00:27One Race at a Time
00:30Carving his way sa mundo ng kart racing, ang 14-year-old na si Axel Nokom.
00:37Naabot niya ang Rank 2 in the World overall standing sa Champions of the Future Academy program.
00:43Isang premier global driver development program sa Europe.
00:49In Champions of the Future Academy, it's quite difficult to get in but it's very budget-friendly so it's all
00:55about the driving really.
00:56In the racing, you have the fair equipment, fair everything. It's a very good chance of opportunity to get into
01:04the Formula Series.
01:05Ang kanyang breakthrough performance nangyari sa Valencia, Spain.
01:10Kung saan nakipag-head to head si Axel sa 56 elite international drivers sa OKN junior category.
01:18In Valencia, it was one of my best KOTFA weekends ever. I had a really good podium in the final
01:25two. We finished top three in both finals.
01:29Five years old si Axel nang magsimula siya sa kart racing.
01:33I loved it so much because of the competition. If you get a podium, you get inspired and work harder
01:40for the next round.
01:40After dominating the domestic karting scene, unti-unti na siyang sumabak sa international stage.
01:50Last year, nirepresenta niya ang Pilipinas sa Asia-Pacific Motorsports Games in Sri Lanka, winning gold.
02:00Tumaan din siya sa rigorous draft sa City Circuit, Tokyo Bay, kung saan siya ang natatanging Pinoy na lumaban sa
02:08All Japan Kart Championship EV Division, finishing third overall.
02:14So, Axel, this is what you used in the Japan EV karting scene.
02:18So, basically, this kart goes really fast, especially on the main straight. It goes around 140 kph, similar to a
02:26car driving on the highway.
02:28But the most important thing is the acceleration. It's absolutely wild. Once you step on the throttle right here, it
02:35just goes boom.
02:36Wow. Okay, so it's 44 horsepower.
02:40Ngayon, nagtuturo na rin si Axel ng beginner karting. Kaya tara, let's learn the basics.
02:46Maka Puso, ready na tayo. Sumabak dito sa track.
02:52We'll see like a blue and white curve like this shape, rainbow shape. You have to clip all of those.
02:59Okay, so this is the steering wheel. You have to hold the steering wheel like this, 3 and 9.
03:04You have to hold it in the middle to have the most control out of the kart.
03:07So, this is the brake. It's on the left-hand side with your left foot.
03:13Just brake mid-corner. And then, this is the throttle.
03:16If you want to go fast on the straight, you have to be on full throttle.
03:20Let's go. Let's do this.
03:26Napaka-exhilarating.
03:27Siyempre, ramdam mo yung bilis ng kart on the track.
03:31Si Axel, you know, he's a professional in this.
03:36Kasi iba na yung handling niya dun sa kart.
03:40The way he, napaka-effortless.
03:42The way he turns and the way he brakes.
03:45Today, we got to meet our rising star in race karting, Axel Nokom.
03:49And we also got to experience driving a race kart right here on the track.
03:56So, this has been Martin Avere.
03:58Axel Nokom.
03:59Keeping you in the game.
