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A little less than a month after the unpublished Super Cup by MINI appointment, WSK Promotion reopens the curtain in Lonato for the WSK Open Cup. The fifth edition of this event includes a single test and confirms the great turnout of drivers in all four international categories: 87 in MINI, 60 in OKJ, 30 in OK and 29 in KZ2, for a total of 206 participants.

The usual qualifying sessions took place on Friday, before continuing with the first qualifying heats, which will end on Saturday afternoon. The first MINI group was the only one to run their timed session in dry track conditions, while all the other laps took place on a wet circuit.

KZ2: Emilien Denner back on top

• After winning the 2019 FIA Karting International Super Cup right here in Lonato, the reigning WSK Champions Cup runner-up Emilien Denner (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing) reaffirms the special feeling he cultivates with the Desenzano circuit. The CPB Sport team rider emerges in wet track conditions and signs the pole position thanks to a 1:02.049.


• Also consolidating an excellent relationship with the Lonato track is Jeremy Iglesias (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), who became the KZ world champion right here in 2020. After earning the bronze medal in last year's WSK Open Cup and having reached the third step of the podium at the KZ World Championship held at the beginning of September, the CRG Racing Team rider stops the time trial just over a tenth behind Denner. Iglesias even boasts the best performance in the second sector and it will be interesting to see him shoot next to his compatriot in the front row of the first heat.


• The third position is the prerogative of an exceptional Matteo Zanchi (Zanchi Motorsport - Birel ART - TM Racing), who expresses his skills with rain tires.


• The Zanchi Motorsport team bishop precedes a trio of protagonists such as the fresh WSK Euro Series champion and two-time WSK Open Cup winner Giuseppe Palomba (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), fourth, Paavo Tonteri (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), fifth after obtaining the bronze medal in the WSK Euro Series, and the reigning European KZ2 vice-champion David Trefilov (Maranello SRP Factory Team - Maranello - TM Racing), sixth after finishing the FIA ​​Karting International Super Cup of 2021 in third place.


• The drivers who complete the top ten thanks to remarkable performances are Thomas Imbourg (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing), Slavik Putiatin (LA Motorsport - Intrepid - TM Racing), Paul Rieberer (Dorr Motorsport - KR - IAME) and Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), which confirms its competitive position after reaching the second step of the podium at the FIA ​​Karting World Cup.


• Also Daniel Stell (Dorr Motorsport - KR - IAME), 11th and just ahead of a CRG quartet made up of Andrea Bosetto (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 12th, the fresh KZ world champion Viktor Gustavsson, also gave encouraging signs (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 13th after having already been a main player of the WSK 2021 season with the victory in the Champions Cup and the third place in the Super Master Series, the 2014 European KZ2 champion Andrea Dalè (Andrea Dalè - CRG - TM Racing), 14th, and the pink share Natalia Balbo (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 15th.


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Daniel Vasile (DR - DR - Modena Engines), 19th, while Yevan David (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing) takes 25th place in his absolute debut in the queen category of karting.


• Sandro Holzem (Dorr Motorsport - KR - IAME) finds himself at the bottom of the standings, completing only one timed lap.

OK: Impressive performance by a flawless Luka Sammalisto

• Luka Sammalisto (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) excelled in wet track conditions, winning an exemplary pole position thanks to a 1: 05.587. The Finnish driver boasts the best performance in all three sectors of the circuit and seems unstoppable for his opponents, so much so that he has more than six tenths of a second to his direct rival.


• After obtaining the first WSK podium in the first round of the Euro Series, held in mid-July right here in Lonato, Yuanpu Cui (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) confirms himself as an absolute protagonist with second place. The young Mercedes recruit expresses his feeling with the rain tires and completes a double by KR Motorsport.


• Oscar Pedersen (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) also reaffirms his role at the top of the standings, setting the third best time after earning the bronze medal at the world championship held two weeks ago in Sarno.


• He continues to show his speed even Sebastiano Pavan (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), fourth. The poleman of the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season precedes two exceptional rookies: the fresh European vice-champion OKJ and reigning champion of the WSK Euro Series in the OKJ category Jan Przyrowski (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), fifth after climbing to the third step of the podium at the OKJ World Championship, and Thomas Strauven (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex), sixth.


• Tomass Stolcermanis (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) and the fresh European vice-champion Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), respectively seventh and eighth, are still candidates for the role of main actors. After climbing on the third step of the podium at last year's WSK Final Cup on the occasion of his debut in the premier category of single-speed karting, the Mercedes protégé finds himself just ahead of two other surprising rookies: Maxens Verbrugge (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME ), ninth, and Dmitry Matveev (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex), who closes the top ten after winning the bronze medal in the WSK Super Master Series in the OKJ category.


• Nathan Tye (Sodikart - Sodikart - TM Racing), 12th after having obtained the bronze medal both in the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season and in the European championship in the OKJ category, are authors of a positive qualification at the first appearance in OK, and Kirill Kutskov (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 13th after earning third place in the WSK Euro Series in the OKJ category. The two rookies are just behind an excellent Kiano Blum (DPK Racing - KR - IAME), 11th, and just ahead of David Walther (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex), who returns to the top of the standings with the 14th position.


• The drivers who complete the top 15 thanks to convincing performances are Simone Bianco (CRG Racing Team - CRG - IAME), followed by Menyhert Krozser (DPK Racing - KR - IAME), 16th, and by the reigning European OKJ champion Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), 17th at his absolute debut in OK. After finishing last year's WSK Final Cup in third place in the OKJ category, the standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team is determined to grow rapidly in the premier category of single-speed karting.


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for a promising rookie such as Marcus Saeter (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), 21st, Maksimilian Popov (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex), 22nd after finishing the starting WSK Champions Cup season on the second step of the podium, last year's WSK Open Cup winner in the OKJ category James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 23rd, another rookie with great potential as the winner of the Final Cup of last year in the OKJ category Lucas Fluxa (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 26th, and Gabriel Gomez (CRG Racing Team - CRG - IAME), 27th after winning the Italian championship at the end of August.


• William Go (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing) is relegated to the bottom of the standings in his first qualifying in OK, who does not even register a single timed lap after becoming the first Filipino to get on the podium in a WSK race, on the occasion of the first round of the WSK Euro Series here in Lonato, in the OKJ class.

OKJ: Maciej Gladysz dances in the rain

• The fresh WSK Euro Series runner-up Maciej Gladysz (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex) wants to show his excellent form and starts doing it in the ideal way. Team driver Ricky Flynn Motorsport scores a 1: 05.638 in group 3 and thus wins the absolute pole position. After winning the 2020 WSK Open Cup in the MINI category, the young Pole is still a candidate for the role of great protagonist and has the better of Niklas Schaufler (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) for almost half a second. Last year's WSK Open Cup winner in the MINI category reaffirms his speed skills with second place in the group and fourth overall. Griffin Peebles (Koski Motorsport - Tony Kart - Vortex) also manifests his potential, skilled in finishing third in the group with the best first split time and seventh in the overall standings.


• Shining in group 2 is an extraordinary Petr Ageev (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), who prints a 1: 05.823 and climbs into second overall position. The driver of the Leclerc by Lennox Racing team beats Alfie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex) by just 14 thousandths, increasingly protagonist of the category with second place in the group as well as fifth overall and author of the best performance in the third sector. Third place in the group and eighth in the overall standings is the prerogative of an exceptional Viktor Brandt Smith (Diamond Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who thus presents himself at his debut in a WSK competition.


• After winning both the WSK Champions Cup and last year's WSK Super Master Series in the MINI category, Rene Lammers (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) makes his intentions clear for this season finale. The standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team is the most incisive in group 1 with a 1: 06.224, but is then disqualified because he does not comply with the technical checks due to a defect in his clothing. The young Dutchman thus finds himself 60th in the overall standings, while an excellent Lewis Wherrell (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing) inherits the third overall position, who had stopped the clock just 72 thousandths from Lammers, even signing the best second split time . Salim Hanna Hernandez (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - LN - Vortex) also expresses a remarkable feeling on a wet track, who is the fastest in the third sector and makes him second in the group as well as sixth overall. A surprising Bradley Majman (Shamick Europe - Parolin - TM Racing) earned third place in the group and ninth overall.


• Guy Elbag (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) completes the absolute top ten, scoring the best split second in group 3 and returning to the top of the standings on a track that he seems to like particularly. The Ward Racing team driver precedes the Tony Kart couple formed by Alp Hasan Aksoy (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) and the fresh world champion Enzo Tarnvanichkul (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), respectively 11th and 12 °. After taking the third step of the podium in the 2019 WSK Open Cup in the MINI category, the young Thai man prints the best first sector in group 1 and shows himself determined.


• Jimmy Helias (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) closed the top 15 in the overall standings, 13th at his first appearance with the Energy Corse team, Taym Saleh (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 14th, and Elliot Kaczynski (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), 15th.


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Zhenrui Chi (Beyond Racing Team - KR - TM Racing), 20th overall after finishing the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season on the second step of the podium, the reigning WSK Super Master Series runner-up Kirill Dzitiev (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex), 21st, Scott Lindblom (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 32nd after signing the pole position in the first round of the WSK Euro Series here in Lonato, David Cosma-Cristofor Dries Van Langendonck (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing ), 41st after having amazed the insiders at the world championship on the occasion of his absolute debut in OKJ, the world poleman Kian Fardin (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 43rd, Jindrich Pesl (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 44th after e Gerasim Skulanov (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) won the place of honor both in last year's WSK Open Cup and in the WSK Champions Cup at the start of the season in the MINI category, after turning out to be an actor main in the world championship, Matias Orjuela (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), 48th in the first race with the Leclerc by Lennox Racing team colors after obtaining the third step of the podium in the FIA ​​Karting Academy Trophy, and the winner of the second edition of the “FIA Girls on Track - Rising Stars” program Maria Germano Neto (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 50th.


• After concluding his journey in the MINI with three consecutive wins between WSK Euro Series, WSK Super Cup by MINI and the Italian ACI Karting Championship, Iacopo Martinese (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) makes his debut in OKJ and takes the 29th position in the overall standings . Another MINI protagonist, Christian Costya (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), is also competing in the first race with a 125cc kart, 36th after winning both last year's WSK Euro Series and the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season.


• Having recently returned to the track after the injury sustained at the Zuera circuit at the end of April during the second round of the European championship, Alexander Dahlstrom (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) takes 42nd place overall. The pink share of the Mercedes Junior Team Luna Fluxa (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) is 22nd.


• Martin Molnar (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) is deprived of his seventh place in group 3, to whom the three best times recorded are canceled due to an incorrect maneuver carried out during the session. The driver of the Energy Corse team thus slips to 52nd overall position.

MINI: Bogdan Cosma-Cristofor makes the most of his opportunity

• To make the most of the only session held in dry track conditions is Bogdan Cosma-Cristofor (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), who scored a 53,550 in Group 1 and thus earned the absolute pole position. The Babyrace Driver Academy driver trims just over a tenth to an exceptional Kacper Rajpold (Alonso Kart by Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME), who scores the best performance in both the first and second sectors and climbs to second place in the group as well as to the fifth total. Equally remarkable is the performance of Gioele Carrer (Matteo Carrer - Parolin - IAME), third in the group and ninth in the general classification.


• Ludovico Busso (DR - DR - TM Racing) had already shown his speed with the pole position obtained in La Conca on the occasion of the WSK Super Cup by MINI, but he wanted to reaffirm it under the rain of Lonato. The driver of the DR team is the best interpreter in the first session held on a wet track and takes the second absolute position thanks to a 1: 11.857 in group 2. The young Italian makes the difference and beats William Calleja by more than three tenths ( Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), which is the most incisive in the third sector and remains competitive with second place in the group as well as sixth overall. Kai Johnson (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) also expresses his skills on a wet track, able to place third in the group and tenth in the overall standings.


• To emerge in group 4 is an amazing Roman Kamyab (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), who takes the third position overall with a 1: 11.919. The Babyrace Driver Academy bishop seems to find a special feeling with the rain tires, so much so that he trumps more than half a second to Jack Iliffe (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), still at the top of the standings with the second place in the group and the seventh total. He completes a trident of Parolin Bruno Blanco (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) chassis, which is the fastest in both the first and third sectors and finds himself third in the group as well as 11th in the overall standings.


• Another driver able to shine in the rain is Bruno Gryc (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), who wins in group 3 thanks to a 1: 12.167 and moves to fourth overall position. The standard bearer of the Parolin Motorsport team precedes Augustus Toniolo (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) by only 77 thousandths, who boasts the best second split time and returns to the top of the standings with the second place in the group as well as the eighth overall after having revealed a protagonist of the WSK Super Cup by MINI. Louis Cochet (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME) continues to show excellent potential, third in the group and 12th in the overall standings.


• The absolute top 15 is closed by Vladimir Ivannikov (Gamoto - EKS - TM Racing), 13th and author of the best third intermediate time in group 1 after winning the bronze medal in the WSK Euro Series, winning the first round right here in Lonato, Filippo Sala (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), 14th after having printed the best second sector in group 2, and Ainis Vibriantis (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 15th after having signed the pole position in the second round of the WSK Super Master Series here in Lonato.


• Qualifying slightly below expectations for Iskender Zulfikari (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), 23rd total at his first appearance with the Babyrace Driver Academy after signing the pole position in the first round of the WSK Euro Series here in Lonato, the poleman of the last round of the WSK Euro Series Filippo Pancotti (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), 26th, and Dean Hoogendoorn (Alonso Kart by Kidix - Alonso Kart - IAME), 42nd after climbing on the third step of the podium in the WSK Champions Cup at the beginning of the season and having earned the place of honor in the WSK Super Cup by MINI.


• They give encouraging signals despite being far from the top of the classification Ludovico Mazzola (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), 32nd overall and strong of the best first split time in group 3, and Achille Rea (Patrizia Ferri - KR - IAME), 50 ° after printing the best first sector in group 2.


• Juliusz Ociepa (Gold Kart Racing Team - Righetti Ridolfi - TM Racing) returns to the track after a long period of absence, 21st total at his first appearance with the Gold Kart Racing Team.

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