FIA Karting European Championship KZ - KZ2 - Academy Junior, Rd1, Genk, qualifying - Pole position for Albanese (KZ), Lehouck (KZ2) and Coigny (Academy Junior)

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After the first two rounds dedicated to the direct-drive classes, the FIA Karting European Championship finally gets underway also for the Shifter categories. In this first round, scheduled at Karting Genk (Belgium), as many as 155 drivers are competing for important points in the fight for the European title, divided into the three scheduled categories: 24 in KZ, 81 in KZ2 and 50 in Academy Junior.

As usual, qualifying took place on Friday, followed by the first qualifying heats, which will conclude on Saturday.

KZ: Albanese sets the pace

Tires: LeCont

The best reference in KZ belongs to Danilo Albanese (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), who set a lap in 50.867 seconds.
Behind him is Matteo Spirgel (Sodikart – Sodi – TM Kart), second by just 16 thousandths, while Viktor Gustafsson (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM Kart) completes the top-3.
Fourth position for Maksim Orlov (Sodikart – Sodi – TM Kart), followed by Adrian Malheiro Suñe (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM Kart), fifth. Sixth time for Stan Pex (SP Motorsport – KR – TM Kart), ahead of Pedro Hiltbrand (Birel Art Racing – Birel Art – IAME), seventh.
Giuseppe Palomba (Maranello Kart – Maranello – TM Kart), eighth, Lorenzo Travisanutto (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart), ninth, and Senna Van Walstijn (Sodikart – Sodi – TM Kart), tenth, complete the top-10.

Results

KZ2: Lehouck fastest in the qualifying session

Tires: LeCont

The best time in KZ2 bears the signature of Arthur Lehouck (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), who set a lap in 50.865 seconds, two thousandths faster even than the pole position in the KZ category.
Second place for Teo Blin (Private Team - Birel Art – TM Kart), second, followed by Michael Ider (Birel Art Racing – Birel Art – TM Kart), third.
Fourth position for Filippo Sala (CL Racing Team – Birel Art – TM Kart), while Maximilian Schleimer (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – TM Kart) is fifth. Sixth time for Elie Goldstein (TBKart Racing Team – TB Kart – TM Kart), ahead of Antoine Broggio (Private Team - Birel Art – TM Kart), seventh.
Robert Kindervater (Formula K SRP Factory Team – IPK – TM Kart) is eighth, Dorian Guldenfels (Private Team - Birel Art – TM Kart), ninth, and Alois Girardet (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM Kart), tenth.

Results

Academy Junior: Coigny sets the pace in qualifying

Tires: Vega

To finish ahead of everyone in the KZ2 Masters qualifying session is Zoltan Coigny (Exprit – Vortex), with a lap in 53.482 seconds.
Second position goes to Aleksandar Praizovic (Exprit – Vortex), while Georgios Psaroudakis (Exprit – Vortex) finishes in third place. Behind them come Kevin Pentell (Exprit – Vortex), fourth, and Sebastián Galeano Grinó (Exprit – Vortex), fifth.
Sixth time for Emilis Juozaitis (Exprit – Vortex), followed by João Paulo Bonadiman (Exprit – Vortex) in seventh position. Marco Sammut (Exprit – Vortex), eighth, Takeru Shimbashi (Exprit – Vortex), ninth, and John Han (Exprit – Vortex), tenth, complete the top-10.

Results