It seems that my friends/colleagues haven't had enough driving at F1 speeds on the autobahns. They organised a go-karting trip last Friday 6th May. I joined them because that was my first chance of driving in Germany, although that was not real driving as one of the colleagues pointed out. Who cares - as long as it's fun! 13 of us competed against one another, first in a qualifying round of 7 laps followed by the real race of 18 laps. I wished I got a few warm-up laps beforehand because it took me quite a while to get used to the cars and the sharp corners. But that wasn't necessary for the experts of us. By the time the real race was finished, I was a full 3 laps behind the leader! I knew I was a long way behind the others and in danger of being the lucky last, until I saw someone getting stuck after a crash. For me, finishing 12th out of 13 wasn't too bad - I guess I can only improve in the future! We all knew who the top 3 guys would be before the race and they did n...