WSK Final Cup rd 2, Franciacorta – Pole position for Leuillet (KZ2), Matveev (OK), Van Langendonck (OKJ), Sarg (OK-N), Gryc (OKN-J), Crisan (MINI Gr.3) and Loomets (MINI Gr.3 U10)

[Translated with Google]

Just one week after the opening round in Lonato del Garda, the WSK Final Cup returns to the Franciacorta Karting Track in Castrezzato (Italy) for the second and final round. The weekend kicks off with a notable turnout of drivers in all six categories taking part on the track: 64 in the MINI Gr.3 U10, 48 in the MINI Gr.3, 29 in the OKN-J, 16 in the OK-N, 85 in the OKJ, 53 in OK and 47 in KZ2, for a total of 342 verified.

The usual qualifications took place on Friday, before continuing with the first qualifying heats, which will continue throughout Saturday.

KZ2: Franciacorta brings luck to Tom Leuillet

Tyres: LeCont

At the beginning of the year, on the occasion of the second round of the WSK Super Master Series, he was the author of a brilliant victory in KZ2. Tom Leuillet (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) is ready to concede with an encore, meanwhile conquering pole position in qualifying with a time of 45.680 seconds.
Remarkable performance by Sumako IPK Racing. Marek Skrivan (Sumako IPK Racing – IPK – TM) is the fastest in group 1 (45.845 seconds), but fails to beat Leuillet. The driver from the Czech Republic is therefore second, but behind him are his teammates Egor Nosov (Sumako IPK Racing – IPK – TM), third, and Vladimir Verkholantsev (Sumako IPK Racing – IPK – TM), fourth.
Sixth in Lonato del Garda, Maksim Orlov (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM) wants to confirm the excellent results obtained and does so with a fifth place in qualifying. Nice sixth place for Ethan Frigomosca (Gerber Team Corse – Maranello – TM), sixth, while behind him we find David Trefilov (Maranello SRP Factory Team – Maranello – TM), seventh, and Markus Kajak (KH Racing Team – Birel Art – Modena Engines), eighth.
Daniel Vasile (Birel Art Racing – Birel Art – TM) finds space in ninth position, ahead of the two world champions Jeremy Iglesias (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM), tenth, and Viktor Gustafsson (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM) , 11th. Still at the top of the rankings is Nicola Rossini (Maranello Kart – Maranello – TM), 12th.
Immediately behind are Matteo Spirgel (CPB Sport – Sodikart – TM), 13th, and Alex Maragliano (Renda Motorsport – Sodikart – TM), 14th; the latter, third in Lonato del Garda, is currently fourth in the championship. In pole position a seventh ago, Artem Severiukhin (Racing Line – Birel Art – TM) achieved 16th place today.
The two duelists of the Round 1 final, Cristian Bertuca (Birel Art Racing – Birel Art – TM) and Matteo Zanchi (Zanchi Motorsport – CRG – TM), are 17th and 19th respectively. Further back Gabriel Gomez (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM), 23rd.

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OK: Dmitry Matveev is insatiable

Tyres: LeCont

Dmitry Matveev (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) seems to be back as fit as last year. After the victory achieved a week ago in Lonato del Garda, the KR Motorsport driver did not allow himself to be distracted and, on the contrary, achieved the third consecutive pole position (also counting the WSK Final Cup in Sarno) in 46.549 seconds.
Taym Saleh's weekend (Sauber Academy – KR – IAME) started off in an excellent way, making his second appearance among the “Seniors”. The German is at ease in Franciacorta and sets a time of 46.898 in group 1 and is second in the combined ranking.
Author of second place in Round 1, Sebastiano Pavan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) is faster than Saleh (46.639 seconds), but due to the combined classification he is placed third. Positive performances also for Xavier Avramides (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), fourth, and for the European vice-champion “Junior” Thibaut Ramaekers (VDK Racing – KR – IAME), fifth.
Many OKJ drivers recently "promoted" to the OK category at the top of the rankings. In addition to the aforementioned Saleh, this is the case of Vivek Kanthan (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM), sixth, the “Junior” European champion Olekansdr Bondarev (Prema Racing – KR – IAME), seventh, and Zac Drummond (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM), eighth.
Among the protagonists of Lonato del Garda, Luigi Coluccio (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) placed ninth, ahead of Ean Eyckmans (Leclerc by Lennox Racing Team – Birel Art – TM), tenth. Just outside the top ten we find Roland Kuklane (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – Vortex), 11th, and Andra Dupé (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), 12th.
On the lowest step of the podium of the last event, Gustaw Wisniewski (Koski Motorsport – Tony Kart – IAME) is 13th, followed by Guy Albag (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM), 14th, and by Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM), 15th.
Scrolling through the ranking we find David Walther (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) 17th, Emanuele Olivieri (Birel Art Racing – Birel Art – TM) 18th, last year's world champion Matheus Morgatto (Birel Art Racing – Birel Art – TM) 24th and the new OKJ champion Kirill Kutskov (DPK Racing – KR – IAME) 34th.

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OKJ: Dries Van Langendonck sets the pace

Tyres: Vega

After finishing in fifth place in the final in Lonato del Garda, Dries Van Langendonck (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM) is ready to launch the counterattack in Franciacorta. This year's world champion of the "Junior" category recorded the pole position of 47.760 seconds in group 3, beating Davide Bottaro (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) by 13 thousandths of a second.
Nice move by Gino Rocchio (DR – DR – TM), the fastest in group 1 (47.892 seconds) and second in the combined classification. Instead, in the second group it was Jindrich Pesl (Monster K Factory Team – Intrepid – TM) who established himself at the top with a time of 47.956, which earned him third place.
As a result of the combined classification, Bottaro is therefore fourth. Niklas Schaufler (DPK Racing – KR – IAME), second in Lonato del Garda, and Sebastian Lehtimaki (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), winner of Round 1 and championship leader, follow in fifth and sixth position respectively.
Seventh place for Roman Kamyab (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM), eighth for David Cosma Cristofor (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), ninth for Xiao Yu Sun (Ward Racing – Tony Kart – Vortex) and tenth for Arjen Kraling (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME).
Outside the Top 10 are Makar Savelev (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM), 11th, Filippo Sala (Ricky Flynn Motorsport – LN – TM), 12th, Mees Houben (Leclerc by Lennox Racing Team – Birel Art – TM) , 13th, and Thomas Quince (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), 14th.
Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) occupies 15th place. Further behind were Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM), on the lowest step of the podium in Lonato del Garda and 20th today, and Lewis Wherrell (Forza Racing – Exprit – TM), 23rd. Second appearance in OKJ for Iskender Zulfikari (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME), 26th. Scott Kin Lindblom (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) is far behind, 51st.

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OK-N: pole position for Robin Sarg

Tyres: Vega

For the first time in a WSK Promotion series, the OK-N category is separated from OKN-J. Robin Sarg (Novalux – Lenzokart – LKE) immediately showed off and obtained pole position, thanks to a time of 48.565 seconds.
At 0.067 seconds in Sarg, Andrea Volpato (M2 Racing – Gillard – TM) recorded second place. On the podium of the ), fifth.
The ranking continues with Mattia Severino Marchiante (AK Motorsport – KR – IAME), sixth, Francisco Paredes Altamirano (MLG Racing – Parolin – TM), seventh, Federico Biagioli (LGK Racing Kart – Birel Art – TM), eighth, Patrick Sarapuu ( KH Racing – Synergy – Modena Engines), ninth, and Samuele Rizza (PCR Factory Team – PCR – IAME), tenth.

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OKN-J: three-way challenge between Bruno Gryc, Dean Hoogendoorn and Giacomo Giusto

Tyres: Vega

Three drivers in the space of a tenth of a second in OKN-J qualifying. Bruno Gryc (MLG Racing – Parolin – TM) is first with a time of 48.753, beating his rivals Dean Hoogendoorn (AKM Motorsport – KR – IAME), second at +0.048 seconds, and Giacomo Giusto (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM), third at +0.090 seconds.
Alex Molota (Firefly Racing Team – Exprit – TM) is fourth, followed by Kais Aziza (Gamoto – Tony Kart – TM), fifth. Winner of the X30 Junior category in Lonato del Garda last week, Bogdan Cosma Cristofor (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME) currently occupies sixth place.
From the MINI category, Noah Baglin (KR Motorsport – KR – IAME) enters OKN-J with a seventh place. In the Top 10 we also find Billy Van Staveren (Modena Kart – Parolin – TM), eighth, Juliusz Ociepa (4DK Umbria Motorsport – Righetti Ridolfi – IAME), ninth, and Gioele Carreer (Scarpi Racing – Parolin – IAME), tenth.

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MINI Gr.3: second pole position of the year for Ilie Tristan Crisan

Tyres: Vega

He had already obtained pole position at the recent Trofeo delle Industrie without, however, achieving victory. This time Ilie Tristan Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex) is more determined than ever to achieve a success and, in fact, he places ahead of everyone in Friday's qualifying, with a time of 53.405 seconds.
Albert Tamm (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) was also very fast, first in group 2 (53.653 seconds) and second in the combined classification. Author of second place in Lonato del Garda, Devin Walz (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) opens his weekend with a solid third place.
Fourth place for Manuel Miguez (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM), ahead of Mariano Lopez (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), fifth, Michele Orlando (DR – DR – TM), sixth, Michael McGaughy (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), seventh, and Gioele Girardello (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin – TM), eighth.
Author of a brilliant victory in Round 1, Cristian Blandino (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM) started with a ninth place in qualifying. Behind him are Kacper Rajpold (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), tenth, and William Calleja (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), 11th.
Maximus Unt (Maximus Racing – Energy Corse – TM) is 13th, while Oleksandr Legenkyi (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME) is 15th. Further back Leonardo Gorski (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart – Vortex), 23rd, and Antoine Venant (Kidix Driver Performance – KR – IAME), 34th.

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MINI Gr.3 U10: Mark Loomets ahead of everyone

Tyres: Vega

After coming close to the podium in Lonato del Garda, Mark Loomets (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM) is ready to battle again. The Estonian driver, in fact, signed the pole position in 54.050 seconds in group 2, against the time of 554.348 of the surprising Stan Fagot (Kevin Beaumont – FA – IAME), first in group 1.
Currently third in the championship, Daniel Miron Lorente (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME) obtains third position in the combined classification. Behind him is teammate Alexander Parakram Lazarus (Team Driver Racing Kart – KR – IAME), fourth, and Xavier Lazaro (DR – DR – TM), fifth.
The winner of the opening stage Niccolò Perico (Energy Corse – Energy Corse – TM) was sixth in timed qualifying, ahead of Alessandro Nanni (Gamoto – EKS – TM), seventh. The top ten is completed by Mason Robertson (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME), eighth, Benjamin Piscopo (CRG Racing Team – CRG – TM), Kooksm ninth, and Linghan Li (AVRacing – Parolin – IAME), tenth.
On the podium in Lonato del Garda, Jason Kosmopoulos (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) and Lorenzo Di Pietrantonio (Babyrace Driver Academy – Parolin – IAME) were 22nd and 26th respectively.

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