DAVID SERA TO LEAD TEAM AUSTRALIA AT 2015 WINTER CUP

David Sera will lead Team Australia at the 2015 CIK-FIA Winter Cup next February (Pic: Coopers Photography)

Australia’s most successful kart racer of all-time, David Sera, will lead ‘Team Australia’ at the 2015 Winter Cup in Italy next February.

The Team Australia drivers will be competing aboard a Ricciardo Kart, a project involving Formula 1 star Daniel Ricciardo, while supported by Karting Australia.

For Sera, the honour to lead the team, which will also include fellow Australian Champions Troy Loeskow, Liam McLellan and Matthew Waters, a dream come true.

“As a kid you always dream of representing your country, and this opportunity is another dream of mine that has come true,” said Sera, who will compete in the elite KZ2 gearbox class at the event.

“I’ve raced in Europe in other classes of karting but never in KZ2, I’m excited about taking on the best drivers in the world in a kart bearing the name of Australia’s Formula 1 star.”

At the recent Race of Stars event on the Gold Coast, Sera diced with World Champions Davide Forè and Jonathan Thonon – something he is looking forward to again while flying the Australian flag in Italy.

“Over the years when Australians have gone to compete at the highest level of karting in Europe they’ve done it in unfamiliar surroundings with foreign teams. To be able to have a group of top Australian drivers competing in the same team where we can all work together to achieve a top result is going to be great,” said Sera.

While Sera is excited about having the opportunity to represent his country, Ricciardo is thrilled to be able to provide the opportunity for the Australian Champions to compete aboard a Ricciardo Kart in Italy.

“Kart racing is something that I am very passionate about. It taught me a lot during my younger years and I’m looking forward to seeing the Australian Champions in a Ricciardo Kart in February,” remarked Ricciardo.

“It’s a very exciting prospect to have such high quality Australian talent coming to Europe to compete in the same team. David (Sera) and I raced against each other in our younger days and he was a great competitor.”

The Team Australia drivers will be supported in their campaign in Italy by Karting Australia and have received the opportunity by virtue of their success in the Castrol EDGE CIK Stars of Karting Championship.

David Sera in action during the 2014 Castrol EDGE CIK Stars of Karting Championship