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IT’S SLATER TIME
11. Travisanutto - 12. Longhi - 13. Trefilov - 14. Luyet
15. Andreasson - 16. Rehm - 17. Preuss - 18. Fritsch
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19. Rousseau - 20. Imbourg - 21. Schuring - 22. D’Auria
23. Orlov - 24. Holzem J. - 25. Zucco - 26. Bolvino
27. Gubenko - 28. Kawer - 29. Turkin - 30. Gallasin
31. Taylor - NC. Nosov
11. Paparo - 12. Pescador - 13. Spirgel - 14. Maximilian
15. Luyet - 16. Skrivan - 17. Piccini - 18. Carrara - 19. Nilsson
20. Pasiewicz - 21. Ekelchik - 22. Holzem S. - 23. Anurag
24. Bosetto - 25. Wanegue - 26. Gerhards - 27. Celenta
28. Negrutsa - 29. David - 30. D’Alessandro - 31. Kacirek
11. Longhi - 12. Civico Espona - 13. Pescador
14. Travisanutto - 15. Nomblot - 16. Vasile - 17. Andreasson
18. Carbonnel - 19. Luyet J. - 20. Paparo - 21. Tonteri
22. Putiatin - 23. Hiltbrand - 24. Ekelchik - 25. Celenta
26. Fritsch - 27. Trefilov - 28. Preuss - 29. Spirgel - 30. Rehm
31. Orlov - 32. Ebner - 33. Foteev - 34. Van Walstijn
35. Luyet S. - 36. Leuillet
In his fourth appearance in the KZ2 category, Freddie Slater (Birel Art/TM) achieves his longawaited first triumph. The British driver is very fast right from the get-go during the qualifying practice, where he attains the best lap time of the 2nd session and second spot in the overall combined standings. This is preceded only by Emilien Denner (Sodikart/ TM). Cristian Bertuca (Birel Art/TM) and Giuseppe Palomba (Birel Art/TM) overtake the English and French drivers in the standings at the end of the qualifying heats. Yet Denner’s response is not long in coming. The Sodikart driver wins the prefinals A race and takes the second spot on the starting grid, with Palomba in the pole position and Bertuca in third slot. After the beginning of the weekend’s decisive events, Palomba, Denner and Bertuca maintain their starting positions, followed by Tom Leuillet (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Slater. On lap 2, Denner is overtaken by Bertuca and, after a few corners, a contact with Leuillet (who withdraws from the race) sets him back several positions. Subsequently, Bertuca, Slater and Matteo Viganò (Birel Art/TM) oust Palomba and joust for the victory. In the end, after taking the lead of the race in the second to last lap, Slater triumphs, ahead of Viganò (second) and Bertuca (third).
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Alla quarta presenza nella categoria KZ2, Freddie Slater (Birel Art/TM) ottiene il tanto atteso primo successo. Il britannico è velocissimo già a partire dalle prove cronometrate, dove ottiene il miglior tempo del gruppo 2 e il secondo posto nella classifica combinata, preceduto dal solo Emilien Denner (Sodikart/TM). Cristian Bertuca (Birel Art/ TM) e Giuseppe Palomba (Birel Art/TM) scavalcano l’inglese e il francese in classifica al termine delle qualifying heat. Ma la risposta di Denner non si fa attendere. Il pilota Sodikart vince la prefinale A e ottiene il secondo posto sulla griglia di partenza della finale, con Palomba in pole position e Bertuca in terza posizione. Al via della gara decisiva del weekend, Palomba, Denner e Bertuca mantengono le loro posizioni di partenza, seguiti da Tom Leuillet (Tony Kart/Vortex) e Slater. Al 2° giro, Denner subisce il sorpasso di Bertuca e, dopo poche curve, un contatto con Leuillet (che si ritira) lo arretra di diverse posizioni. Successivamente, Bertuca, Slater e Matteo Viganò (Birel Art/TM) spodestano Palomba e si giocano la vittoria: alla fine, dopo aver preso il comando della corsa solo alla penultima tornata, trionfa Slater, davanti a Viganò (secondo) e Bertuca (terzo).
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11. Molnar - 12. Gladysz - 13. Olivieri - 14. Poulain
15. Saeter - 16. Bergstrom - 17. Chi - 18. Costa - 19. Verbrugge
20. Olivieri - 21. Apicella - 22. Michailidis - 23. Kastelic
24. Tye - 25. Hideg - 26. Kamenik - 27. Karhan - 28. Jingxuan
29. Ryan - 30. Vakhovskiy - 31. Hedfors - 32. Morgatto
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Right at the crucial moment of the weekend, Luigi Coluccio (Tony Kart/Vortex) takes over the lead and wins the race. Initially, the Italian keeps himself in the shadows and finishes sixth in Friday’s qualifying practice, while teammate James Egozi (Tony Kart/ Vortex) takes the pole position, with René Lammers (Parolin/TM) in the second slot. Two other drivers stand out in the qualifying heats: Jan Przyrowski (Tony Kart/Vortex) and David Walther (Tony Kart/ Vortex), respectively conquering first and second place in the intermediate standings, ahead of Egozi and Lammers. The prefinals change around the positions of everyone in the event, this time with Walther as the new leader and Egozi in the role of first runner up. In the final, Walther maintains the lead after the first corner, with Przyrowski, Coluccio, Egozi and Lammers right on his heels, its bumper-tobumper driving at its best. Among these, Coluccio stands out: in the middle of the race he grabs the top spot and run away, untouched, towards the victory. Lammers wins the battle for the second place, while Egozi fights for the third position that endorses him ahead of everyone else in the overall championship season final.
Proprio nel momento decisivo del weekend, Luigi Coluccio (Tony Kart/Vortex) emerge dal gruppo e vince. Inizialmente, l’italiano si tiene nell’ombra e ottiene il sesto posto nelle qualifiche di venerdì, mentre il compagno di squadra James Egozi (Tony Kart/Vortex) sigla la pole position, con René Lammers (Parolin/TM) in seconda posizione. Nelle qualifying heat si mettono in mostra altri due piloti: Jan Przyrowski (Tony Kart/Vortex) e David Walther (Tony Kart/Vortex) conquistano rispettivamente il primo e il secondo posto nella classifica intermedia, davanti a Egozi e a Lammers. Le prefinali rimescolano di nuovo i valori in campo, stavolta con Walther come nuovo leader ed Egozi nel ruolo di primo inseguitore. Nella finale, Walther mantiene il comando dopo la prima curva, con Przyrowski, Coluccio, Egozi e Lammers subito alle calcagna. Tra questi svetta proprio Coluccio: a metà corsa agguanta la leadership della gara e vola indisturbato verso la vittoria. Lammers la spunta nella bagarre per il secondo posto, invece Egozi conquista la terza posizione che lo conferma davanti a tutti in campionato.
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