Pics & Vids: European KZ & KZ2 Championships
| 21 July 2015 |
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Official images and video from the live stream from the final round of the CIK-FIA European KZ and KZ2 championships at Genk the other week, plus the second round of the Karting Academy Trophy.
Above: KZ Final
Above: Academy Trophy Final
Above: KZ2 Final
Above: 2015 CIK-FIA European Champions - Joel Johansson (KZ2) and Flavio Camponeschi (KZ)
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KZ
The unpredictable sometimes happens and, this times, it happened to Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone). After the Final in Genk, the Italian driver was hit by a 30-second penalty because the front fairing of his kart wasn’t mounted properly. He lost his podium position, but despite that Camponeschi won the title thanks to his previous victories in Sarno and Zuera. Great championship also for the Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex), always in the three top positions and runner-up few points behind the leader and his team-mate. Excellent performance for the English Ben Hanley too, with his new team Mad-Croc Karting. He brought his Croc-TM-Bridgestone on the podium in every race and, eventually, he scored the third position in the Championship. Remarkable result also for the French Jeremy Iglesias (Sodi-TM), fourth in the Championship thanks to his victory in Genk. Behind him two great drivers as the Czech Patrik Hajek (who drove a Formula K-Parilla in the last round) and the Dutch Jorrit Pex (Intrepid-TM).
Above: KZ Driver Flavio Camponeschi (ITA) Kart n°14
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Above: Winner in KZ Genk Final, Jérémy Iglesias
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Above: 2nd in KZ Genk Final, Marco Ardigo
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Above: 3rd in KZ Genk Final, Ben Hanley
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Above: 4th in KZ Genk Final, Jorrit Pex
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Above: 2015 CIK-FIA European KZ Champion - Camponeschi and the Tony Kart team
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Above: KZ Driver Jeremy Iglesias (FRA) in the Press Conference
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KZ2
There were three winners in the three rounds of the KZ2. It was an extraordinary season for this category: it began with Andrea Fasberg’s (Tony Kart-Vortex-LeCont) great victory in the heated weekend in Sarno. The Danish didn’t rejoice long because in Zuera the winner was the Spanish Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-Maxter-LeCont), who won the Final and grabbed the leadership of the standings. However, the Championship was decided in Genk, where the Swedish Joel Johansson (Energy-TM-LeCont) capitalised on his consistency and grabbed the title thanks to his third position in the Final. Excellent performance also for the German Alexander Schmitz (Tony Kart-Vortex), who won in Belgium and redeemed himself after the disappointing results in the previous rounds, scoring the sixth position in the Championship. Behind Hiltbrand and Fasberg, second and third, the Italian Luca Corberi and the French Paolo Besancenez (both on Tony Kart-Vortex).
Above: Winner in KZ2 Genk Final, Alexander Schmitz
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Above: Stan Pex, 2nd in KZ2 Genk Final
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Above: 3rd in KZ2 Genk Final, Sweden's Joel Johansson
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Above: Joel Johansson , the 2015 CIK-FIA European KZ2 Champion
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Above: KZ2 CRG driver Felice Tiene (ITA) was ranked 2nd after the heats
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Above: KZ2 podium (from left to right) Stan Pex (NLD), Alexander Schmitz (DEU), Joel Johansson (SWE)
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Academy Trophy
Marta Garcia maintains the leadership of the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy: she won the first two rounds. Garcia’s success in Genk was called into question by her fellow countryman Xavier Lloverat, who tried hard to beat her but only managed to score the second position. Garcia’s overwhelming skill has, so far, overshadowed another Spaniard, Alejandro Lahoz Lopez, who placed third after a series of good results. Fourth position for the English Alfie Brown, ahead of the Brazilian Murilo Della Coletta and the Russian Zakhar Slutskiy (all on Parolin-FIM-Bridgestone).
Above: Academy Trophy round winner Marta Garcia Lopez during the Drivers' presentation in Genk
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Above: Front line: Dylan Buys (NLD) n°502 and Xavier Lloveras Brunet (ESP) n°508
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Above: Winner in Academy Genk Final, Marta Garcia Lopez
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Above: 2nd in Academy Genk Final, Xavier Lloveras Brunet #508
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Above: 3rd position in Academy Genk Final, Alejandro Lahoz Lopez
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Above: Academy Trophy press conference - (left to right) Xavier Lloveras Brunet (ESP), Marta Garcia Lopez (ESP/WIM) and Alejandro Lahoz Lopez (ESP)
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Above: Flavio Camponeschi
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Above: Joel Johansson
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Above: Marta Garcia Lopez
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