Cebuano karting prodigy William John Riley Go (DALE ISRAEL/ INQUIRER VISAYAS)
CEBU CITY– Fourteen- year-old Cebuano karting prodigy William John Riley Go will certainly go to Europe once again to train as well as contend in numerous competing competitors after coming to be the initial Filipino to get to 3 effective platform surfaces in 2022 in 3 numerous races there.
Go obtained a silver medal in the 2022 FIA Karting Academy in Genk, Belgium; a bronze in the WSK Euro Series in Lombardia, Italy; as well as a World champ title in Super ROK in Lonato, Italy last October 2022.
But prior to coming to be globe champ, Go confesses to having actually been a sufferer of harassing when he began in the neighborhood as well as global competitors with various other gamers joining forces against him.
“There are six or seven drivers in one team alone, and their goal was to at least try to put me in the bad spot so I would crash in the race. So in one year I had to replace my cart four or five times because of the amount of crashes that I was in and them taking me out intentionally. Even the kids would say we will crash you out. At one point I would ask my dad, is God real?” Go remembered.
The intimidation, nonetheless, did not quit him from seeking his interest.
“I want to prove them wrong. They have done so many bad things to me that the only way to shut them off is to just win something that they could not do. And in the end, I am here, I am still racing and winning in Europe while some of them I have never heard of for many years now,” Go stated.
In the Super ROK where he arised World Champion, Go ended up the 20-lap competitors with a time of 16 minutes as well as 12.687 secs, besting 36 racers from more than 10 nations. He was likewise granted the lead as well as the fastest lap under the Super ROK classification.
Next week, Go is returning to Europe to train once more as well as protect his title. He will certainly likewise contend in the exact same races as well as various other brand-new ones consisting of WSK Series, FIA European Championship, ROK Cup, RGMMC Champions of the Future as well as a whole lot more.
He began competing when he was just 6 years of ages as well as Go stated his utmost objective is to race in Formula One at some point.
“I just don’t do it for myself. I do it for my country, the Philippines. And I also do it for my team,” he stated. “Everytime I wanna win, I don’t just think of myself. Always, I want to put the country on top to put more support, steps to world championships.”
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