The Qualifying Heats valid for the first round of the WSK Open Cup ended today, thus outlining the starting grids for the pre-finals scheduled for Saturday. From tomorrow we start from scratch, with the drivers who will take to the track for the Qualifying Heats valid for the second round.

KZ2: one-two for Stan Pex

• After yesterday’s excellent qualifying session, Stan Pex (KR Motorsport - KR –TM Racing) is confirmed for now as the driver to beat by winning two heats to which he adds up a second place and a best lap.

   



• The other victory in the category is the one scored yesterday by Senna Van Walstijn (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing), who today scored a second and fourth place that allow him to sit in second in the ranking.

   



• In third place we find Danilo Albanese (KR Motorsport - KR –IAME), who recovers four positions to get ahead of Tom Leuillet (Praga Racing Team - Praga - TM Racing).

   



• Leonardo Marseglia (Marseglia Pasquale - Birel ART - TM Racing), fifth after gaining three positions, precedes Putyatin Vyacheslav (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing) who instead gains seven. The Ukrainian ends the heats ahead of the poleman Viktor Gustavsson (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), who was given a penalty due to the front nose being out of position in the first heat that forced him to chase.

   



• Juho Valtanen (KR Motorsport - KR –TM Racing) also slipped back, eighth after fifth place in qualifying, and Laurens Van Hoepen (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), sixth yesterday and today thirteenth.

OK: Andrey Zhivnov is in the lead

• With a first, a second and a third place, Andrey Zhivnov (Team Komarov - Tony Kart - TM Racing) takes the lead at the end of the heats of the first round, thus overtaking Taylor Barnard (Rosberg Racing Academy - KR - IAME), who instead it collects a first, a second and a seventh place.

   



• Nikolas Pirttilahilati (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), with second place as best result, gains two positions and moves to third place ahead of Marcus Amand (VDK Racing - KR - IAME) and Alfio Spina (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex). After the fourteenth position in qualifying, the Italian recovers until he crosses the finish line in third place in the last manche.

   



• Levente Revesz (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) also recovered nine positions, sixth ahead of Charlie Wurz (Exprit Racing Team - Exprit - Vortex).

   



• Alex Dunne (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), who posted two fastest laps, finished in ninth position after qualifying with the sixth-best time, thanks to a penalty. Outside the top ten, Lorenzo Travisanutto (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - TM Racing) gained 6 positions, while both Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) and Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) lost ground , finishing in 14th and 18th place respectively.

OKJ: Arvid Lindblad recovers and goes on top

• Starting from the fourth spot of the grid, the vice-European champion Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), who won the Super Master Series here in Adria in July, scored two wins and a second place that took him to the command of the ranking. Behind him we find World Champion Freddie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), in clear recovery compared to the 14th place in qualifying.

   



• Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) moves into third position ahead of Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (Birel ART Racing - RK - TM Racing), scorer of a win and a second place until the last heat, where he crossed the finish line in eleventh position.

   



• Yuanpu Cui (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) gains four positions to reach fifth place. Behind him, in this order, we find Manuel Scognamiglio Manuel Scognamiglio (Gamoto - Tony Kart - Vortex), Karol Pasiewicz (Birel ART Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), Tobias Clausen (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), Sebastiano Pavan ( KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) and Harley Keeble (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex). The latter gained 15 positions with respect to the qualification.

   



• Poleman Rintaro Sato (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex) ends out of the top ten, twelfth ahead of James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), who, on his first official outing in the category, scored a victory.

   



• Unlucky day for the European Champion Ugo Ugochukwu (Sauber karting Team - KR - IAME): after the victory in the first heat comes a retirement and a penalty.

MINI: René Lammers is superlative

• René Lammers (Baby Race Driver Academy - Parolin - TM Racing) starting from the sixth row of the grid in all heats, collects three wins, a second place and three fastest laps. The Dutchman thus straightened up a week begun with qualifying below expectations and overtakook Jan Przyrowsky (AV Racing - Parolin - TM Racing) who instead gets two wins, a second and a third place.


• Dries Van Langendonck (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing), the pole sitter and also of a winner of one heat, closes in third position. Behind him there is Salim Hanna Hernandez (Energy Corse - Energy - TM Racing), also with a win in his pocket.


• From fifth to seventh position we find Emanuele Olivieri (Formula K Serafini ASD - IPK - TM Racing), Maciej Gladysz (Parolin Racing Kart - Parolin - TM Racing) and Marcus Saeter (Revolution Motorsport ASD Energy Corse - TM Racing).


• Enzo Tarnvanichkul (Energy Corse - Energy - TM Racing) closes in eighth place after qualifying 26th. Nik Skulac (Praga Racing Team - Prague - TM Racing) and Aleksandar Bogunovic (Gamoto - Tony Kart - TM Racing) round out the top ten.


• Kean Nakamura-Berta (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) and Tiziano Monza (Sauber Karting Team - KR - IAME), respectively 34th and 38th after qualifying, finished in 11th and 12th position. Caleb Gafrarar (Leclerc By Lennox Racing - Birel ART - TM Racing) also gained ground: yesterday 50th and today 20th.

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