At the first round of the WSK Super Master Series, the VTZ engine of the OTK Kart Group's “engine division” gains the second place in the KZ2 category with Marijn Kremers.

KZ2 – On the occasion of the first event of the season, the VTZ engine climbs on the second step of the podium in the shifter kart category. In the qualifying session already, with Marijn Kremers (Tony Kart Racing Team), the Vortex unit sets the third best time and wins a victory, a second and a third place in the next qualifying heats.

In Sunday afternoon's final, Kremers performs a perfect start from the second row and immediately takes the third place. After just three laps, the Dutch driver climbs to second position and fights for victory against his rivals until the very end, finishing second.

After several notable performances on Friday and Saturday, Tom Leuillet (Tony Kart Racing Team) is forced to raise the white flag in the final race of the weekend in Muro Leccese.

OKJ - Throughout the weekend, the VTJ engine is the key point of the category. Friday's qualifying practices see three Vortex engines in the first six positions of the combined ranking, thanks to the performances of Ilie Tristan Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team), Oliveri Sini (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Julian Frasnelli (Tony Kart Racing Team), and collects a haul of three victories and three fastest laps in the qualifying heats, next to a further success (and consequent best lap) gained in the A pre-final.

Starting from the pole position, Crisan leads the early stages of the Sunday afternoon's final and runs always to gain the victory. At the end of the 16 laps scheduled, the Canadian driver, being damaged by the heated tussle for the victory, finishes at the foot of the podium, preceding Frasnelli and Augustus Toniolo (Tony Kart Racing Team), both classified in the top ten list.

Moreover, the last race of the weekend sees at the staring grid three other drivers running with Vortex engines: Sini, Henri Constant Kumpen (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Nikita Ljubimov (Tony Kart Racing Team).

OK – A good beginning of the season is also achieved in the Senior category, with a third place as the best result in the qualifying heats, with Jindřich Pešl (Tony Kart Racing Team), fighting in the final for gaining a place in the top-ten list. The VTS engine is lined up at the starting grid of the weekend final race with Oliver Rasmussen (Tony Kart Racing Team), Gustaw Wiśniewski (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Thomas Pradier (Tony Kart Racing Team).

MINI Gr.3 - The VTM engine plays a prominent role starting from the qualifying practices, with the second best time in Group 2 set by Jean Poujol (Tony Kart Racing Team), who is also able to achieve a win, a third place and a fastest lap in the qualifying heats. On the other hand, Victor Thomas Gorun (Tony Kart Racing Team) scores a top-3 and the best lap in the Sunday morning's A Prefinal.

The final at the La Conca World Circuit is thus starting with five Vortex VTM engines. Poujol arrives at the chequered flag among the top ten drivers, just ahead of his team-mate Gorun. Finally, also Andrea Iannone (Tony Kart Racing Team), Linghan Li (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Henri Möhring (Tony Kart Racing Team) cross the finish line.

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