FIA Karting European Championship OKJ, Zuera: Final - Tuukka Taponen wins coming from 9th on the grid

The Finn completes a masterpiece and has the uppper hand against the drivers of the Kart Republic squad that climbs onto the podium with Ugochukwu and Badoer

Tyres: LeCont

It is the Finnish Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) the driver who win the first round of the FIA Karting European Championship in the OKJ category. Also in 2019 Taponen won the first round of the championship but this time he does it by wearing the official Tony Kart suit, the team in which his adventure started in the best possible way.

That pulled off by of Tuukka Taponen can be called a masterpiece because the Finn started from the ninth position on the grid. After an excellent start and a first lap in which he immediately gains two positions, Taponen definitively takes the lead of the race on the 11th lap against Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), third on the finish line and winner of a other heat in the morning.

The second place goes to Ugo Ugochukwu (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) who completes an incredible comeback of 11 positions. The American is the one who manages to make the least mistakes in the fight unleashed behind Taponen, which also featured Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR -IAME), fourth on the finish line, and Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 5 ° after starting in pole position thanks to another victory in the last heat of this morning.

In the first laps, Lindblad also engages an intense duel for the lead of the race with Valerio Rinicella (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - TM Racing) who will then close in sixth position. In seventh place we find Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (Birel ART Racing - RK - TM Racing) who recovered 4 positions, followed by Nikola Tsolov (DPK Racing - KR - IAME), eighth after having lined up in 15th position on the starting grid.

Out of the top ten after having slipped back, instead, Evan Giltaire (Sodikart - Sodi - TM Racing), winner of a race before the final, and Igor Cepil (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), one of the fastest drivers of the weekend , but that in the last race perhaps does not collect the result he hoped for.

The list of retirees is long due to a crash that broke out in the early stages of the race. Among those involved there are also Alexander Gubenko (Kosmic Kart Racing Department - Kosmic - Vortex), Rafael Modonese (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), Coskun Irfan (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic kart - Vortex) and Aiden Neate (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex).

Final Results

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