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WSK Super Master Series, Lonato: Qualifying - Pole position for Irlando (KZ2), Trulli (OK), Badoer (OKJ), Kastelic (Mini)
Max Bernardi
21 February 2020

Record turnout for the second round of the WSK Super Master Series, in Lonato (BS) on the South Garda Karting circuit. The longest running WSK promotion series reaches the historic number of 360 drivers divided into 4 categories: Mini (108 drivers), OKJ (93), OK (85) and KZ2 (74).

For the gearbox category this is the first WSK Race, considering that they didn't take part to Adria's round.

MINI: Super lap-time for Mark Kastelic


Tires: Vega

[caption id="attachment_271872" align="alignnone" width="600"] Mark Kastelic (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - TM Racing)[/caption]


  • Competition is fierce more than ever in the Mini category with a monstrous number of participants: 107.

  • Mark Kastelic (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - TM Racing) stood out above all with a time of 52,928, a lap truly unattainable for everyone. His most direct opponent in his group, Jan Przyrowsky (AV Racing - Parolin - TM Racing), didn't go beyond the 52,217 time and took fourth place in the general classification.

  • Nobody besides the poleman went under the 53 second barrier. Behind Kastelic, we find, in this order in the general classification: Luka Savu (Gulstar Racing - KR - TM Racing); Antonio Apicella (Apicella Alessandro - Enrgy Corse - Iame), 3rd; James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 5th: Shimo Zhang (Parolin Racing Kart- Parolin - TM Racing)

  • The protagonists of the first round of the WSK Super Master Series are all in the top section of ​​the ranking and not beyond the 23rd general position. Among the others worth mentioning: Gerasim Skulanov (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing), 11th; Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - TM Racing), 15th, Jimmy Helias (Tony Kart Racing Team), 23rd; Dmitry Matveev (Energy Corse - Enegy Corse - TM Racing) and German Foteev (Energy-TM Racing - Energy Corse), respectively 13th and 14th, and Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin-TM Racing - Parolin Racing), 21st.


Results 

OKJ: Brando Badoer once again ahead of everyone


Pneumatici: Vega

[caption id="attachment_271863" align="alignnone" width="600"] Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport - KR/IAME)[/caption]


  • Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) today marks his third pole position in 2020 after the two in a row scored at Adria. With a time of 47.857, the Italian is the first of the Kart Republic, today at the top of all the groups of the Timed Pracitce.

  • The second place in the times classification is in fact occupied by Igor Cepil (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) followed by Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME). Another Kart Republic is behind them, this time led by Akshay Boha (TB Racing Team - KR - IAME).

  • Paired in fifth and sixth position are the Poles Karol Pasiewicz (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) and Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (Birel ART Racing - RK - TM Racing), protagonists up to the last corner in the battle for the podium of the Winter Cup than 2 weeks ago.

  • Artem Severiukhin (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) follows them in seventh position ahead of the other two Kart Republic of Christian Ho (Sauber Karting Team - KR - IAME) and Douwe Dedecker (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME).

  • Tenth time for Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) who takes a decisive step forward compared to Qualifying a week ago.

  • Further back we find the star of this beginning of the season Alfio Andrea Spina (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) 14th, who manages to do better than the Winter Cup winner Martinius Stenshorne (Rosberg Racing Academy - KR - IAME) today only 17th.


Risults

OK: Maiden Pole Position for Enzo Trulli


Tires: Bridgestone

[caption id="attachment_271866" align="alignnone" width="600"] Enzo Trulli (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME)[/caption]


  • Enzo Trulli (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) leads the group at the end of Qualifying with the time of 46.616 which sees him in front of teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), coming from the podium at the Winter Cupe in great shape also in this start of the second round of WSK Super master Series.

  • The weekend of the Forza Racing drivers, after a Winter Cup ended with poor results, also started off great with Rafael Camara (Forza Racing - Exprit Kart - TM Racing) who finished in third position ahead of Dilano Van'T Hoff (Forza Racing - Exprit Kart - TM Racing).

  • Fifth position for Lorenzo Travisanutto (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) who put his Tony Kart ahead of Taylor Barnard (Rosberg Racing Academy - KR - IAME) and Nikita Bedrin (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex)

  • Theo Whernesson (TK Racing - Kosmic Kart - TM Racing) preceded the Winter Cup winner Joseph Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 9th ahead of teammate Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who closes the top ten.

  • The other protagonists of this first part of 2020 can be found further back, but still in contention for a good result: Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TB Kart - TBKart - IAME) is 11th immediately ahead of Kirill Smal (Energy Corse - Energy - TM Racing), in Pole Position 2 weeks ago at the Winter Cup. Reigning World Champion Thomas Ten Brinke (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic Kart - Vortex) takes 14th place while he is only 23rd Robert De Haan (Energy Corse - Energy - TM Racing).


Risults

KZ2: Birel ART again in Pole Position with Alex Irlando and Longhi immediately behind him


Tires: Vega

[caption id="attachment_271869" align="alignnone" width="600"] Alex Irlando (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing)[/caption]


  • Birel ART flexed its muscles once again in this weekend of the second round of the WSK Super Master Series by conquering the Pole Position. Setting the best time is Alex Irlando (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), with a time of 45.589.

  • It is always Birel ART that occupies the second spot on the grid, with Riccardo Longhi (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), second on the podium of the Winter Cup last week, who put together a lap just slightly slower than his teammate .

  • Douglas Lundberg (Novalux Racing Team - Lenzokart - TM Racing) snatched the best time of the second group on the occasion of his return to the track after winning the last race of 2019, the WSK Final Cup. The time 45.874 puts the Swedish third place in the combined ranking.

  • Behind Giacomo Pollini (NGM Motorsport - Formula K - TM Racing), fourth in his first race of the season, we find Matthew Payne (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), second in the group led by Riccardo Longhi, and Jean Nomblot (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing), the best of the Sodikarts in sixth position.

  • Seventh position for last week's Pole man Simo Puhakka (Tony kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) whiopreceded the other Sodikart in the top ten, that of Adrien Renaudin (Sodikart - Sodikart - TM Racing), eighth.

  • Rounding the top-ten, Andrea Dale (Nuova 3M - Birel ART - TM Racing) and the Winter Cup winner Giuseppe Palomba (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), fourth in the fastest group led by Alex Irlando.


Risults

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