The 2026 ROK Cup Superfinal officially gets underway at the South Garda Karting circuit in Lonato del Garda (Italy). The most anticipated event of the ROK Cup season brings together over 300 drivers from around the world, competing across ten categories: Mini ROK U10, Mini ROK, Junior ROK, Senior ROK, Expert ROK, Expert ROK Plus, Super ROK, Shifter ROK, VLR Junior ROK and VLR ROK. Wednesday's qualifying sessions established the first rankings ahead of the qualifying heats.
Mini ROK U10
An incredibly close qualifying session in the Under 10 category sees Bret Westbrook and Jayden Francisco set exactly the same lap time of 55.443 seconds. Pole position goes to Westbrook, while Francisco takes second place. Miguel Spina finishes third, ahead of Leon Giudicelli in fourth and Mikhail Zanochkin in fifth. Ryszard Kocik places sixth, followed by Jack Kotowski in seventh and Adam Diaconu in eighth. Zev Godschalk takes ninth place, while Noah Diamantino is tenth.
Mini ROK
Edoardo Traina claims pole position with a lap time of 55.028 seconds in the second qualifying group. Filippo Frigerio, the fastest driver in the first group, ranks second overall, ahead of Charlie Clarke in third. Natan Lukas takes fourth place, followed by Francesco Petta in fifth and Iker Castro in sixth. Mattia Pellin secures seventh position, ahead of Leo Kralev in eighth, Aleksander Pelikanski in ninth and Thomas Ometto in tenth.
Junior ROK
Iven Ammann takes pole position with a best lap time of 49.131 seconds, recorded in the first qualifying group. Leonardo De Grandi, the fastest driver in the second group, secures second place, followed by David Moscardi in third and Filip Stec in fourth. Adrian Potepa finishes fifth, ahead of Max Boshoff in sixth and Leonard Wcislo in seventh. Aakil Rungta takes eighth place, while Hanzhi Fu and Nicholas Kotowski occupy ninth and tenth positions respectively.
Senior ROK
Riccardo Salemi secures pole position, setting the fastest lap time of 47.519 seconds in the second qualifying group. Remigiusz Samczyk, the quickest driver in the first session, ranks second overall, ahead of Alan Isambard in third and Giovanni Polato in fourth. Riccardo Brangero takes fifth place, followed by Borys Blaszczyk in sixth and Andrea Barbieri in seventh. Mikolaj Kania finishes eighth, ahead of Tomasz Cichoracki in ninth and Ilias Mitaki in tenth.
Expert ROK
Marco Massironi tops the qualifying timesheets with a lap time of 48.552 seconds, securing pole position. Ondrej Kocka finishes second, ahead of Adrian Marcinkiewicz in third and Michele Zampieri in fourth. Daniel Zajac takes fifth place, while Paolo Baselli is sixth. Jiri Nemecek records the seventh-fastest time, ahead of Andrea Sorbello in eighth. Marco Nannavecchia takes ninth place, with Marcel Nowak completing the top ten.
Expert ROK Plus
Tino Donadei takes pole position with a lap time of 49.226 seconds, edging out Gianluca Todeschini by just 59 thousandths of a second. Todeschini finishes second, followed by Gianluca Rubiolini in third, Paolo Zotta in fourth and Cristiano Mantovani in fifth. Gustavo Guissi places sixth, ahead of Raphael Filizola in seventh and Riccardo Pedrola in eighth. Gregory Cazajous records the ninth-fastest time, while Gabriel De Lucca finishes tenth. Francis Yik Ka Chun takes eleventh place, ahead of Pablo Cevallos Sanchez in twelfth.
Super ROK
Giuseppe Gaglianò is the qualifying pole-sitter with a best lap time of 47.153 seconds. Matteo Melis finishes second, ahead of Nicholas Reino in third and Giulio Mazzolini in fourth. Francesco Koci takes fifth place, followed by Matteo Peruccio in sixth and Federico Zanetti in seventh. Blake Nash places eighth, while Mattia D'Abramo and Matteo Lazzarotto finish ninth and tenth respectively.
Shifter ROK
Marco Chiarello sets the fastest time in qualifying, claiming pole position with a lap of 46.290 seconds. Sebastian Janczewski takes second place, followed by Gabriele Bensi in third. Nicola Rossini ranks fourth, ahead of Morgan Knudsen in fifth. Kacper Rajpold finishes sixth, followed by Pietro Camerlengo in seventh and Mateo Moni in eighth. Santiago Aguilar and Dominik Kara complete the top ten in ninth and tenth positions respectively.
VLR Junior ROK
Tommaso Mottarelli secures pole position with a lap time of 52.728 seconds, beating Manuel Enrique Calendi Cardona by just 12 thousandths of a second. Cardona takes second place, followed by Jeronimo Roncancio in third, Davide Di Filippo in fourth and Gael Rampazo in fifth. Colton Schniegenberg finishes sixth, ahead of Carlos Cino in seventh and Alonso San Martin in eighth. Roy Chang records the ninth-fastest time, while Sofia Calderon ranks tenth.
VLR ROK
Pole position goes to Roman Doria, who sets a lap time of 51.443 seconds. Xavier Suarez takes second place, ahead of Lucas Hernandez in third and Pietro Santese in fourth. Federico Albanese records the fifth-fastest time, followed by Antonio Parlapiano in sixth and Diego Ardiles in seventh. Francesca Morice finishes eighth, while Enzo Vidmontiene and Andrea Guerreschi rank ninth and tenth, respectively.