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Activity continues on the track for the Round 2 of the WSK Euro Series on the Circuito Internazionale Napoli in Sarno (Italy). After the first day of Friday, in which the qualifying practices took place, on Saturday all the heats for the six categories present in the race were held: OK, OKJ, OK-N / OKN-J and OKN-J. The starting grids for Sunday’s super heats were then decided.
OK: Dmitry Matveev always in the lead
Tyres: LeCont
- Dmitry Matveev (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) doesn't want to miss the opportunity to return to victory. After yesterday's pole position, the KR Motorsport driver is still leading the "Senior" category with two successes in the qualifying heats.
- Salim Hanna (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), Kirill Kutskov (DPK Racing – KR – IAME) and Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM) get the same penalty points (21). However, the ranking sees Hanna second, Kutskov third (the only one to beat Matveev in the heats) and Khavalkin fourth.
- Zac Drummond (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM) instead loses two positions compared to qualifying and now finds himself fifth. Sebastiano Pavan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), David Walther (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) and Luigi Coluccio (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) occupy the sixth, seventh and eighth position.
- Jakub Kamenik (DCR Motorsport – Tony Kart – TM) classified ninth, while Jan Przyrowski (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) was tenth due to a retirement in the first heat. Gustav Wisniewski (Koski Motorsport – Tony Kart – IAME), currently 12th, also collected a retirement.
OKJ: Niklas Schaufler takes the first place
Tyres: Vega
- Two victories and a second place are the results achieved by Niklas Schaufler (DPK Racing – KR – IAME) during today's qualifying heats. The Austrian therefore moves to the top of the intermediate classification, after the excellent second place achieved yesterday in qualifying.
- Two Italians are Schaufler's main pursuers: Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) collects two victories and a fastest lap, but a sixth place ranks him second in the general; instead, Filippo Sala (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM) wins a heat, records a best lap and gains third position.
- David Cosma Cristofor (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), author of a victory, recovers 6 positions between qualifying and qualifying heat. The Romanian is fourth, ahead of Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM), twice in the Top 3 and also capable of setting a fast lap.
- Notable climbs for Elliot Kaczynski (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – Vortex) and Roman Kamyab (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM): the Swede gains 19 positions and is sixth, while the Briton recovers 17 and places seventh. A retirement in the second heat, however, forces Oliver Kinnmark (Koski Motorsport – Tony Kart – IAME) to drop to eighth place.
- +7 positions in the standings for both Freddie Lloyd (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM), ninth, and for Xiaoyo Sun (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – Vortex), tenth. Lewis Wherrell (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM) does not start the second heat and now finds himself 11th.
- After two dull qualifications, Taym Saleh (Sauber Academy – KR – IAME) and Scott Kin Lindblom (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) are approaching the Top 10. The German goes from 27th to 12th, while the Swede is 13th despite a retirement in the first heat.
- Jack Iliffe (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM), the fastest in Friday's timed trials, wasted the opportunity and crashed to 16th. Dries Van Langendonck (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM), new OKJ world champion, collects a retirement and slips to 26th.
OK-N / OKN-J: Antonio Apicella close to perfection
Tyres: Vega
- Nobody seems able to stop the ride of Antonio Apicella (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME). The Italian finished first place three times out of three, but in the first heat he received a 5-second penalty for the nose in the incorrect position. Nonetheless, the winner of the Road to the OK-N retains the lead.
- Great performance from Dean Hoogendoorn (AKM Motorsport – KR – IAME), very fast despite being registered for OKN-J. The Dutchman finished all the heats in second position and, consequently, was also second in the intermediate classification.
- Bosco Arias Chavarri (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), another “Junior” driver, rises from seventh position to third, followed by rivals Jesse Phillips (Kidix Driver Performance – KR – IAME), fourth, and by Giacomo Giusti (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM), fifth. From 17th, Cristian Tonalini (Tona Racing Kart – Tony Kart – TM) moves up to sixth place.
- After winning the first heat, Bati Ege Yildirim (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM) retired in the second and this forced the Turk to slip seventh in the intermediate classification. Behind him is his compatriot Iskender Zulfikari (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), eighth. Completing the top ten are Bruno Gryc (MLG Racing – Parolin – TM), ninth, and Federico Lenzo (Novalux – Lenzokart – LKE), tenth.
MINI Gr.3: Devin Walz and Ilie Tristan Crisan overtake William Calleja
Tyres: Vega
- After the pole position obtained yesterday in qualifying, William Calleja (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) is unable to maintain the lead at the end of the qualifying heats. In fact, teammate Devin Walz (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) takes the lead thanks to a haul of a victory, a second place and a sixth.
- Ilie Tristan Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) also precedes Calleja in the intermediate classification, after a comeback of 11 positions between qualifying and qualifying heat. The Canadian recorded a victory, unlike Calleja who obtained a second place as the best result in the heats. The Australian currently occupies third position.
- The current leader of the WSK Euro Series, Bogdan Cosma Cristofor (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), forcefully returns to the top positions, going from 16th to fourth. The Romanian scores a success in the last scheduled heat.
- Sebastian Eskandari Marandi (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) remains at the top, fifth, while Andrea Manni (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) and Michele Orlando (DR – DR – TM) drop to sixth and seventh place respectively . Nice recovery by Kacper Rajpold (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) of 13 positions, now eighth.
- Maximus Unt (Maximus Racing – Energy Corse – TM) is stable in ninth position, while Alessandro Truchot (AVRacing – Parolin – TM) enters the Top 10, tenth. Just behind we find Ludovico Mazzola (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), 11th, and Mariano Lopez (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), 12th.
- Leonardo Gorski (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) crashes from eighth to 22nd. Curiosity: the Pole was rewarded this morning for the title obtained in the WSK Open Series (MINI Gr.3 U10 category), after being reinstated in the ranking of the Round 4 final.
MINI Gr.3 U10: Antoine Venant wants the title
Tyres: Vega
- One of the main candidates for the title, Antoine Venant (Kidix Driver Performance – KR – IAME) goes on the attack during the qualifying heats and, thanks also to a victory, obtains the temporary lead in the intermediate classification. The Belgian is ahead of Albert Tamm (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), who is also very fast on the track and achieved success in the heats.
- Julian Frasnelli (AVRacing – Parolin – TM) and Xavier Lazaro (DR – DR – TM) are fixed in third and fourth place respectively. Important comeback by Niccolò Perico (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM), capable of moving from 17th to fifth.
- Extraordinary climb of 22 positions for Daniel Miron Lorente (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME). The Spaniard, current championship leader, reaches sixth place, followed by Edoardo Colucci (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), seventh with 11 positions gained.
- Oleksandr Legenkyi (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME) retires in the first heat (A-B) and this penalizes him in the standings: in fact, the Ukrainian slips from first to eighth. Alexander Parakram Lazarus (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME) went from 26th to ninth, while Lorenzo Di Pietrantonio (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) went from 19th to tenth.
- A retirement costs Achille Rea (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) several positions, now 13th despite a victory on his scoresheet.
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