand and retired because of a problem to his engine. It happens, but the strong performance remains.

"I’m quite disappointed, I was fast and I could end up in the top ten. That’s motorsport and we have to accept that. I’d like to thank all my team and my sponsor, now I’m gonna take two weeks off before re-start training for the CIK-FIA World Championship.”

Here are the full results.