Ilott & Ahmed Euro KF & KF-J Champions


press release 1 September 2014
 

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

 

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