FIA Karting European Championship OK - OKJ rd3 & FIA Karting Academy Trophy Senior rd2, Mülsen, qualifying - Pole position for Calleja (OK), Samczyk (OKJ) and Kayol (Academy Senior)

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The third of the four rounds scheduled for the Direct Drive categories of the FIA Karting European Championship got underway at the Motorsportarena in Mülsen, Germany. On the German track, in addition to the round dedicated to the OK and OKJ classes, the second round of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy for the Senior class is also scheduled. A total of 206 drivers are entered, divided into the three categories: 78 in OK, 84 in OKJ and 44 in Academy Senior.

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

OK: Calleja ahead of everyone in the timed session

Tyres: Maxxis

The best benchmark of the OK qualifying session belongs to William Calleja (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart), who stops the clock at 1:03.124 seconds.
Behind him is Asher Ochstein (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM Kart), second, while Luke Kornder (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart) finishes in third position. They are followed by Zac Drummond (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME), fourth, and Matthias Vandekerckhove (VDK Racing – KR – IAME), fifth.
Sixth place is occupied by Dean Hoogendoorn (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart), ahead of Jindřich Pešl (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), seventh.
Completing the top-10 are Gilles Herman (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart), eighth, Zac Green (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), ninth, and Drew Walz (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), tenth.
The leader of the overall championship standings, Noah Baglin (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), qualifies in 35th place. For him, this round could be decisive in securing the European Champion title with one round to spare.

Results

OKJ: Samczyk sets the pace in qualifying

Tyres: Maxxis

The OKJ timed session ends with Remigiusz Samczyk (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) in the lead thanks to a time of 1:03.743 seconds.
Daniel Miron Lorente (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME) slots into second position, followed by Nicolò Perico (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), third.
Fourth place goes to the championship standings leader, Will Green (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), while Santiago Diaz De La Vega (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) completes the top-5, fifth. Behind him are Vsevolod Osadcyi-Suslovskyi (Energy Corse – Energy – IAME), sixth, and Antonio Pizzonia (Ward Racing – Parolin – TM Kart), seventh.
The top-10 is completed by Alex Molota (Hagemann Racing – Gillard – TM Kart), eighth, Zack Zhaoqi Zhu (VictoryLane Karting – KR – IAME), ninth, and Henri Moehring (Doerr Motorsport – KR – IAME), tenth.

Results

Academy Senior: Kayol takes pole position

Tyres: Maxxis

The best benchmark of the Academy Senior qualifying session belongs to Sarp Kayol (Exprit - Vortex), who sets a lap time of 1:04.163 seconds.
Behind him is Filip Planeta (Exprit - Vortex), second, followed by Michal Zajac (Exprit - Vortex), third. Fourth position goes to the championship leader, Alexis Genolet (Exprit - Vortex), while Alex Desario (Exprit - Vortex) is fifth.
Sixth place goes to Jose Bautista Delich (Exprit - Vortex), ahead of Sebastian Grøndal-Eeles (Exprit - Vortex), seventh. Completing the top-10 are Boaz Maximov (Exprit - Vortex), eighth, Vanesa Šilkūnaitė (Exprit - Vortex), ninth, and Zhao Junqi (Exprit - Vortex), tenth.

Results