21 March 2016 |
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Australian karter Oscar Piastri has finished inside the top ten at the second round of the WSK Super Master Series at Sarno on the weekend. Driving FA/Vortex for Ricky Flynn Motorsport, Oscar was classified 7th in the OK Junior final.
Piastri had earlier qualified back in 42nd position (of 53 starters) and scored heat results of 4-11-24-11 to be ranked 28th overall. He then enjoyed a strong pre-final 'B', taking 8th.
"I started from P16 on the outside for the final and again had good speed and worked my way up to 7th place by the end" he explained on Facebook. "It was a good result for a very up and down weekend."
Oscar was scheduled to have a fitness test and training session today (Monday) followed by two days of testing at La Conca.
Above: Oscar on the grid at Sarno
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In a massive field of 80 drivers, fellow Aussie Marcos Flack (CRG/TM) qualified 50th in 60cc Mini and was ranked 53rd after the heats (results of 10-19-26-25). He finished 24th in Pre-Final A, but only the top 17 progressed to the main Final.
Kiwi Marcus Armstrong (Tony Kart/Vortex) did not finish the KZ final. He was ranked 8th after the heat racing.
The round victories went to Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex) in KZ, Pollini (CRG-TM) in KZ2, Travisanutto (Tony-Vortex) in OK, Shvetsov (Tony-Vortex) in OKJ and Minì (Energy-TM) in 60Mini.
from the WSK press release
Breath-taking races in the WSK round in Sarno
The springlike temperature at the International Circuit Napoli was the ideal background for Sunday's races with many of the Finals decided on the last laps and with unpredictable results.
Ardigò wins in KZ
The Sodi Kart platoon was to be feared, but the Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) was able to respond to Jeremy Iglesias, Bas Lammers and Anthony Abbasse (all on Sodi-TM-Vega). At the start of the KZ Final, Ardigò is in fourth behind his opponents, who tried to pull away. After an impressive series of overtakings, the Italian driver managed to grab the head of the race. The French Abbasse, eventually, was able to beat his two team-mates and to be the runner-up. Third position for the Italian Paolo De Conto (CRG-TM-Vega).
Above: KZ podium
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Above: Lammers, KZ
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Pollini is surprising in KZ2
He managed to gain the top positions on the starting grid of the race which groups together the KZ and KZ2 categories. Then, Giacomo Pollini (CRG-TM-Vega) lost positions, even though he managed to keep the head of the KZ2 standings. On the other hand, the Italian Leonardo Lorandi, the frontrunner, dropped back to the last positions at the start and, after recovering as far as second, he got hit by a ten-second penalty for the displacement of his front fairing. Mauro Simoni (DR-TM-Vega) took advantage of the situation and was the runner-up behind the winner, Pollini. Third place for the consistent Italian Luigi Musio (CRG-TM-Vega).
Above: KZ2 podium
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Above: Lorandi, KZ2
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Travisanutto , gets a grip on himself and wins in OK
Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega) was eager to achieve a great result in the OK Final: on the last laps, the English led the race after overtaking the Danish Nicklas Nielsen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), but during the last phases of the race, Joyner’s engine broke and he was obliged to retire. The Brit’s retirement slowed Nielsen too; the Danish lost ground and the Italian Fabrizio Travisanutto (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) took over the leadership of the race. He had already led the pack in the first half of the race, before getting overtaken by Nielsen. Behind him, also the French Clement Novalak (Tony Kart-Vortex) gained ground and finished in second ahead of the Spanish Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-Parilla).
Above: OK senior podium
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Above:Nielsen leads Basz, OK
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Shvetsov, first success in OK Junior in WSK
The battle for the victory in the OK Junior was between the Swedish Isaac Blomqvist and the Dutch Noah Watt (both Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) came to a sudden end during the last laps, when the two drivers came in contact. The Russian Ivan Shvetsov (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) took advantage of the situation and won a WSK race for the first time. Two other Russian drivers completed the podium: Bogdan Fetisov (Tony-TM) and Pavel Bulantsev (Tony-Vortex).
Above: OK Junior podium
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Above: Blomqvist beats Vidales to the line in OKJ on Saturday
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Minì, new winner in the 60 Mini
After a long series of battles in the heats, the Italian Gabriele Minì (Energy-TM-Vega) pulled away in the Final. Behind him, an unstoppable Michael Paparo (IP Karting-TM), who finished second. Good result also for Leonardo Bizzotto (CRG-TM), third.
Above: 60 Mini podium
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Above: Mini won Mini!
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