Back to back race wins in BRSCC Junior Fiesta championship and in the following weekend NKC national karting championship in rotax senior 162 got Ryan Micallef’s 2023 season underway.

In the beginning of the year Ryan entered the JamSport-racing junior fiesta scholarship and managed to finish in second place, this offered Ryan a fully funded race weekend of his choice in the BRSCC Junior Fiesta Championship.

Ryan decided to enter the first round of the six round championship that took place at Snetterton race circuit on 8th and 9th April 2023, entered as guest entrant by the team, the decision was taken to do well in the first race weekend to boost his chances for sponsorship, to help keep Ryan in the seat for rest of the season and carry on his racing career.

In Saturday qualifying he was P5, in race one he fought his way into fourth and was closing up on third and second places with fastest lap of the race but unfortunately the DNF due to engine failure. In race two he started from second place, he got into first in by turn two and lead the race unti the end with another fastest lap.

At the end of a really up and down 2022 season in karting for Ryan, Roalf Racing team boss Jason Roalf decided to enter Ryan into the 2023 NKC, National Karting Championship in the Rotax senior 162 class.

Friday practice was a slow start, with pace one second slower than the rest of the 63 strong racers in the Rotax semior 162 class. This was due to “old” tyres but after some set up changes and new race tyres it was time for the racing to begin. 

In heat one he started P20 but came through to finish in seventh place. The in heat two he started P26  and fought his way through to finish in third place finish on track but a five second penalty placed him in P8.

Heat 3 saw him start in third place and finish on the top step of the podium. The accumulated points from all 3 heats placed Ryan on the first row in P2 to start the final.

This proved to be the most exciting race of the day, with the first four karts all battling for the win. With a great start Ryan was in pole position before the first corner. The competition was fierce and although he dropped to third for a short time he battled hard and retrieved the front spot crossing the line as the round one champion.