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The drivers are selected based on the WSK Euro Series Championship rankings after the race already held on September 3, the rankings of the Italian ACI Karting Championship and the Italian Zone Cup.

ACI Sport specifies the selection criteria for the “Road to the OKN World Cup” international event from October 4 to October 8 2023, organised by ACI Sport in collaboration with Franciacorta Karting Track for the two OK-N and OK-N Junior categories on the occasion of the FIA Karting World Championship.

The selection races concern the Championship ranking of the first WSK Euro Series round already held on September 3 in Franciacorta, the final rankings of the Italian ACI Karting Championship and the rankings of the Italian Zone Cup as of 10 September.

The selection criterion for participation in the OK-N and OK-N Junior event.
For both categories, a selection criterion will be applied with the following access priorities:
- maximum number of drivers: set at 36 for OK-N Junior and 36 for OK-N.
- driver selection criteria: ACI Sport will be able to identify all 36 drivers for OK-N Junior and a maximum of 26 drivers for OK-N according to the following criteria:

--- For the OK-N Junior (first 12 drivers classified at the end of the Italian ACI Karting Championship, first 2 drivers in the classification as of 10 September 2023 of each zone of the Italian Zone Cup, first 6 drivers classified at the end of the first round of the WSK Euro Series on September 3 in Franciacorta);
---- For OK-N (first 12 drivers classified at the end of the Italian ACI Karting Championship, the first driver in the classification as of 10 September 2023 of each zone of the Italian Zone Cup, first 5 drivers classified at the end of the first round of the WSK Euro Series on September 3 in Franciacorta).

The remaining 10 OK-N places will be assigned by FIA Karting, through the various ASNs that have already raced OK-N karts in their national championships or are about to do so in view of the 2024 season.

- Driver identification date: Monday, September 25, after careful evaluation of the rankings, ACI Sport will identify all OK-N Junior drivers and OK-N drivers on the basis of the criteria set out above and who will be notified by the Organiser (Franciacorta Karting Track) and on the ACI Sport website via a link to the entry form to be filled in to register for the race.

The dates for registration.

- By September 15, 2023, for WSK and Italian Zone Cup drivers.
The last date for registration for the Franciacorta event for WSK and Italian Zone Cup drivers in the area is set for Friday, September 15.

- By Wednesday, September 27, 2023, for the drivers of the Italian Championship.
The last date for registration for the Franciacorta event for Italian Championship drivers is set for Wednesday 27 September.

Eligible pilots who do not formalise registration by the aforementioned dates will lose the priority acquired and will be replaced according to the selection terms listed below.

All selection modes.
In the event that the same driver appears to be present in more than one ranking of the Championships/Series listed above, the place will be assigned to another driver in the following ways:

- If a driver selected in the WSK Euro Series is already present in the Italian Championship ranking, his place will be left free in the Italian Championship and will be assigned to another driver immediately following in the Italian Championship ranking.

- If a driver selected in the WSK Euro Series were to withdraw, his place will be assigned to another driver immediately following in the WSK Euro Series ranking.

- If a driver selected in the Italian Championship renounces, his place will be assigned to another driver immediately following in the Italian Championship ranking.

- If a driver selected in each Italian Zone Cup were to renounce, his place will be assigned to another driver immediately following in the respective Italian Zone Cup ranking.

- If a driver selected in the Italian Zone Cup is already present in the Italian Championship, his place will be left free and assigned to another driver immediately following in the Italian Championship ranking.

- If it is not possible to proceed with the identification of drivers in the Italian Zone Cup, due to a lack of drivers in the ranking, the place will be assigned to the immediately following driver in the Italian Championship.

Opening to applications.
In the event that it is not possible to reach the complete number of drivers, ACI Sport reserves the right to assign the vacant positions to the drivers who have sent their application by September 24, 2023, to ACI Sport, e-mail [email protected].

The drivers selected by the WSK Euro Series.
After the first round of the WSK Euro Series on September 3, the drivers selected for the "Road to the OKN World Cup" international event are listed below based on the championship ranking with the scores acquired in the heats, prefinal and final:

OK-N
1. Bati Ege Yildirim (TUR) (Team Modena Kart) 80 points
2. Gianmarco Cortopassi (ITA) (Kart Evolution) 69 points
3. Eric Cristian Enache (ROU) (Team DR) 36 points
4. Roberto Nali (ITA) (Kart Evolution) 28 points
5. Nicholas Tomasella (ITA) (MLG Racing) 28 points

OK-N Junior
1. Jesse Phillips (GBR) (KidiX Driver Performance) 63 points
2. Asher Ochstein (USA) (CRG Racing Team) 57 points
3. Dean Hoogendoorn (NLD) (AKM Motorsport) 43 points
4. Bruno Gryc (POL) (MLG Racing) 29 points
5. Cristian Tonalini (ITA) (Tona Racing Kart) 26 points
6. Vladimir Ivannikov (Gamoto Srl) 25 points

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