Alik Mori
Alik Mori is not related to Barii Mori
Alik Mori (born 30th February, 1973 in Pingelap, Pohnpei State) is a Micronesian racing driver. His son Jayleen is also a racing driver.
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Early Life
Alik Mori attended the only school in Micronesia. As such, he developed some powerful connections, as he knew every other kid in his age group in the country. After all, there were only 400 kids in Micronesia eligible for school, anyway. After becoming the first Micronesian to watch the BBC's coverage of Formula One, Mori becamehooked on a sport that would become his first love.
Career
Early career
Using his well-earned connections from his schooling days, Mori became the only Micronesian in possession of a fully-functioning go-kart. Mori will tell you he imported one from Australia, but legend on the islands says that he simply slipped the cheif of security at Micronesia's airport a few dollars, and a go kart miraculously fell off the back of a plane a few days later. Mori started racing in the All-Japan Kart Championship in 1980, winning the title in 1988 and 1989. He then moved to the Japanese Formula Three championship, finishing 2nd in 1992, beating future F1 driver Jacques Villeneuve. Naturally, this meant that Alik was better than Jacques Villeneuve in every form of motorsport that exists, and even some that don't - although, given that it is Jacques Villeneuve we are talking about, that doesn't take much.
Life GP Series
Mori moved to Europe the next year to compete in the Life GP Series with Life of Namibia. He finished a strong 4th on his debut in Argentina, helped by other car's retirements.
Post-racing career
Following Alik's racing career, he chose to return to his native Micronesia, where he was a national hero loved by all, and subsequently became President-for-life.
Results
Complete Life Grand Prix Series Results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Life of Namibia | ARG 4 |
BRA |
VEN |
USA |
CAN |
IRE |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
POL |
AUT |
ITA |
FRA |
NAM |
JAP |
MAL |
IND |
NZL |
AUS |
MAC |
4th* | 3* |
Mori Facts
- Alik Mori once visited a Starbucks whilst in Sydney, and became the first Micronesian to have a latte.
- Mori once had a fillet-o-fish in McDonalds because they were out of Big Macs, becoming the first Micronesian to eat a Fillet-O-Fish.
- Alik Mori was the first Micronesian to ever use a computer, something which happened completely by accident as he mistook the keyboard for a typewriter (it was quite dark).
- Alik Mori is the only Micronesian to know that wrestling is fake.
- Legend has it that Alik is the only Micronesian to say the word 'flabbergasted' before 12:30 pm.
- Whilst in Japan, Mori came across a fax machine. Thus he became the first Micronesian to touch an electronically printed document.
