FIA Karting European Championship OK-OKJ rd 3 & Academy Trophy-Senior rd 2, Viterbo: Qualifying – Pole position for Costoya (OK), Baglin (OKJ) and Whitticombe (Academy-Sr.)

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Five weeks after the previous round in Portimão, the FIA Karting European Championship OK-KJ returns to the track at Leopard Circuit Viterbo (Italy) for Round 3 of the season. The weekend kicks off with 162 drivers verified across the two main categories: 76 in Senior and 86 in Junior. There are also 35 drivers present for the FIA Karting Academy Trophy-Senior, in its second event of the year.

On Friday, the usual qualifying sessions took place, followed by the first elimination heats, which will continue throughout Saturday. The FIA Karting Academy Trophy-Senior will hold its first heats tomorrow, with the final one scheduled for Sunday morning.

OK: Christian Costoya claims his second consecutive pole position in the championship

Tyres: Maxxis

Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart) takes pole position in Viterbo with the best overall time of 50.913 seconds, achieved in Group 1. The Spaniard, currently leading the championship, had already secured pole and won the final in the previous round in Portimão. Additionally, he comes off a victory in the Champions of the Future Euro Series, held a week ago, where he triumphed ahead of Daniel Kelleher and Thibaut Ramaekers.
Daniel Kelleher (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) finishes second with 51.044 seconds in Group 2. Third is Jacob Micallef (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), who posted a 51.219 in Group 3.
Borys Lyzen (KRZ Motorsport – KR – TM Kart) qualifies fourth. James Anagnostiadis (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) is fifth. Vladimir Ivannikov (Birel ART Racing – Birel Art – TM Kart) completes the top-six.
Seventh is Noah Wolfe (VAR by Birel – Birel Art – TM Kart), already a podium finisher in Portimão. Eighth is Kenzo Craigie (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), followed by Lewis Francis (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) in ninth. Filippo Sala (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) rounds out the top-10.
Thibaut Ramaekers (VDK Racing – KR – IAME), third in the recent Champions of the Future, is 12th. Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) posts the 14th-fastest time. Dmitry Matveev (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), making his second appearance of the season in OK, finishes 15th.
Zac Drummond (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME) is 19th. Jindřich Pešl (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), winner of Round 5 of the WSK Super Master Series held in Viterbo, qualifies 25th.
Joseph Turney (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) is absent from the event following an incident in the last qualifying heat of the Champions of the Future last week. Dries Van Langendonck (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) is also missing, as he will focus on his debut in single-seaters moving forward.

Results

OKJ: Pole position for Noah Baglin, Ilie Tristan Crisan, and Iskender Zulfikari closely behind

Tyres: Maxxis

Noah Baglin (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) takes pole position in qualifying with a time of 52.467 seconds. The Briton comes off a second-place finish in the previous championship round.
In second place is Ilie Tristan Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) with 52.636 seconds, also having been on the podium in Portimão.
Completing the front row is Iskender Zulfikari (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), third overall with a time of 52.770 seconds. The Turkish driver comes off a third-place finish in last week’s Champions of the Future.
Will Green (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) is fourth, ahead of Dan Allemann (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – TM Kart), fifth and winner of the Champions of the Future Euro Series held a week ago.
Evan Purcell (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart) is sixth, followed by Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart), who is seventh. William Calleja (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) is eighth: the Australian finished second in the Champions of the Future Euro Series final held here in Viterbo last week.
Dean Hoogendoorn (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), winner of Round 2 of the FIA Karting European Championship, qualifies ninth. Henry Domain (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) completes the top-10.

Results

Academy Sr: Harrison Whitticombe is ahead of everyone

Chassis: Exprit | Engine: Vortex | Tires: Maxxis

Harrison Whitticombe (United Kingdom) takes pole position with a time of 54.075 seconds. The Briton precedes Jules Avril (France), who is second by 108 thousandths, and Annabel Kennedy (Australia), who is third, 189 thousandths behind.
Gianna Pascoal (South Africa) sets the fourth fastest time, ahead of Agustín Sepúlveda (Chile) and Mio Olert (Sweden), who is sixth. Following them are Ates Birinci (Turkey), Kimi Rae Fitriansyah (Indonesia), Yuzuki Sato (Japan) – who was on the podium in Portimão – and Arthur Hoang (Belgium), completing the top-10.
Riccardo Ferrari (Italy) and Amador Martinez Saenz (Colombia), who finished first and second in the opening round, this time close in 20th and 14th position, respectively.

Results