The FA Alonso Kart squad delivered a solid race in the OK Senior final, with spectacular action on track after a chaotic start; our drivers have been close for the entire race, fighting back to the top with an amazing progression!

Malek was our best placed driver as the checkered flag waved; P6 for him, confirming his solid growth over the course of these first races of the season! Tsolov followed in P7, again with a solid performance, despite getting involved in a contact in the beginning of the race.

Next we had Modonese in P8 (who scored a sensational P2 in qualifying on Friday), Fittipaldi P9, Pasiewicz P11, Leistra P14 and Del Pino P21.

Positive weekend for Burgoyne in OKJ, who gained 10 places during the final and finished in P23, while his teammates Kastelic and Fluxa both were unlucky during the intermediate stages of the competition, just like Hoogendoorn and Gaspar (60 Mini).

The Team is now focusing on the next race in Lonato!

Kart Republic – FA Racing Press Release

L'entrada 4 FA drivers into the top10 in Sarno ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

The third round of WSK Super Master Series has been successful both in terms of participation and spectacle. The race was housed by the new 1550 meters long International Circuit Napoli in Sarno (Salerno, ITA) with 271 drivers on track from 47 nations out of the entered 300.

Kremers takes the win in KZ2, Valtanen the lead of the championship

Several twists enlivened KZ2 where, eventually, the Dutch Marijn Kremers (BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Racing) took the win in an exciting finale after winning Prefinal/B. He led the KR Motorsport pairing made by the Finn Juho Valtanen (KR-TM Racing), who won Prefinal/A, and the Italian Danilo Albanese (KR-Iame).

The other Italian Giuseppe Palomba (BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Racing) was fourth and the Finn Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) fifth.

The Italian Francesco Celenta (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing) and the French Adrien Renaudin (Sodikart/Sodikart-TM Racing) did not finish due to an incident, while other protagonists like the classification leader from Sweden Viktor Gustavsson (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelART-TM Racing) and the Italian Alex Irlando (CRG Racing Team/CRG-TM Racing) were out of the games already in the Prefinal.

Final KZ2: 1. Kremers; 2. Valtanen; 3. Albanese; 4. Palomba; 5. Puhakka; 6. Longhi; 7. Ippolito; 8. Marseglia; 9. Hiltbrand; 10. Iglesias.

KZ2 classification: 1. Valtanen points 174; 2. Kremers 131; 3. Gustavsson 101; 4. Albanese 100; 5. Puhakka 93.

Antonelli back to the victory in OK. Camara keeps the lead

Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) was back to the victory in a WSK event after winning last year the WSK Euro Series.

The Italian driver has been perfect both in Prefinal-A and in the Final, dominating the two races from lights to flag, while his teammate from Brazil Rafael Camara won Prefinal-B, but then was relegated from P2 to P4 by a 3s time penalty in the Final, a result that allowed him to retain the classification lead. The other two podium positions went therefore to the Finn Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) and the Russian Artem Severiukhin (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex). The Czech driver Igor Cepil (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) was fifth instead.

Final OK: 1. Antonelli; 2. Taponen; 3. Severiukhin; 4. Camara; 5. Cepil; 6. Malek; 7. Tsolov; 8. Modenese; 9. Fittipaldi; 10. Turney.

OK classification: 1. Camara points 255; 2. Antonelli 196; 3. Taponen 157; 4. Lindblad 145; 5. Severiukhin 123.

Russian drivers leads in new Sarno’s track; Kutskov wins from Popov. Powell leads the championship

Russian drivers have been shining in OK-Junior after the Japanese Kean Nakamura Berta (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Racing) and the French Enzo Deligny (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing) had the upper hand in the two Prefinals. The Russian Kirill Kutskov (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) and his fellow-countryman Maksimilian Popov (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex) bounced back in the Final dominating it.

The third place went to Singapore’s Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) who led the Belgian teammate Douwe Dedecker. Dedecker ended fifth winning the sprint to the line with the other KR Motorsport, the Jamaican Alex Powell, who confirmed his classification lead.

Final OKJ: 1. Kutskov; 2. Popov; 3. Bohra; 4. Dedecker; 5. Deligny; 6. Powell; 7. Slater; 8. Krapin; 9. Keeble; 10. Sammalisto.

OKJ classification: 1. Powell points 180; 2. Bohra 160; 3. Kutskov 123; 4. Popov 122; 5. Slater 101.

Maiden win for Olivieri in MINI. The championship still in Costoya’s hands.

The MINI Final has been uncertain and hard fought. This time the victory went to the young Italian Emanuele Olivieri (Formula K Serafini/IPK-TM Racing), who claimed his maiden win in a WSK event. Olivieri pipped the Czech Jindrich Pesl (Baby Race/Parolin-Iame) and the Brit Lewis Wherrell (Team Driver/KR-Iame) in the brand-new Sarno layout.

The Dutch René Lammers (Baby Race/Parolin-Iame) was among the quickest and slipped down to P4 in the closing stages, while the French Jimmy Helias (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) was fifth.

The classification is still sub-judice due to the appeal to the decision to exclude Helias from qualifying early into the weekend. The Spanish classification leader Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing) was eighth after winning Prefinal-A and leading the central part of the Final.

Final MINI (sub-judice): 1. Olivieri; 2. Pesl; 3. Wherrell; 4. Lammers; 5. Helias; 6. Orjuela; 7. Ivannikov; 8. Costoya; 9. Slater; 10. Tarnvanichkul.

MINI classification (sub-judice): 1. Costoya points 195; 2. Lammers 192; 3. Olivieri 146; 4. Orjuela 124; 5. Skulanov 120.

L'entrada Victory to Kremers, Antonelli, Kutskov and Olivieri in Sarno ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

The positive trend of WSK events continues with record figures also at the third round of the WSK Super Master Series that will get underway at the International Circuit Napoli in Sarno (Salerno, ITA) on March 25-28th. This participation result has never been reached by an International Series in the four entitled categories MINI, OKJ, OK and KZ2. The race on the new track of Sarno follows the success scored by the opener in Adria and that of the second round in La Conca.

Gustafsson leads KZ2

KZ2 will resume with the classification led by the Swede Viktor Gustafsson (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelART-TM Racing), who won in Adria and totaled 89 points so far. He is followed by the Finn Juho Valtanen (KR Motorsport/KR-TM Racing) at 68 and the Italians Danilo Albanese (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) at 41 and Francesco Celenta (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing) at 35. The French Adrien Renaudin (Sodikart/Sodikart-TM Racing) is one point short at 34.

Camara leads OK, but Lindblad is closing in

In OK, after the first two rounds held in Adria and La Conca, the classification lead is held by the Brazilian Rafael Camara (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) at 164 points, but his teammate from Britain Arvid Lindblad is closing in at 136 points, thanks to the victory in the round in La Conca. The third position is currently occupied by the Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (BirelART Racing/RK-TM Racing) at 77 points. He is followed by Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) at 64 and the Finn Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) at 60.

Powell leads Al Dhaheri in OKJ

In OK-Junior the Jamaican Alex Powell (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) made a big leap forward in the classification thanks to the victory he claimed in La Conca, while the classification of the United Arab Emirates’ driver Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing) suffered a heavy blow due to the retirement in the Prefinal of La Conca after the victory in Adria. Powell took therefore the lead of the standings at 108 points, Al Dhaheri follows him at 94 and the Asian Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) is third at 91. The latter proceeds his teammate from Brazil Matheus Ferreira, who stands at 81 and the German Maxim Rehm (Ricky Flynn/Kosmic-Vortex) at 75.

Costoya is the new leader of MINI

The challenge is tight also in MINI that has a lot of strong title contenders. The lead of the standings is currently held by the Spanish driver Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin/TM Racing) who totaled 127 points thanks to the win in La Conca from his teammate from Colombia Matias Orjuela, who was pipped at the flag by 0.009s. The winner in Adria from Holland René Lammers (Baby Race/Parolin-Iame) is second at 119 points and the Russian Gerasim Skulanov (CRG Racing Team/CRG-TM Racing) third at 114. The Pole Jan Przyrowsky (AV Racing/Parolin-TM Racing) is fourth at 107 points, Orjuela fifth at 88.

The program of WSK Super Master Series Rd.3, Sarno

Friday, March 26: 10:50 Qualifying practice, 13:00 Qualifying heats;
Saturday, March 27: 10:00 Qualifying heats;
Sunday, March 28: 10:50 Prefinals; 14:20 Final OK; 14:50 Final MINI, 15:20 Final KZ2, 15:50 Final OKJ.

L'entrada 300 drivers expected in Sarno for the WSK Super Master Series ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

Even though the KZ-2 class didn’t race this weekend, more than 170 drivers from 44 different nations took on the Italian track. The missing class will be back for the next race in Sarno, the 28^th of March, and will be at Lonato as well for the final round of the Championship.

Lindblad wins the race, but doesn’t lead the Champioship.

British driver Arvid Lindblad set the fastest time on Saturday, so his win was a safe bet. Come the final, there was several drivers on the lead, initially being Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) who started in front of the grid. Classification leader and teammate Rafael Camara (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) overtook Antonelli for the lead, but he wouldn’t be in first place until the end. KR Motorsport driver Arvid Lindblad overtook Camara and kept his lead until the checkered flag. Camara finished in second, what was a relief for his Championship campaign. Now, the Brazilian is still on the lead with 164 points, followed by race winner Lindblad with 136. Third position went to Tymotheus Kucharczyk (BirelART Racing/RK-TM Racing) and Joseph Turney (Tony Kart Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex) was right at the gates of a podium in P4. Once pole sitter Antonelli finished in fifth. The top 10 were completed by Spina, Taponen, Malek, Zhivnov and Bertuca.

Powell wins in OKJ and snatches the lead.

Jamaican Alex Powell (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) imposed himself on the final and lead all laps, proving that P2 in the first race on Saturday was the exception. Singapore’s Akshay Bohra, who was the fastest on Saturday, had to settle for second, but he can leave La Conca knowing he’s just three points behind second on the Championship Al Dhaheri, who didn’t make it to the end after an incident on Prefinal A.

Brazilian Matheus Ferreira finished on the last step of the podium for KR Motorsport, followed by Russian Tigran Bunatyan (Team Komarov/Tony Kart-TM Racing) and compatriot Miguel Costa (Sauber/KR-Iame) in P5. The rest of the top 10 were Dedecker, Gubenko, Eyckmans, Deligny and Popov.

Costoya wins in MINI for the lead.

A lot of lead changes in the smallest class brought a dramatic end to the weekend, where Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing) snatched the race win from teammate Matias Orjuela by just 0.009s after a hard-fought battle on track. The Spaniard is now leading the Championship ahead of Rene Lammers (Baby Race/Parolin-Iame), who couldn’t replicate his results at Adria and finished in fifth. Ahead of Lammers, Russian Gerasim Skulanov (CRG Racing Team/CRG-TM Racing) finished 3^rd, followed by his compatriot Vladimir Ivannikov (Drago Corse/Parolin-TM Racing). The top 10 was completed by Sauber, Olivieri, Przyrowsky, Tarnvanichkul and Schaufler.

The following rounds of the WSK Super Master Series are:

Round 3 – SARNO 28-03-21 – MINI-OKJ-OK-KZ2

Round 4 – LONATO 25-04-21 – MINI-OKJ-OK-KZ2

L'entrada POWELL, COSTOYA AND LINDBLAD WIN THE WSK SUPER MASTER SERIES ROUND AT LA CONCA ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

Qualifying practice and the subsequent heats provided the first indications on Friday ahead of the final stages of the second round of the WSK Super Master Series that is underway at the World Circuit La Conca (Muro Leccese, ITA). Following the Covid-19 protocol and according to the ACI Sport regulations, the event is run behind closed doors.

In this second round more than 170 drivers are challenging each other in category MINI, OKJ and OK, and several new drivers came to the fore after the recent opener in Adria. In this occasion KZ2 is not present, but it will be back in Sarno on March 28th and then at the grand finale of the WSK Super Master Series in Lonato on April 25th.

Lindblad posts the pole position time in OK. The first two heats go to Tsolov and Cepil instead.
The British driver Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) secured the pole position in OK with a best time of 44.459s. He was followed by his teammate from Czech Republic Igor Cepil, who posted the quickest time of Series-2 in 44.699s. The Finn Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) was also among the fastest and came second in Series-1 in 44.781s, while the Norwegian Martinius Stenshorne (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelART-TM Racing) was second in Series-2 in 44.702s.
Heats. The first heat (C-E) has lived on an exciting duel for the top and the Bulgarian Nikola Tsolov (DPK/KR-Iame) eventually pipped the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) by 0.067s. The third place was also decided in the sprint to the line and Taponen proceeded Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) by 0.069s. Cepil won the second heat leading Alfio Andrea Spina (Tony Kart/Vortex) who put in a good comeback race, while Stenshorne was third.

Pole position and one heat to Bohra in OKJ. The other heats to Walther, Gubenko and Powell.
Three qualifying series took place in OK-Junior. The quickest of all was Singapore’s Akshay Bohra (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) who topped Series-1 in 46.180s. The Russian Alexander Gubenko (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) was the quickest in Series-2 with a best time of 46.259s, while the Dane David Walther (Koski Motorsport/Tony Kart-Vortex) was the fastest of Series-3 in 46.264s.
Heats. In the first heat (C-E), the victory went to Walther, who led Alex Powell (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame). The victory of the second heat (B-D) was claimed by Gubenko, while the Brazilian Matheus Ferreira (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) had the best of his teammate from China Yuanpu Cui as the two ended respectively second and third. Bohra confirmed his speed in the heat A-E leading his two teammates from Russia at Team Komarov, Tigran Bunatyan and Anatoly Khavalkin. The Jamaican Alex Powell (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) bounced back in the C-D heat taking the win ahead of his teammate Ferreira and the American James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex).

Fardin sets the pole position time in MINI. Van Langendonck and Skulanov take the win in the heats.
In the second of the three qualifying series of MINI, Kian Fardin Sharabian (Team Driver/KR-Iame) posted the overall fastest time in 51.639s, while Jacopo Martinese (CMT/Parolin-TM Racing) was the fastest of Series-1 in 51.884s and Davide Bottaro (AV Racing/Parolin-TM Racing) topped the charts of Series-3 in 52.015s.
Heats. The first of the two qualifying heats saw the Belgian Dries Van Langendonck (BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Racing) taking the win from the British driver Alfie Slater (Energy Corse/Energy-TM Racing) who completed a good race as Singapore’s Tiziano Monza (Sauber/KR-Iame) that ended third. The second heat was won by the Russian Gerasim Skulanov (CRG Racing Team/CRG-TM Racing) at the end of a comeback run. He eventually led the Turkish driver Alp Aksoy (Baby Race/Parolin-Iame) and the Pole Jan Przyrowsky (AV Racing/Parolin-TM Racing). Martinese was fourth instead.

The program of WSK Super Master Series Rd.2, La Conca
Saturday, March 13th: 8:40 Free practice, 10:40 Qualifying heats;
Sunday, March 14th: 8:40 Free practice, 10:40 Prefinals; 14:00 Final OKJ; 14:30 Final OK; 15:00 Final MINI.

Press Release

L'entrada Qualifying of the second round of WSK Super Master Series is on in La Conca ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

The fifth edition of the IAME Winter Cup, organized by RGMMC, gathered once again the best IAME teams and drivers in Mini, Junior, and Senior classes on the Kartodromo Valencia. While the Spanish track remained dry on Friday and Saturday, rain came spicing up Sunday’s Prefinals and Finals, bringing the best out of the competitors in each field. Some of them were able to make a difference in the most crucial moments, like Roman Kamyab achieving his first international success in Mini, Bart Harrison winning the Junior class for the second season in a row, and Dean MacDonald leading the Senior Final from lights to flag!

Senior

Daniel Nogales (Kart Republic Spain) set the fastest time of the Senior class, the most crowded field with up to 60 entrants. Sam Balota (Dan Holland Racing) was second-best ahead of Dean MacDonald (Strawberry Racing). The GT car driver started his weekend on the right foot with a first heat win on the same day, followed by a second place and two more victories, which gave him the provisional lead on Saturday evening. Sunday morning’s Prefinal went to Kimber ahead MacDonald and Clayton Ravenscroft (KR Sport), pulling off a 13-place recovery!

Second overall last season, MacDonald turned into domination mode for this year’s Final! Thanks to his better start, the Brit rapidly built a gap and led the 20-lap race from lights to flag, emulating his win of 2019. As the leader could not be caught again, Kimber had to make do with second place ahead of Westover.

Junior

William Macintyre (KR Sport) emerged quickest in Friday’s Qualifying ahead of Louis Leveau (Monlau Competicion), followed by Ivan Arias Chavarri (AC Motorsport) and Adria Mustienes Gil (Kidstowin). Macintyre kept the lead after the heats with two wins. Kanato Le (Fusion Motorsport) came to the fore in second position in front of Arias Chavarri, winner of the penultimate heat on Saturday. In Sunday’s Prefinal, Le made good use of the drying conditions and passed Macintyre for victory, with Robinson diving through for second place.

In Sunday’s Final, Robinson started well at lights out before Le took the lead back in the opening lap. While the Brit quickly built himself a one-second gap, Harrison was equally fast in fighting his way through the pack. From the third row of the grid, he climbed to second and launched a successful move on Le close to half-race. Once in the lead, Harrison kept all doors shut, which allowed a recovering Marcus Luzio (KR Sport), 10th on the grid, to close in on Le. In the last lap, the latter went off the track, let Luzio through for second, but was able to keep the third spot. Unaware of the drama behind him, Harrison could savour his second Winter Cup win in a row. Le was eventually classified as runner-up following a penalty for Luzio, with Macintyre completing the podium.

Mini

The Qualifying session of the Mini category saw the local drivers top the timesheet with Sandro Perez Sanchez (MDC Racing) on pole, followed by Raul Zunzarren Perez (Monlau Competicion) and Alejandro Martinez (Praga Racing). The eliminatory races led to a close fight between Perez Sanchez and Zunzarren Perez. While each driver won twice, the former claimed the first place, followed by a single point by Zunzarren Perez, with Martinez and Roman Kamyab (Privateer) third and fourth. In Sunday’s Prefinal, the leading order was turned upside down with Zunzarren Perez retiring after some troublesome opening laps, Martinez being disqualified and Perez Sanchez going from first to fourth against Sacha Van’t Pad Bosch (Fusion), Kamyab, and Luuk Taal (Fusion Motorsport).

The Minis were the first out on track for their final race on Sunday afternoon. While Van’t Pad Bosch kept his advantage at the start, Taal went past Kamyab for second place but the Brit quickly made his way up to first and kept the whole 15-lap race under control! Despite his efforts, Van’t Pad Bosch had to make do with second place with Taal completing the top 3.

IAME Winter Cup Awards

The three class winners Roman Kamyab, Bart Harrison, and Dean MacDonald were awarded the full IAME Euro Series entry, as well as the driver pack, while the drivers in second place were awarded entry and driver pack for 2 IAME Euro Series races, and the 3^rd place one race each.

Press Release

L'entrada Kamyab, Harrison and Mcdonald are the 2021 Iame Winter Cup Champions ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

The International karting week after the Covid-19 emergency has been a good participation success and produced a lot of spectacle in the two final rounds of WSK Super Master Series held at the Adria Karting Raceway.

The presence in this long week started on Monday, June 29th has been great in this event that followed a new format. A total of 182 drivers ran round three that ended on Saturday and 186 the closing round of the series on Sunday, July 5th. They came from 34 different countries to compete in the four categories KZ2, OK, OK-Junior and MINI.

The finals of the third round on Saturday defined the main protagonists of the WSK Super Master Series and the values shown were confirmed in the final round on Sunday.

The 2020 titles went to Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) in KZ2, Nikita Bedrin (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) in OK, Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega) in OKJ and Dmitry Matveev (Energy Corse/Energy-TM Racing-Vega) in MINI.

THE RACES – PREFINALS

In the first of the two KZ2 prefinals, the news regarded the retirement of some strong contenders like the Italian Matteo Viganò (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega), who had claimed the podium on Saturday. Prefinal-A went to Riccardo Longhi (BirelArt Racing/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega). Prefinal-B saw the Finn Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) winning again.

In OK, the Russian Nikita Bedrin  (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) won Prefinal-A again and Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Bridgestone) alike in Prefinal-B.

Prefinal-A of OK-Junior was won by the American Ugo Ugochukwu (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Bridgestone), Prefinal-B by the classification leader from Britain Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega).

Mini’s Prefinal-A went to the Dutch Renè Lammers (Baby Race/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega), while the Japanese Kean Nakamura Berta (Team Driver Racing Kart/KR-Iame-Vega) won Prefinal-B from the Russian classification leader Dmitry Matveev (Energy Corse/Energy-TM Racing-Vega).

THE RACES – FINALS

KZ2 VICTORY AND TITLE TO SIMO PUHAKKA

The Finn Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) did not have too many problems to win the final races and secure the WSK Super Master Series 2020 title finding his way past the previous leader from Italy Giuseppe Palomba (BirelArt Racing/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega), who closed the race in fourth place  and was second in the Championship.

On the podium next to Puhakka were the Italians Fabian Federer (SRP Racing Team/Maranello TM Racing-Vega) and Palomba’s teammate Riccardo Longhi (BirelArt Racing/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega). The fifth place went to the other BirelArt driver Alex Irlando.

Race classification: 1. Puhakka; 2. Federer; 3. Longhi; 4. Palomba; 5. Irlando; 6. Renaudin; 7. Pex Stan; 8. Albanese; 9. Nomblot; 10. Gustafsson.

Championship classification: 1. Puhakka points 295; 2. Palomba 267; 3. Federer 195; 4. Longhi 176; 5. Irlando 169.

NIKITA BEDRIN WINS OK

In OK the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Bridgestone) and the Spaniard Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) were among the front runners, but the Russian Nikita Bedrin (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) slid in among them and soon after the start he had clear way.

Antonelli was involved in an incident that made him lose several positions, while Hiltbrand suffered from rib pain and retired early on.

Bedrin did not have too many problems to dominate the race and this victory earned him the title. Behind him, United Arab Emirates’ driver Jamie Day (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelArt-TM Racing-Bridgestone) secured P2 in the closing stages overtaking the Brazilian Rafa Camara (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Racing-Bridgestone).

The Brazilian Matheus Morgatto (Parolin/Parolin-TM Racing-Bridgestone) was fourth and led the Brit Joe Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) and the Italian Luigi Coluccio (Kosmic Racing Dep/Kosmic-Vortex-Bridgestone).

Race classification: 1. Bedrin; 2. Day; 3. Camara; 4. Morgatto; 5. Turney; 6. Coluccio; 7. Ten Brinke; 8. Barnard; 9. Gray; 10. Vant Hoff.

Championship classification: 1. Bedrin points 311; 2. Antonelli 280; 3. Hiltbrand 254; 4. Turney 243; 5. Bernard 222.

UGOCHUKWU WINS THE OKJ RACE, LINDBLAD THE TITLE

The American Ugo Ugochukwu (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega) won the closing final of the long week of OKJ in Adria. He always kept the lead and was followed by his teammate Alfio Andrea Spina.

The championship was won by the other KR Motorsport driver, the Brit Arvid Lindblad, who was third in the race and confirmed his place on top of the classification since the second round in Lonato.

Behind the three KR Motorsport drivers, the Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (BirelArt/RK-TM Racing-Vega) was fourth and led the other KR driver from Russia Miron Pingasov and the British driver Maxwell Dodds (Parolin Racing Kart/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega).

Race classification: 1. Ugochukwu; 2. Spina; 3. Lindblad; 4. Kucharczyk; 5. Pingasov; 6. Dodds; 7. Slater; 8. Badoer; 9. Pasiewicz; 10. Cepil.

Championship classification: 1. Lindblad points 398; 2. Pasiewicz 260; 3. Badoer 248; 4. Spina 246; 5. Ugochukwu 243.

GOOD WIN FOR NAKAMURA IN MINI, AS MATVEEV TAKES THE TITLE

The young Japanese Kean Nakamura Berta (Team Driver/KR-Iame-Vega) won the closing final of WSK Super Master Series in MINI after shining in several occasions. Nakamura secured a strong win at the end of a nice race in which he found his way past the Russian Dmitry Matveev (Energy Corse/Energy-TM Racing-Vega) at the last lap.

The second place of the latter was anyway enough for taking the title. The third place went to the Pole Maciej Gladysz (Parolin Racing Kart/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega). The American James Egozi (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) was fourth and the Slovenian Mark Kastelic (Team Driver/KR-TM Racing-Vega) fifth.

Race classification: 1. Nakamura; 2. Matveev; 3. Gladysz; 4. Egozi; 5. Kastelic; 6. Hideg; 7. Apicella; 8. Saeter; 9. Lammers; 10. Peebles.

Championship classification: 1. Matveev; 2. Nakamura; 3. Gladysz; 4. Skulanov; 5. Lammers.

Next round:  the opener of WSK Euro Series from July 8th to 12th at the International Circuit Napoli in Sarno.

WSK Press Release

L'entrada Puhakka, Bedrin, Lindblad and Matveev the new Super Master champions ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

The Final stages of this exciting WSK Super Master Series has started after the restart post Covid-19 emergency at the Adria Karting Raceway. This event spanned a whole week dedicated to the third and fourth round that will end this WSK Promotion’s championship.

Prefinals and Finals for the third round of the series of KZ2, OK, OKJ and MINI took place on Saturday, July 4th. These finals awarded big points valid for the classification ahead of the final act of the 2020 WSK Super Master Series on Sunday.

PREFINALS

In the two Prefinals of each category, the victories went respectively to the Italian Matteo Viganò (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega) and to the Finn Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) in KZ2, to the Russian Nikita Bedrin (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) and the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Bridgestone) in OK, to the other Italian Brando Badoer (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega) and to the Brit Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega) in OK-Junior, to the Dutch Rene Lammers (Baby Race Driver Academy/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega) and the Australian Griffin Peebles (AV Racing/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega) in MINI.

FINALS

PUHAKKA WINS ROUND 3 IN KZ2 AND ATTACKS PALOMBA

In KZ2, the Finn Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) dominated the scene after overtaking Paolo Ippolito (CRG-TM Racing-Vega), who managed to climb on top.

Puhakka did not leave the top of the race since lap 4 and was chased at the flag after 20 laps by a charging Stan Pex (KR Motorsport/KR-TM Racing-Vega) and by a strong Matteo Viganò (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega) that completed the podium.

Ippolito was fourth and led Giuseppe Palomba (BirelArt Racing/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega), who is still on top of the classification and 40 points clear of Puhakka.

Riccardo Longhi (BirelArt Racing/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega) run a strong race and ended sixth leading the Swede Vikctor Gustafsson (Leclerc by Lennox/BirelArt-TM Racing-Vega) and the French Adrien Renaudin, who was the first of Sodikart drivers.

KZ2 classification: 1. Palomba points 183; 2. Puhakka 143; 3. Viganò 102; 4. Irlando 96; 5. Pex Stan 85.

ANTONELLI IS THE NEW LEADER OF OK

In OK, the Russian Nikita Bedrin (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) confirmed to be the strongest driver of the category and won the final after winning Prefinal-A.

A good  step forward in the classification was made by the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Bridgestone), the other brilliant protagonist of this category that, after winning Prefinal-B, claimed up to a great P2 in the Final taking the second place of the championship’s classification.

The Brit Taylor Barnard (Rosberg Racing Academy/KR-Iame-Bridgestone) was also among the best and confirmed his speed taking the third step of the podium.

The Spaniard Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) had to settle for the fourth place despite a good comeback in qualifying, but this results confirmed him as the runner-up in the championship campaign, as he stands 8 points short of Antonelli.

The Brit Joe Turney (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) had an unlucky final as a contact relegated him to P29 and made him lose the lead of the classification. He is now third at 27 points.

OK classification: 1. Antonelli points 203; 2. Hiltbrand 195; 3. Turney 176; 4. Barnard 171; 5. Bedrin 158.

STRONG LEAD FOR LINDBLAD IN OKJ

In OK-Junior the British driver Arvid Lindblad (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega) confirmed himself on top of the classification thanks to a strong win from an as quick teammate Brando Badoer, who has always kept himself in the slipstream of the leader and ended second.

The podium was rounded off by Karol Pasiewicz (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), while the other Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (BirelArt Racing/RK-TM Racing-Vega) was fourth.

Alfio Andrea Spina was hit by bad luck and could not improve his classification, as he had to retire early from the race after shining in Prefinal with P4.

OKJ classification: 1. Lindblad points 276; 2. Badoer 198; 3. Pasiewicz 186; 4. Kucharczyk 143; 5. Spina 135.

MATVEEV HEADING TO THE TITLE IN MINI

The podium of this final of MINI was decided at the last lap in a three-way sprint to the line. The Russian  Dmitry Matveev (Energy Corse/Energy-TM Racing-Vega) kept the lead early on, but the Pole Jan Przyrowsky (AV Racing/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega) found his way past him later on.

Matveev managed to get back on top in the closing lap and the quick Japanese Kean Nakamura Berta (Team Driver Racing Kart/KR-Iame-Vega) made the most of the closing battle overtaking Przyrowsky for P2.

Przrowsky ended in fact third leading Antonio Apicella (Apicella/Energy-Iame-Vega) and the Pole Maciej Gladysz (Parolin/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega). Matveev kept the lead of the classification thanks to this win.

MINI classification: 1. Matveev points 227; 2. Skulanov 188; 3. Nakamura 118; 4. Przyrowsky 107; 5. Khavalkin 101.

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Waiting for the restart of competitions, WSK Promotion is working to recover the season that has been compromised by the lasting lockdown following the Covid-19 emergency that has stopped working activities and sporting events.

Among the initiatives of WSK Promotion, a calendar featuring some double events in a “long” weekend at some appointments is being investigated. This would allow a recovery of the rounds postponed at the beginning of season 2020.

The objective targeted by WSK Promotion is to get back on track as soon as possible without compromising the sanitary safety of all participants, teams, drivers and staff. Recently, WSK Promotion has been discussing with the Federation to devise a protocol allowing the restart. The new calendar will be defined shortly to complete the WSK Super Master Series that was interrupted after the opening races in Adria and Lonato, and to run the WSK Euro Series, WSK Open Cup and WSK Final Cup.

WSK Press Release

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The deal between the two firms provides that all the WSK personnel committed on the track at the various events. Therefore, including karting championship such as the Super Masters Series and the Euro Series and racing series the F4 Italian and the Formula Regional European.

The equipment at disposal of WSK personnel includes:

winter jacket, softshells, hoodie, cotton shirt, polo shirt, t-shirt, long trousers, shoes, cap, trolley suitcase and backpack .
Also, OMP will provide office chairs for the WSK Station and for the hospitality that WSK sets up for all the events.

The karting events promoted by WSK in 2020, are the Super Master Series, the Euro Series, the Open Cup and the November Final Cup. Those events spread through the major Italian circuits: Lonato, Adria, La Conca and Sarno.

About OMP Racing:

OMP Racing is an Italian company, established in 1973 in Genoa and having today its headquarters at Ronco Scrivia. OMP is a world leader in the field of design and manufacture of safety equipment for race cars (suits, gloves, shoes, seats, safety belts, helmets etc.).

Since 2008 the control of the company has been acquired by Genoa-based SAYE S.p.A. Part of OMP is Racing Spirit, the leisurewear brand of the Group. Today OMP products are in all world racing championships, among which Formula 1; World Rally Championship – WRC; Rally Cross World Championship – WRX; Formula E; World Endurance Championship – WEC, IndyCar Series; NASCAR.

OMP is one of the very few companies in the world which are able to offer a complete range of items dedicated to race cars and to drivers’ safety, with over 2,000 products in its catalogue, almost entirely homologated by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile – FIA.

About WSK Promotion:

WSK Promotion is a sporting promotion company based in Maglie (Lecce). The company was born in 2006 from an intuition of its founder, Luca De Donno, who understood the needs to give thrust, structure and visibility to karting races aiming to deliver a high-level platform for the young drivers starting a career towards the highest levels of motorsport.

The successful motorsport events organized by WSK Promotion over the years went beyond International karting, which in the recent seasons reached records numbers counting more than 360 drivers in a single event.

WSK Promotion’s activity has been extended to motorsport with the promotion, in partnership with ACI Sport that has been delegated by FIA, of the Formula 4 Italian Championship powered by Abarth since 2014 and the Formula Regional European Championship since 2019.

WSK Promotion’s project is one of the most important of motorsport worldwide as it develops from karting to Formula 4 and Formula Regional with the goal of accompanying the best talents all the way to the doors to Formula 1.

Press Release

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Another great international karting event has taken place at the Adria Karting Raceway in the weekend of February 2nd in occasion of the opener of the WSK Super Master Series, that saw 231 drivers on track from 40 countries in the three categories OK, OK-Junior and Mini. Just one week after the WSK Champions Cup – held on January 26th – the participation has been positive again, with the presence of strong drivers and all the main constructors and teams, some of which fielding a renewed lineup for 2020.

Among the VIPs present, Formula 1 Alfa Romeo’s driver Robert Kubica followed the Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk on the RK chassis by BirelArt. The spectacle on track has been exciting and all finals have been hard-fought until the very final meter that decided the podium. Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone/Tony Kart Racing Team) claimed the win in OK, Alfio Andrea Spina (KR-Iame-Vega/KR Motorsport) in OK-Junior and Gerasim Skulanov (IPK-TM Racing-Vega/Formula K) in Mini.

Pedro Hiltbrand takes the win in OK at the end of a big battle

The OK final has been spectacular until the chequered flag. The Spanish driver Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart-Vortex), who already won the final race of WSK Final Cup in Adria, managed to win this time around too at the end of several exciting duels with more than one rival. His teammate from Great Britain Joe Turney led the Final for a long time, but in the closing stages Hiltbrand had the upper hand at the end of several position exchanges.

The British driver Taylor Barnard (KR-Iame/Rosberg Racing Academy) – who won the recent WSK Champions Cup – eventually ended the race in second position in the slipstream of Pedro Hiltbrand, while Dilano Vant Hoff (Exprit-TM Tacing/Forza Racing) was third.

The Brit Harry Thompson (KR-Iame/Sauber Karting Team) ended fourth, while the Russian Kirill Smal (Energy-TM Racing/Energy Corse) dominated heats, but a 5s time penalty in the Final made him slip down from P5 to P7. The fifth place was therefore inherited by the Italian Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TB Kart-Iame/TB Kart), who proceeded Turney.

OK Final Classification: 1. Hiltbrand; 2. Barnard; 3. Vant Hoff.

Spina the “king” of Adria also at WSK Super Master Series in OK-Junior

Alfio Andrea Spina (KR-Iame/KR Motorsport) confirmed his name among the protagonists of OK-Junior just one week after the WSK Champions Cup, also held in Adria. The Italian

driver completed a weekend with a crescendo of results winning Prefinal-A and then the Final at the end of several neck-to-neck duels for the top.

His teammate Arvid Lindblad crossed the finish line behind him, but the British driver was handed a 3s time penalty and had to concede P2 to the American Ugo Ugochukwu (Kosmic-Vortex/Ricky Flynn) who ran a great race and led the final for a few laps. The third place went to the Asian from Singapore Christian Ho (KR-Iame/Sauger Karting Team).

The 3s added time relegated Lindblad to P7. The fourth position went to the Pole Karol Pasiewicz (Tony Kart-Vortex/Tony Kart Racing Team), who had won Prefinal-B in the morning. The fifth place went to the Norwegian Martinius Stenshorne (KR-Iame/Rosberg Racing Academy), who led the Spanish-Russian Miron Pingasov (KR-Iame/KR Motorsport). The Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (RK-TM Racing/BirelArt) was eighth.

OKJ Final Classification: 1. Spina; 2. Ugochukwu; 3. Ho.

Mini dominated by Russian drivers: victory to Skulanov

Mini has also been exciting until the closing stages. The Russian Gerasim Skulanov (IPK-TM Racing/Formula K) crossed the finish line in P1 leading his fellow countryman Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin-TM Racing/Parolin Racing), who had won the WSK Champions Cup. The French Jimmy Helias (Tony Kart-Vortex/Tony Kart Racing Team) came third at the end of a

good comeback from the starting P9. The other Russian Dmitry Matveev (Energy-TM Racing/Energy Corse) was also among the quickest. He won Prefinal-B and then was fourth in the Final.

The young driver from United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin-TM Racing/Parolin Racing) managed to get P1 in the closing stages, but eventually crossed the finish line in fifth place. The Russian German Foteev (Energy-TM Racing/Energy Corse) also put in a strong race, after being on top in qualifying heats, he was sixth in the Final, while the Pole Maciej Gladysz (Parolin-TM Racing/Parolin Racing Kart) ended a good final in P7.

Mini Final Classification: 1. Skulanov; 2. Khavalkin; 3. Helias.

The next round of WSK Super Master Series is scheduled for February 23rd at the South Garda Karting circuit in Lonato.

WSK Super Master Series 2020 calendar.
Rd. 1: February 2nd, Adria Karting Raceway
Rd. 2: February 23rd, South Garda Karting, Lonato
Rd. 3: March 8th, International Circuit La Conca
Rd. 4: March 22nd, International Circuit Napoli, Sarno

L'entrada Pedro Hiltbrand, Spina and Skulanov take the victory in Adria ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

You can follow LIVE all the action from Adria Karting Raceway in FormulaRapida.net.

WSK Super Master Series – Schedule

(UTC+1 CET Central European Time)

10.40 – OKJ PREFINAL A
11.00 – OKJ PREFINAL B
11.20 – MINI PREFINAL A
11.40 – MINI PREFINAL B
12.00 – OK PREFINAL A
12.20 – OK PREFINAL B
12.40 – OKJ FINAL B
13.00 – MINI FINAL B

14.00 – OKJ FINAL
14.30 – MINI FINAL
15.00 – OK FINAL

LIVE TIMING

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The opener of the WSK season offered an excellent spectacle with the WSK Champions Cup, the traditional event that awarded the first titles of 2020 at the Adria Karting Raceway in the 15th year of activity of WSK Promotion.

The 170 drivers on track came from 37 different countries to battle out the victory in the three entitled categories OK, OK-Junior and Mini.

Novelties and new lineups were present and some drivers switched to higher categories too. Interestingly, three sisters from the Czech Republic were present: Babickova Eliska and Tereza in OK, Perta in OKJ challenged several strong rivals.

WSK Champions Cup also had the duty to provide a first indication on the main protagonists of this new season and the first titles of 2020 were claimed in Adria by the Brit Taylor Barnard (KR-Iame-Bridgestone/Team Rosberg) in OK, the Italian Alfio Andrea Spina (KR-Iame-Vega/Team KR) in OK-Junior, and the Russian Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin-TM Racing-Vega/Team Parolin) in Mini.

Barnard dominates the OK final

OK Prefinals in the morning had the first twist following a penalty handed to the Dutch Thomas Ten Brinke (Kosmic-Vortex-Bridgestone), who was the quickest after heats. Prefinal-A was therefore won by the Brazilian Rafa Camara (Exprit-TM Racing), while the Brit Taylor Barnard (KR-Iame) won Prefinal-B. Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR-Iame) could not take part in the final stages due to the fever and flu after being the quickest in qualifying and claiming the victory in the first qualifying heat.

The Final was eventually dominated by the British driver Taylor Barnard, who led the race throughout. The Spaniard Josep Marti Sobrepera (KR-Iame) managed to climb up to P2, but he was later on found under-weight and penalized. The second place was therefore inherited by the Russian Kirill Smal (Energy-TM Racing) and the third by the British driver Harry Thompson (KR-Iame), who lost a few positions. The Brazilian Matheus Morgatto (Parolin-TM Racing) managed to recover 21 places up to the final P5 behind the Russian Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart-Vortex).

OK Final classification: 1. Barnard (GBR); 2. Smal (RUS); 3. Thompson (GBR).

Maiden win for Spina in OK-Junior 

In OK-Junior, the British driver Arvid Lindblad (KR-Iame-Vega) confirmed his speed and won Prefinal-A, followed by his teammate Alfio Andrea Spina, while the Norwegian Martinius Stenshorne (KR-Iame) won Prefinal-B leading the Brit Freddie Slater (Kosmic-Vortex). Final-B’s victory went to the Pole Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (RK-TM Racing).

The Final has been lively and hard-fought with several drivers aiming to the win. Eventually, Alfio Andrea Spina (KR-Iame-Vega) claimed his maiden win in OK-Junior. He had to face the challenge of the Norwegian Martinius Stenshorne and Singapore’s Christian Ho at the end of a good comeback race. The all KR-Iame podium welcomed several teams: KR Motorsport with Spina, Rosberg Racing Academy with Stenshorne and Sauber Karting Team with Ho. The fourth and fifth positions went to two protagonists of the weekend: the Russian Artem Severiukhim (Tony Kart-Vortex) that was fourth and the Brit Arvid Lindblad (KR-Iame) fifth, after holding P2 early on.

OK-Junior Final classification: 1. Spina (ITA); 2. Stenshorne (NOR), 3. Ho (SGP).

Mini’s final dominated by the Russian Khavalkin

Mini’s Prefinal-A was won by the Russian Dmitry Matveev (Energy-TM Racing-Vega), as his fellow-countryman Anatoly Khavalkin (Parolin-TM Racing) won Prefinal-B. The victory of the Final-B went to Tiziano Monza (KR-TM Racing).

The Russian Anatoly Khavalkin had the upper hand in the Final dominating the race from lights to flag. The second position went to another Russian, Gerasim Skulanov (IPK-TM Racing), while the fight for the third position was won by Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin-TM Racing), who led the Russian Dmitry Matveev (Energy-TM Racing). The fifth position went to the Pole Jan Przyrowsky (Parolin-TM Racing), who led his fellow-countryman Maciej Gladysz (Parolin-TM Racing), that had previously led the pack after qualifying heats.

MINI Final classification: 1. Khavalkin (RUS); 2. Skulanov (RUS); 3. Al Dhaheri (ARE).

The next appointment on track is for next week – from January 31st to February 2nd, in Adria for the first of the four rounds of WSK Super Master Series.

Complete classifications are available at www.wskarting.it

Press Release

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The forthcoming ROTAX Max Challenge Winter Cup, which takes place at Circuito Karting Campillos between the 21^st and 23^rd of February, will have a very special guest, who will be one of two new additions to the livestream team for the ROTAX Max Euro Trophy for the 2020 season.

W Series racer and Racing Pride ambassador Sarah Moore will be heading to the 1,580-metre CIK-FIA homologated circuit, acting as both racing analyst and pit lane reporter.

The Briton has secured championship glory during her lengthy career, which included karting, where she also raced in the ROTAX ranks, competing in the Stars of Tomorrow national championship in 2007 and 2008 in the Mini Max class. Moore also won the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2009 and the Britcar Endurance Championship GT4 endurance title with Matt Greenwood for Tockwith Motorsport, racing in the Ginetta G50 GT4.

“I’m pleased that Sarah will be alongside me at the forthcoming Winter Cup, which is looking to be a fantastic way to kick start the 2020 Euro Trophy season, that has over 250 competitors from almost 30 different nations who will head to southern Spain,” admitted Alex Goldschmidt, official Euro Trophy commentator, who is looking forward to working with Sarah in southern Spain.

“With a varied career over multiple disciplines, she will bring an interesting and exciting new dynamic to the event, which I am looking forward to finding out about in southern Spain.”

“It’s great to get back to the root of how my career started, when I jumped into karting at a young age, and it really helped me develop into the driver I am today,” admitted Moore, who is one of the 12 returning drivers for the second season of W Series, which gets underway at Russia’s Igora Drive circuit in late May and will conclude

Sarah is also a very active member within the LGBTQ+ community, which includes her ongoing work with Racing Pride, a UK-based initiative founded by Richard Morris and Christopher Sharp, that is spreading the word about further inclusivity with motorsport.

“To be asked to be a part of the Winter Cup and work in motorsport in a completely different aspect is an exciting challenge, and it is great to able to represent W Series and Racing Pride here, to help spread the word about how motorsport is changing, with many people knowing that we have to #RethinkRacing.”

Along with Sarah, Silverstone-based commentator and presenter Anthony Jordan will also be joining the Euro Trophy livestream, working alongside Alex Goldschmidt as the official pit lane reporter for all four rounds of the main campaign, which commences on April 10^th, 2020, at Belgium’s legendary Karting Genk circuit, based in the Limburg region.

Having worked in the UK motorsport scene for the past few seasons in both two and four-wheel racing categories, the Briton will bring his own style to the ROTAX Max Euro Trophy broadcast platforms, which are provided by both promoter Camp Company GmbH and Downforce Radio, who becomes the dedicated audio stream partner for 2020.

“I’m thrilled to be a part of the ROTAX Max Euro Trophy for 2020,” admitted Jordan, who is looking forward to a new step in his career, as it will be his first assignment in Europe..

“I can’t wait to be in the paddock, getting to know the drivers, teams and make new friends and memories. To be a part of this championship for the forthcoming season is definitely a step up, and I can’t wait to get started.” 

Further developments for the forthcoming Winter Cup include an increase in the maximum amount of allocated grid slots for the Senior Max class, which has now been bolstered to 90 from the original 72 mandated, which will also mean that Qualifying Practice will get underway at 1630 CET on the Friday afternoon.

Entry list can be found here: https://www.rotax-ems.com/RMEC/entrylist.php

L'entrada ROTAX Winter Cup in Campillos: find all the information ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

Free practice on Friday, November 1st, have officially kicked off the 48th edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie at the South Garda Karting. The race set an exceptional presence record this year as 253 drivers from 42 different countries made it to the track in Lonato.

Such an important presence renews the splendour of this historic karting race that is still healthy thanks to the infatigable organization by Parma Motorsport and a location like the circuit in Lonato del Garda that grants all what it takes to be successful.

Since the debut year in Lonato back in 2012, after the golden age of the Trofeo delle Industrie that was born and bred at the circuit of Parma, the race has started an uprising trend in terms of participation going beyond level 200 in several occasions, but this is the first time that more than 250 drivers gather for this event. Icing on the cake is the great level of teams and drivers that are internationally recognized.

In Friday’s practice, the quickest were Fabian Federer (Maranello-TM, team SRP Racing Team) in KZ2, the Russian Kirill Smal (Tony Kart/Vortex, Team Ward Racing) in OK, who won Junior last year, Artem Severiukhin (Tony Kart/Vortex, Team Ward Racing) in OK-Junior, the Pole Jan Przyrowsky (Parolin/Tm, team A.V. Racing) in 60 Mini and Alessio Guazzaroni (Tony Kart/Iame, team Newman Motorsport) in Iame X30 Senior. These are only the first names that came to the fore though, as the big battle will start on Saturday, November 2nd, with qualifying practice and heats. Second chance races and Prefinals will take place on Sunday, November 3rd, in Live Streaming from local 11:30, while the finals of each category will start at 14:00.

The program:
Saturday, November 2nd Free practice, Qualifying practice and Heats;
Sunday, November 3rd 60 Mini heats and Second chance races, Prefinals, Finals and Prize Ceremony.

Live Timing and Live Streaming will be available at  www.trofeodelleindustrie.it.

L'entrada The first protagonists of the 48th edition of Trofeo delle Industrie ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

LONATO (BRESCIA, ITALY), OCTOBER 27TH , 2019

HARD-FOUGHT FINALS AT THE WSK OPEN CUP IN LONATO. Victory for Palomba in KZ2, while all others categories will cross the finish line in Castelletto (Pavia, Italy). From Lonato, near Brescia, that’s the outcome of the first event of the WSK Open Cup that moves now from South Garda Karting to the circuit 7 Laghi Kart in Pavia where, in two weeks’ time, will be defined the final rankings for the categories OK, OKJ and 60 Mini.

GIUSEPPE PALOMBA ACHIEVES VICTORY IN KZ2. After winning the Prefinal, Giuseppe Palomba (BirelArtTM-Bridgestone) reconfirms his leadership and crosses the finish line over his main rival Giacomo Pollini from Brescia (Formula K-TM). He definitely wins the KZ2 single round of the WSK Open Cup. The Dutch driver Senna Van Valstijn (KR-TM), managing to overcome Alessio Lorandi from Brescia, finishes third. In the final ranking, Lorandi stays third below Palomba and Pollini.

BARNARD, WINNING PERFORMANCE IN OK. Taylor Barnard (KR-Iame-Bridgestone) overcomes the bad luck in one of yesterday’s heats and, gaining victory in the Prefinal A, shows to be able to defeat the Russian driver Kirill Smal (Tony Kart-Vortex). Indeed, he takes the lead from the start in the Final and wins the round in Lonato, ahead of Smal. Third place for British Joseph Yurney (Tony Kart-Vortex), winner of the Prefinal B.

ANTONELLI BEATS ALL AT THE PHOTO FINISH IN OKJ. Heated time at the last lap of OKJ Final when Antonelli (KR-Iame-Vega), determined to play his last card to beat the Russian driver Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart-Vortex), tries to overcome the rival at the corner. What turns out is a fight involving 5 drivers chasing for victory at the photo finish. Finally, British Arvin Lindblad (KR-Iame) prevails at the finish line but he is then penalized along with Bedrin for incorrect position of the front fairing. Victory, therefore, goes to Antonelli, ahead of Diego Contecha from Columbia (Esprit-Vortex) and Norwegian driver Martinius Stenstorne (KR-Iame).

TSOLOV RECOVERS AND GAINS VICTORY IN 60 MINI. In the 60 Mini Final, the Bulgarian driver Nikola Tsolov gains back the leadership achieved in the practice and after winning the Prefinal B, starts in pole position and takes immediately the lead. Behind him, positions chance significantly. From the fight at the start, it comes out a battle between Russian Anatoly Khavalkin and Rashid Al Dhaheri from Emirates that ends up with Al Dhaheri finishing second behind Tsolov and, a deserved third place for Khavalkin (all on Parolin-TM).

L'entrada HARD-FOUGHT FINALS AT THE 1ST ROUND OF THE WSK OPEN CUP AT LONATO ha aparegut primer a FormulaRapida.net.

2nd in the 2018 edition of the Rok Cup Superfinal, Alex Powell had revenge to take. The young Jamaican hopeful gave his best during the entire meeting to emerge in the lead of a very intense Final. “I am very proud of him,” confirmed his coach Mike Wilson, six times World Karting Champion as a driver. “Alex managed his efforts perfectly. He has matured and has been able to attack when necessary to take the lead at the right time. We knew he was very fast. But in this race, he also managed to apply my advice and that of his team to win this highly coveted competition.”

Front row in the Final
Faced with 129 rivals, Alex Powell had no opportunity to make mistakes. While he hoped to improve on 19th place in Timed Practice, the Jamaican immediately showed his opponents his great competitiveness by moving up to 1st place in his first heat, with the fastest lap. 2nd overall after his four Qualifying Heats after another win, Alex played a major role at the front of the field in the Final behind the wheel of his Energy Corse chassis.

“I made a good start by immediately following in the wake of my opponent. We found ourselves in a group of about five drivers capable of winning, we had to stay focused and not give up. I felt the pressure behind me and managed to take the lead on lap 4. Then another competitor came back, so it was intense,” Alex said.

Talent and determination
Mike Wilson and the Energy Corse staff have been ready with advice and Alex Powell managed the incessant duels well, showing strong mental forethought. At the beginning of the last lap, the Jamaican was still 2nd, but he was ideally positioned in the leader’s slipstream, before passing him unstoppably under braking at the paddock bend.

“From then on, I needed to make no mistakes, to protect myself well when in the last corners. I wasn’t really sure I would win until I saw the chequered flag. I was full of emotion. The Rok Cup Superfinal is an incredibly long and challenging world-class event, with drivers of several dozen different nationalities. It’s great, especially as we scored a double for the Energy Corse team with 2nd place for my Russian team-mate Dmitry Matveev. I really wanted to win such a race before I move up to the Junior category, it is now done. I really want to thank my family, my coach, my team and all those who support me in my sporting career.”

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In this new stage many changes have been seen in the grid of the senior category, the so-called OK category. The two-time world champion and current European champion, Lorenzo Travisanutto has left Kart Republic and the CV Performance team to join Tony Kart Racing Team, along with also the world and European champion, Pedro Hiltbrand.

On OK too, Luigi Coluccio has left Birel ART Racing to join Kosmic Racing Department. Norton Andreasson returns to Ward Racing and does it in style as he will start from pole position in Prefinal B along with teammate Kirill Smal who will start from pole in Prefinal A.

But new talent also rises to the category from Junior (OKJ). The Spaniard, Josep Maria Martí “Pepe Martí” goes up to OK with his rivals Levente Revesz, Kajus Siksnelis, Jamie Day, Laurens Van Hoepen, world champion Thomas Ten Brinke, Markus Kajak and Enzo Scionti.

In OKJ many pilots have joined Kart Republic. This is the case of Martinius Stenshorne that leaves Ricky Flynn. He also leaves Ricky Flynn, Christian Ho who joins the Kart Republic sub-team, the Sauber Karting Team. Brando Badoer joins the fashion brand leaving Parolin, while Arvid Lindblad is the great bet of the Republican team to leave Forza Racing.

In Forza Racing they reinforce the march of Lindblad with the incorporation of Maxwell Dodds, Alfie Rigby and Maxime Furon-Castelain.

In Parolin they have the presence of Matheus Ferreira who leaves Lennox Racing. This square is filled by an official OTK team Andrey Zhivnov who returns to Team Komarov. In Tony Kart, Aiden Neate and Harley Keeble join the green team.

PRE-FINALS Y FINALS SCHEDULE

11:00 – OKJ – PREFINAL A

11:20 – OKJ – PREFINAL B

11:40 – KZ2 – PREFINAL

12:00 – OK – PREFINAL A

12:30 – OK – PREFINAL B

12:40 – MINI – PREFINAL A

13:00 – MINI – PREFINAL B

14:00 – OKJ – FINAL

14:30 – KZ2 – FINAL

15:00 – OK – FINAL

15:30 – MINI – FINAL

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This round is a KZ2 championship decider. We have on pole position for the prefinals Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Anthony Abbasse (Sodikart). Both drivers arrives as the current championship leader and runner-up so things can not get even more exciting.

In OK, Sauber junior driver Dexter Patterson (Sauber Karting Team) continued his dominance in the Italian soil but he knows that Gabriele Mini (Parolin Racing Kart) is one of those drivers who can beat Dexter Patterson. Both drivers starts from pole position for prefinals.

In OKJ, Ricky Flynn Motorsport drivers were dominaiting in the qualifying heats which means that two of their drivers will start from pole position for the prefinals. The Australian James Wharton will start leading the field in prefinal A, while American Ugo Uguchukwu will do the same in prefinal B.

In Mini, Belgian Douwe Dedecker (Team Driver Racing Kart) is starting from pole position in prefinal A, while the Russian Dimitry Matveev (Energy Corse) does the same in prefinal B. Championship leader, William MacIntyre (Team Driver Racing Kart) who had to start last in all qualifying heats have a new opportunity to get closer to the leaders.

Schedule

11.00 – OKJ PREFINAL A
11.20 – OKJ PREFINAL B
11.40 – OK PREFINAL A
12.00 – OK PREFINAL B
12.20 – MINI PREFINAL A
12.40 – MINI PREFINAL B
13.00 – KZ2 PREFINAL A
13.20 – KZ2 PREFINAL B

14.30 – OKJ FINAL
15.00 – OK FINAL
15.30 – MINI FINAL
16.00 – KZ2 FINAL

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