WSK Euro Series rd 2, Sarno: qualifying – Pole position for Schaufler (OK), Bobreshov (OKJ), Ociepa (OK-N), Eskandari-Marandi (OKN-J), Ratajski (MINI Gr.3) and Lazaro (MINI Gr.3 U10)

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Almost three months after the first round held at the Franciacorta Karting Track in Castrezzato, WSK Promotion restarts its engines on the Circuito Internazionale Napoli in Sarno (Italy), characterized by a new layout in the last sector, for the second and final round of the WSK Euro Series. The championship ends with a good turnout of drivers in all six categories present: 32 in the MINI Gr.3 U10, 32 in the MINI Gr.3, 19 in the OKN-J, 7 in the OK-N, 32 in the OKJ and 20 in the OK, for a total of 142 participants.

The usual qualifying sessions took place on Friday, while all the heats will take place on Saturday.

OK: A stellar debut for Niklas Schaufler

Tyres: LeCont

Niklas Schaufler (DPK Racing – KR – IAME) has already demonstrated his potential on several occasions, but today he wanted to underline his skills even more clearly. After winning both the WSK Super Master Series and the WSK Champions Cup in the OKJ category, the young driver supported by Red Bull scored a 56.595 and thus obtained the pole position, signing in the best possible way his debut in the premier class of single-speed karting.
Another driver of the Red Bull Junior Team is also ready for the appointment with the top positions: Scott Kin Lindblom (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME). The dominator of the first round in Castrezzato and current leader of the championship stops the clock just over a tenth from the Austrian rookie to secure second place.
Elliot Kaczynski (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – TM Kart) highlights his skills, skillfully earning third place.
Fourth place goes to another excellent rookie in Oliver Kinnmark (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), who starts his adventure in the KR Motorsport team on the right foot.
A positive qualifying also for Bernardo Bernoldi (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), fifth, and Jensen Burnett (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME), sixth on his OK debut in a WSK competition and able to bring a fifth KR chassis into the top six positions.
Equally notable is the debut of the reigning European OKJ vice-champion Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart) in the premier category of single-speed karting, with the seventh best time.
Completing the top ten are Jindrich Pesl (Monster K Factory Team – CRG – TM Kart), eighth, Markas Silkunas (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), ninth, and Ludovico Busso (Monster K Factory Team – CRG – TM Kart), tenth on his first appearance with the Monster K Factory Team.

Results

OKJ: An incredible debut for Maxim Bobreshov

Tyres: Vega

Maxim Bobreshov (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME) decides to amaze the paddock on his OKJ debut in a WSK competition. The young rookie prints a 58.588 in group 2, which earns him the overall pole position.
An equally remarkable debut is that of Mark Pilipenko (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME), who completes a Fusion Motorsport one-two in group 2 and thus obtains third place overall. In his first appearance in OKJ in a WSK competition after winning the bronze medal in the WSK Champions Cup at the start of the season in the MINI Gr.3 category, the American driver sets the exact same time as Bobreshov and finds himself behind because his second best time reference is slower than that of his teammate. Gianmatteo Rousseau (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM Kart) stops the clock just one thousandth of a second behind the two Fusion Motorsport team drivers in an extremely tight qualifying session, third in the group. In his first appearance with the Energy Corse colours, the Panamanian almost takes pole position and takes fifth place in the overall standings.
Building on the third place he earned in the first round at Castrezzato, Filippo Sala (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart) is the fastest in group 1 thanks to a 59.084. After climbing to the third step of the podium even in the WSK Champions Cup at the start of the season, the Italian driver is back as a major protagonist with second place overall.
Roman Kamyab (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart) also remains among the main candidates for the final victory, dominating the first round at Castrezzato, second in the group just 89 thousandths of a second behind his teammate and fourth overall. The current championship leader precedes an excellent Zai Hou Jiang (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart), who completes Ricky Flynn Motorsport’s hat-trick in group 1 and climbs to sixth place in the overall standings.
Closing the top ten are Mariano Lopez (Fusion Motorsport – KR – IAME), seventh overall in his first appearance with the Fusion Motorsport team after obtaining the bronze medal in last year’s WSK Final Cup in the MINI Gr.3 category, the reigning WSK Final Cup champion in the MINI Gr.3 category Devin Walz (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM Kart), eighth, Nagy Roland (DPK Racing – KR – IAME), ninth, and Turner Brown (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart), tenth in his debut in OKJ in a WSK competition.
Qualifying slightly below expectations for the WSK Super Cup champion and WSK Open Series champion in the OKN-J category Ilia Berezkin (Monster K Factory Team – CRG – TM Kart), 15th overall, the reigning WSK Euro Series vice-champion in the OKN-J category and last year’s Road to the OK-N World Cup champion in the same class Jesse Phillips (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart), 16th, and the reigning vice-champion of both the WSK Euro Series and the WSK Champions Cup from earlier this year in the MINI Gr.3 category and reigning WSK Super Master Series champion in the same class William Calleja (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN Kart – TM Kart), 19th in his first appearance with the Ricky Flynn Motorsport team.
Qualifying was also more complicated than expected for the reigning champion of the WSK Final Cup and the WSK Euro Series in the OKN-J category and Williams Racing Driver Academy driver Dean Hoogendoorn (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), 27th in the general classification after finishing the WSK Super Master Series in third place.

Results

OK-N e OKN-J: Masterful pole position for Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi, while Juliusz Ociepa is the fastest driver in OK-N

Tyres: Vega

The OK-N and OKN-J compete together throughout the weekend, with separate classifications. The difference in qualifying is the current Italian OKN-J vice-champion Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – Vortex), who prints the best time in 58.326 and is even faster than all the OK-N drivers, beating his closest pursuer in OKN-J by more than three tenths. With the bronze medal obtained in the WSK Super Cup, the Ward Racing driver starts the weekend on the right foot, taking the satisfaction of the overall pole position.
Juliusz Ociepa (Novalux – Lenzokart – LKE) finds himself second overall, but first in the OK-N classification with a 58.380. After earning second place in the first round in Castrezzato, the Novalux team driver makes his intentions clear here in Sarno.
The third place in the overall standings goes to another protagonist of the category, Lamberto Ferrari (FK Motorsport – IPK – Modena Engines), second in the OK-N standings. After coming close to the podium in the first round in Castrezzato, the reigning WSK Final Cup champion is once again among the favorites.
Nicolas Marchesi (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME) will not miss the appointment with the top positions, fourth overall and third in the OK-N standings. After finishing the WSK Open Series in third place, the fresh winner of the WSK Super Cup confirms his competitiveness.
Billy Van Staveren (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM Kart) also showed their skills once again, fifth overall and second in the OKN-J standings after winning the silver medal in the first round in Castrezzato, and Bruno Blanco (LA Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart), sixth in the overall standings and third in the OKN-J standings.
Completing the top ten are the two OKN-J drivers Lucas Bonhomme (Moni Nicolas – Tony Kart – Vortex), seventh and one step away from the podium in the WSK Super Cup, and Vsevolod Osadchyi Suslovskyi (Monster K Factory Team – CRG – TM Kart), eighth on his debut in OKN-J, together with the two OK-N drivers Leon Hedfors (DR – DR – Modena Engines), ninth, and Salvatore Toscano (Novalux – Lenzokart – LKE), tenth on his first appearance in OK-N in a WSK competition.
Qualifying slightly below expectations for the winner of the first OKN-J round in Castrezzato and current championship leader Antonio Reginaldo Pizzonia Neto (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), 11th overall after finishing the WSK Open Series in third place, and the winner of the first OK-N round and current championship leader and reigning WSK Euro Series champion Bati Ege Yildirim (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM Kart), 12th after taking the bronze medal in the WSK Super Cup.
Qualifying was also more complicated than expected for Alex Molota (Firefly Racing Team – Gillard – TM Kart), 13th overall after earning second place in both the WSK Super Master Series OKN-J (sub judice classification) and the WSK Champions Cup at the start of the season, Giacomo Giusto (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM Kart), 16th after climbing onto the third step of the podium in the first round OKN-J, and Valerio Viapiana (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), 17th and fresh from second place in the WSK Super Cup OKN-J as well as third in the WSK Super Master Series (ranking sub judice).

Results

MINI Gr.3: Stan Ratajski sets the pace

Tyres: Vega

Stan Ratajski (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) once again shines, posting the best performance in group 2 in 1:05.475 and thus earning the overall pole position. The reigning champion of the WSK Open Series is once again a candidate for the role of great protagonist.
Julian Frasnelli (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) also returns to the top of the standings, second in the group just 16 thousandths behind his teammate. The reigning Italian champion must therefore settle for third place overall and precedes Oleksandr Legenkyi (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), third in the group and fifth in the general standings. After climbing to the third step of the podium in the first round in Castrezzato and earning the bronze medal also in the WSK Open Series, the reigning vice-champion of the WSK Euro Series in the MINI Gr.3 U10 category reaffirms his competitiveness.
Alexander Parakram Lazarus (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) delivered a surprising performance, being the fastest in group 1 with a 1:05.746. The Babyrace Driver Academy driver showed his potential and took second place overall.
Leonardo Gorski (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) lost the group pole position by just three thousandths of a second, and now finds himself fourth overall. With the silver medal he obtained in the first round in Castrezzato, last year’s WSK Open Series champion in the MINI Gr.3 U10 category is followed by Alessandro Truchot (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME). After finishing the Italian ACI Karting Championship in third place, the reigning WSK Open Series vice-champion stopped the clock just half a tenth behind teammate Lazarus to move up to third place in the group and sixth in the overall standings.
Making his debut in MINI Gr.3 and his first appearance with Energy Corse colours in a WSK competition, Blazej Kostrzewa (SpinoProject Racing Team – Energy Corse – TM Kart) takes seventh place overall. The young Pole is ahead of Manuel Martufi (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), fourth in group 1, just 62 thousandths from the pole, and eighth overall.
Completing the top ten in the general classification are Gioele Girardello (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM Kart), ninth after obtaining his first WSK podium in the WK Super Cup, which he finished in second place, and Matteis Stigsen (CRG Racing Team – TGroup – TM Kart), tenth.
Qualifying slightly below expectations for the dominator of the first round in Castrezzato and current championship leader and reigning champion of both the WSK Final Cup and the WSK Euro Series in the MINI Gr.3 U10 category Daniel Mirón Lorente (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), 13th overall after also winning the WSK Super Cup and being runner-up in the WSK Super Master Series, the reigning runner-up in the WSK Open Series in the MINI Gr.3 U10 category Achille Rea (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), 18th, and Lucas Palacio (KidiX – KR – IAME), 26th in his second appearance in MINI Gr.3 in a WSK competition after being runner-up in the WSK Super Master Series in the MINI Gr.3 U10 category.

Results

MINI Gr.3 U10: Excellent performance by Xavier Lazaro

Tyres: Vega

Xavier Lazaro (SM Racing – OTK – TM Kart) reaffirms his speed skills in group 1 and signs the overall pole position thanks to a 1:05.354, which is even faster than the best time recorded among the older MINI Gr.3 drivers. After taking third place in the WSK Open Series, the young Portuguese is once again the main actor.
He stops the clock just 19 thousandths behind his teammate and completes a one-two signed by SM Racing Stepan Mazepin (SM Racing – OTK – TM Kart), able to obtain the second position in the group and the third overall. Slightly further from the pole, but once again among the protagonists is the fresh winner of the WSK Super Cup Jean Poujol (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart - Vortex), third in the group and fifth in the general classification.
Antonio Ianni (CRG Racing Team – TGroup – TM Kart) proved to be extremely incisive in qualifying, emerging in group 2 with a 1:05.541. The CRG Racing Team driver thus secured second place overall.
An equally remarkable performance was put in by Colton Schniegenberg (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – TM Kart), who climbed to second place in the group, just 75 thousandths behind Ianni, and fourth overall. Francesco Buglione (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) also had a surprising qualifying and stopped the clock less than a tenth behind Ianni, third in the group and sixth in the general classification.
Buglione precedes an Energy Corse trident composed of Cees Muijs (SpinoProject Racing Team – Energy Corse – TM Kart), seventh overall, Andrea Iannone (SpinoProject Racing Team – Energy Corse – TM Kart), eighth, and the reigning vice-champion of the WSK Final Cup Mark Loomets (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM Kart), ninth.
Closing the top ten in the general classification is the winner of the first round in Castrezzato as well as current championship leader and vice-champion of the WSK Champions Cup at the start of the season Mason Robertson (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME).
Qualifying was slightly below expectations for reigning Italian vice-champion Lorenzo Di Pietrantonio (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), 12th after taking second place in the first round at Castrezzato and third place in the WSK Champions Cup, and Jay Kostecki (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM Kart), 17th after celebrating his first podium in a WSK competition in the WSK Super Cup, which he finished in third place.
Qualifying was also more complicated than expected for Italian champion and reigning champion of the WSK Champions Cup, WSK Super Master Series and WSK Open Series Niccolò Perico (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM Kart), 19th overall after taking third place in the first round at Castrezzato, and Leon Chelidze (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), 21st after finishing the Italian ACI Karting Championship in third place.

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