[Traslated with Google Translator] The 4th and final round of the 2018 European Championship dedicated to the single-gear category is over
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The final in the OK category has a twist on the first lap: Hannes Janker (TB Racing - KR - Parilla) is out of the race together with Lorenzo Travisanutto (KR Motorsport - KR - Parilla), Mattia Michelotto (KR Motorsport - KR - Parilla), Ayrton Fontecha (CRG - CRG - TM Racing) and Roman Stanek (Kosmic Racing Departement - Kosmic - Vortex).
The German driver, fighting for the title, will still manage to win the championship, also because his most direct opponent, Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG - CRG - TM Racing), never really competitive this weekend, will also retire.
The final, therefore, is a confirmation of what has been seen in the heats, with Dexter Patterson (KR Motorsport - KR - Parilla) who wins followed by Harry Thompson (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - FA Kart - Vortex) and Nicklas Nielsen (KSM Schimacher Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex).
Nielsen had to defend himself in different moments of the final, from the attacks of Kas Haverkort (Zanardi Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), before, and Luigi Coluccio (Birel Art Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing), after.
In fourth place he managed to finish at the end Coluccio, followed by Zane Maloney (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - FA Kart - Vortex), Callum Bradshaw (CRG - CRG - TM Racing), Hugo Sasse (TB Racing - KR - Parilla), Rasmus Joutsimies ( Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), Jorge Pescador (Praga Racing Team - Praga kart - TM Racing) and Tijmen Van Der Helm (KSM Schimacher Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who closed the top 10 after a comeback of 14 positions.
Finale standings
Pos | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | Patterson, Dexter | KR / Parilla / B'stone | 45.663 | |
2 | Thompson, Harry | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 6.635 | 45.838 |
3 | Nielsen, Nicklas | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 8.667 | 45.953 |
4 | Coluccio, Luigi | Birel Art / TM Racing / B'stone | 9.109 | 45.925 |
5 | Maloney, Zane | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 9.232 | 45.743 |
6 | Bradshaw, Callum | CRG / TM Racing / B'stone | 10.159 | 45.920 |
7 | Sasse, Hugo | KR / Parilla / B'stone | 12.490 | 45.967 |
8 | Joutsimies, Rasmus | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 14.505 | 46.116 |
9 | Pescador, Jorge Carlos | Praga / TM Racing / B'stone | 17.380 | 46.265 |
10 | Van Der Helm, Tijmen | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 17.753 | 46.187 |
11 | Bizzotto, Leonardo | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 18.451 | 46.234 |
12 | Seppanen, Elias | Exprit / TM Racing / B'stone | 21.304 | 46.017 |
13 | Edgar, Jonny | Exprit / TM Racing / B'stone | 21.581 | 45.871 |
14 | Spenle, Evan | Kosmic / Parilla / B'stone | 22.030 | 45.902 |
15 | Valtanen, Juho | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone | 23.900 | 46.172 |
16 | Pirttilahti, Nikolas | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone | 24.626 | 46.151 |
17 | Lulham, Christopher | Exprit / TM Racing / B'stone | 28.809 | 46.071 |
18 | Milell, Noah | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 29.168 | 46.121 |
19 | Van Berlo, Glenn | Exprit / Vortex / B'stone | 30.912 | 46.050 |
20 | Ferati, Jasin | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 9 Laps | 46.186 |
21 | Hiltbrand, Pedro | CRG / TM Racing / B'stone | 10 Laps | 46.169 |
22 | Haverkort, Kas | CRG / TM Racing / B'stone | 12 Laps | 46.042 |
23 | Chappard, Franck | Redspeed / Parilla / B'stone | 14 Laps | 46.190 |
24 | Brizhan, Alexey | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 15 Laps | 46.272 |
25 | Marseglia, Leonardo | KR / Parilla / B'stone | 17 Laps | 46.053 |
26 | Nesov, Aleksei | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 17 Laps | 46.580 |
27 | Gustafsson, Viktor | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone | 17 Laps | 46.423 |
28 | Rosso, Andrea | CRG / TM Racing / B'stone | 21 Laps | 46.964 |
29 | Vidales Ajenjo, David | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 21 Laps | 46.757 |
30 | Travisanutto, Lorenzo | KR / Parilla / B'stone | 25 Laps | |
31 | Janker, Hannes | KR / Parilla / B'stone | 25 Laps | |
32 | Fontecha, Ayrton | CRG / TM Racing / B'stone | 25 Laps | |
33 | Michelotto, Mattia | KR / Parilla / B'stone | 25 Laps | |
34 | Stanek, Roman | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone | 25 Laps |
Red color for the 10" penalized drivers
Championship standings
Rnk | Driver | Points |
1 | Janker, Hannes | 77 |
2 | Thompson, Harry | 64 |
3 | Hiltbrand, Pedro | 58 |
4 | Maloney, Zane | 52 |
5 | Valtanen, Juho | 46 |
6 | Vidales Ajenjo, David | 45 |
7 | Stanek, Roman | 44 |
8 | Patterson, Dexter | 41 |
9 | Nielsen, Nicklas | 35 |
10 | Travisanutto, Lorenzo | 29 |
11 | Bradshaw, Callum | 29 |
12 | Coluccio, Luigi | 27 |
13 | Michelotto, Mattia | 27 |
14 | Joutsimies, Rasmus | 24 |
15 | Keirle, Danny | 23 |
16 | Haverkort, Kas | 23 |
17 | Sasse, Hugo | 20 |
18 | Lulham, Christopher | 16 |
19 | Rosso, Andrea | 12 |
20 | Kremers, Marijn | 11 |
21 | Maisch, Luca | 11 |
22 | Marseglia, Leonardo Giuseppe | 10 |
23 | Pescador, Jorge Carlos | 7 |
24 | Hodgson, Oliver | 7 |
25 | Van Der Helm, Tijmen | 6 |
26 | Chappard, Franck | 5 |
27 | Bizzotto, Leonardo | 5 |
28 | Irlando, Alex | 4 |
29 | Seppanen, Elias | 4 |
30 | Milell, Noah | 4 |
31 | Edgar, Jonny | 3 |
32 | Zug, Marius | 2 |
33 | Spenle, Evan | 2 |
34 | Pirttilahti, Nikolas | 1 |
35 | Mettetal, Jules | 1 |
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In the final the red flag is immediately exposed on the first lap due to an incident in non-top positions.
At the restart, Kay Askey (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - FA Kart - Vortex) started badly from the second position, lost positions and closed 13th.
Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), starting from pole, holds the lead for only one lap and is overtaken by Victor Bernier (VDK Racing - Kosmic - Parilla). Behind them there are the two contenders for the title, Gabriele Minì (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - Parilla) and Paul Aron (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - FA Kart - Vortex). The Estonian driver, however, makes a mistake and loses positions, finishing eighth. He is able to manage a recovery to the 5th position, enough for the victory of the title.
Minì, in fact, takes advantage of the incident that sees Alex Dunne (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing) ramming Bedrin and comes back to the first position he holds until the end of the race. A fantastic victory, however, that is not enough to win the championship.
Second place unde the checkered flag for Bernier followed Gabriel Bortoleto (CRG - CRG - TM Racing), very good at defending the third step of the podium from the pursuers' attacks in the final.
Followed by Zak O'Sullivan (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - FA Kart - Vortex), Aron, Kirill Smal (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), Isack Hadjar (Racing Force - Exprit - TM Racing), Thomas Ten Brinke (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - FA Kart - Vortex), Enzo Trulli (CRG - CRG - TM Racing), Dino Beganovich (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex).
Beautiful comebacks for Small (6th with 13 positions recovered) and Trulli (9th with 11 positions recovered).
Final standings
Rnk | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | Mini', Gabriele | Parolin / Parilla / Vega | 47.042 | |
2 | Bernier, Victor | Kosmic / Parilla / Vega | 1.520 | 47.232 |
3 | Bortoleto, Gabriel | CRG / TM Racing / Vega | 3.441 | 47.250 |
4 | 0'Sullivan, Zak | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 3.664 | 47.198 |
5 | Aron, Paul | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 3.785 | 47.050 |
6 | Smal, Kirill | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 4.064 | 47.168 |
7 | Hadjar, Isack | Exprit / TM Racing / Vega | 4.482 | 47.202 |
8 | Ten Brinke, Thomas | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 7.301 | 47.248 |
9 | Trulli, Enzo | CRG / TM Racing / Vega | 8.369 | 47.211 |
10 | Beganovic, Dino | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 13.950 | 47.231 |
11 | Amand, Marcus | KR / Parilla / Vega | 14.474 | 47.296 |
12 | Griggs, Luca | Exprit / Vortex / Vega | 14.593 | 46.917 |
13 | Askey, Kai | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 14.640 | 47.183 |
14 | Mertsalmi, Samuli | Tony Kart / TM Racing / Vega | 14.753 | 47.367 |
15 | Kucharczyk, Tymoteusz | Parolin / TM Racing / Vega | 15.125 | 47.410 |
16 | Vayron, Elliott | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 17.143 | 47.519 |
17 | Chaves Camara, Raphael | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega | 17.337 | 47.563 |
18 | Ogaard, Sebastian | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 17.410 | 47.226 |
19 | Fluxa, Lorenzo | Exprit / Vortex / Vega | 18.422 | 47.374 |
20 | Mallet, Evann | Kosmic / Parilla / Vega | 24.535 | 47.339 |
21 | Gravlund, Sebastian | KR / Parilla / Vega | 31.643 | 47.226 |
22 | Montoya, Sebastian | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 32.197 | 47.317 |
23 | Van Hoepen, Laurens | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 39.453 | 47.365 |
24 | Laursen, Conrad | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 46.329 | 47.185 |
25 | Barnard, Taylor | KR / Parilla / Vega | 3 Laps | 47.242 |
26 | Spina, Alfio Andrea | CRG / TM Racing / Vega | 3 Laps | 46.946 |
27 | Bedrin, Nikita | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 14 Laps | 47.783 |
28 | Dunne, Alex | Exprit / TM Racing / Vega | 14 Laps | 47.803 |
29 | Gallo, Paolo | Kali'Kart / TM Racing / Vega | 20 Laps | |
30 | Uzan, Tom | Kosmic / Parilla / Vega | 20 Laps | |
31 | Ressico D'aloisio, Lorenzo | Birel Art / TM Racing / Vega | 20 Laps | |
32 | Van T' Hoff, Dilano | Exprit / TM Racing / Vega | 20 Laps | |
33 | Dufek, Josh | Exprit / TM Racing / Vega | 20 Laps | |
34 | Kharitonov, Tikhon | Exprit / TM Racing / Vega | 20 Laps |
Red color for the 10" penalized drivers
Championship standings
Rnk | Driver | Points |
1 | Aron, Paul | 83 |
2 | Mini', Gabriele | 80 |
3 | Bortoleto, Gabriel | 68 |
4 | Bernier, Victor | 56 |
5 | Askey, Kai | 55 |
6 | Van T' Hoff, Dilano | 43 |
7 | Smal, Kirill | 35 |
8 | Griggs, Luca | 32 |
9 | Beganovic, Dino | 32 |
10 | Ten Brinke, Thomas | 27 |
11 | 0'Sullivan, Zak | 25 |
12 | David, Hadrien | 20 |
13 | Laursen, Conrad | 19 |
14 | Chaves Camara, Raphael | 16 |
15 | Bedrin, Nikita | 16 |
16 | Hadjar, Isack | 13 |
17 | Crawford, Jak | 12 |
18 | Lomko, Vlad | 12 |
19 | Dufek, Josh | 11 |
20 | Kattoulas, Alexandros | 10 |
21 | Dimitrov, Georgi | 9 |
22 | Barnard, Taylor | 8 |
23 | Trulli, Enzo | 7 |
24 | Bosco, Luca | 7 |
25 | Pizzi, Francesco Raffaele | 6 |
26 | Van Hoepen, Laurens | 5 |
27 | Amand, Marcus | 5 |
28 | Weug, Maya Martine | 5 |
29 | Mallet, Evann | 5 |
30 | Gravlund, Sebastian | 5 |
31 | Fluxa, Lorenzo | 4 |
32 | Marti' Sobrepera, Josep Maria | 4 |
33 | Day, Jamie | 4 |
34 | Ogaard, Sebastian | 3 |
35 | Rees, Matthew | 3 |
36 | Meguetounif, Sami | 2 |
37 | Mertsalmi, Samuli | 2 |
38 | Dunne, Alex | 2 |
39 | Cabirou, Loris | 1 |
40 | Putera, Adam | 1 |