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Pole positions: Bertuca (KZ2), Eskandari-Marandi (OKNJ), Albanese (OKN), Perico (MINI Gr. U10), De La Vega (MINI Gr.3). Saturday the heats, Sunday 21 July the finals live on TV and Live Streaming.

Despite the great heat that is gripping the Circuito Internazionale Napoli of Sarno, the protagonists of the fourth round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship have started a great battle in this hot weekend in the usual MINI, OKN, OKNJ and KZ2 categories.

Positive trend of the Championship, already 900 participations.
In Sarno, with 225 registered pilots, another excellent participation was recorded that confirmed the positive trend of what was already seen in the three previous tests of Triscina, La Conca and Val Vibrata, so much so as to reach the remarkable milestone of 900 total participations in the first four events of the season. But the important data also comes from the continuous growth of the two new categories OKN and OKN Junior, which in Sarno reached the threshold of 100 registered pilots and welcomed the entry of 22 new participants, giving a complete success to the project of the Italian federation for the relaunch of the direct drive categories.

OKN in Sarno concludes the qualification for the FIA ​​Karting World Cup.
This Sarno race for OKN is also particularly interesting as it concludes the qualification for participation in the OK-N 2024 FIA Karting World Cup, which will be held in England on September 15th on the PFI circuit. The best classified in the Italian Championship will have the opportunity to join this important international event in a comparison between the drivers of all the nations that have adopted the new category. The first three drivers of the 2023 Road World Cup of Franciacorta, namely Antonio Apicella, Maxime Geley and Gianmarco Cortopassi, will be joined by the first two classified in the OKN championship after the Sarno race.

Qualifying on Friday.
KZ2 - Bertuca superstar.
In KZ2, championship leader Cristian Bertuca took the satisfaction of pole position on his first approach to the new “S” of the Sarno circuit. In the only practice session, Bertuca (#102 LG Motorsport/BirelART-TM kart-Vega) achieved a time of 57.011, while Moritz Ebner (#120 NKC Motorsport/Drago-TM Kart) was 0.311 behind and Simone Bianco (#121 Kalì-Kart Racing/Kalì Kart-TM Kart) was third by a hair's breadth at 0.336. Michael Barbaro Paparo (#134 Monster K Factory/CRG-TM Kart) follows closely behind at 0.348, Anatoly Khavalkin (#114 Modena Kart/Parolin-TM Kart) at 0.381, Angelo Lombardo (#123 KCS/BirelART-TM Kart) at 0.401.

OKNJ - Eskandari-Marandi great performance. Giusto fastest in group 2.
In group 1 of OK-N Junior, the Australian Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi (#348 Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex-MG) achieved the best overall time in 59.713, while in group 2 it was Giacomo Giusto (#335 Modena Kart)/Parolin-TM Kart) who won in 1:00.316. Behind Eskandari-Marandi in group 1 was the Frenchman Lucas Bonhomme (#381 Moni/Tony Kart-Vortex) at 0.533, in group 2 the second best time was achieved by Cristian Blandino (Kalì-Kart Racing/Kalì-Kart-TM Kart).

OKN - Albanese and Apicella in a photo finish the two fastest drivers in the two groups.
Great duel in OKN, where the fastest overall was Federico Albanese (#401 Italcorse Racing Team/Italcorse-TM Kart-MG) in 59.288, just 88 thousandths of a second ahead of the standings leader Federico Rossi (#436 PRK/Tony Kart-TM Kart) and 0.181 ahead of Gino Rocchio (#422 Monster K Factory/CRG-TM Kart). In group 2, great duel between two home drivers, Antonio Apicella (#418 GSR Team/LN Kart-Iame) best time in 59.370, and Manuel Scognamiglio (#442 Tellone Motorsport/Tony Kart-Iame) at 3 thousandths! Third time for Giuseppe Capuano (#403 Capuano/Tony Kart-TM Kart) at 0.150.

MINI GR.3 U10 - Perico takes overall pole, Poujol fastest in group 2.
Niccolò Perico (#213 Energy Corse/Energy-TM Kart-MG) confirms his position as leader of the MINI U10 with the fastest overall time in group 1 of 1:06.770, while in group 2 it is the Frenchman Jean Poujol (#248 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) who achieves the fastest time in 1:07.074. In group 1 the second fastest time is achieved by the Georgian Leon Chelidze (#207 Team Driver/KR-Iame) at 0.109 followed by the American Lucas Bryan Palacio (#225 Kidix/KR-Iame) at 0.125. In group 2, Maltese Benjamin Piscopo (#204 Kalì-Kart Racing/TGroup-TM Kart) has the second time at 79 thousandths, with Davide Di Filippo (#217 SpinoProject/Energy-TM Kart) at 96 thousandths.

MINI GR.3 - De La Vega on pole, Tamm best in group 2.
From Mexico, Torres Diaz De La Vega (#66 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame-Vega) achieved the best performance in Sarno in the MINI Gr.3 with a time of 1:06.717 obtained in group 1, ahead of the Polish Leonardo Gorski (#56 Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) by 60 thousandths and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Legenkyi (#5 Team Driver/KR-Iame) by 93 thousandths. Swiss Albert Tamm, De La Vega's teammate, achieved the best time in group 2 in 1:07.126, at the end of a duel with Spaniard Daniel Miron Lorente (#4 Team Driver/KR-Iame) at 13 thousandths and the other Mexican Emiliano Hernandez (#72 LA Motorsport/Parolin-Iame) at 0.152.

The championship standings after the first three rounds.

The KZ2 ranking:

1st Cristian Bertuca (ITA) (#102 LG Motorsport/BirelART-TM Kart-Vega) 200 points

2nd Michael Barbaro Paparo (ITA) (#134 Monster K Factory/CRG-TM Kart) 101 points

3rd Davide Forè (ITA) (#184 GRS Team/BirelART-TM Kart) 91 points.

KZ2 Under 18

1st Cristian Bertuca (ITA) (#102 LG Motorsport/BirelART-TM Kart-Vega) 189 points

2nd Enrico Martinese (ITA) (#158 CMT/KR-TM Kart) 112.5 points

3rd Kimi Tani (FIN) (#165 LA Motorsport/Parolin-TM Kart) 92 points

KZ2 Master

1st Davide Forè (ITA) (#184 GRS Team/BirelART-TM Kart-Vega) 122 points

2nd Mirko Mizzoni (ITA) (#167 Italcorse/Italcorse-TM Kart) 16 points

The OK-N ranking:

1st Federico Rossi (ITA) (#436 PRK/Tony Kart-TM Kart-MG) 216 points

2nd Gino Rocchio (ITA) (#422 Monster K Factory/CRG-TM Kart) 138 points

3rd Bati Ege Yildirim (TUR) (#430 Modena Kart/Parolin-TM Kart) punti 105.

The OK-NJ standings:

1st Cristian Tonalini (ITA) (#302 Tona Racing/Tony Kart-TM Kart-MG) 121 points

2nd Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi (AUS) (#348 Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex) 106 points

3rd Pietro Bagutti (ITA) (#306 Gamoto/Tony Kart-TM Kart) punti 101.

The MINI Gr.3 classification:

1st Alessandro Truchot (USA) (#36 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame-MG) 155 points

2nd Julian Frasnelli (ITA) (#41 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) 107 points

3rd Albert Tamm (CHE) (#39 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) 97 points.

The MINI Gr.3 U10 ranking:

1st Niccolò Perico (ITA) (#213 Energy Corse/Energy-TM Kart-MG) 160 points

2nd Leon Chelidze (GEO) (#207 Team Driver/KR-Iame) punti 137

3rd Mark Martin Loomets (EST) (#214 Energy Corse/Energy-TM Kart) points 126

Full results: https://www.ultracross.it/scheda.asp?id=1088

Info: https://www.acisport.it/it/CIK/home

Full standings:
https://www.acisport.it/it/CIK/classifiche/2024.

The program:

• Saturday 20th July: 8:30 warm up, 10:05 qualifying heats;
• Sunday 21st July: 8:30 warm up, Final phase live on TV for Race 1 from 9:25 and Race 2 from 14:30.

Media programming.

On ACI Sport TV (on Sky channel 228 and Tivù-Sat channel 52) the event can be followed live on TV, Live Streaming and on demand on the website www.acisport.it, and on the Facebook page of the Italian ACI Karting Championship at https://www.facebook.com/ACIKarting.

A television service will be broadcast the following week on ACI Sport TV, RAI Sport and other national and local broadcasters throughout the country.

On Corriere dello Sport Tuesday 23 July, special page with photos and comments on the event.

On ACI Radio links and interviews.

On the ACI Sport website https://www.acisport.it/it/CIK/home are published press releases for presentation and commentary, a large photo gallery, results, championship rankings, links for Live Timing and Live Streaming.

The calendar of the 2024 Italian ACI Karting Championship.

21/04/24 - TRISCINA - Mini Gr.3 Under, Mini Gr. 3, OKNJ, OKN, KZ2.

19/05/24 - LA CONCA - Mini Gr.3 Under, Mini Gr. 3, OKNJ, OKN, KZ2.

23/06/24 - VAL VIBRATA - Mini Gr.3 Under, Mini Gr. 3, OKNJ, OKN, KZ2.

21/07/24 - SARNO - Mini Gr.3 Under, Mini Gr. 3, OKNJ, OKN, KZ2.

08/09/24 - FRANCIACORTA - KZN Under, KZN Over.

22/09/24 - LONATO - Mini Gr.3 Under, Mini Gr. 3, OKNJ, OKN, KZ2, 100/125 Legend.

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