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CIK-FIA European Champs OK-OKJ, Academy Trophy in Portimao - standings
TKART Staff
01 July 2016



The European CIK-FIA Champs moves from Portimao (P) to the last round in Genk (B). The leaders are Joyner (GB – Zanardi-Parilla OK) and Watt (DK – Tony Kart-Vortex OKJ) with Bradshaw (GB - Exprit-Vortex) leader of Academy Trophy. Next week, the special TV report on Motors TV in a long schedule starting from 4th July.

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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Championship heads to the last event from Portimao.
The drivers of the European CIK-FIA Championship had to cope with lots of difficult weather situations and now, after the fourth event of the season hosted by the circuit of Portimao in Portugal, they have only the last round of Genk - scheduled at the last weekend of July - in front of them. Teams and drivers had to deal with all kinds of weather all around Europe and, after leaving the Atlantic seaside of Portugal, they are now heading towards Belgium. Last Sunday the races (in the photo above, the start of OK Final) was characterised by many changes in the OK and OK Junior standings. For the Championship’s last round the two categories will be joined by the KZ and KZ2: an upcoming big show which will be explained by Motors TV in its special report from Portimao. The underlying schedule is starting next week, from 4th July.
Joyner takes over leadership from Basz in the OK.
The English Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega) achieved a great result: thanks to his well deserved victory in Portimao (above, Joyner during his winning race), where he kept at bay his fellow countryman Ben Hanley (Croc-TM), Joyner conquered the top of the standings ahead of the previous leader, the Karol Basz (Kosmic-Vortex). The Polish driver managed to recover many positions after a troublesome start in the Final, but it was not enough and he is now five points behind Joyner, first with 108 points. The race of Portimao said that the two Spaniards, Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-Parilla) and Marta Garcia (EvoKart-Parilla) – respectively third 13 points behind and fourth with a gap of 24 – still have good

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chances in the Championship. Another possible winner is the American Logan Sargeant (FA Kart-Vortex): he is fifth, 29 points behind the leader. He got stuck in the Portuguese Final, but he can still aim at a great result.
Watt pursued by Collet in the OK Junior.
He had a hard time in Portimao, but the Brazilian Caio Collet (BirelArt-Parilla-Vega), however, managed to score an excellent second place in the Final, behind the winner Victor Martins (Kosmic-Parilla). This result allowed Collet to remain close to the leader Noah Watt (Tony Kart-Vortex). The Danish, on the contrary, had a good start but did not manage to score a podium position. Watt, in the photo above, keeps the leadership with 107 points, while Collet is now in close pursuit (16 points behind). The other pursuers will need to wait until Genk to try to close the gap: Isac Blomqvist (Tony Kart-Vortex) and Finlay Kenneally (FA Kart-Vortex), third and fourth, did not score many points. The Norwegian Dennis Hauger (CRG-Parilla) and the Malaysian Abdul Muizzuddin (DR-TM) gain positions and follow in the standings thanks to the fourth and third place scored in Portugal. They are 26 and 34 points behind respectively.
Bradshaw pulls away in the Academy Trophy.
The English Callum Bradshaw, #505 in the photo above, came in second in Portimao, behind the Belgian Xavier Handsaeme, the surprising winner. Bradshaw’s leadership is steadier and he is now 29 points ahead of Handsaeme. Behind them, the Danish Mads Hansen, the British Oliver Clarke and the Swedish Alfred Nilsson. For them (all on Exprit-Vortex) the final round is in Sweden on 4th September, with the KZ World Champs in Kristianstad.

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