The early season testing was boosted by the introduction of new faces into the teams, including some who had never competitively raced on the motorsport scene before arriving at the University of Southampton, including driver and 2009-10 Vice Captain, Chris Parsloe.

The season’s opening race at the internationally acclaimed Whilton Mill Kart Track in Northamptonshire left the Southampton A Team in a strong position of 5th out of 61 teams. In his solo race Paul von Gerard went off from pole position to take a race win out of 29 laps by 0.513 seconds, and following this drivers David Hodge and Scott Michaels won by over 15 seconds in their endurance race, showcasing the top national standard of driving held by the team.

The second raceday of the season was at the famous Buckmore Park Track in Kent, the track at which Lewis Hamilton was notably found by McLaren ex-team boss, Ron Dennis. The racing for Southampton, unfortunately, returned no favours to both A and B Teams. A Team driver, Scott Michaels, and B Team driver, Matt Neuville, both produced top 10 finishes in their races in extremely testing conditions on a wet and drying track... (read more)