FIA Karting European Championship OK-OKJ rd 4 & Academy Trophy-Senior rd 3, Rødby Karting Ring: qualifying – Pole position for Kamyab (OK) and Rivals (OKJ)

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The fourth and final round of the FIA Karting European Championship for the OK and OKJ classes kicks off at the Rødby Karting Ring (Denmark), in conjunction with the third round of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy – Senior. This decisive event for awarding the European titles in the OK and OKJ classes features the participation of 205 drivers, divided among the different categories as follows: 85 in OK, 86 in OKJ and 34 in the Academy Senior.

On Friday, the qualifying sessions and the first heat races took place for OK and OKJ, which will conclude on Saturday. The Academy – Senior will complete its qualifying sessions in the afternoon, while the heat races will take place between Saturday and Sunday morning.

OK: Kamyab takes pole with 50.555

Tyres: Maxxis

Roman Kamyab (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart) set the fastest time in the OK category qualifying, stopping the clock at 50.555 seconds.
Behind him, Jensen Burnett (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) secured second place, followed by Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart) in third.
Fourth place went to Jindřich Pešl (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) and fifth to Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME).
Sixth position for Filippo Sala (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), seventh for Lev Krutoholov (Energy Corse – Energy – IAME) and eighth for Vladimir Ivannikov (Birel ART Racing – Birel Art – TM Kart). Joe Turney (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) finished ninth while Vilmer Svahn (Birel ART Racing – Birel Art – TM Kart) completed the top-10.
James Anagnostiadis (Prema Racing - KR - IAME), second in the championship standings and Costoya's main rival for the title, ended these qualifying sessions in 44th place.

Results

OKJ: Rivals tops with a time of 52.213

Tyres: Maxxis

Mateo Rivals (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) claimed pole position in the OKJ category with a time of 52.213 seconds.
Priam Bruno (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart) secured second place, followed by Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – TM Kart) in third.
Fourth place went to Henri-Constant Kumpen (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), with Ilie Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) in fifth.
Sixth position for championship leader Dean Hoogendoorn (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), followed by Arata Endo (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – TM Kart) in seventh, Leonardo Gorski (MP Kartracing – Henza Kart – IAME) in eighth, Drew Walz (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) in ninth, and Vsevolod Osadcyi Suslovskyi (ASD Monster K Factory Team – Monster Kart – TM Kart) in tenth.
Noah Baglin (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) keeps his title hopes alive by finishing 14th at the end of these qualifying sessions.

Results