press release | 1 September 2014 |
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The new European KF & KFJ CIK-FIA Champions at PFi are Callum Ilott (GB – Zanardi-Parilla KF) and Enaam Ahmed (GB – FA Kart-Vortex KFJ).
The new Champions from England
The 2014 European CIK-FIA Championship finished today with a British ending, not only because the final round of the event was held at the PF International Circuit of Brandon, in the lovely countryside of Lincolnshire. The last British seal on the KF and KFJ Championship was put by two drivers coming from Great Britain, at the end of a really demanding weekend.
The English driver from Hertfordshire, the not yet sixteen-year-old Callum Ilott, became the new CIK-FIA European champion for the KF category. He won the title driving a Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop kart of the Swedish team Zanardi Strakka Racing, managed by Richard Franchini.
In KF Junior, the title was won by Enaam Ahmed, a fourteen-year-old Londoner of eastern origins. He won the Championship behind the wheel of a FA Kart-Vortex-Vega prepared by the British team Ricky Flynn Motorsport, led by Mr Ricky Flynn himself.
Ilott overtakes and wins. He is the KF champion
He dominated throughout the whole race, but only after a hard session of qualifying. Callum Ilott did not seem at ease on the wet asphalt of the track at the beginning of the weekend, as well as the leader of the championship, Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex-Dunlop). They only set the 7th and 12th time at the end of the session, but their performance definitely improved during the heats, on dry asphalt. They went back to the top, with Ilott leading the group. Today, the English driver's pace was the fastest already in the Prefinal, where he won preceding his fellow countryman Mark Litchfield (Kosmic-TM-Dunlop), while Nielsen finished third.
Above: Callum Ilott aboard his Zanardi/Parilla
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The Danish saved himself for the Final; here Nielsen had a great start and gained the lead of the race starting from the second row. Ilott, however, was in peak form and, after few laps, he became the leader, increasing the gap lap after lap until the finishing line. Also Litchfield remained in the top positions, finishing fifth behind the competitive Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-Parilla-Dunlop), who was aiming at a podium position but was overtaken by the Italian Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-Parilla-Dunlop). The Italian achieved a great recovery, which brought him to the final third position, starting from the sixth row of the grid. He recovered two positions during the last laps and finished behind Ilott and Nielsen. The final podium had a double value for the English driver, who managed to win the Championship thanks to his success on the British track.
Above: The KF podium
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Result of Final (championship points at bottom of page)
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | 106 | Ilott, Callum | Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop | 55.916 | |
2 | 103 | Nielsen, Nicklas | Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop | 1.847 | 56.099 |
3 | 132 | Lorandi, Alessio | Tony Kart / Parilla / Dunlop | 4.901 | 55.962 |
4 | 192 | Litchfield, Mark | Kosmic / TM / Dunlop | 7.39 | 56.067 |
5 | 115 | Hiltbrand, Pedro | CRG / Parilla / Dunlop | 7.462 | 56.213 |
6 | 120 | Norris, Lando | FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 7.58 | 55.902 |
7 | 155 | Besancenez, Paolo | Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop | 7.653 | 56.328 |
8 | 127 | Aubry, Gabriel | Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 8.038 | 56.131 |
9 | 119 | Joyner, Tom | Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop | 8.289 | 56.136 |
10 | 129 | Kari, Niko | Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 8.539 | 55.988 |
11 | 124 | Sitnikov, Nikita | Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop | 10.364 | 56.19 |
12 | 163 | Janker, Hannes | Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop | 13.397 | 56.014 |
13 | 101 | Moilanen, Aatu | ART GP / TM / Dunlop | 14.538 | 56.436 |
14 | 167 | Hodgson, Oliver | Kosmic / TM / Dunlop | 14.651 | 56.118 |
15 | 123 | Daruvala, Jehan | FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 15.111 | 55.948 |
16 | 131 | Haapalainen, Tuomas | ART GP / TM / Dunlop | 15.231 | 56.076 |
17 | 113 | Dabski, Karol | Praga / Parilla / Dunlop | 15.51 | 56.226 |
18 | 156 | Xia, Yifan | Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop | 17.936 | 56.368 |
19 | 105 | Stupenkov, Egor | Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop | 18.338 | 56.209 |
20 | 157 | Kjaergaard, Nicolai | Energy / TM / Dunlop | 18.542 | 56.196 |
21 | 128 | Marcu, Dionisios | CRG / Parilla / Dunlop | 20.199 | 56.267 |
22 | 168 | Lundgaard, Daniel | Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 21.505 | 56.349 |
23 | 189 | Price, Josh | Tony Kart / Parilla / Dunlop | 22.069 | 56.028 |
24 | 133 | Mazepin, Nikita | Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 23.255 | 56.288 |
25 | 160 | Heinonen, Johannes | Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop | 25.215 | 56.273 |
26 | 121 | Van Leeuwen, Martijn | Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop | 25.389 | 56.16 |
27 | 117 | Darras, Julien | ART GP / TM / Dunlop | 25.701 | 56.285 |
28 | 110 | Tujula, Tuomas | ART GP / TM / Dunlop | 35.083 | 56.587 |
29 | 138 | Troickiy, Nikita | Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 45.79 | 56.646 |
30 | 109 | Norris, Oliver | FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 10 Laps | 56.375 |
31 | 188 | Norris, John | Mach 1 / TM / Dunlop | 18 Laps | 57.413 |
32 | 102 | Basz, Karol | Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop | 20 Laps | 59.348 |
33 | 140 | Pym, Hannah | Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop | 22 Laps | |
34 | 104 | Tiene, Felice | CRG / Parilla / Dunlop | 22 Laps |
Ahmed crowned champion of the KFJ
For Enaam Ahmed things could have been less tricky, but the race was harder than expected. His main rival was his fellow countryman Daniel Ticktum (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega): his race began well in qualifying, but the rest of his weekend was characterized by a rather poor performance, which relegated him in the back positions. Also the American Devlin Defrancesco (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) - another pretender to the title - was soon out of the game. He even had to go through the repechage to enter the Final, where he finished in 13th position. So, the main rival for Ahmed was David Beckmann (Tony Kart-Parilla-Vega): he was the best in qualifying, in the heats and battled against Ahmed in the Prefinal, finishing second ahead of the Lithuanian Rokas Baciuska (Energy-TM-Vega).
Above: Enaam Ahmed aboard his FA/Vortex
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In his desperate attempt to close the gap in the championship, the German Beckmann even gained the lead of the heated Final, where also his fellow countryman Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) achieved an excellent performance. The three fought hard until Mick lost definitely ground. Also Beckmann lost ground, leaving the victory to Ahmed, who was able to celebrate both the victory in the race and in the championship. The runner-up was the Russian Alexander Vartanyan (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega); third position on the podium for the English Max Fewtrell (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega).
Above: KF-J podium
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Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | 202 | Ahmed, Enaam | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 57.16 | |
2 | 211 | Vartanyan, Alexander | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 0.378 | 56.968 |
3 | 218 | Fewtrell, Max | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 1.616 | 57.046 |
4 | 241 | Correa, Juan | Energy / TM / Vega | 1.958 | 57.07 |
5 | 216 | Beckmann, David | Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega | 2.56 | 57.193 |
6 | 206 | Lorandi, Leonardo | Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega | 7.906 | 57.478 |
7 | 212 | Junior, Mick | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 8.139 | 57.423 |
8 | 219 | Pull, James | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 11.863 | 57.52 |
9 | 239 | Petrov, Artem | DR / TM / Vega | 13.285 | 57.511 |
10 | 204 | Sargeant, Logan | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 13.821 | 57.263 |
11 | 263 | Yeu Yang, Sun | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 14.111 | 57.421 |
12 | 261 | Roes Andersen, Casper | Energy / TM / Vega | 14.321 | 57.444 |
13 | 223 | Defrancesco, Devlin | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 14.513 | 57.152 |
14 | 222 | Smith, Joshua Francis | ART GP / TM / Vega | 15.237 | 57.657 |
15 | 268 | Lundgaard, Christian | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 15.768 | 57.247 |
16 | 209 | Lessennes, Benjamin | Kosmic / Parilla / Vega | 16.127 | 57.499 |
17 | 254 | Haaga, Anton | Kosmic / LKE / Vega | 18.15 | 57.394 |
18 | 258 | Lindh, Rasmus | Praga / Parilla / Vega | 18.498 | 57.607 |
19 | 270 | Novalak, Clément | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega | 20.503 | 57.684 |
20 | 267 | Verkroost, Bard | FA Kart / TM / Vega | 21.028 | 57.42 |
21 | 225 | Colombo, Lorenzo | Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega | 21.681 | 57.628 |
22 | 262 | Roosens, Kenny | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 23.88 | 57.728 |
23 | 213 | Travisanutto, Lorenzo | PCR / TM / Vega | 25.338 | 57.572 |
24 | 221 | Moreira Laliberté, Kami | Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega | 26.092 | 58.082 |
25 | 220 | Tillett, Archie | CRG / TM / Vega | 28.001 | 57.741 |
26 | 217 | Martin, Ross | Tony Kart / TM / Vega | 28.131 | 57.264 |
27 | 215 | Krencisz, Jan | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega | 31.783 | 57.876 |
28 | 238 | Martinez Merono, Eliseo | CRG / TM / Vega | 34.113 | 57.929 |
29 | 201 | Ticktum, Daniel | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 2 Laps | 57.546 |
30 | 240 | Baciuska, Rokas | Energy / TM / Vega | 2 Laps | 57.278 |
31 | 233 | Alex, - | DR / TM / Vega | 3 Laps | 57.483 |
32 | 226 | Drugovich Roncato, Felipe | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega | 4 Laps | 57.4 |
207 | Floersch, Sophia | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | DNS |
Championship Standings
KF
Rnk | No. | Driver | Points |
1 | 106 | Ilott, Callum | 99 |
2 | 103 | Nielsen, Nicklas | 89 |
3 | 120 | Norris, Lando | 64 |
4 | 119 | Joyner, Tom | 59 |
5 | 129 | Kari, Niko | 55 |
6 | 132 | Lorandi, Alessio | 53 |
7 | 115 | Hiltbrand, Pedro | 42 |
8 | 104 | Tiene, Felice | 39 |
9 | 121 | Van Leeuwen, Martijn | 31 |
10 | 127 | Aubry, Gabriel | 26 |
11 | 102 | Basz, Karol | 26 |
12 | 155 | Besancenez, Paolo | 24 |
13 | 163 | Janker, Hannes | 23 |
14 | 123 | Daruvala, Jehan | 19 |
15 | 117 | Darras, Julien | 16 |
16 | 167 | Hodgson, Oliver | 13 |
17 | 124 | Sitnikov, Nikita | 11 |
18 | 109 | Norris, Oliver | 9 |
19 | 107 | Maestranzi, Marco | 8 |
20 | 113 | Dabski, Karol | 8 |
21 | 168 | Lundgaard, Daniel | 7 |
22 | 116 | Rossel, Kevin | 6 |
23 | 133 | Mazepin, Nikita | 5 |
24 | 130 | Lundqvist, Linus | 5 |
25 | 101 | Moilanen, Aatu | 4 |
26 | 148 | Cristofaro, Nick | 3 |
27 | 105 | Stupenkov, Egor | 1 |
28 | 128 | Marcu, Dionisios | 1 |
29 | 131 | Haapalainen, Tuomas | 1 |
29 | 122 | Pulcini, Leonardo | 1 |
31 | 156 | Xia, Yifan | 1 |
32 | 110 | Tujula, Tuomas | 0 |
33 | 146 | Okada, Takuya | 0 |
34 | 160 | Heinonen, Johannes | 0 |
35 | 138 | Troickiy, Nikita | 0 |
36 | 157 | Kjaergaard, Nicolai | 0 |
37 | 111 | Lavelli, Kevin | 0 |
38 | 141 | Shlom, Yan Leon | 0 |
39 | 154 | Martynyuk, Maxim | 0 |
39 | 112 | Fong Wei Jie, Julien | 0 |
41 | 108 | Gonzales, Nicolas | 0 |
42 | 137 | Skaras, Emil | 0 |
43 | 166 | Potty, Maxime | 0 |
44 | 164 | Zhou, Guan Yu | 0 |
45 | 153 | Horn, Moritz | 0 |
46 | 140 | Pym, Hannah | 0 |
47 | 143 | Puhakka, Juuso | 0 |
48 | 135 | Hall, Philip | 0 |
49 | 165 | Marino, Sato | 0 |
49 | 162 | Volkov, Evgeniy | 0 |
49 | 161 | Gadois, Alexandre | 0 |
49 | 159 | Van Der Watt, Julian | 0 |
49 | 158 | Thorsen, Kristian | 0 |
49 | 152 | Dante, Zackary | 0 |
49 | 151 | Gomez, Sidney | 0 |
49 | 150 | Von Schedvin, Lina | 0 |
49 | 149 | Cucco, Stefano | 0 |
49 | 147 | Al-Khalifa, Issa Abdulla | 0 |
49 | 145 | Klar, David | 0 |
49 | 144 | Semi, Valtteri | 0 |
49 | 142 | Mäntylä, Ville | 0 |
49 | 139 | Pankiewicz, Wiktoria | 0 |
49 | 136 | Korneev, Alexey | 0 |
49 | 134 | Durante, Cosimo Francesco | 0 |
49 | 126 | Chaimongkol, Sasakorn | 0 |
49 | 125 | Sette Camara, Sergio | 0 |
49 | 118 | Grzyb, Michal | 0 |
49 | 114 | Kim, Maxim | 0 |
KF-Junior
Rnk | No. | Driver | Points |
1 | 202 | Ahmed, Enaam | 76 |
2 | 212 | Junior, Mick | 52 |
3 | 223 | Defrancesco, Devlin | 49 |
4 | 201 | Ticktum, Daniel | 48 |
5 | 216 | Beckmann, David | 47 |
6 | 204 | Sargeant, Logan | 44 |
7 | 211 | Vartanyan, Alexander | 41 |
8 | 218 | Fewtrell, Max | 41 |
9 | 254 | Haaga, Anton | 40 |
10 | 213 | Travisanutto, Lorenzo | 34 |
11 | 239 | Petrov, Artem | 33 |
12 | 206 | Lorandi, Leonardo | 31 |
13 | 267 | Verkroost, Bard | 28 |
14 | 241 | Correa, Juan | 28 |
15 | 238 | Martinez Merono, Eliseo | 23 |
16 | 217 | Martin, Ross | 22 |
17 | 209 | Lessennes, Benjamin | 20 |
18 | 228 | Martono, Presley | 14 |
19 | 260 | De Pauw, Ulysse | 10 |
20 | 249 | Pankiewicz, Julia | 9 |
21 | 219 | Pull, James | 8 |
22 | 258 | Lindh, Rasmus | 8 |
23 | 265 | Fernandez Wahbeh, Sebastian | 8 |
24 | 268 | Lundgaard, Christian | 7 |
25 | 261 | Roes Andersen, Casper | 7 |
26 | 226 | Drugovich Roncato, Felipe | 7 |
27 | 240 | Baciuska, Rokas | 6 |
28 | 263 | Yeu Yang, Sun | 5 |
29 | 232 | Tonteri, Paavo | 5 |
30 | 222 | Smith, Joshua Francis | 5 |
31 | 227 | Maini, Kush | 3 |
32 | 234 | Lappalainen, Konsta | 3 |
33 | 272 | Milell, Noah | 3 |
34 | 269 | Leuillet, Tom | 2 |
35 | 208 | Bollier, Jules | 2 |
36 | 221 | Moreira Laliberté, Kami | 0 |
37 | 207 | Floersch, Sophia | 0 |
38 | 245 | Legeret, Lucas | 0 |
39 | 270 | Novalak, Clément | 0 |
40 | 210 | Garcia Lopez, Marta | 0 |
41 | 215 | Krencisz, Jan | 0 |
42 | 225 | Colombo, Lorenzo | 0 |
43 | 262 | Roosens, Kenny | 0 |
44 | 220 | Tillett, Archie | 0 |
45 | 251 | Santos Gomez, Lisard | 0 |
46 | 233 | Alex, - | 0 |
47 | 205 | Azedo Sousa, Yohan | 0 |
48 | 271 | Van Kalmthout, Rinus | 0 |
48 | 264 | Milesi, Charles | 0 |
48 | 259 | Podobsky, Lukas | 0 |
48 | 257 | Della Coletta, Murilo | 0 |
48 | 256 | Della Coletta, Marcel | 0 |
48 | 255 | Lenzo, Federico | 0 |
48 | 253 | Sario, Robin | 0 |
48 | 252 | Eriksson, Joona | 0 |
48 | 250 | Munoz Fernandez, Adrian | 0 |
48 | 248 | Lloveras Brunet, Xavier | 0 |
48 | 247 | Gheno, Jacopo | 0 |
48 | 246 | Scherer, Fabio | 0 |
48 | 244 | Viscaal, Bent | 0 |
48 | 243 | Naiker, Kashen | 0 |
48 | 242 | Brozzoni, Alessandro | 0 |
48 | 237 | Konstantinos, - | 0 |
48 | 236 | Zotov, Gleb | 0 |
48 | 235 | Tashkalov, Damir | 0 |
48 | 231 | Pasma, Patrik | 0 |
48 | 230 | Ye, Yifei | 0 |
48 | 229 | Mazrul Haizad, Adam Haikal | 0 |
48 | 224 | Alesi, Giuliano | 0 |
48 | 214 | Baiz, Mauricio | 0 |