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In Braga, Portugal, the first round of the CIK-FIA Under 18 World Championship and Academy Trophy
TKART Staff
08 July 2012



71 drivers at the go of the CIK-FIA Under 18 World Championship that raced its first of three rounds, alongside the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy (48 drivers), at the Kartódromo Internacional de Braga, in Portugal.

Several regulatory peculiarities for the Under 18: from points assigned also for the heats to the inverted grid  for the second prefinal, to same engine and tires (LeCont) for all and penalties calculated right after the prefinals to decide the grid for the finals.
The role of bigprotagonist went to the English driver Henry G. Easthope (Sodi Kart/WKE) who took home a full booty: fastest after the heats, winner of prefinal 1 (though it is not worth points) and first at the finish-line of the final. Attempts to challenge him came from Ricky Collard (Art GP/WKE), first after the prefinals thanks to less penalties than Easthope and then 4th in the final, and later from Charles Leclerc (Art GP/WKE), 2nd in the final, and Anthoine Hubert (FK/WKE), 3rd. Great weekend also for the Dane Mortensen (FK/WKE) who, with the points conquered after the heats and a nice 9th place in the final, is the first runner-up behind Easthope in the general standings.    
In the Academy Trophy, featuring Parolin/FIM/LeCont equipment, two races count towards the general standings: in Race 1 the checkered flag waved first for the Brit George Russell, with compatriot Alex Gill in tow, followed by the Finn Lappalainen. In Race 2, the latter played best man, winning over Cobian and the Norwegian Ellegard. In the general standings the top 3 were the same as in  Race 2: Lappalainen first, then Cobian and Ellegard.
The next meetings for the two competitions signed  CIK-FIA will be on August 26th in Angerville, France, then Bahrain, on November 10th , for the last and decisive round.

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