The first racing day in Lonato has been spoiled by the rain in qualifying and in the initial heats. The remaining heats will be on Sunday as the first Prefinals. The final stages will be on Sunday, November 23rd.
The first heats on Friday named the initial protagonists of the third round of the WSK Final Cup at Lonato, following the qualifying practices held in the morning and still under continuous rain, which made the start of the season’s final event even more complicated.
The titles in all categories are at stake after the two previous rounds in Franciacorta and Cremona, and the results of the heats—along with the Prefinals—are becoming particularly important to gain additional points and, naturally, the best starting positions for the Finals in each category scheduled for Sunday, November 23rd.
The initial qualifying heats.
OK-N – Rossi wins the first heat.
In the single OK-N heat that took place, Federico Rossi (AKM Motorsport-Parolin/TM Kart/Vega), who had already secured pole position, took the victory ahead of Riccardo Ferrari (M2 Racing-Gillard/TM Kart) and Peter Stiller (King Racing-KR/Iame). Nicolas Marchesi (Team Driver-KR/Iame), the championship leader, finished fifth.
KZ2 – Bertuca and Van Werven come to the fore.
Two heats went in favor of championship leader Cristian Bertuca (Birelart Racing-TM Kart/LeCont), and two went to the Dutchman Dion Van Werven (CPB Sport-Sodikart/TM Kart), setting the stage for a great duel between them. Also among the top performers were the pole-sitter, the Frenchman Emilien Denner (Formula K SRP-IPK/TM Kart), as well as the Czech Marek Skrivan (CPB Sport-Sodikart/TM Kart), and the Italian Danilo Albanese (Door Motorsport-KR/Iame).
OK-NJ – A confirmation for Jercan.
The Romanian Tudor Jercan (Gulstar Racing-KR/Modena Engines/Vega), who was the fastest in practice, confirmed his winning form in Heat A-B, while the Lithuanian Nojus Stasionis (Modena Kart-Parolin/TM Kart), who is second in the championship, finished third. In the other heat, C-D, the American Lucas Palacio (KR Motorsport-KR/Iame), the championship leader and Franciacorta winner, took the victory, with the Pole Antoni Ociepa (Novalux-Lenzokart/LKE) taking second place.
OK – Pesl and Drummond duel.
The Czech driver Jindrich Pesl (Tony Kart Racing Team-Tony Kart/Vortex/LeCont), championship leader and Franciacorta winner, prevailed in Heat A-B. The pole-sitter, the German Luke Kornder (Ricky Flynn-LN Kart/TM Kart), ended second ahead of the Frenchman Luka Scelles (Victorylane-KR/Iame). The Scot Zac Drummond (Fusion Motorsport-KR/Iame), who won at Cremona, claimed victory in Heat C-D. The Swedish driver Oliver Kinnmark (Koski Motorsport-KR/Iame), who had shown great speed in practice, was forced to retire.
OKJ – Green and Crisan are the two heat winners.
The Englishman Will Green (Prema Racing-KR/Iame/Vega), who set the best time in practice, won Heat A-B ahead of Antoine Venant (VDK Racing-KR/Iame), with Leonardo Gorski (Ricky Flynn-LN Kart/TM Kart) taking third. In Heat C-D, the Canadian Ilie Tristan Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team-Tony Kart/Vortex) won over the Spaniard Daniel Miron Lorente (Fusion Motorsport-KR/Iame) and the Slovakian Alex Molota (Hagemann-Gillard/TM Kart). The championship leader, the Spaniard Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn-LN Kart/TM Kart), finished seventh.
MINI Gr.3 – Perico and Ratajski in the first row.
Niccolò Perico (Team Driver-KR/Iame/Vega) also won his heat after securing pole position in practice. The Italian driver finished ahead of the Spaniard Abraham Schelvis Moron (CRG Racing Team-T-Group/TM Kart) in Heat A-B. The victory in Heat C-D went to the Frenchman Stan Ratajski (BabyRace-Parolin/Iame) over the championship leader, the American Victor Thomas Gorun (Tony Kart Racing Team-Tony Kart/Vortex), who completed a good comeback.
MINI U10 – Papageorgiou and Warakitsupachok win the two heats.
A strong performance was delivered by the young Cypriot Andreas Papageorgiou (CRG Racing Team-T-Group/TM Kart/Vega), who, after taking pole position in practice, also won Heat A-B ahead of the Swede Elton Skalhammar (Ward Racing-Tony Kart/TM Kart). In Heat C-D, the victory went to the Thai driver Phawin Warakitsupachok (BabyRace-Parolin/Iame) over the Pole David Aagten, who was also driving a CRG kart.
The program in Lonato.
Saturday, November 22nd: Warm up, Qualifying heats, Prefinals.
Sunday, November 23rd: Warm up, Prefinals, Finals.