The Friday of the WSK Euros Series on the International Circuit of Naples kicked off with the Qualifying Practice, with already a few unexpected outcomes. The day continues with the first Qualifying Heats which will end only tomorrow.

MINI: Maiden pole for James Egozi

• The first WSK Promotion meeting at the International Circuit of Naples brings James Egozi's first career pole (Tony Kart - Tony Kart – Vortex), by sitting atop of the group 2 and the whole classwith a time of 1:05.751. In the first group, however, the best was Maciej Gladysz (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - TM Racing) 


• Lenn Nijs (Team Driver racing Kart - KR - TM Racing), third in 1: 05.793 precedes the two Energy Corse equipped  drivers Francesco Amendola (Revolution Motorsport - Energy - TM Racing) and Marcus Saeter (Revolution Motorsport - Energy - TM Racing). Behind them, we find a trio of Parolin made, in the following order, of Guillaume Bouzar (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - TM Racing), Adam Hideg (Baby Race Driver Academy - Parolin - TM Racing), and Jan Przyrowsky (AV Racing - Parolin - TM Racing) 


• “Just” ninth Kean Nakamura Berta (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), right ahead of teammate Filippo Sala (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) 


• Out of the top ten we find many names of those who animated the return to the track a week ago: René Lammers (Baby Race Driver Academy - Parolin - TM Racing) is 11th, Griffin Peebles (AV Racing - Parolin - TM Racing) 14th , Antonio Apicella (Apicella Rosario - Energy Corse - TM Racing)) 20th, Nando Weixelbaumer (Baby Race Driver Academy - Parolin TM Racing) 24th and Tiziano Monza (KR Motorsport -KR - TM Racing) 26th. 


• Things went even worse for Dmitry Matveev (Energy Corse _Energy Corse - TM Racing) and Mark Kastelic (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - TM Racing) who both missed the chance to score a valid lap-time by waiting each other along the track.

OKJ: Brando Badoer tops the sheets again

• Also on the International Circuit of Naples, Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) proved to have an edge when it comes to posting the best flying lap. The Italian, with a time of 57.765, towed three other drivers under the 58-second barrier. Igor Cepil (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), second and first of the second group, was “only” capable of marking a 58.276. 


• With the third-best time, Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (Birel ART Racing - RK - TM Racing) precedes Alex Powel (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who is having his first race under the tent of KR Motorsport here in Sarno. An excellent start for the Jamaican, who also managed to get ahead of his new teammate Alfio Spina (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) 


• Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) took his Tony Kart to sixth position, but behind him we find two more KRs, led by go Ugochukwu (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) and Douwe Dedecker (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME). 


• Valerio Rinicella (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - TM Racing) and Karol Pasiewicz (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) close the top-ten. The new WSK Super Master Series champion Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), instead, is 13th behind Dion Gowda (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic Kart - Vortex) and Rafael Modonese (Leclerc By lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) 


• Martinius Stenshorne (Rosberg Racing Academy - KR - IAME), the winner of the Winter Cup, is 15th on his return in WSK ahead of Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART Racing- Birel ART - TM Racing)

OK: Oliver Gray scores his maiden Pole in OK

• It's the first pole of his career in OK, and in the year of his debut in the category, for Oliver Gray (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing). The English driver, coming from the British Kart Championship and in the first year racing on the international stage, posted a 56.520, best time of group 1 and best time overall. 


• The best of the second group and second behind Gray in the general qualifying ranking is Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME). The new vice champion of the WSK Super Master Series 2020 confirmed his top form also on the fast track of Sarno. 


• Taylor Barnard (Rosberg Racing Academy - KR - IAME), Juho Valtanen (Pantano Team - KR - IAME) and Clayton Ravenscroft (Birel Art Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing) follow in third, fourth and fifth position respectively. The latter too, is on his International debut this year. 


• Excellent performance by Enzo Trulli (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who clinched the sixth place followed by an always brilliant Joseph Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart- Vortex), constantly in the sharp end of the OK field. 


• Constantly improving and now frequently in the top ten, Luigi Coluccio (Kosmic Kart Racing Department - Kosmic -Vortex) finished 8th ahead of Rafael Camara (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing) who is instead coming from a podium in round 3 of the WSK Super Master Series. 


• Kajus Siksnelis (Exprit Racing Team - Exprit Vortex) is a nice surprise in 10th position: the driver of the official Exprit Racing Team is in his first full-time year in OK after winning the Academy Trophy last year. 


• Jamie Day surely expected something more than his 23rd place (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), he who stepped on the podium in round 4 of the Super Master Series. Today far from his teammate on pole. 


• The dark moment continues for Lorenzo Travisanutto (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart- Vortex). Speaking of the Tony Kart Racing Team, Pedro Hiltbrand is absent due to recover from an injury to his ribs suffered in Adria.

KZ2: Renaudin mette in fila tutti

• Adrien Renaudin (Sodikart - Sodikart - TM Racing) wins the pole position in the only qualifying round which saw all 30 entered in the KZ2 category on the track. 


• How fierce the category is is once again proved by the fact that there are six drivers in one exact tenth of a second. We refer, in order, to Matteo Viganò (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), Giuseppe Palomba (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), Riccardo Longhi (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), Viktor Gustafsson (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), which closes the team of the Briel Art / Leclerc squadron, and Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex). 


• Two tenths from the pole we find the other two Birel ART by Alessandro Irlando (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) and Leonardo Marseglia (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing). 


• Ciro Mollo (Federico Vincenzo - CRG -TM Racing) is ninth ahead of Jeremy Iglesias (Formula K - TM Racing - Vega) 


• Maximilian Paul (DR - Modena Engines - Vega) is the first of the KZ2 drivers of the team of the 5 times world champion Danilo Rossi. Stan Pex (KR Motorsport - KR - TM Racing), returning from a solid week at Aria, is only 17th. Down the order also Lorenzo Camplese (SC Performance -Tony Kart - Vortex) only 25 ^.Results