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Birel ART Racing Team: Beautiful introduction at the Winter Cup

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Podium for Paolo De Conto in KZ2 at the 24th Winter Cup

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In Lonato’s the crowded and competitive Winter Cup, Paolo De Conto’s second place stands out once again in KZ2. Good results also for Pedro Hiltbrand and Gabriel Bortoleto in the OK and Enzo Trulli in the OK Junior. First meeting of the year for the CRG Racing Team in Lonato, at the 24th Winter Cup, in the traditional event the opens the season and that had an excellent number of participants, with 310 drivers coming from 43 countries. An excellent testing ground in view of the FIA Karting international activity.

Big win for Sodi at the Winter Cup

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Sodikart could not have dreamed of a better start for the new season than a victory for the Sodi Racing Team in KZ2 at the Winter Cup. Anthony Abbasse managed to achieve an exceptional result ahead of an international field of nearly 100 drivers, including the top KZ specialists on the formidable Italian circuit of Lonato.

Abbasse (KZ2), Travisanutto (OK), Antonelli (OKJ) and Powell (Mini) take the win in the 24th Winter Cup in Lonato

Abbasse (KZ2), Travisanutto (OK), Antonelli (OKJ) and Powell (Mini) take the win in the 24th Winter Cup in Lonato Read more

The 24th Winter Cup ended with spectacular final stages in Lonato. The International event set a record participation of 310 drivers coming from 43 different countries.

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Live coverage in webstreaming of the 24Th Winter Cup Lonato

Live coverage in webstreaming of the 24Th Winter Cup Lonato Read more

The 24th Lonato Winter Cup scored record numbers again as it will have 319 drivers entered in KZ2, OK, OK-Junior and Mini Rok. The protagonists and the program of the events that will end on Sunday February 17th. The 24th Winter Cup, race to be held in Lonato del Garda (Brescia, Italy), is all set for another important event. After the heats on Saturday, the much awaited finals will get underway on Sunday.

Lonato Winter Cup: the second day devoted to qualifying heats

Lonato Winter Cup: the second day devoted to qualifying heats Read more

A total of 310 drivers coming from 43 Countries set another important record for the 24th Winter Cup. The much awaited finals will get underway on Sunday from 15.00 with live coverage in web streaming.

Lonato, the spectacle of the 24th Winter Cup is on

Lonato, the spectacle of the 24th Winter Cup is on Read more

A total of 310 are contesting the victory of categories KZ2, OK, OK-Junior and Mini Rok at the South Garda Karting Circuit. Qualifying practice and initial heats named the early pace setters. Further heats will follow on Saturday, February 16th, while the final stages will take place on Sunday, February 17th.

The CRG Racing Team season starts with the 24TH Winter Cup

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The classic meeting scheduled for this weekend in Lonato will be the occasion to present the 2019 drivers line up and make an important shakedown in view of the FIA events. With over 300 drivers, the 24th Winter Cup will be a very interesting event and it will give an excellent feedback in view of the FIA races. All the most important teams and drivers of International Karting will be on track and for the KZ2 class, it will be the first general test in view of the World Championship, that will be hosted by this track in September.

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Contrasting weather and lively heats at Lonato
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Contrasting weather and lively heats at Lonato

The evolution of the weather situation has again played an important role in the 18 Qualifying Heats held on Saturday, 3rd October at Lonato. The heavy rain in the morning was followed by sunny weather that allowed the track to dry out. Kremers (NLD) managed to keep the advantage in KZ, Giannoni (ITA) leads in KZ2 and Gubenko in the Academy.

The rain that fell on the circuit of Lonato in the morning can be described as deluges. In view of this exceptional situation, race director Nigel Edwards gave special instructions to the participants. After this difficult period, he made a point of thanking the drivers for their responsible behaviour, especially those in the KZ2 category, which allowed the competition to run smoothly.

In spite of their caution, many drivers did not manage to keep their front fairings in the correct position in the rain and the 5" penalties affected the rankings. As soon as the sun returned, the competitors increased the pace as the racing line and then the track dried and the number of collisions increased accordingly. The current positions in the rankings of the heats were impacted by these two phenomena.

Six heats, three in KZ2, two in Academy and one in KZ, remain to be run on Sunday morning before the Finals and the battle will be of the utmost importance to qualify in a good position before fighting for the titles. The information below is mentioned in anticipation of possible future sporting decisions.

KZ: two victories for Kremers

The poleman Marijn Kremers (NLD) took two important victories in the two Qualifying Heats of the FIA Karting World Championship - KZ. Jeremy Iglesias (FRA) was very consistent with his two third places which allowed him to move ahead of Stan Pex (NLD), who was delayed in Heat 1 and second in the winner's wheeltracks in Heat 2. Not far from this leading trio, Bas Lammers (NLD) and Adrien Renaudin (FRA) were neck and neck.

Gubenko ahead of Zilisch in the Academy

The four heats of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy had four different winners. Alexander Gubenko (RUS) took a slight lead with a second place in addition to his victories, as opposed to a fourth for the others. The consistency of Tom Braeken (BEL) and Matteo De Palo (ITA), with one 2nd and one 3rd place each, allowed them to finish in a tie ahead of the two other winners, Theo Micouris (GBR) and Ivan Dominigues (POR), who are now at the gates of the top five. Fast, but lacking success, Macéo Capietto (FRA) was outside the top 10.

KZ2: Giannoni and Cunati ahead of Gustavsson

It was in the heats of the FIA Karting International Super Cup - KZ2 that the battles and twists and turns were the most frequent among the 99 participants who had twelve races on their programme. Arthur Carbonnel (FRA), who won three consecutive races, crashed in his last heat and left the lead group. Lorenzo Giannoni (ITA) is for the moment in the best position, against Simone Cunati (ITA) on full attack and the poleman Viktor Gustavsson (SWE). Not far behind Matteo Zanchi (ITA), Leonardo Marseglia (ITA) has come back well from his 25th position in Qualifying. Jean Luyet (CHE) managed to get the better of Benjamin Tornqvist (SWE), just in front of Carbonnel.

 

Provisional Programme of the Lonato Competition :

Sunday, 4th October
08:00 - 09:55: Warm-up
10:00 - 11:55: Qualifying Heats
12:55 - 15:50: Finals

 

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