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Hi everyone, for all those with a HK ID cards, please vote for me in the Junior Sports Stars award in HK

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CIK FIA Asian KF3 Race The final race of the year was the CIK FIA Asian Round held in Macau. A strong field contested the race with Matt Solomon dominant and challenging the Europeans all weekend. In the 2 races, Matt finished 1st and 2nd.
Matt leading the field in the pre-final	Matt on pole on the grid	Leading the field in the final


On the podium	All class winners!
The winning team. Carlo Van Dam, Matt Solomon, Okashi San, Peter Solomon	Matt with the always happy Ken Walker

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Single Seater Matts 1st outing in a car where he posted very good times. Here he is in the Palmer Formula Jaguar
Focussing on the detailed briefing	Thumbs up and ready to go!	1st lap out behind the pace car	Matt in the FJPJ on his 1st Outing
….and we are away on our own!!	….into the last corner in the 3.5l V6 Jaguar	…total concentration on the apex

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Euromax Denmark The 3rd round of the Euromax took place in Thy Denmark. A North Western town in the middle of the countryside. The weather was amazing and at times temperatures in the awning reached 36c. Much hotter than antcipated. Matthew had a very mixed weekend with the results not going his way. Much of this was due to the antics of anyther driver who was penalised and reprimanded for his actions. The positive taken away is that Matt drove hard and was consistently in the front runners when it counted.
The start of a heat	No space to get across into T1	….the result!	Heat 2 and much better positioning
Well placed for the 7th place finish	…overtaking Makino	Race 3 and a 7th place again	…a good finish placing Matt 14th for the start of race 1
Dad having a quick snooze!	Ludvig Morin acting like a Grila. "I think"	Well positioned for the 1st corner in the 1st race	…..on this track the inside for T1 is critical
…race 2 and Matt again looking strong on the inside	…very hectic 1st lap	……but well away now	…not long after this Matt was tageed by the Kart behind
….trun 2 looks to get busy also	…heading to the sarting grid for the final	again a good start and again the same driver who caused the 1st crash, follows before the 2nd	Matt chasing hard to make up places
…lining up for a pass down the inside	Matt pretending to be a truckie

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Buckmore British Super 1 , 2011 Matthew compteed in a round of the British Super 1 at Buckmore Park. Whilst the weekend started out well with times close to the current championship leader the racing took on a turn for the worst. Matt could not quite link together the strong performances from Europe and Asia this time in the UK and the result was extremly disappointing for Matthew.
The down hill run	Matt passing on the inside	All Kosmic colours	A very crooked nose cone
Good lines through the bottom section	Start of the 2nd heat	Big tangle on the hairpin that Matt avoided	Good speed to take the inside line
Race 1 on Sunday	Nice and close	Very tight formation

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Wackersdorf Finals and Return Journey The finals took place in perfect weather conditions. Matthew drove well in the prefinal to finish in 8th position. The finals came around quickly and the weekend was completed with a credible 9th place finish.
Pre-Grid for the 1st race, surrounded by Grid girls	Start of the race in through the 1st turn	Matt firlmy up into 4th	….and then 3rd by turn 5
…..closely tailed by team mate, Philip	Getting ready for the final	Walking to the start grid	…on the grid, Matt 4th on the right side
..an ealry move to the inside on the 1st corner	…in a good position for turn 2	…a driver going for the gargen route in the background	…Matt leading a group
…last lap heading for 9th	Father and son on board	…..on the Asai Jet Gulfstream 4 heading for home	…Dad looking comfy on the homeward leg
Matt and Kamui	On the ground in Russia	Matt boarding the plan after refueling in Russia	In comes the refilling truck
Matthew and Kamui Kobayashi enjoying the sunrise on board	David, my friend John Mok and I just about home	On the ground in Honk Kong	In the cockpit for landing

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Macau Nationals March 2011 Matthew Competed in the Macau Nationals and won during a convincing display of consistent driving
Practice on Saturday putting down strong times	Leading practice times	Carrying some new logos
Getting ready for the qualifying	Matt puts down the fastest time in qualifying	Waiting for a blast at the quarry behind the track	The blast site
Matt focussed on the race	Lined up ready to go	A quick pep talk form the starter	Last minute chat with Carlo
On the dummy grid	Leading the pack to the start	Matt controlling the start	Good start leading into the 1st corner
Being challenged	Matt got challenged in turn 2 under braking and briefly lost places.	Back in control	Crossing the line for a win in race 1
Good margin	Final pep talk from Carlo before the final	Great start with a good lead into the 1st corner	About to cross the finish line
After a tough weekends racing.	2 Happy team members	A happy Boy	A small smile
A happy team after the race. Peter, Matt and Carlo	Accepting the winners trophy	The podium	A winning partnership. Thanks to Arie for support and Carlo for being my mechanic and coaching me