FIA Karting European Championship OK-OKJ rd 3 & Academy Trophy-Senior rd 2, Viterbo – The winners are Costoya (OK), Hugon (OKJ) and Avril (Academy-Sr.)

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OK: perfect weekend for Christian Costoya

Tyres: Maxxis

Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart) takes victory in the final after a flawless start from pole position. The Spaniard fends off an attack from Lewis Francis (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) at the first corner and takes the lead, remaining at the front all the way to the chequered flag. Francis, slightly delayed after the early contact, collides with Noah Wolfe (VAR by Birel – Birel ART – TM Kart): both drop to the back of the field.
Behind the leader, James Anagnostiadis (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) holds a steady third place for most of the race, trailing Vladimir Ivannikov (Birel ART Racing – Birel ART – TM Kart), who finishes second. However, on the final lap Anagnostiadis is overtaken first by Jacob Micallef (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) and then by Louis Cochet (VictoryLane – KR – IAME), dropping to fifth. Micallef thus climbs onto the third step of the podium, while Cochet secures fourth place.
Filippo Sala (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), who was in the fight for fifth up to the halfway point, finishes sixth, followed by Lev Krutoholov (Energy Corse – Energy – IAME) and Thibaut Ramaekers (VDK Racing – KR – IAME). Peter Stiller (VDK Racing – KR – IAME) takes ninth, ahead of Daniel Kelleher (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), who rounds out the top-10.
Kenzo Craigie (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), reigning OKJ world champion, finishes 11th. Zac Drummond (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME) comes home 13th, while Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), initially running in the top-10, loses ground after contact with Stiller and finishes 12th.

Results

OKJ: Hugon surprises everyone and wins as a rookie

Tyres: Maxxis

Samuel Hugon (VictoryLane – KR – IAME) claims his first victory in the OKJ category with a standout performance. The French driver, in his rookie season after moving up from MINI Gr.3, capitalises on the early chaos to take the win in the final.
At the start, Ilie Tristan Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) immediately tries to overtake Turner Brown (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart), who had started from pole position. On lap four, however, during his attack, Crisan is shut off by the British driver: the two make contact and both retire.
Meanwhile, Hugon overtakes Dean Hoogendoorn (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) and takes the lead. William Calleja (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) also passes Hoogendoorn and then manages to get by Hugon, but the Frenchman retakes the lead a few laps from the end and defends it to the chequered flag. Calleja finishes second, with Hoogendoorn in third.
Thanks to this result, Hoogendoorn takes the lead in the championship standings, overtaking Noah Baglin (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), who finishes seventh after filing an appeal to be allowed to start the final. This followed a disqualification in Super Heat A for unsportsmanlike behaviour, itself the result of a collision with Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart).
A brilliant comeback from Gianmatteo Rousseau (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) sees him charge from 19th to fourth place. Luka Scelles (VictoryLane – KR – IAME) takes fifth, followed by Henry Domain (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart). Eighth is Benjamin Manach (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), ahead of Will Green (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) and Bruno Blanco (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart), who completes the top-10.
Among the retirements, Arias is forced out after contact, while Iskender Zulfikari (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) and Oliveri Sini (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) take each other out.

Results

Academy-Sr: Jules Avril wins by keeping everyone behind all the way to the finish line

Chassis: Exprit | Engine: Vortex | Tyres: Maxxis

Jules Avril (France) takes victory after a flawless race. Starting from pole position, he leads all 24 laps, keeping Harrison Whitticombe (United Kingdom) — who had secured pole in qualifying — behind throughout the race, with the Briton finishing second after closely shadowing the leader.
Ates Birinci (Turkey) crosses the line in third and also sets the fastest lap of the race, confirming himself as one of the weekend’s standouts. Fourth place goes to Wojciech Woda (Poland), who stages a remarkable comeback after starting from 17th on the grid.
Yuzuki Sato (Japan), initially fourth at the finish, drops to fifth due to a three-second penalty for a starting procedure infringement. He is followed by Mio Olert (Sweden) in sixth, Amador Martinez Saenz (Colombia) in seventh, and Eva Dorrestijn (Netherlands) in eighth.
Completing the top-10 are Rodion Gurjanov (Estonia) in ninth and Simon Antonio Bulbarella (Argentina) in tenth. Riccardo Ferrari (Italy), winner of the previous round, finishes 15th.

Results