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Brooke Kitson, 18, says a crash and flat tyre cut short her BriSCA F1 world championship race after she qualified as one of two women competing.
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Kitson, from March in Cambridgeshire, was one of two women competing at Northampton’s Shaleway track on Saturday. She said she completed about three or four laps of the scheduled 25 before a crash and flat tyre ended her race. Despite the disappointment, she said it was a great event to be part of. [1]
The BBC described Kitson as believed to be the youngest woman to qualify for the BriSCA F1 world championship race. Kitson said she was its youngest-ever female qualifier. She credits her father, Daz Kitson, a two-time BriSCA F2 world champion, with inspiring her to race. [1]
Kitson said she hopes to qualify again next year, while acknowledging that a place in the race is not guaranteed. [1]
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