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Adria, 29th July 2018. The fifth round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship on the Adria karting Raceway circuit also on this occasion saw a good number of riders at the start, about 180 in the 60 Mini categories, and in the Junior and Senior categories of the Brand Trophies Rok, Iame X30 and Easykart 125 Master, in addition to the Naskart Trophy.

In the 60 Mini there were 81 riders on the track during the weekend of Adria on 29 July, in an important appointment for the Championship rankings made difficult even for the heat. The first of the two finals was characterized by the beautiful duel between the capoclassifica, the Norwegian Martinius Stenshorne (Parolin-Tm), and his most credited rival, Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Energy-Tm). The two more times have exchanged the command of the race, but in the sprint on the finish line was Stenshorne to have the best for 48 thousandths of a second on Antonelli, while in the duel for the third place was the Belgian Ean Eyckmans (Parolin-Tm) to earn the podium after a hard fight with several rivals, including team-mate Coskun Irfan. In Race-2, with the grid reversed in the first eight positions, was instead Flavio Oliviero (Energy-Tm) to prevail in another arrival in the sprint on Irfan, on the Bulgarian Nikola Tsolov (BirelArt-Tm) and his teammate Andrea Filaferro who lost the podium for a trifle. Stenshorne finished in seventh place, however, increasing the advantage in the standings, also because in this second race Antonelli was forced to retire following a contact, as well as Eyckmans.

The races of the Rok Trophy are also beautiful and lively, with the two Junior and Senior categories. The victory in the Junior Rok in Race-1 was won by the Brazilian Matheus Alvarenga Morgatto (Parolin-Vortex), ahead of Paolo Ferrari (Parolin-Vortex) and the Italian-American Ugo Ugochukwu (Tony Kart-Vortex). Good ranking leader Federico Cecchi (Tony Kart-Vortex), fourth at the end of a comeback. In Race-2 Ferrari was able to complete his good weekend with the victory taking advantage of a penalty imposed on Morgatto who had already cut the finish line first. Second, the American is Connor Zilisch (Tony Kart-Vortex), third the Ukrainian Vyacheslav Putyatin (Parolin-Vortex). Morgatto was ranked ninth, ahead of Cecchi.

In the Senior Rok in Race-1 absolute protagonist was revealed Pietro Delli Guanti (Exprit-Vortex), who had lost several positions in an accident during the first lap while he was fighting for the first position, from which he managed to recover up to the finish line with a lead of more than 4 seconds on Francesco Sartori (Tony Kart-Vortex) and the Polish Mateusz Kaprzyk (Kosmic-Vortex). In Race-2, this time with Delli Guanti immediately out of action due to an accident, Cristian Comanducci (Tony Kart-Vortex) managed to prevail, with the other Polish Maciej Szyszko (Kosmic-Vortex) in second place and the Swiss Michael Muller (Energy-Vortex) in the third.

In the X30 Junior, despite the grid reversed in the first eight positions between Race-1 and Race-2, the podium in the two races was identical, with Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TB Kart-Iame) winner on Mattia Ingolfo (KR-Iame) and Francesco Pulito (Top Kart-Iame). In Race-1 among the best also Pio Francesco Sgobba (KR-Iame), fourth ahead of Federico Albanese (Tony Kart-Iame), Lorenzo Patrese (KR-Iame) and Mattia Simonini (Maranello-Iame). In Race-2 the fourth position went to Albanese, with Patrese fifth and Luca Bosco (Tony Kart-Iame) sixth after having recovered 17 positions.

In the X30 Senior, between the two major contenders of the Championship, Luigi Coluccio (BirelArt-Iame) and Francesco Pagano (KR-Iame), in Race-1 Coluccio won the first place, while Pagano finished in third position preceded also by Lorenzo Ferrari (Parolin-Iame). In Race-2 instead Danny Carenini (Tony Kart-Iame) has imposed himself, while Coluccio has regained the podium with the second place, as well as Ferrari who finished in third position. Here Pagano was placed seventh.

In Easykart 125 Master podium photocopy between Race-1 and Race-2, with Francesco Serafini winner on Rosolino Caralla and Alfonso D'Eugenio, all three on BirelArt-Bmb.

In the Naskart Trophy, victory for Moreno Di Silvestre in race-1 and for Alessandro Brigatti in Race-2. In Race-1 Di Silvestre preceded Paolo Castagnetti and Alessandro Brigatti, while on the podium of Race-2 after Brigatti rose Di Silvestre second and Lapo Nencetti third.

All results on the website www.acisportitalia.it. Television services in the ACI Sport Magazine on RAI Sport, national broadcasters and around 50 national broadcasters. A special page with comments, classifications and photos will be published Friday, August 3 in the sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.

These are the next events of the Italian ACI Karting Championship:

6th round: 24-26 August 2018 - Val Vibrata Karting Track, Sant'Egidio (Teramo)

Categories: KZ2, KZ3, Iame X30, Rotax, Naskart.

7th round: 14-16 September 2018 - Pista Salentina, Torre San Giovanni, Ugento (Lecce)

Categories: 60 Mini, OK, OK-Junior, Iame X30, Rok.

8th round: 21-23 September 2018 - 7 Laghi International Circuit, Castelletto di Branduzzo (Pavia)

Categories: KZ2, KZ3, Rotax, Easykart, Naskart.