Log in on TKART
[Translated with Chat GPT]
The most awaited event of the season for the single-speed categories has begun at the PF International Kart Circuit (United Kingdom). This weekend, in fact, we will find out who the champions of the FIA Karting World Championship and the FIA Karting World Cup will be. Taking to the field will be the protagonists of the OK, OKJ and OKN categories, with 112, 121 and 29 participants respectively.
Qualifying and the first qualifying heats took place on Friday and will end on Saturday. Finally, the super heats and finals will take place on Sunday.
OK: Pole position for Turney
Tyres: Maxxis
- Joe Turney (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) secures pole position with a time of 54.558. The newly crowned European champion starts the weekend on the right foot, positioning himself as one of the favorites for the final victory. Will he be able to claim his second FIA Karting title in the same season?
- Right behind him is Dmitry Matveev (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), second, trailing the leader by 165 thousandths. Third is Freddie Lloyd (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME) with a time of 54.763, completing a Kart Republic top 3 sweep.
- Ethan Jeff Hall (CRG – CRG – IAME), fourth, breaks the KR dominance in these qualifiers. Fifth place goes to Noah Monteiro (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), followed by Thibaut Ramaekers (VDK Racing – KR – IAME), sixth, and Kaï Rillaerts (Sodikart – Sodi – TM Kart), seventh.
- Rounding out the top 10 are Jimmy Helias (VictoryLane – KR – IAME), eighth, David Cosma Cristofor (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), ninth, and Oleksandr Bondarev (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), tenth.
- An excellent debut in the category in an FIA Karting race for Dries Van Langendonck (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), sixteenth in his second OK appearance, after recently claiming the European OKJ title.
- The PF International Kart Track seems to favor the Kart Republic – IAME package. In fact, the Italian manufacturers have 15 drivers in the top 20 positions.
OKJ: A superb Baglin takes pole
Tyres: Maxxis
- Noah Baglin (Prema Racing – KR – IAME) secures a brilliant pole position with a time of 56.342. Thanks to an excellent strategy in his qualifying session, the Prema driver managed to put a gap of 361 thousandths over his closest challenger, Roman Kamyab (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart), who finished second.
- Mats Van Rooijen (CRG – CRG – IAME) took third overall, followed by Arjen Kraeling (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), fourth. The top 5 was completed by Jack Iliffe (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), in fifth place.
- Jacob Ashcroft (Energy Corse – Energy – TM Kart) claimed sixth place, while Devin Walz (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart) finished seventh, and Drew Walz (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME) eighth. Behind them are Turner Brown (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM Kart), ninth, and Zac Green (Jamie Green Racing – KR – IAME), tenth.
- Niklas Schaufler (DPK Racing – KR – IAME) and Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart), both potential title contenders, finished in 12th and 26th place, respectively.
OKN: Pole position for Whitticombe
Tyres: Maxxis
- Harrison Whitticombe (Argenti Motorsport – KR – IAME) claims pole position with a time of 56.978, becoming the only driver of the day in the category to go under 57 seconds.
- Second place goes to Hugo Herrouin (Private Team – KR – TM Kart), just 53 thousandths behind the leader.
- Completing the top 3 in the category is Kyuho Lee (Beyond Racing Team – LN – IAME), third, with a time of 57.155, 177 thousandths behind the leader.
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