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Activity continues on the track for the WSK Final Cup, the last round of the season, on the Adria Karting Raceway circuit in Adria. After the first day of Friday, in which the qualifications and the first qualifying heats took place, on Saturday all the remaining heats for the four categories present in the race were held: KZ2, OK, OKJ and MINI. The starting grids for Sunday's pre-finals were then decided.

KZ2: Monologue by Francesco Celenta

• Francesco Celenta (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) is the absolute star of the heats. The poleman on Friday dominates all his three races, remaining in command every single lap. The standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team thus earns the start from pole for tomorrow’s Prefinal A, a day in which he will be the undisputed favorite.


• Second in the general standings thanks to a second place and two victories is Stan Pex (SP Motorsport - KR - TM Racing), who will then start first in the Prefinal B. Despite a difficult start, he sees him slide from first to fourth, the team's standard bearer SP Motorsport manages to recover and win its second heat complete with a fast lap, proving to be the most competitive driver together with Celenta.


• An excellent path also for Lorenzo Travisanutto (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing). After winning his first heat, the fresh FIA Karting International Super Cup champion finishes his remaining two heats in second place, thus obtaining the third overall position.


• Norton Andreasson (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) confirms himself at the top of the standings with a remarkable consistency. Thanks to two third places and a second, the Swedish driver finds himself fourth overall. His teammate Markus Kajak (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) is also constant, concluding all three heats in fourth place and thus conquering the seventh overall position. Sharing them are two other protagonists of the weekend: Daniel Stell (NB Motorsport - Luxor - TM Racing) and Kris Haanen (SP Motorsport - KR - TM Racing).


• Eighth in the overall standings is Danilo Albanese (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who gains three positions compared to the qualification. After slipping from sixth place to tenth during the first lap, the KR Motorsport team rider recovers three positions in his second heat to cross the finish line in seventh place complete with a fast lap. With a third place and a second in his other two heats, Albanese will present himself as one of the fastest drivers tomorrow.


• Paul Rieberer (Birel ART Racing KSW - Birel ART - TM Racing) and Genis Civico (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) complete the top ten.


• After obtaining the ninth best time in qualifying, Iaroslav Shevyrtalov (Team Komarov - Tony Kart - TM Racing) slips into 15th position overall, slowed down by a retirement in his last heat due to a contact occurred while he was in fourth place.

OK: Nikola Tsolov makes it three in a row and keeps the leadership

• Nikola Tsolov (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) seems simply impregnable. Friday's poleman reaffirms his competitiveness and wins all three heats with more than a second advantage over his direct rival, thus winning the start from pole for tomorrow's Prefinal A.


• In second place in the general classification is Rafael Camara (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who will then start in front of everyone in Prefinal B. The WSK Super Master Series champion crosses the finish line of his first heat in second place, but is then relegated to the fifth by a five-second penalty due to the nose being in the wrong position. With another fifth place and a second in his last two heats, the new Ferrari Driver Academy recruit is confirmed as an absolute protagonist.


• Matheus Ferreira (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) continues his excellent debut in OK. In his second heat, the Brazilian driver sprints very well from the fourth position on the grid and moves to second position, keeping it up to the checkered flag, only to be relegated to fifth place by a three-second penalty. A third place and a fifth in his other two heats allow him to hoist himself in third overall position.


• A more than positive balance also for Joel Bergstrom (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), who earns fourth place in the overall standings thanks to a third place, a fourth and a sixth in his three heats. The Forza Racing team bishop is just ahead of a notable Karol Pasiewicz (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), who recovers eight positions from qualifying.


• The weekend of Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) is also proceeding in an encouraging way, confirming to be at the top of the standings with the sixth place overall. The KR Motorsport standard bearer precedes his teammates Giovanni Trentin (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) and Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME). The WSK Euro Series champion retires in his first heat following a contact at the first corner, but dominates his other two heats. Having left the scene in the only heat in which he could have had a direct confrontation with Tsolov, the long-awaited challenge between the Bulgarian standard bearer and the Red Bull Junior Team driver, who seems the only one capable of being able to to worry the poleman.


• Flavio Olivieri (Praga Racing Team - Prague - IAME) and Kiano Blum (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) complete the top ten thanks to excellent performances, gaining seven positions compared to qualifying.


• 11th place overall for Gustaw Wisniewski (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), who retires in his first heat following a contact at the first corner, but closes his other two heats in second position. The standard bearer of the Sauber Orlen Karting Team is the only one who manages to put the wheels in front of Tsolov in a heat, but only survives a couple of laps.


• Following Wisniewski are Juliano Holzem (CV Performance Group - KR - IAME), Maxim Rehm (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex) and Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME). The orbiting talent Mercedes surprisingly wins his first heat and finishes fourth in his third heat, but accuses a problem in his second battery. In fact, after starting well from the second spot on the grid, Powell is forced to stop because he comes out of the corners very slowly. The Jamaican driver manages to restart, but with one lap behind.


• Felix Arnold (CV Performance Group - KR - IAME) completes the top 15 thanks to convincing performances and is just ahead of Kean Berta Nakamura (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing). The fresh OKJ world champion retires in his first heat following a contact at the first corner, and then concludes his second heat in second place and his third in third place.


• Zachary David (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), 17th and penalized by a retirement, and Krozser Menyhert (Kosmic Racing Department - Kosmic - Vortex), 19th, lost some positions.

OKJ: An impressive Anatoly Khavalkin makes it a clean sweep

• Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) had already shown that he was in shape yesterday with the first group time and the second overall, but a complete domination in the heats was difficult to predict. Yet the standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team wins all his heats, resisting impeccably the pressure of his opponents and thus earning the start from pole for tomorrow’s Prefinal A.


• David Walther (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex) expresses all his maturity with a constant path in his five heats, which ends all in the top three, boasting even two victories. The Danish driver moves to second place in the general classification and will start from the first spot on the grid in Prefinal B.


• Tomass Stolcermanis (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) is also extremely constant, reaffirming his competitiveness with four second places and a third, thus conquering the third overall position. The driver of the Energy Corse team is often in the wake of Khavalkin and even launches some attacks, but he can't beat him.


• Fourth place overall for an excellent Sebastiano Pavan (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), who confirmed himself as very incisive on the Adria circuit with three second places and two fourths. The Italian standard bearer precedes Enzo Deligny (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), another great protagonist of the category and winner of a heat. The Parolin Motorsport team driver gains seven positions with respect to qualifying and is just ahead of an extraordinary Gerasim Skulanov (CRG Racing Team - CRG - IAME). The young rookie grabs two second places and three fifths, which lift him to sixth place in the overall standings.


• Positive results also for the WSK Super Master Series champion Rashid Al Dhaheri (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who wins his first heat and climbs to seventh place overall, just ahead of Freddie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex) . The 2020 world champion triumphs in two heats, but in one heat he touches Maksimilian Popov (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) in the fight for the victory and the two finish respectively in eighth and 11th position. Slater is then demoted to sixteenth place by a five-second penalty due to the nose being in the wrong position. The heat in question is the only one in which Khavalkin's leadership was questioned, but he was able to respond to the attacks suffered to bring home yet another success.


• Rene Lammers (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) and Marcus Saeter (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) complete the absolute top ten thanks to excellent performances. The standard bearer of the Ward Racing team is particularly fast, winning a heat and setting the fastest lap in three heats, but in his last heat he is relegated from third place to 13th by a ten-second penalty.


• 11th in the overall standings is a surprising Lucas Fluxa (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who gains four positions compared to qualifying and precedes Kirill Dzitiev (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex). After the third place obtained in his first heat, the poleman on Friday wins his second heat at the end of a spectacular duel with Slater, but is subsequently relegated one position due to incorrect maneuver. Complications also in his third battery, in which he is forced to retire due to a technical problem while he is in second place. The standard bearer of the Ward Racing team ended the day on a positive note with two wins.


• The top 15 is completed by Konstantin Krapin (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), Lenn Nijs (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) and Maksimilian Popov, who wins one heat, but is slowed down by a retirement in his last heat while occupying the fourth position.


• Losing some positions with respect to qualifying Andres Cardenas (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 17th, and Tiziano Monza (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), 19th.

MINI: Jindrich Pesl takes the reins

• Jindrich Pesl (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME) emerges among the 126 young drivers. Thanks to three wins, two second places and a third, the Babyrace Driver Academy bishop takes the lead in the general classification and thus earns the starting point from pole for tomorrow’s Prefinal A.


• After triumphing at the Winter Cup, Elliot Kaczynski (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - TM Racing) continues to surprise. The driver of the Ward Racing team wins four heats and thus conquers the second place overall, which will be worth starting from the first position on the grid in Prefinal B.


• An extraordinary David Cosma-Cristofor (Gulstar Racing - KR - IAME) recovered 21 positions with respect to the qualification, obtaining the third place overall thanks to two wins, three third places and a fifth.


• Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) also gains ten positions compared to the qualification, returning to the top of the standings. The WSK Euro Series champion wins two heats and finds himself fourth overall, just ahead of the WSK Open Cup champion Niklas Schaufler (Emme Racing - EKS - TM Racing). The poleman triumphs in one heat and remains in the top four in all the others.


• Sixth overall is an impressive Oliver Palocko (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), who recovers 27 positions compared to the qualification. The bishop of the Czech Republic precedes an exceptional Zdenek Babicek (Tepz Racing Team - Parolin - TM Racing), who is confirmed among the best and also wins two heats. Excellent performances also by Luna Fluxa (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), eighth in the general classification.


• Completing the top ten are Kilian Josseron (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) and Bogdan Cosma-Cristofor (Gulstar Racing - KR - IAME), authors of a very positive path and just ahead of a solid Scott Lindblom (Gamoto - EKS - TM Racing).


• 12th overall is Iacopo Martinese (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME). The Italian driver takes two wins and three second places, but is involved in a contact just a few corners from the end of his last heat as he contends for the success and finishes only 26th. The Babyrace Driver Academy driver precedes Dries Van Langendonck (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), winner of a heat. The standard-bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team also triumphs in another heat, but a five-second penalty due to the incorrect position of the nose causes him to even slide up to 17th place.


• Jensen Burnett (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) even wins two heats, but a five-second penalty in his fifth heat makes him relegate from fifth to 16th place. The Canadian driver thus finds himself 14th overall, just ahead of Emanuele Olivieri (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing), who gains 12 positions compared to qualifying, and Dean Hoogendoorn (Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME), who wins a heat , but is relegated to 19th place by a ten-second penalty.


• Losing positions compared to qualifying are Filippo Pancotti (AVracing - Parolin - TM Racing), Cristian Tonalini (MLG Racing - Parolin - TM Racing), Vladimir Ivannikov (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing) and Mattia Padoan (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), respectively in 18th, 19th, 20th and 24th total place. A few too many complications also for William Calleja (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who slips from fifth position obtained in qualifying to 58th, although he grabs a second place in one heat.


• On the other hand, Alfie Slater (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) is making a comeback, gaining 48 positions compared to qualifying and occupying 28th place overall.

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