FIA Karting World Championship, Asum Ring Kristianstad: qualifying– Pole position for Kelleher (OK) and Hoogendoorn (OKJ)

[Translated with ChatGPT]

After more than a month of waiting, the protagonists of the OK and OKJ classes are back on track, this time for the FIA Karting World Championship, scheduled at the Asum Ring in Kristianstad (Sweden). The most anticipated event of the season for these classes brings a total of 214 entrants, divided as follows: 105 drivers for OK, 109 for OKJ.

On Friday, qualifying and the first heat races took place, continuing throughout Saturday. On Sunday, the drivers will compete in the Super Heats and the Finals, which will award the championship titles for both categories.

OK: Kelleher takes his first pole position

Tires: Maxxis

Daniel Kelleher (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) secures his first career pole position in a FIA Karting event, stopping the clock at 49.185 seconds.
Right behind him is Thomas Pradier (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), second by only 29 thousandths. Third place goes to Davide Bottaro (GE.LU.MI.NI – CRG – TM Kart).
Jindrich Pešl (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) finishes in fourth place. Following in order are Thibaut Ramaekers (VDK Racing – KR – IAME), Matthew Higgins (Energy Corse – Energy – IAME) and Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart).
Completing the top-10 are James Anagnostiadis (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) in eighth, Zac Drummond (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME) in ninth, and Lev Krutoholov (Energy Corse – Energy – IAME) in tenth.

Results

OKJ: great start to the weekend for Hoogendoorn

Tires: Maxxis

Dean Hoogendoorn (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) claims pole position with a time of 50.646 seconds, ahead of his teammate Noah Baglin (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), separated by only 64 thousandths.
Third place goes to Evan Purcell (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart), followed by his teammate Turner Brown (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart) in fourth. Fifth position for Benjamin Manach (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), ahead of Martin Bertolaccini (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – TM Kart) in sixth.
Seventh place goes to Emiliano Hernandez (DPK Racing – KR – IAME), followed by Ilie Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) in eighth. Completing the top-10 are Giacomo Giusto (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart) in ninth and Henri-Constant Kumpen (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) in tenth.

Results