KZ: Noah Milell is back on top
Tyres: LeCont
- Clearly, the smooth driving of Noah Milell (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) makes the difference on an incredibly rubber track like that of Cremona. After a complicated start to the season, the reigning world champion wins pole position thanks to a 45.798, trimming more than two tenths to the direct rival and reaffirming his skills.
- The second position is the prerogative of an exceptional Senna Van Walstijn (Sodikart - Sodi - TM Racing). At the second race in the premier class of karting, the reigning European KZ2 vice-champion and runner-up in last year's FIA Karting International Super Cup KZ2 expresses his speed and is a candidate for the role of great protagonist.
- Equally remarkable is the performance of Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex). At the second qualifying in the shifter category, the reigning OK world champion gains third place, stopping the clock just under two and a half tenths behind his teammate.
- After obtaining the fifth place in the first round in Genk, Pedro Hiltbrand (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) confirms his competitive position with the fourth position. Of the drivers currently in the top seven in the championship, the reigning European runner-up is the fastest in qualifying and will therefore be more determined than ever to aim for the title.
- Positive signs also from Juho Valtanen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), fifth. The Finnish standard bearer is just 14 thousandths ahead of his teammate and compatriot Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), skilled in bringing a fourth Tony Kart into the top six positions.
- After getting on the second step of the podium in the first round in Genk and having earned the bronze medal in the European championship last year, Paolo Ippolito (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) takes seventh place. Although he was definitely aiming for a better result, the color bearer of the KR Motorsport team finds himself in front of his direct rival Emilien Denner (Sodikart - Sodi - TM Racing). The dominator of the first round and current championship leader signs the ninth best time and will have to work hard to get back in the heats, on a track that at the moment is quite difficult for overtaking. Between the two main contenders for the title is the reigning European champion Riccardo Longhi (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), eighth and author of the best performance in the first sector.
- Lorenzo Camplese (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) closes the top ten, giving further proof of the special feeling created between the Tony Kart Racing Team and the Cremona track. The reigning world vice-champion precedes Francesco Celenta (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 11th, the 2020 world champion Jeremy Iglesias (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 12th, and Stan Pex (SP Motorsport - KR - TM Racing), 13th.
- Qualifying slightly below expectations for Matteo Viganò (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 14th after climbing on the third step of the podium in the first round in Genk, the 2020 European champion as well as the 2019 world champion Marijn Kremers (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 15th, and the 2015 world champion Jorrit Pex (SP Motorsport - KR - TM Racing), 19th after finishing the first round at the foot of the podium and having won the bronze medal in the world championship last year.
- Slight disappointment also for the winner of last year's FIA Karting International Super Cup KZ2 Lorenzo Travisanutto (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 16th in his second experience in KZ and just ahead of the multiple world champion Davide Forè (Renda Motorsport - Birel ART - TM Racing), 2020 European KZ2 champion Viktor Gustavsson (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 20th, Adrien Renaudin (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 23rd, and the winner of the CIK -FIA International Super Cup KZ2 in 2017 Alex Irlando (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 25th.
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