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Two weeks after the second round held in Adria, WSK Promotion is back on track in Sarno for the third and final round of the WSK Euro Series. The championship ends with a large turnout of drivers in all four international categories: 69 in MINI, 85 in OKJ, 56 in OK and 17 in KZ2, for a total of 227 participants.

The usual qualifying sessions took place on Friday, before continuing with the first qualifying heats, which will end on Saturday afternoon.

KZ2: Emilien Denner achieves pole positions and proves his strength

• Emilien Denner (Intrepid Driver Program - Intrepid - TM Racing) once again proves to be an absolute protagonist, signing the fastest lap in 53.555 and thus setting the pace.


• The winner of the FIA ​​Karting International Super Cup KZ2 in 2019 precedes Laurens Van Hoepen (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) by just 47 thousandths, who is confirmed as extremely competitive after the European podium won last weekend.


• Fresh winner of the first round of the European KZ championship, Riccardo Longhi (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) sets the third fastest time, 75 thousandths from pole. Unfortunately his teammate and current championship leader Marijn Kremers (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) does not participate in this round due to a small injury and therefore the great opportunity presents itself to Longhi, second in the general classification. to repeat the success of 2020.


• Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) brings his Tony Kart to fourth position and is followed by the reigning WSK Euro Series runner-up Giuseppe Palomba (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing).


• Behind the Birel ART standard bearer is the Leclerc by Lennox Racing duo formed by Pedro Hiltbrand (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) and Jamie Day (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), who are respectively in the sixth and seventh square.


• The top ten is closed by Kajus Siksnelis (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), Fabio Bifulco (Fabio Bifulco - Intrepid - TM Racing) and Alessio Piccini (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), currently third in the general classification after the podium obtained in the second round of Adria.


• Unfortunately also Francesco Celenta (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) is forced to miss this appointment due to an injury.

OK: An impressive Nikola Tsolov is once again the fastest driver on track

• Thanks to a time of 53.411 in group 1, Nikola Tsolov (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) takes the lead and conquers the second consecutive pole position. The Bulgarian driver is even faster than the poleman in KZ2 and trims almost three tenths to Tymoetusz Kucharczyk (Birel ART Racing - RK - TM Racing), who with the third absolute position confirms himself at the top of the standings after the second place obtained in the second round by Adria. Following them is the Red Bull Junior Team bishop and winner of both first two rounds Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), still a protagonist with fifth place in the overall standings.


• The Mercedes protégé Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) won in group 2 with a time of 53,684, who after his experience in KZ2 returns to OK and immediately proves to be competitive with the second overall position. The reigning European champion trims just over two tenths to Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), author of an excellent performance and fourth overall. The Tony Kart driver precedes Martinius Stenshorne (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) by just 30 thousandths, who after the podium conquered in the second round is back among the fastest.


• Seventh in the overall standings thanks to another good performance is Rintaro Sato (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex). Followed by Joseph Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), Brando Badoer (KR Motorsort - KR - IAME) and a surprising Giovanni Trentin (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who closes the top ten at his first appearance of the season.


• The top 15 is completed by Artem Severiukhin (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), Michael Barbaro Paparo (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing), Luigi Coluccio (Kosmic Racing Department - Kosmic - Vortex), Lukas Malek (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) and Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing).


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Norton Andreasson (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), who occupies the fourth position in the championship and finds himself 18th overall. Disappointment also for the talent in orbit McLaren, currently second in the championship, Ugo Ugochukwu (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 24th, Matheus Morgatto (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 34th, and the Ferrari driver Driver Academy James Wharton (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 41st.

OKJ: David Walther makes it two in a row

• He did it in Adria and got a taste for it: David Walther (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex) wins the second consecutive pole position with a time of 55.271 in group 2. The Danish driver trims more than a tenth to Dion Gowda (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), who thanks to an excellent performance takes him to fourth place overall. Following them is an amazing Oleksander Bondarev (Andriy Honta - Tony Kart - TM Racing), who is seventh in the overall standings.


• The fastest driver in group 3, with a time of 55.303, is James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who confirms himself extremely competitive with the second overall position. The Tony Kart standard bearer is just 33 thousandths ahead of his teammate Alexander Gubenko (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who once again proves to be a protagonist of the category with fifth place overall. Third in the group and eighth in the overall standings is a stunning Konstantin Krapin (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex).


• Coskun Irfan (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) is the fastest in group 1 and with a time of 55.643 he gains the third position overall. The English driver beats the talent in orbit Mercedes Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) by just 12 thousandths, who reaffirms his presence at the top of the standings with the sixth place overall. Completing a KR Motorsport hat-trick is Douwe Dedecker (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who thanks to a good performance gets the ninth place in the overall standings.


• An excellent Miguel Costa (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME) closes the top ten, followed by Yuanpu Cui (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), new recruit of the Mercedes young driver program, and Gustaw Wisniewski (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME).


• The current championship leader Harley Keeble (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) is 13th overall. Behind him are Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) and a surprising Tunon Nacho (DPK Racing - KR - IAME). At his first appearance of the season, the DPK Racing rider closes the top 15, ahead of Enzo Deligny (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), William Macintyre (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) and Maxim Rehm (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex).


• Qualifying below expectations for the reigning world champion and winner of the second round of Adria Freddie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), 35th, and for the winner of the first round of Lonato Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 72nd. The two drivers are respectively in second and third place in the championship and are called to comeback.


• Disappointment also for Enea Frey (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), 36th, Mark Kastelic (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), 38th, Matheus Ferreira, 48th, Kirill Kutskov (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 50th, Francesco Marenghi (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), 56th, and Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 85th.

MINI: Dean Hoogendoorn surprises everyone and takes the reins

• Dean Hoogendoorn (Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME) does not show up in Sarno as a contender for the title, but it is he who dictates the pace in qualifying. With a time of 1:02.140 in group 3, the Dutch driver conquers the absolute pole position. Just 31 thousandths from Hoogendoorn is Davide Bottaro (AVracing - Parolin -TM Racing), who confirms himself as a protagonist with fourth place in the overall standings. Third in the group and seventh in the overall standings is Enzo Tarnvanichkul (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), who after climbing on the second step of the podium in the first round of Lonato returns to the top of the standings.


• The fastest driver in group 1 is Alfie Slater (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), who with a time of 1:02.437 wins the second overall position. The Energy Corse standard bearer is 82 thousandths ahead of Alp Aksoy (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), who once again proves to be competitive with the fifth time overall. Ten thousandths of a second behind the Turkish driver is Oliver Kinnmark (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who finds himself eighth in the overall standings.


• Thanks to a time of 1:02.482, the current championship leader Emanuele Olivieri (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing) is the fastest in group 2 and after the victory obtained in the second round of Adria earns the third place absolute. The Italian driver beats Jensen Burnett (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) by just 87 thousandths, who moves to sixth overall thanks to an excellent performance. Following them is the winner of the first round, currently second in the championship, Jindrich Pesl (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), who finishes ninth in the overall standings.


• Still among the protagonists is Matias Orjuela (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), tenth overall. The Parolin Motorsport standard bearer precedes Iacopo Martinese (CMT - Parolin - TM Racing) and Matic Presa (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), who remain competitive.


• After the second place obtained in the second round, Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) is 13th in the overall standings. He was followed by Aleksandar Bogunovic (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing) and an excellent Ludovico Mazzola (Drago Corse Racing Team - EKS - TM Racing), who closed the top 15.


• After taking the podium in the second round, Vladimir Ivannikov (Drago Corse Racing Team - EKS - TM Racing) completes a difficult qualifying session in 22nd place.


• Qualifying below expectations also for Griffin Peebles (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), 21st, Niklas Schaufler (Emme Racing - EKS - TM Racing), 24th, and Dries Van Langendonck (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 53rd.

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