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A little over a month after the last round of the Open Cup, WSK Promotion rekindles the spotlight in Sarno on the first of the two rounds of the WSK Final Cup. The last championship of the season sees in its opening act a large turnout of drivers in all four international categories: 76 in MINI, 56 in OKJ, 39 in OK and 19 in KZ2, for a total of 190 participants.

The usual qualifications took place on Friday. All sessions of the MINI and the first of the OKJ were held in dry track conditions, while all subsequent sessions were characterized by rain. It then continued with the first qualifying heats, which will end on Saturday afternoon.

KZ2: Another masterpiece by Emilien Denner

• Emilien Denner (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing) seems to cover up with a special raincoat to put his signature on an exhilarating performance. The fresh winner of the WSK Open Cup dances in the rain and prints a 1:09.997, trimming a full eight tenths to the direct rival and sending out a clear signal to all his opponents: he is the man to beat. The CPB Sport team rider thus obtains his second consecutive pole position in wet track conditions, expressing great confidence in himself and in his means.
  


• He stops the clock almost a second behind his teammate, but still earns the place of honor Senna Van Walstijn (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing). The reigning champion of the WSK Super Master Series as well as the winner of the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season puts the seal on a Sodikart double and is still a candidate for the role of absolute protagonist.
  


• Third place is the prerogative of an amazing Robin Glerum (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), able to find an excellent feeling on a treacherous circuit.
  


• Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) was forced to settle for fourth place by just one thousandth. The fresh vice-champion of the FIA ​​Karting World Cup continues to demonstrate his skills in the premier class and even signs the best intermediate time in the third sector.
  


• Completing a Birel ART trident is Giuseppe Palomba (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), who occupies the fifth place. The reigning champion of the WSK Euro Series accuses a gap of almost a second and a half from the poleman, but remains among the contenders for the final victory on his home track.
  


• Convincing performance authors are Slavik Putiatin (LA Motorsport - Intrepid - TM Racing) and Matteo Spirgel (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing), sixth and seventh respectively.
  


• On the other hand, it is a slightly below expectations for last year's KZ world champion Noah Milell (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), eighth. His new teammate Tom Leuillet (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) also appears slightly in difficulty. At his first appearance with the Tony Kart Racing Team, the reigning European KZ2 champion takes 14th place.
  


• Mark Negrutsa (Mark Negrutsa - Maranello - TM Racing) and Ivan Ekelchik (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) closed the top ten thanks to a positive session.

OK: Yuanpu Cui puts on a show in the rain

• It seems that Yuanpu Cui (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) especially enjoys driving in wet track conditions. The young Mercedes recruit expresses a remarkable feeling on a treacherous circuit and claims the absolute pole position thanks to a 1:11.008 in group 2. The KR Motorsport team driver seems to gear up one gear more than his rivals, so much so that he trims well six tenths to an exceptional Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing). At the second race in the premier category of single-speed karting after finishing last year's WSK Final Cup in third place in the OKJ category, the reigning European OKJ champion moves up to second in the group and third overall. The standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team is just 78 thousandths ahead of another extraordinary rookie as Jan Przyrowski (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex). The fresh European vice-champion OKJ and reigning champion of the WSK Euro Series in the OKJ category boasts the best performance in the second sector, finding himself third in the group and fifth in the general classification.
  


• Group 1 sees the exploit of a surprising Shimo Zhang (Team Driver Racing Kart - Tony Kart - IAME), who is the most incisive with a 1:11.618. The driver of Team Driver Racing Kart thus obtained second place overall and beats Oscar Pedersen (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) by just 29 thousandths, author of the best first split time and second in the group as well as fourth overall. After earning the bronze medal at the world championship held in mid-September here in Sarno, the fresh WSK Open Cup runner-up confirms himself as a protagonist of the category. He immediately wants to become a protagonist in the premier class of single-speed karting, instead, Guillaume Bouzar (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex). At his debut in OK, the Koski Motorsport team driver performs very well in difficult conditions, proving to be able to make him third in the group and sixth in the overall standings.
  


• The reigning WSK Super Master Series champion Joseph Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) also reaffirms his competitiveness, seventh overall. The Tony Kart Racing Team standard bearer is followed by his new teammate and poleman of the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season Sebastiano Pavan (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who gives encouraging signals at the first appearance with his new colors .
  


• Total ninth place is the prerogative of Tomass Stolcermanis (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), who returns to the top of the standings. The fresh winner of the WSK Open Cup finds himself just ahead of another major player in the category such as Ean Eyckmans (EGP Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who closes the top ten.
  


• Also concluding a convincing qualifying session was last year's WSK Euro Series champion in the OKJ category Harley Keeble (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 11th in the general classification, the reigning WSK Champions Cup runner-up Maksimilian Popov (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex), 12th, and the winner of last year's WSK Open Cup in the OKJ category James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex). Two excellent rookies make room in the top 15 at the first qualifying in OK: Jimmy Helias (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), 13th at the first experience with the colors of the Ward Racing team, and Adam Hideg (Sodikart - Sodikart - TM Racing ), 15th after graduating OKJ World Vice-Champion just over a month ago, right here in Sarno.
  


• He is more delayed than expected Mercedes Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 16th overall. After climbing on the third step of the podium at last year's WSK Final Cup on the occasion of his debut in the queen category of single-speed karting, the fresh European vice-champion precedes two rookies with great potential such as Marcus Saeter (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) , 17th, and Nathan Tye (Sodikart - Sodikart - TM Racing), 18th after reaching the third step of the podium at the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season in the OKJ category.


• Rene Lammers' first qualifying in OK (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) is also promising, 19th after winning both the WSK Champions Cup and last year's WSK Super Master Series in the MINI category. The Parolin Motorsport team bishop is followed by the WSK Open Cup poleman Luka Sammalisto (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 20th, and by another excellent rookie such as William Go (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), 21st.


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Kirill Kutskov (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 24th in his second appearance in OK after winning the bronze medal in the WSK Euro Series in the OKJ category, David Walther (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex), 29th, the winner of last year's WSK Final Cup in the OKJ category Lucas Fluxa (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 30th, and the runner-up of last year's WSK Final Cup in the OKJ Maksim category Orlov (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 32nd.


• At the second race in OK after winning the bronze medal in the WSK Super Master Series in the OKJ category and returning with the KR Motorsport team colors, Dmitry Matveev (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) completes only two timed laps and finds himself 31 ° total. A complicated qualifying at the first experience in OK also for Martin Molnar (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 33rd.

OKJ: First WSK pole position for an extraordinary Andy Consani

• He had already shown that he has great potential, but at Sarno Andy Consani (Shamick Europe - Parolin - TM Racing) provides clear proof of his speed. At his second appearance with the colors of the Shamick Europe team, the French driver is the most incisive in group 1 with a 55.774 and signs his first absolute pole position. Emanuele Olivieri (IPK Official Racing Team - IPK - TM Racing) also expresses his talents, returning to the track after recovering from the injury to his ribs remedied just over a month ago at the world championship, which took place right here in Sarno. Already a protagonist last year in the MINI category with second place in both the WSK Champions Cup and the WSK Super Master Series and third in the WSK Euro Series, the driver of the IPK Official Racing Team stops the chronometer just 22 thousandths from pole, thus earning second place in the group and the third total. Zac Drummond (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) joins the spectacle of an extremely disputed qualification, who sees his best performance fade by only 30 thousandths and is forced to settle for third place in the group as well as fifth in the overall standings.


• The fresh world champion Enzo Tarnvanichkul (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) welcomes him to his home. After winning the world title in mid-September right here on the Naples International Circuit, the Tony Kart Racing Team bishop is ready for another appointment with the Sarno track. Despite the rain coming to mess up the cards, the young Thai shows his maturity and is the best interpreter in group 2 thanks to a 1: 11.061, which earned him the second position overall. Miguel Costa (Sauber Academy - KR - IAME) also performs very well in treacherous conditions, touching the chronometric reference of Tarnvanichkul, finding himself second in the group, four thousandths from his rival, and fourth overall. The fresh runner-up of the WSK Open Cup thus reaffirms his presence at the top of the standings and precedes Alfie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex), still among the main players in the category with third place in the group and sixth in the overall standings .


• He is the author of a brilliant performance at his debut in OKJ Jack Iliffe (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who takes seventh place overall and, thanks to the best performance in both the first and second sectors, concludes his first qualifying with a 125cc kart 50 thousandths from pole position.


• Alp Hasan Aksoy (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) also continues to give encouraging signals, skilled in reaching eighth overall position and in printing the best third sector in group 2. The Tony Kart Racing Team standard bearer is followed by other protagonists such as the winner of last year's WSK Open Cup in the MINI category Niklas Schaufler (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) and the poleman of the first round of the WSK Euro Series Scott Kin Lindblom (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), that close the top ten.


• The 11th place in the overall standings is the prerogative of Salim Hanna Hernandez (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex). The fresh winner of the WSK Open Cup remains competitive and is just ahead of his teammate and winner of last year's WSK Final Cup in the MINI category David Cosma-Cristofor (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex).


• Completing the absolute top 15 thanks to a convincing qualification Aleskandar Bogunovic (DPK Racing - KR - IAME), 13th, the reigning WSK Super Master Series runner-up Kirill Dzitiev (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 14th at the first appearance with the Parolin Motorsport team, and Kian Fardin (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 15th after having signed the pole position at the world championship held here in Sarno.


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Taym Saleh (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 18th overall after obtaining his first WSK podium at the Open Cup in early October, Dries Van Langendonck (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing ), 20th after having expressed a remarkable potential just over a month ago at the world championship on the occasion of his absolute debut in OKJ, Gerasim Skulanov (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 23rd after crossing the finish line of the world championship in third place, only to be relegated to the ninth by a five-second penalty due to the incorrect position of the front fairing, Zhenrui Chi (Beyond Racing Team - KR - TM Racing), 25th after finishing the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season on the second step of the podium , and the runner-up of last year's WSK Open Cup as well as of the WSK Champions Cup at the start of the season in the MINI category Jindrich Pesl (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 34th.
  


• At the second WSK competition in OKJ after having collected several successes in the MINI, Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) and Christian Costya (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) continue on a promising path, respectively 24th and 28th in the standings general. Between the two rookies the pink share of the Mercedes Junior Team Luna Fluxa (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) occupies the 26th place overall.
  


• Returning to the track after the injury sustained at the Zuera circuit at the end of April during the second round of the European championship, reigning WSK Super Master Series champion Oleksandr Bondarev (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex) faces a wet qualifying and it is hoisted in 46th absolute position.
  


• On his debut in OKJ after having earned the bronze medal at the WSK Open Cup in the MINI category, Roman Kamyab (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing) takes 45th place in the overall standings. A challenging qualifying session also for two other rookies such as Gaspar Benett (IPK Official Racing Team - IPK - TM Racing), 48th, and Oliver Palocko (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), who sees his times canceled and is thus relegated to the 54th place.

MINI: A brilliant Iskender Zulfikari picks up where he left off

• The path of Iskender Zulfikari (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME) with the Babyrace Driver Academy continues to bear fruit. After having won his first WSK success just over a month ago, on his debut with his new colors at the Open Cup held in Lonato, the young Turkish seems more confident than ever and signs the absolute pole position thanks to a 1: 02.500 in group 1. Zulfikari makes the difference, so much so as to trim more than two tenths to Vladimir Ivannikov (Gamoto - EKS - TM Racing), second in the group and fourth overall. Strong of the bronze medal in the WSK Euro Series and fresh runner-up of the WSK Open Cup, the Gamoto team rider confirms himself as an absolute protagonist of the category and precedes an excellent Juliusz Ociepa (Gold Kart Racing Team - Righetti Ridolfi - TM Racing by only 59 thousandths) ), skilled in placing third in the group as well as seventh in the overall standings.


• After finishing the WSK Open Cup at the foot of the podium, Filippo Sala (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) expresses his determination on the Sarno circuit and is the most incisive in group 2 with a 1: 02.674, which earned him the second place overall. The driver of Team Driver Racing Kart beats an extraordinary Mark Pilipenko (Modena Kart - Energy Corse - TM Racing) by more than a tenth and a half, who scores the best performance in both the first and third sectors and takes second place in the group as well as the fifth total. Third in the group and eighth in the overall standings is Bruno Blanco (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), author of another remarkable qualifying.


• To emerge in group 3 thanks to a 1: 03.163 is Gianmatteo Rousseau (Alonso Kart by Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME), showing his progress and gaining third place overall. The driver of the Alonso Kart by Kidix team is followed by Ilie Tristan Crisan (Alonso Kart by Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME), who stops the clock just 95 thousandths from his teammate and finds himself second in the group as well as sixth overall. Also the WSK Open Cup poleman Bogdan Cosma-Cristofor (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), third in the group and ninth in the general classification, reaffirms his competitiveness.


• Completing the absolute top ten is a surprising Manuel Miguez (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who even boasts the best third split time in group 1. The standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team is just ahead of Dean Hoogendoorn (Alonso Kart by Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME), which reappears at the top of the ranking with 11th place overall. After getting on the third step of the podium in the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season as well as in last year's WSK Final Cup and having won the silver medal in the first edition of the WSK Super Cup by MINI, the Alonso Kart team's standard bearer by Kidix precedes other main players such as Kai Johnson (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 12th, William Calleja (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 13th, Augustus Toniolo (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) , 14th, and Achille Rea (Patrizia Ferri - KR - IAME), 15th.


• He only occupies the 18th place overall, but prints the best second sector in group 3 Ilia Berezkin (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME).


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Filippo Pancotti (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), 23rd after signing the pole position in the second round of the WSK Euro Series, held at the end of July right here in Sarno, and for Keelan Paul Harvick (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), 36th. Kevin Harvick's son, winner of the Daytona 500 in 2007 and of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2014, had amazed at his debut in a WSK competition in early September, on the occasion of the Super Cup by MINI, and it will be curious to see him at work in the his first race with the Babyrace Driver Academy.

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