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A little more than a month after the last round of the WSK Open Cup, WSK Promotion is back on track in Adria for the final act of 2021: the WSK Final Cup. The season ends with an excellent turnout of drivers in all four international categories: 126 in MINI, 72 in OKJ, 40 in OK and 37 in KZ2, for a total record of 275 participants.

The usual qualifying sessions took place on Friday, before continuing with the first qualifying heats, which will end on Saturday afternoon.

KZ2: Francesco Celenta is unreachable

• Francesco Celenta (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) returns to stay where he likes so much. With a 47.430, the Italian driver is the fastest in group 1 and earns the absolute pole position. The standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team trims more than two-tenths and a half to his direct rival Daniel Stell (NB Motorsport - Luxor - TM Racing), who returns to the top of the standings with the third overall position. Excellent performance also for Norton Andreasson (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), who continues to show his improvements during his first experiences in KZ2 with the third time in the group and fifth in the general classification.


• Stan Pex (SP Motorsport - KR - TM Racing) is confirmed as extremely incisive on the Adria circuit and conquers the second place overall thanks to a time of 47,611 in group 1. The standard bearer of the SP Motorsport team precedes the fresh FIA Karting International Super champion Cup Lorenzo Travisanutto (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who reaffirms his competitiveness with the fourth overall position. Third in the group and sixth in the general classification is Paul Rieberer (Birel ART Racing KSW - Birel ART - TM Racing), author of an excellent performance.


• Positive qualifying also for Kris Haanen (SP Motorsport - KR - TM Racing), seventh overall. The Dutch driver is just ahead of Markus Kajak (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), constantly growing in his first season in the premier category.


• A surprising Iaroslav Shevyrtalov (Team Komarov - Tony Kart - TM Racing) and a solid Genis Civico (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) close the top ten in the general standings, preceding the other KR of Danilo Albanese (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME).

OK: Nikola Tsolov and Arvid Lindblad, one armchair for two drivers

• Nikola Tsolov (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) makes it clear that he wants to end the year by noting his speed. The standard bearer of the DPK Racing team prints a 47.370 in group 2, which earned him absolute pole position. He is followed, just over a tenth, by the orbiting talent Mercedes Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who amazes his debut in OK and moves to third place in the overall standings. Positive results also for Gustaw Wisniewski (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), who demonstrates his progress with the third time in the group and the fifth total.


• Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) immediately clarifies his intentions for this season finale. Thanks to a 47.643, the WSK Euro Series champion wins in group 1 and wins the second place in the general classification, proposing the classic challenge with Tsolov again. The Red Bull Junior Team driver trims more than two tenths to his teammate Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who is the author of an excellent performance in the second race in OK and ends up fourth overall. After winning the Winter Cup on his absolute debut in OK, the fresh OKJ world champion Kean Berta Nakamura (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing) confirms his sensational third position in the group and sixth overall.


• Seventh in the overall standings is the new Ferrari Driver Academy recruit Rafael Camara (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME). The WSK Super Master Series champion precedes his teammate Matheus Ferreira (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), another excellent rookie in the premier category of single-speed karting.


• The absolute top ten is completed by a remarkable Joel Bergstrom (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), at the first experiences in OK, and a surprising Krozser Menyhert (Kosmic Racing Department - Kosmic - Vortex).


• Giovanni Trentin (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) and Juliano Holzem (CV Performance Group - KR - IAME) respectively gain 11th and 12th place overall, bringing the KR chassis present in the top 12 to nine. Pasiewicz (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), Flavio Olivieri (Praga Racing Team - Praga - IAME) and Zachary David (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), who closes the top 15 and is just ahead of Maxim Rehm (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), 16th at his debut in OK.


• Unfortunate qualifying for Nicolò Cuman (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), who completes only two laps and thus finds himself last in the general classification.

OKJ: Kirill Dzitiev takes pole position and proves his strength

• After winning the Trofeo delle Industrie, Kirill Dzitiev (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) got a taste for being in front. Thanks to a 48,920, the standard bearer of the Ward Racing team is the most incisive in group 1 and wins the absolute pole position. The Russian driver trimmed less than half a tenth to Freddie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), who did not miss the appointment with the top positions and found himself third in the overall standings. Just five thousandths from the 2020 world champion is a surprising Konstantin Krapin (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), author of an excellent performance and fifth overall.


• To complete a growing season, Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) sets the best time in group 2 in 49.030 and takes second place overall. The standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team snatches pole at the very last second from David Walther (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex), who confirms himself extremely fast with second place in his group and fourth in the overall standings. Just 36 thousandths behind Khavalkin is an amazing Sebastiano Pavan (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), third in the group and sixth overall.


• Gerasim Skulanov (CRG Racing Team - CRG - IAME) grabs seventh overall position and demonstrates his progress at the end of his debut season in OKJ. The CRG Racing Team rider precedes Tomass Stolcermanis (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), who reaffirms his presence at the top of the standings with eighth place overall. The Latvian driver is just ahead of another protagonist of the category, Maksimilian Popov (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), and his teammate Andres Cardenas (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), who closes the top ten thanks to an excellent performance and immediately expresses a good feeling at the first appearance with the Energy Corse team.


• The WSK Super Master Series champion Rashid Al Dhaheri (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) occupies the 11th position overall, and precedes the Parolin couple formed by Enzo Deligny (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) and Rene Lammers (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing).


• The total top 15 is completed, thanks to a positive qualifying, by Tiziano Monza (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME) and Lucas Fluxa (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who are just ahead of Marcus Saeter (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) and Dion Gowda (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex).


• Qualifying below expectations for Oleksander Bondarev (Andriy Honta - Tony Kart - TM Racing), 28th overall, the young Mercedes recruit Yuanpu Cui (Beyond Racing Team - KR - TM Racing), 33rd, Coskun Irfan (Shamick Europe - Parolin - TM Racing), 36th, Enea Frey (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), 50th, and Kirill Kutskov (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), 52nd.

MINI: Niklas Schaufler the best of the 126 drivers

• Niklas Schaufler (Emme Racing Team - EKS - TM Racing) confirmed his excellent form, setting the best time in group 2 in 54.213 and thus conquering the absolute pole position. The fresh champion of the WSK Open Cup trims 99 thousandths to an amazing William Calleja (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who moves to fifth position in the overall standings. Exploit also for Zdenek Babicek (Tepz Racing Team - Parolin - TM Racing), third in the group and ninth overall.


• At his first appearance with the Formula K Serafini team, Vladimir Ivannikov (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing) immediately proves to be at ease and is the most incisive in group 1 thanks to a 54.432, which earned him second place overall. The Russian driver is just 37 thousandths ahead of Cristian Tonalini (MLG Racing - Parolin - TM Racing), who returns to the top of the standings with another superlative performance on the Adria circuit and finds himself sixth overall. Just under a tenth behind Ivannikov is an excellent Filippo Pancotti (AVracing - Parolin - TM Racing), third in the group and tenth in the overall standings.


• Jindrich Pesl (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME) reaffirms his presence among the best, setting the pace in group 4 with a 54.473 and thus winning the third overall position. The driver from the Czech Republic is the only one who manages to trim more than two tenths to his direct rival, Dean Hoogendoorn (Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME). The standard bearer of the Kidix team once again expresses his skills on the flying lap and earns seventh place in the overall standings. An extraordinary Luna Fluxa (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) stops the chronometer just one thousandth from Hoogendoorn, third in the group and 11th overall.


• With a 54.682, Filippo Sala (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) is the fastest in group 3 and proves his competitiveness with the fourth position overall. The Italian driver beats another protagonist of the category, Iacopo Martinese (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME) by just 21 thousandths. At his first appearance with the Babyrace Driver Academy team, Martinese immediately showed a good feeling and placed eighth in the overall standings. Just 60 thousandths from Sala is a surprising Mattia Padoan (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), third in the group and 12th overall.


• The absolute top 15 is completed by Elliot Kaczynski (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - TM Racing), WSK Euro Series champion Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) and Kilian Josseron (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME).


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Dries Van Langendonck (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 20th overall, and David Cosma-Cristofor (Gulstar Racing - KR - IAME), 24th. Disappointment also for Emanuele Olivieri (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing), 27th, Davide Bottaro (AVracing - Parolin - TM Racing), 30th, and Alfie Slater (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 76th.

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