23 September 2013 |
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Max Verstappen has taken the 2013 CIK-FIA KZ World Championship for CRG with victory in France last night. Dorian Boccolacci (Energy/TM) came through to take the International Super Cup for KZ2 after a messy fight at the front which saw New Zealander Daniel Bray shunted back to 4th late in the race.
At a glance, Verstappen dominated the KZ final, however he was only third into the first corner and had to fight back to the lead. Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart/Vortex) initially led from Charles Leclerc (ART GP) before Verstappen (CRG/TM) regained control. Max was consistently 2 tenths faster in the second sector and opened a commanding gap to take a well deserved win.
Above: KZ podium, Verstappen 1st, Leclerc 2nd, Lennox-Lamb 3rd
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Cuna Photo
The Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) had a magnificent start, followed by the driver from Monaco, Charles Leclerc (Art GP-TM-Bridgestone), who stole second position immediately after the leader and ahead of Verstappen.
Once overtaken by both Verstappen and Leclerc, Ardigò came under attack from the British driver Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-Parilla-Bridgestone). Ardigò continued to fall through the field (finished 8th) and popular veteran Davide Forè (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) reached fourth place, aiming at stepping on the podium. Unfortunately, Forè got involved in a contact in the tussle and fell to 12th.
Italian Paolo De Conto (Birel-TM) came close to the podium, but had to pull over during the last laps after a race in the top positions. Eventually it was Leclerc who managed to emerge unscathed from the tussle for second place, narrowly beating Lennox-Lamb in 3rd position.
Ben Hanley (Art-GP-TM) was an excellent 4th position, having started way back on the 8th row, and claimed fastest lap. A good performance also from the Italian Mirko Torsellini (Tony Kart-Vortex) who finsihed fifth after a good recovery from the seventh row on the grid. Behind him was Dutchman Bas Lammers (Intrepid/TM), who had started from the 9th row.
Above: Max, #1
pic - CRG Press
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | 1 | Verstappen, Max | CRG / TM / B'stone | 51.838 | |
2 | 6 | Leclerc, Charles | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 3.37 | 52.001 |
3 | 11 | Lennox-Lamb, Jordon | CRG / Parilla / B'stone | 3.43 | 51.832 |
4 | 30 | Hanley, Ben | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 5.86 | 51.767 |
5 | 15 | Torsellini, Mirko | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 6.039 | 51.951 |
6 | 5 | Lammers, Bas | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 6.106 | 51.924 |
7 | 27 | Tiene, Felice | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 6.378 | 51.914 |
8 | 2 | Ardigo, Marco | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 6.722 | 52.029 |
9 | 28 | Alguersuari, Jaime | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 7.904 | 52.132 |
10 | 19 | Kozlinski, Arnaud | Birel / TM / B'stone | 8.85 | 51.998 |
11 | 3 | Abbasse, Anthony | Sodi / TM / B'stone | 9.108 | 52.118 |
12 | 9 | Fore, Davide | CRG / TM / B'stone | 9.211 | 52.011 |
13 | 16 | Cesetti, Sauro | Top Kart / TM / B'stone | 10.087 | 52.088 |
14 | 25 | Grosso, Emilien | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 16.031 | 52.309 |
15 | 32 | Iglesias, Jérémy | Lenzokart / LKE / B'stone | 16.177 | 52.489 |
16 | 7 | Pex, Jorrit | CRG / TM / B'stone | 17.016 | 52.506 |
17 | 24 | Federer, Fabian | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 17.221 | 51.954 |
18 | 33 | Tuukkanen, Aleksi | Ninar / TM / B'stone | 17.385 | 52.35 |
19 | 17 | Van der Raad, Sinan | CRG / TM / B'stone | 17.566 | 52.409 |
20 | 20 | Davies, Dylan | First / TM / B'stone | 17.782 | 52.386 |
21 | 35 | Roy, Maxime | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 18.052 | 52.445 |
22 | 36 | Ragues, Pierre | Sodi / TM / B'stone | 18.189 | 52.397 |
23 | 23 | Gazzurelli, Gianni | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 19.832 | 52.621 |
24 | 34 | Suonpää, Leevi | DR / TM / B'stone | 21.161 | 52.634 |
25 | 31 | Kamitsakis, Stefanos | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 24.243 | 52.743 |
26 | 37 | Schrangl, Andreas | Oberon / Seven / B'stone | 25.704 | 52.751 |
27 | 8 | De Conto, Paolo | Birel / TM / B'stone | 1 Lap | 51.904 |
28 | 29 | De Brabander, Yannick | Maranello / TM / B'stone | 9 Laps | 51.932 |
29 | 26 | Kokko, Henri | DR / TM / B'stone | 11 Laps | 52.27 |
30 | 18 | Camplese, Lorenzo | Intrepid / Parilla / B'stone | 17 Laps | 52.509 |
31 | 14 | Hajek, Patrik | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 20 Laps | |
32 | 10 | Toninelli, Roberto | Birel / TM / B'stone | 20 Laps | |
33 | 12 | Dreezen, Rick | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 20 Laps | |
34 | 22 | Piccioni, Antonio | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 20 Laps |
Boccolacci wins the CIK-FIA International Super Cup
The French youngster with the Italian name, Dorian Boccolacci (Energy-TM-Bridgestone) came out on top of a heated battle for the International KZ2 Super Cup.
New Zealander Daniel Bray (GP-TM-Bridgestone) started the final from pole, sharing the front row with Boccolacci, courtesy of the duo having won the two pre-finals.
Bray was dreaming of laying his hands on the cup until the last laps of the Final, where the Italian Loris Spinelli (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) put an end to his leadership and took the head of the race.
Earlier in the final, the Italian Riccardo Negro (DR-TM-Bridgestone) had tried to keep with Bray, but he soon lost ground and the pack behind him managed to close the gap. The French Alexandre Arrue (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone) had more luck and, during the last laps, he was able to recover and reach the third position.
In the meantime, Boccolacci just had to control the race: the battle behind allowed him to build up a remarkable lead over his pursuers. Spinelli, second over the finishing line, was penalised by the stewards for a manoeuvre in the closing laps, giving the runnerup position to Arrue, followed by Bray.
Negro managed to finish fourth, ahead of the German Alexander Schmitz and the Italian Nicola Marcon (both on Tony Kart-Vortex).
Above: KZ2 podium, prior to Spinelli's penalty - Boccolacci 1st, Spinelli 2nd, Arrue 3rd
pic - CRG Press
KZ2 result over the line:
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | 129 | Boccolacci, Dorian | Energy / TM / B'stone | 52.45 | |
2 | 126 | Spinelli, Loris | CRG / TM / B'stone | 0.783 | 52.249 |
3 | 191 | Arrue, Alexandre | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 3.198 | 52.375 |
4 | 155 | Bray, Daniel | GP / TM / B'stone | 3.262 | 52.226 |
5 | 104 | Negro, Riccardo | DR / TM / B'stone | 3.311 | 52.486 |
6 | 107 | Schmitz, Alexander | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 3.424 | 52.527 |
7 | 164 | Marcon, Nicola | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 3.649 | 52.513 |
8 | 127 | Van Der Burgt, Ryan | DR / TM / B'stone | 6.934 | 52.755 |
9 | 130 | Juodvirsis, Simas | Energy / TM / B'stone | 8.523 | 52.736 |
10 | 182 | Goupy, Julien | Praga / TM / B'stone | 8.62 | 52.522 |
11 | 103 | Johansson, Joel | Energy / TM / B'stone | 9.014 | 52.555 |
12 | 183 | De Ruwe, Xen | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 10.052 | 52.513 |
13 | 139 | Siebecke, Maik | CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone | 10.254 | 52.528 |
14 | 125 | Romkema, Ricardo | Zanardi / TM / B'stone | 10.571 | 52.422 |
15 | 115 | Specken, Guust | Birel / TM / B'stone | 13.505 | 52.623 |
16 | 119 | Brenna, Simone | TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone | 14.658 | 52.731 |
17 | 117 | Mantione, Nolan | Birel / TM / B'stone | 14.723 | 52.671 |
18 | 116 | Lolmede, Thierry | RK / TM / B'stone | 15.138 | 52.832 |
19 | 120 | Nilsson, Tobias | CRG / TM / B'stone | 16.125 | 52.827 |
20 | 137 | Van Moorsel, Jordi | Maddox / TM / B'stone | 16.345 | 52.687 |
21 | 192 | Arcila, Oscar | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 16.818 | 52.796 |
22 | 176 | Rohrbasser, Nicolas | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 16.969 | 52.757 |
23 | 178 | Luisier, Simon | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 22.96 | 53.303 |
24 | 133 | Wiggers, Symen | CRG / TM / B'stone | 26.947 | 52.93 |
25 | 163 | Maatougui, Adam | Energy / TM / B'stone | 27.189 | 52.981 |
26 | 146 | Habulin, Kristijan | CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone | 2 Laps | 52.287 |
27 | 110 | Midrla, Jan | Birel / TM / B'stone | 2 Laps | 52.344 |
28 | 121 | Pescador, Jorge | CRG / TM / B'stone | 2 Laps | 52.588 |
29 | 168 | Ramon, Eric | Intrepid / Modena Engines / B'stone | 13 Laps | 52.916 |
30 | 165 | Martinez, Giovanni | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 13 Laps | 52.936 |
31 | 118 | Maxa, Radim | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 15 Laps | 53.489 |
32 | 156 | David, Paul | Tony Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone | 15 Laps | 53.452 |
33 | 173 | Simoni, Mauro | CRG / TM / B'stone | 18 Laps | 54.376 |
34 | 181 | Laurent, Thomas | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 20 Laps |
Besler won both the races of the Cik-FIA Academy Trophy’s last round
The Turkish Berkay Besler put his hands on both the Finals in Varennes during the last laps of the races, ahead of the French Gautier Becq and the Spanish Arturo Melgar in Race 1, and of the Italian Edoardo Tolfo and another time Melgar in Race 2.
The Belgian Maxime Potty won the final classification of the Trophy, thanks to his victories in the Belgian round at Genk and to his good race results in the following rounds. Second in the final standings is Melgar and third is Besler.