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Suzuka February 2011

Suzuka February Matt had his 1st run for 2011 at Suzuka and whilst the times were solid throughout the weekend, the result he was hoping for did not eventuate. The upside was that his times were good enough all weekend showing that the speed is there when needed.

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Bira Practise

Bira Practise Matt, Carlo Van Dam, Andrew Tan, Simon Tan and Peter Solomon had an actioned packed 4 days of testing and relaxation at the Bira Circuit in Thailand
Sunset from the Hard Rock Hotel	The Bed	Dad on Abbey Road	The Hotel Sign
Matt about to play pool basketball	Carlo shooting a basket.	A good look Matt	Simon after jumping into the kids bubble pool
Carlo the abomimable snowman	The beach in front of the hotel	Great pool	Some of the famous Memorabilia
2 new beatles	Karts ready to go	Dad, Simon, Carlo and Andrew	Our wheels for the week
Ready to go	Helmets lined up ready	Caught!!	Carlo looking serios!
Simon	Maybe he just did a good time?	Dad armed with camera	Good facilities at Bira
Whos the smart arse?	Carlo leading Matthew	Carlo leading into the corner	Carlo in the KF2
Unusual bit quick style for Carlo	Matt leaning into the final turn	Carlo watching Matt’s lines	Carlo putting in some quick times
Nice and close on Carlo	A very quick corner	Rear wheel up for Carlo under heavy braking	Matt and Carlo in tight formation
Again Master and Student	The final trun before pit straight	Carlo in Black and White	Two abreast
Andrew Tang into T1	Having a break	A few grins after a run	Matt focussing on something?
Andrew thinks its funny!	Time for a smile	Carlo trying the shifter	Carlo enjoys the power of the shifter
Yeah its quick!	Matt through the fast middle section	Andrew in the faster KF2	Andrew in the quick KF2
Andrew approaching under brakes	Heavy braking point	Hard on the brakes	Carlo braking hard
Close up to the action	All in a blurr	Carlo in a blink	Matt close on the final corner
Matt doing an engine change	Simon Tan about to go out for a run

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Rotax Invitational Sepang Malaysia

Rotax Invitational Sepang
Woops, 1st session and a brocken chain and sprocket (Note the airport in the background)	Long Walk back	In for a quick fix	Fixed and back at at it again
A new Bell helmet for 2011	Fast through the inside section	Great new Bell lid at speed	Leading a micromax through a corner
A long left hand corner	Sepang’s fast back section	Getting some good times in	The blue helmet standing out against the background
Hard braking in the middle section	Loaded up down the fast pit straight	A typical Sepang thunder storm brewing	Woops! Caught in the act.
Turning into T1	Fast right hand 1st	Tucked in for speed down the straight	Heavily focussed on a good lap
Mud on the radiator	The chassis perfroming well after a good bit of overnight work	Total concentration	Throught the S turns
Rubbish strewn over the track	The dirty section	Last part of the dirty section	Fast section of the track
Running into the middle	A tight shot from the corner	Leading the locals	Matt is pushing hard in the final practise session
On the edge!	Matt here is entering the dirty section again	Blocked drainage has caused this	Following the Zanardi Kart
Here Matt is chasing down the pack	Strong overtaking has moved Matt up	Closeup shots

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Qualifying FIA CIK Asia Pacific Championships 2010

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Matt Features in School Magazine

Xiao Hua Article

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Interncontinental Cup Le Mans 1000

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 1000 Zhuhai Matthew attended the 1000 km race in Zhuhai last weekend and was pleased to be able to watch, learn and better still, rub shoulders with some of the worlds most repsected drivers and his old mates!
Trying out the Porsche RSR of Darryl O’young	On the grid with ????	Now thats nicer than the fox!	Matt and his old mate Danny Watts
The man who got me into Karting, Matthew Marsh. Winner of the GTC class	Hey this car matches my Helmet	Matthew and Alain Li, who drover the R8 Audi	Two Official Bell Ambassadors! Tom Kristensen and Matt Solomon
On the Grid with Matt Marsh	On the Grid with Richard, Dayy, Matt and Frank Yu	Matt and Darryl O’Young	Jorg Muller and Matt
Hey this Audi is pretty cool	Matt and Le Mans winner Alan McNish	Tom and Matt	Not a bad view
The view was good until I got arrested!	The winner and 4th place Peugot team, Pagenaud, Bordais, Sarrazin and Montagny togther with Matt

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Paul Carr provides Karts to 5th Gear

In this video you get a good aspect of what its like to drive one of these machines and how much power they actually have. Jason Plato and Tiff Nedal go through thier paces to experinece the true energy of one of these racing machines on the PFI circuit in Grantham.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrKujUWAHM4

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