World Championship Field Whittled to Final 34

British Tony Kart drivers continue to head the field at the KF2 Karting World Chamionship in Spain this weekend. With the track drying out, Jordan Chamberlian has jumped to the top with two wins and a second place in the heats. The Brit will line up ahead of Joël Johansson (Energy-TM), Jordan King and fastest qualifier Luke Varley.

Gilbert Mitchell lines up an excellent 20th. Full intermediate classifications are below. Heat by heat results and pre-final grid HERE.

jordan chamberlian
Above: After qualifying 38th in the wet, Jordan Chamberlain has charged to the front of the field

CIK-FIA press release

With all 12 qualifying heats included in this Saturday’s racing programme, the 118 participants in karting’s World Championship, staged this week-end in Zuera, have encountered a crucial day. They all knew that only 34 of them would qualify for the final stages… that is to say those places would be particularly sought after and cherished !

With some drops of rain falling just before the very first qualifying heat, it was then essential that the sun came out. The initial leaders following Friday’s rain affected qualifying practice, have inevitably been greatly changed.

Separated into two divisions, then divided into four groups within those divisions, the 118 drivers each then contested three qualifying heats. With two victories and one 2nd place from his qualifying races, Jordan Chamberlain (Tony Kart-TM) secured pole position for this Sunday’s Pre-Final. The Brit, KF2 European Champion in 2009, had however qualified only 38th quickest during the Timed Practice. « But everything worked perfectly today » he explained « we were really very fast and my TM motor works to perfection. I hope to have a good night and to be in top form tomorrow ! »

In the same division as Chamberlain, other drivers in good form were Britain’s Jordan King (Birel-BMB), who will start on the inside of the second row, the Belgian Sébastien Bailly (Kosmic-Vortex), the Dane Max Klinkby-Silver (Tony Kart-Vortex) and another British driver Chris Lock (Tony Kart-Vortex), all starting on the inside line behind Jordan Chamberlain.

In the other division, it is the Swede Joël Johansson (Energy-TM) who escaped best from the difficulties and who will be outside of Chamberlain on the front row of the Pre-Final. « Honestly, I did not take any risks today » expalined Joël. « I knew that with only 17 drivers to qualify from each division it was essential not to make any error. This is how I applied my thinking and I am very glad to be there ».

Behind Johansson, British driver Luke Varley (Tony Kart-Vortex) confirmed his good form after having set the fastest time in qualifying practice by finishing in 2nd place in this division, which will put him in 4th place on the starting grid for the Pre-Final. Also catching the eye was the fine form of the Spaniard Gerard Barrabeig (Birel-BMB), winner of two races on home territory and classified 3rd in his division, and also the Italian Stefano Cucco (Birel-Parilla). However, one of the drivers who will have made a particularly favourable impression this Saturday is Nyck De Vries (Zanardi-Parilla). After a very difficult first race on a partially wet track the Dutchman won his two following races to finish 5th in his division. So starting the Pre-Final in 10th place, the McLaren protégé kept alive all his title chances.

As to be expected, Saturday’s racing has on the other hand left several of the early favourites out of contention, let down by mechanical failure or involved in a collision. In spite of their good showing in qualifying practice, Jarno Hamppi (Birel-Parilla), Lindsay Butcher (Tony Kart-Vortex) and also Jordon Lennox-Lamb (Birel-BMB) were unable to make the cut and join the 34 finalists. Amongst the other non-qualifiers were David Da Luz (Zanardi-Parilla), Ignazio D’Agosto (Tony Kart-Vortex) and Michelle Gatting (CRG-Maxter), to name just a few of them.

This Sunday, the Pre-Final will start at 9.55 am. This race will determine the starting grid for the decisive Final, scheduled for 12.00 noon and being shown live on satellite television by Eurosport International. These times are one hour earlier in Great Britain and Ireland.


No.
Concurrent
Entrant
Nat Pilote
Driver
Nat Chassis / Moteur / Pneus
Chassis / Engine / Tyres
Qual A1-B1 C1-D1 A2-B2 C2-D2 A1-C1 B1-D1 A2-C2 B2-D2 A1-D1 B1-C1 A2-D2 B2-C2 Pts
79 Williams Motorsport GBR Chamberlain, Jordan GBR Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop 38 - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - 2 2
62 Energy Corse ITA Johansson, Joel SWE Energy / TM / Dunlop 13 - 0 - - 3 - - - - 3 - - 6
63 JRP Energy Corse Junior Team GBR King, Jordan GBR Birel / BMB / Dunlop 10 - - 0 - - - 3 - - - 3 - 6
7 Tony Kart Junior RT GBR Varley, Luke GBR Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 1 0 - - - 4 - - - 3 - - - 7
2 Kosmic Racing Dept ITA Bailly, Sébastien BEL Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop 6 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 3 7
60 Birel Motorsport ITA Barrabeig, Gerard ESP Birel / BMB / Dunlop 11 7 - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - 7
25 Ward Racing SWE Klinkby-Silver, Max DNK Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 24 - - - 4 - - - 3 - - 0 - 7
27 MGM Racing ITA Cucco, Stefano ITA Birel / Parilla / Dunlop 15 - 2 - - - 4 - - 2 - - - 8
15 Tony Kart Junior RT GBR Lock, Chris GBR Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 4 - - 4 - - - - 5 - - - 0 9
34 Chiesa Corse ITA De Vries, Nyck NLD Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop 17 10 - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - 10
30 KSB-Racing Team AUT Jager, Thomas AUT Birel / BMB / Dunlop 28 - - 5 - - - - 0 - - - 4 9
6 Tony Kart Racing Team ITA Kanamaru, Yu JPN Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 19 4 - - - - 2 - - - 4 - - 10
46 Ricky Flynn Motorsport GBR Nortoft, Jacob DNK FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 22 - - - 3 - - 8 - - - - 8 19
31 Tony Kart Junior RT GBR Abreu, Francisco PRT Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 55 - 4 - - - 5 - - 6 - - - 15
114 Bruneau, Olivier FRA Sendin, Victor FRA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 34 - - 10 - - - 4 - - - 5 - 19
101 Italsport/Racing Motor SWE Sorensen, Lars DNK Birel / BMB / Dunlop 31 - 6 - - - 3 - - 8 - - - 17
38 DMV Team Solgat DEU Kappis, Patrick DEU Birel / TM / Dunlop 18 - - 7 - - - 7 - - - 6 - 20
5 De Ridder, Philippe BEL De Ridder, Guillaume BEL Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop 21 - 3 - - 10 - - - - 8 - - 21
18 Comer ITA Giovinazzi, Antonio Maria ITA Top Kart / Parilla / Dunlop 64 - - - 7 - - - 10 - - 4 - 21
45 Kosmic Racing Dept ITA Mitchell, Gilbert AUS Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop 39 - 14 - - - 6 - - 5 - - - 25
40 Ward Racing SWE Koivuluoma, Laura FIN Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 36 - - 12 - - - - 4 - - - 7 23
58 Maranello Kart ITA Hanley, Ben GBR Maranello / Maranello / Dunlop 85 - 11 - - 7 - - - - 7 - - 25
48 K.C. Vendrell ESP Pescador, Jorge ESP Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 8 - - - 6 - - - 6 - - 12 - 24
1 Energy Corse ITA Moller Madsen, Nicolaj DNK Energy / TM / Dunlop 29 - 15 - - 5 - - - - 6 - - 26
20 Pagani, Pier Paolo ITA Pagani, Emanuele ITA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 12 - - 2 - - - - 14 - - - 9 25
100 Snell, Keith GBR Snell, Sam GBR Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 59 2 - - - - 7 - - - 17 - - 26
81 Maranello Kart ITA Grice, Tom GBR Maranello / Vortex / Dunlop 44 - - 3 - - - - 8 - - - 14 25
126 Intrepid Driver Program ITA Maisano, Brandon FRA Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 69 - 12 - - 6 - - - - 9 - - 27
83 Ward Racing SWE Hansen, Jonas DNK Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 48 - - - 8 - - - 13 - - 9 - 30
86 Maranello Kart ITA Krebs, Thomas S. DNK Maranello / TM / Dunlop 47 - 5 - - - 11 - - 13 - - - 29
32 Bruneau, Olivier FRA Bluy, Clement FRA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 46 - - - 17 - - 9 - - - - 5 31
61 Intrepid Driver Program ITA Heche, Michael CHE Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 51 3 - - - - 13 - - - 14 - - 30
57 Intrepid Driver Program ITA De Brabander, Yannick BEL Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 82 - - 24 - - - 6 - - - 2 - 32
70 Chiesa Corse ITA Ghiotto, Luca ITA Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop 3 12 - - - - 17 - - - 2 - - 31
Non Qualifiés / Not Qualified
125 Millennium Motorsport GBR Batkov, Todor BGR Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop 94 - - - 9 - - 14 - - - - 10 33
14 Tony Kart Racing Team ITA D'Agosto, Ignazio ITA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 43 8 - - - - 15 - - - 12 - - 35
89 Energy Corse ITA Luka, Sami BEL Energy / TM / Dunlop 16 - - - 27 - - - 2 - - 7 - 36
78 Maranello Kart ITA Barrera, Jordy ESP Maranello / TM / Dunlop 89 16 - - - 11 - - - 9 - - - 36
82 Guibbert, Michel FRA Guibbert, Enzo FRA FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 40 - - - 13 - - - 7 - - 16 - 36
124 Guignet, Jean-Philippe FRA Filippi, John FRA Exprit / Vortex / Dunlop 41 14 - - - 13 - - - 10 - - - 37
56 Keijzer Racing NLD Van der Raad, Sinan NLD Zanardi / Maxter / Dunlop 14 - - - 5 - - 27 - - - - 6 38
16 Daems Racing BEL Dupont, Denis BEL Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 61 - 7 - - 17 - - - - 13 - - 37
44 Tony Kart Racing Team ITA Menezes, Gustavo USA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 68 - - 11 - - - - 12 - - - 16 39
24 Tony Kart Racing Team ITA Olmedo, Jose Antonio ITA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 103 - 8 - - - 9 - - 21 - - - 38
28 DR Srl ITA Belmaaziz, Pascal FRA DR / Maxter / Dunlop 108 - - 13 - - - - 9 - - - 17 39
68 Tony Kart Junior RT GBR Butcher, Lindsay GBR Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 7 - 16 - - - 8 - - 15 - - - 39
35 Maddox NLD Elkerbout, Joey NLD Maddox / TM / Dunlop 112 - - - 15 - - - 11 - - 13 - 39
47 Hemet Racing FIN Pajuranta, Juuso-Matti FIN Ninar / Vortex / Dunlop 49 20 - - - 12 - - - 7 - - - 39
50 Compan Tello, Manolo ESP Soriano, Moises ESP Maranello / TM / Dunlop 54 - - - 18 - - 11 - - - - 11 40
53 MGM Racing ITA Hamppi, Jarno FIN Birel / Parilla / Dunlop 5 - 9 - - 8 - - - - 24 - - 41
37 Team Komarov RUS Grigorenko, Yuri RUS Birel / BMB / Dunlop 50 - - 21 - - - 12 - - - 8 - 41
8 Williams Motorsport GBR Walker, Alexander GBR Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop 23 - 10 - - - 28 - - 4 - - - 42
21 Chiesa Corse ITA Da Luz, David Manuel Tomas PRT Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop 70 - - - 19 - - 10 - - - - 12 41
29 CRG Junior Team GBR Gatting, Michelle DNK CRG / Maxter / Dunlop 27 11 - - - - 27 - - - 5 - - 43
90 Manduchi, Valdemaro ITA Manduchi, Roberto ITA Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 58 - - 8 - - - 20 - - - 15 - 43
115 Rogers, Christopher GBR Bowyer, Callum GBR Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop 67 5 - - - - 20 - - - 19 - - 44
88 Birel Motorsport ITA Lennox-Lamb, Jordon GBR Birel / BMB / Dunlop 2 - - 30 - - - 5 - - - 10 - 45
22 Ricky Flynn Motorsport GBR Dalewski, Jakub POL FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 37 - 20 - - 9 - - - - 16 - - 45
66 Intrepid Driver Program ITA Fraisse, Vincent FRA Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 20 - - 14 - - - - 18 - - - 13 45
26 Birel Motorsport ITA Basz, Karol POL RK / BMB / Dunlop 53 - 26 - - 2 - - - - 18 - - 46
11 Millennium Motorsport GBR Sathienthirakul, Tanart THA Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop 86 - - - 11 - - 17 - - - - 18 46
17 Birel Motorsport ITA Fousek, Michal CZE Birel / BMB / Dunlop 71 - 13 - - - 12 - - 23 - - - 48
122 Nadin, Alain LUX Nadin, Rick LUX Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 66 - - 15 - - - 19 - - - 14 - 48
49 CRG Junior Team GBR Reguillon, Loïc FRA CRG / Maxter / Dunlop 33 6 - - - 29 - - - 17 - - - 52
84 Hemet Racing FIN Helistekangas, Marko FIN Ninar / Vortex / Dunlop 26 - - 19 - - - 13 - - - 17 - 49
99 RL-Competition.com DEU Smiechowski, Jakub POL Maddox / Maxter / Dunlop 111 - 17 - - - 19 - - 16 - - - 52
3 Maranello Kart ITA Suninen, Teemu FIN Maranello / Maranello / Dunlop 76 - - 9 - - - - 21 - - - 19 49
128 Curfs, Roy BEL Curfs, Roy BEL Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 25 19 - - - 15 - - - 19 - - - 53
97 Sean GP IDN Sean, Ricardo Gelael IDN Exprit / Vortex / Dunlop 72 - - - 16 - - - 15 - - 20 - 51
123 PTN Racing FIN Petjoi, Teemu Markus FIN Birel / BMB / Dunlop 63 - 23 - - - 18 - - 12 - - - 53
96 Team Komarov RUS Ratsa, Mikhail RUS Tony Kart / BMB / Dunlop 98 - - 25 - - - 15 - - - 11 - 51
19 Kartban S.L. ESP Del Rio, Adrian ESP PCR / Parilla / Dunlop 117 - 28 - - 14 - - - - 11 - - 53
76 Norswed A/S NOR Andersen, Mats Borge NOR Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 90 - - 17 - - - 16 - - - 19 - 52
72 First ITA Patrono, Giacomo ITA First / BMB / Dunlop 65 27 - - - 16 - - - 11 - - - 54
64 Maranello Kart ITA Pakari, Mikko FIN Maranello / Maranello / Dunlop 60 - - 6 - - - - 24 - - - 25 55
41 CRG ITA Köykkä, Matias FIN CRG / Maxter / Dunlop 75 18 - - - - 10 - - - 26 - - 54
108 Ryter, Daniel CHE Ryter, Michael CHE Birel / BMB / Dunlop 116 - - 20 - - - - 17 - - - 20 57
23 Moretti, Marco ITA Moretti, Marco ITA Maranello / TM / Dunlop 9 13 - - - 30 - - - 14 - - - 57
54 Scuderia PCR Srl ITA Puhakka, Simo FIN PCR / TM / Dunlop 110 - - - 14 - - 30 - - - - 15 59
111 Kosmic Racing Dept ITA Suarez, Francisco Javier ESP Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop 35 23 - - - - 24 - - - 10 - - 57
113 Sodikart FRA Baron, Alexandre C. FRA Sodi / Parilla / Dunlop 88 - - - 10 - - - 32 - - 18 - 60
91 Comer ITA Meier, Matthias CHE Top Kart / TM / Dunlop 99 9 - - - - 21 - - - 27 - - 57
95 Potman, A.J. NLD Potman, Mark NLD Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 114 - - 18 - - - 21 - - - 23 - 62
104 Vermeylen, Kenny BEL Vermeylen, Kenny BEL Tecno / Parilla / Dunlop 97 15 - - - 21 - - - 25 - - - 61
109 Racing Evolution Team ESP Barreda, Borja ESP Kosmic / TM / Dunlop 96 - - - 20 - - - 16 - - 29 - 65
106 Charles, Philippe BEL Charles, Kenny BEL Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop 115 17 - - - - 16 - - - 28 - - 61
94 Nilsson, Tom SWE Nilsson, Brandon SWE Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 84 - - 23 - - - - 20 - - - 23 66
69 Sean GP IDN Cheever, Eduard ITA Exprit / Vortex / Dunlop 83 28 - - - - 14 - - - 20 - - 62
71 Birel Motorsport ITA Homi Mehta, Bryan MYS Birel / BMB / Dunlop 102 - - - 24 - - 23 - - - - 21 68
51 Intrepid Driver Program ITA Suranovich, Dmitry RUS Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 81 22 - - - 19 - - - 22 - - - 63
110 K.C. Vendrell ESP Prosperi, Enrico ESP Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 106 - - 22 - - - 24 - - - 22 - 68
33 Kosmic Racing Dept ITA Colome, Victor ESP Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop 77 - 32 - - 18 - - - - 15 - - 65
67 Swiss Hutless International CHE Von Aesch, Yves CHE Swiss Hutless / BMB / Dunlop 32 - - - 25 - - - 23 - - 21 - 69
74 Intrepid Driver Program ITA Russell Colombo, Lucas ARG Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 93 - 19 - - 26 - - - - 21 - - 66
117 Scuderia PCR Srl ITA Munkholm, Kevin DNK PCR / TM / Dunlop 56 - - - 26 - - - 19 - - 24 - 69
92 Ricky Flynn Motorsport GBR Morris-Jones, Ollie GBR FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 95 - 18 - - - 22 - - 27 - - - 67
75 Agren, Glenn NOR Agren, Ayla NOR FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 100 - - 16 - - - - 27 - - - 26 69
116 KC ASPIS GRC Karakoulas, Georgios GRC Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 79 - 21 - - - 23 - - 24 - - - 68
52 Birel Motorsport ITA Vigano, Matteo ITA RK / BMB / Dunlop 30 - - - 12 - - 29 - - - - 29 70
105 Sodikart FRA Zeen, Andrick USA Sodi / Parilla / Dunlop 109 - 22 - - 23 - - - - 23 - - 68
80 Formula K ITA Favaro, Simone ITA Parolin / TM / Dunlop 78 - - - 28 - - 18 - - - - 24 70
77 Formula K ITA Arrue, Alexandre FRA Parolin / TM / Dunlop 87 - 25 - - - 26 - - 18 - - - 69
55 Schettino, Mario ITA Schettino, Mario ITA Maranello / Maranello / Dunlop 62 - - - 21 - - 25 - - - - 28 74
112 Italsport/Racing Motor SWE Heinonen, Johannes FIN Birel / BMB / Dunlop 57 26 - - - 24 - - - 20 - - - 70
107 CRG Junior Team GBR Lefort, Julien BEL CRG / Maxter / Dunlop 52 - - 28 - - - - 22 - - - 27 77
73 Genikart-LTP ESP Piniella, Jonathan ARG FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 107 25 - - - - 25 - - - 22 - - 72
98 Italsport/Racing Motor SWE Skargard, Adam SWE Birel / BMB / Dunlop 92 - - 29 - - - - 26 - - - 22 77
127 Keijzer Racing NLD Orcic, Phillip CAN Zanardi / Maxter / Dunlop 73 24 - - - 22 - - - 29 - - - 75
118 Cinti, Riccardo ITA Cinti, Riccardo ITA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop - - - 23 - - 22 - - - - 32 77
43 Formula K ITA Marciello, Raffaele ITA Parolin / Parilla / Dunlop 45 - 27 - - 25 - - - - 25 - - 77
103 Torri, Nicola ITA Torri, Nicola ITA Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop 74 - - 27 - - - 26 - - - 25 - 78
119 Del Bene, Salvatore ITA Del Bene, Carlo ITA Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 105 21 - - - 28 - - - 28 - - - 77
121 T.R.K. Tek Racing Kart ITA Santilli, Alessio ITA Intrepid / TM / Dunlop 104 - - - 22 - - - 28 - - 28 - 78
36 Ercoli, Franco ITA Ercoli, Gianmarco ITA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 113 32 - - - 20 - - - 26 - - - 78
129 MGM Racing ITA Komnos, Nikolaos GRC Birel / Parilla / Dunlop 42 - - 26 - - - 28 - - - 26 - 80
12 CKR ITA Agostini, Riccardo ITA CKR / TM / Dunlop 91 29 - - - - 29 - - - 31 - - 89
120 Gasparrini, Marcello ITA Gasparrini, Matteo ITA Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop 80 - - - 29 - - - 25 - - 27 - 81
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