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More than three months after the end of the European championship, the direct drive categories, OK and OKJ, are back on track in Campillos for the most important event of the season: the FIA Karting World Championship. In the premier class of single-speed karting there are 74 contenders for the title, while 101 drivers are ready to compete in the OKJ.

After free practice, the day on Friday ended with the usual qualifications and the starting grids for the qualifying heats are therefore established, which will take place tomorrow and continue until Sunday morning.

OK: Welcome, Gabriel Gomez

• The entry on the scene of Gabriel Gomez (CRG Racing Team - CRG - IAME) on the international scene is almost like a science fiction film. Thanks to an astonishing 59.391, the Brazilian driver sets the best time in group 3 and thus earns the absolute pole position. The CRG Racing Team standard bearer beats compatriot Rafael Camara (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) by more than a tenth, still at the top with the fifth overall position after finishing second in the last race of the Champions of the Future series , which took place last weekend right here in Campillos. The European runner-up and WSK Super Master Series champion got the better of his teammate Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) after taking advantage of his slipstream. The WSK Euro Series champion and Red Bull Junior Team driver thus won ninth place in the overall standings.


• Also surprising is Oscar Pedersen (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), who signs a 59.401 to get the best performance in group 4 and the second place overall. The standard bearer of the Ward Racing team is even two tenths faster than his direct rival Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (Birel ART Racing - RK - TM Racing), again the protagonist with the sixth position overall after having just won the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy. Also noteworthy was the performance of Nicolò Cuman (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), third in the group and tenth in the overall standings.


• As if he wasn't clear enough in dominating last weekend's race, Nikola Tsolov (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) gives yet another demonstration of his speed by printing the best time in group 2 in 59.407, which earned him third place total. The standard bearer of the DPK Racing team precedes his teammate Daniel Briz Llull (DPK Racing - KR - IAME), who surprises everyone in his first appearance with the seventh place overall. Following the Spaniard is Martinius Stenshorne (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), who reaffirms his competitiveness with 11th position in the overall standings.


• McLaren talent in orbit Ugo Ugochukwu (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) is the fastest in group 1 thanks to a 59.559 and thus conquers fourth place overall. The runner-up of the WSK Euro Series trims Luigi Coluccio (Kosmic Racing Department - Kosmic - Vortex) just over a tenth, author of a convincing performance and eighth overall. Third in the group and 12th in the overall standings is Joel Bergstrom (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), confirming his excellent debut in OK.


• The drivers who complete the absolute top 15 thanks to good performances are Karol Pasiewicz (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), Rintaro Sato (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex) and the reigning world runner-up Joseph Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who finds himself just in front of his teammate Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), fresh winner of the WSK Open Cup as well as vice world champion in OKJ.


• Qualifying below expectations for the new Tony Kart recruit Juho Valtanen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 24th total, KZ world champion Noah Milell (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 45 °, and the European KZ vice-champion Pedro Hiltbrand (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 47th.


• The reigning European champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli, engaged in a Formula 4 race, is absent, as is the reigning world champion Callum Bradshaw.

OKJ: A flawless David Walther leads the way… of the 101 Dalmatians

• After finishing in second place the last race of the Champions of the Future series, held last weekend right here in Campillos, David Walther (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex) sets the best time in group 1 thanks to a 1: 01.687 and thus earns absolute pole position. The Koski Motorsport standard bearer is therefore extremely fast on the Campillos circuit and precedes his teammate Dmitry Matveev (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex), who finds himself fifth overall. Just a thousandth from Matveev is Tomass Stolcermanis (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), still the protagonist with ninth place in the overall standings after finishing last weekend's race on the podium.


• The fresh European champion and reigning world champion Freddie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex) makes his intentions clear: he prints a 1: 01.698 to take the best performance in group 4 and the second overall position. Team rider Ricky Flynn Motorsport got the better of WSK Open Cup winner James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who returns to the top with sixth overall. Following the OTK branded duo is an amazing Matias Orjuela (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who gets the tenth place in the overall standings and continues to do well in his first appearances in OKJ.


• After winning the bronze medal in the Champions of the Future series, Maksimilian Popov (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) wins in group 2 thanks to a 1: 01.711 and thus wins the third overall position. The Russian driver trims only 18 thousandths to his teammate Marcus Saeter (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), who shows his progress with a surprising performance and places seventh overall. Last weekend's race winner Enzo Deligny (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) reaffirms his speed with the third best group time and 11th place in the overall standings.


• European vice-champion Matheus Ferreira (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) is the most incisive in group 3 with a 1: 01.753, which earned him the fourth place overall. The WSK Super Master Series runner-up beats an excellent Rene Lammers (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) by just 44 thousandths, who demonstrates his growth with eighth place overall. Just four thousandths from the Dutch driver is the talent in orbit Mercedes as well as WSK Euro Series runner-up Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who is thus 12th in the overall standings.


• The drivers who complete the absolute top 15 thanks to excellent performances are Kirill Dzitiev (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), Arthur Dorison (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) and Miguel Costa (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), who precedes the other KR of Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), Keanu Al Azhari (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) and the fresh winner of the Academy Trophy Maciej Gladysz (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing).


• Performance slightly below expectations for WSK Euro Series champion Harley Keeble (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 32nd overall, third place in the European championship Ean Eyckmans (Kosmic Racing Department - Kosmic - Vortex), 36th, WSK Super Master Series champion Rashid Al Dhaheri (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 46th, and the other young Mercedes recruit Yuanpu Cui (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 60th.

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