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Two weeks after the second round held on the La Conca circuit (without KZ2), WSK Promotion remains in Southern Italy and moves to Sarno for the third round of the WSK Super Master Series. Excellent DRIVERS turnout in the four international categories competing: 81 in MINI, 80 in OKJ, 58 in OK and 52 in KZ2.
The usual qualifications took place on Friday, and then continued with the first qualifying heats, which will continue throughout the day on Saturday.
KZ2: Juho Valtanen wins the battle for pole position
Similar times for the two KZ2 qualifying groups, where Juho Valtanen (KR Motorsport - KR - TM Racing) came out in pole position with a time of 53.015 in group 2. A few hundredths of a second separate Marijn Kremers (Birel Art Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing) from the Finnish, with the Dutch driver who turns out to be the best in group 1.
Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex), ahead of everyone in the qualifying of the first round of Adria, is 3rd in the combined classification and is reconfirmed as one of the best interpreters on the flying lap. Viktor Gustafsson (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing), currently at the top of the championship drivers’ standings with a win, records the second-best time in group 1 and takes 4th place in the combined standings.
With a tenth of a gap from Valtanen, Senna van Walstijn (CPB Sport - Sodikart - TM Racing) signs the third best time in group 2 and, consequently, is 5th in the combined standings. Proceeding with the classification, we find: Jeremy Iglesias (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing) 6th; Francesco Celenta (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing) 7th; Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) 8th; Paolo Ippolito (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing) 9th; Laurens van Hoepen (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing) 10th.
Third in the championship, Danilo Albanese (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) does not get a good result in qualifying and only reaches 15th place in the combined standings. Better Adrien Renaudin (Sodikart - Sodikart - TM Racing), currently 5th in the drivers' standings, who is 11th.
Stan Pex (KR Motorsport - KR - TM Racing) does not go beyond 25th place, already with his eyes turned to the heats where he will be called to recover several positions in the standings. Alex Irlando (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing), 5th in the championship last year and at the first races with CRG, is 20th.
OK: Arvid Lindblad still the fastest in qualifying
Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) takes pole position with a time of 53.190. The British licensed driver, recent winner of the La Conca round and momentarily 2nd in the championship, precedes teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) in group 2, only 79 thousandths of a second behind; the Italian is therefore third in the combined ranking.
In group 1 slower than the next, Rafael Modonese (DPK Racing - KR - IAME) records the best lap in 53.519, over three tenths of a second from Lindblad's best lap. The Peruvian driver still got a nice 2nd place in the combined standings, running out of points in the first round of Adria and absent in the next round of La Conca.
Andrey Zhinov (Team Komarov - Tony Kart - TM Racing) is very close to his rival Modonese in group 2 but, by a few hundredths of a second, comes behind him in the standings. The Russian driver is therefore 4th in the combined qualifying ranking. Rafael Camara (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), current leader of the drivers' classification and triumphant in the first round of Adria, is “satisfied” with 5th place and is included in the same group A as Lindblad.
Artem Severiukhin (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) is the second-best Tony Kart chassis (and the first Vortex engine) in the general classification: 6th place for the Russian, ahead of Nikola Tsolov (DPK Racing - KR - IAME), 7 °, and to Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 8th. Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (Birel Art Racing - RK - TM Racing), 3rd in the championship, hits the top-10 with 9th place, while compatriot Karol Pasiewicz (Kidix - KR - IAME) finishes 10th.
In a hard-fought qualifying session, Ugo Ugochukwu (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) did not go beyond 11th place. The US licensed driver, who recently signed a contract with McLaren, precedes Ivan Domingues (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing), the first Birel Art chassis that we find in the combined qualifying standings.
Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) records the 7th best time in his qualifying group but, despite the Finnish being faster than Modonese and due to the system of assignment to the heat groups, he is 13th in the ranking combined. Joseph Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) is 16th.
As for some drivers present in the upper floors of the championship standings, Martinius Stenshorne (Leclerc by Lennox Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing) is 15th, while Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TBKART Racing Team - TBKART - TM Racing) is 28th.
OKJ: first pole position of the season for Dion Gowda
First pole position for Dion Gowda (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex) in the 2021 WSK Super Master Series season. The Singapore driver achieved the best lap of 55.109 in qualifying group 2, much faster than Miguel Costa (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME) who, on the contrary, recorded a 55.296.
Konstantin Krapin (Ward Racing - Tony Kart - Vortex) is the best in group 1 with a time of 55.225, but is a tenth slower than Dion. Ricky Flynn Motorsport also obtained the third position in the combined standings with Freddie Slater (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), the fastest in group 3.
With the first three places secured by Dion, Krapin and Slater, behind we find the best seconds of each qualifying group: Costa is 4th, Enzo Deligny (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin -TM Racing) is 5th, instead Douwe Dedecker (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) is 6th.
Good performance by the leader of the championship standings Alex Powell (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME): 7th place for the Jamaican driver, benefited in Sarno from the absence of his rival Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), currently in 2nd place with a win in the first round of Adria but positive result at the COVID-19 test just before the race. Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME), 3rd in the points ranking, can also take advantage of this with 9th place in qualifying.
Brandon Carr (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing) is already in the top 10 in his first seasonal appearance in the WSK Super Master Series and hits 8th place. Luka Sammalisto (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) completes the top ten of the combined standings with 10th place.
Zach David (KR Motorsport - KR - IAME) is 11th with KR Motorsport, ahead of Maciej Gladysz (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), 12th, and the Ricky Flynn Motorsport duo made up of Edgar Anpilogov (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), 13th, and by Maxim Rehm (Ricky Flynn Motorsport - Kosmic - Vortex), 14th.
Tony Kart Racing Team in difficulty, with Alexander Gubenko (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) the best of the official drivers with the 15th place. James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) is only 20th, Harley Keeble (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) is 32nd. Bad performance also for Berta Kean Nakamura (Forza Racing - Exprit - TM Racing), 27th.
MINI: Jimmy Helias in front of everyone (but he's sub-judice)
The results of the MINI class have not yet been confirmed. Jimmy Helias (Tony Kart Racing Team - Tony Kart - Vortex) achieved the best time of all three qualifying groups (a 1’02 "452) but next to his name on the time table there is an asterisk. In the meantime, the eliminatory heats will proceed non-stop.
Waiting to know the verdict of the race marshals, René Lammers (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME) is 2nd in the combined classification, the fastest in group 3 and exactly one tenth of a second behind his rival Helias. Lewis Wherrell (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) finishes at the top of group 1 and is 3rd.
Christian Sanabria Costoya (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing), at the top of the championship after two appointments and with a success in the last round of La Conca, maintains contact with the leaders and climbs to 5th place, beaten in his own qualifying group from Lammers, 2nd in the drivers' standings. After the pole position obtained in Muro Leccese, Sharabian Kian Fardin (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) is “satisfied” with 4th place.
Gerasim Skulanov (CRG Racing Team - CRG - TM Racing) did not find the right pace in qualifying and finished 21st. The Russian, currently 3rd in the championship standings, will have to recover several positions to stay close to his direct rivals Lammers and Costoya. Slightly better positioned Jan Przyrowsky (AVracing - Parolin - TM Racing), 16th in what is his worst qualifying of the season.
Enzo Tarnvanichkul (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME) finishes 6th in the combined standings, ahead of: Alfie Slater (Energy Corse - Energy Corse - TM Racing), 7th; Stepan Antonov (Team Driver Racing Kart - KR - IAME), 8th; Jindrich Pesl (Babyrace Driver Academy - Parolin - IAME), 9th; Emanuele Olivieri (Formula K Serafini - IPK - TM Racing), 10th. Absent instead Tiziano Monza (Sauber Orlen Karting Team - KR - IAME), timeless Dries van Langendonck (Birel Art Racing - Birel Art - TM Racing). Only 33rd Matias Orjuela (Parolin Motorsport - Parolin - TM Racing).