British Champion Riki Christodoulou heads to Lydd in Kent this weekend for the third round of the BTE Lawline/Renault AbkC ICA Championship eager to boost his current standing in the series.

The 2003 number one, who has moved up a category this season, lies fifth in the Championship table 29 points behind leader and rival Jon Lancaster. ‘Christo’ finished 1st and 3rd in the two finals at the last meeting; a wet PF circuit on April 4th.

Team Christodoulou travelled south from their Sutton Coldfield base yesterday (Thursday) to set-up for the first days of testing and practice before the action real gets underway on Sunday.

“The track is nice in layout but the state of the circuit is not the best,” admitted team manager Rick Christodoulou. “We did well a couple of years ago in the juniors taking pole position and we know our speed is pretty good. After a small break it will be nice to get racing again.”

“Lydd is fast, flowing and a bit of a challenge,” remarked SHIFT Racing-backed Riki. “We tested there a few weeks ago and I wasn’t that quick in the wet or the dry so it is going to be a tough weekend. Although we have made a few changes to the Kart that have improved the speed so we are optimistic.”

There are three rounds of the Championship remaining after Lydd with the next event occurring on June 20th at Clay Pigeon. There was no 2003 MSA meeting at Lydd.

The weather forecast for the weekend unfortunately predicts rain.

2004 Formula ICA standings:

1. Jon Lancaster (23)            192

2. Charlie Bruce-White (48)   173

3. Freddie Martin-Dye (21)     167

4. Chris Lamare (7)               166

5. Riki Christodoulou (51)      163