Heats: KZ World Champs/KZ2 Super Cup


  13 September 2015

CRG drivers head the fields after the heat racing at LeMans. A 1st and a 4th put Paolo De Conto atop the KZ ranking while Pedro Hiltbrand leads KZ2 Super Cup after dominating his heats.

After a first and second in his heats, Tony Kart's Marco Ardigo was set to start the prefinal from grid 1, but was excluded from the second heat for, according to Tony Kart, raising his hand on the grid trying to get an additional warm up lap for safety reasons due to a shower moments earlier.

The KZ2 drivers will be split in two for the pre-finals, the top half from each making the grid for the Final.

Australian Jason Faint will start his pre-final from grid 28 and needs to finish 17th or better to transfer to the Final. Faint made solid progress in the heats, moving up 20 positions from where he qualified.

Patrizicorse's Mirko Torsellini sits 19th in KZ.

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Jason Faint's tyre after heat 3 where he moved up 14 spots to finish 12th
Above: Jason Faint's tyre after heat 3 where he moved up 14 spots to finish 12th
pic - JT Motorsport/Facebook

De Conto leads in KZ

Paolo De Conto (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone) is the pole-sitter of the final phase of the KZ World Championship. Thanks to his win in the last out of three Heats, the Italian driver hauled himself to the leading position. The previous Heats were won by the Dutch Jorrit Pex (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) and by the reigning champion Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone). Ardigò, in another Heat, was hit by a penalty which made him drop back in the standings. Pex, too, struggled in the first Heat, finishing far from the top positions. So, the second slot on the Prefinal grid will be filled by the Swedish Douglas Lundberg (Kosmic-Vortex), while the second row will be occupied by Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart-Vortex) and Pex.

Paolo De Conto ahead of Andrea Dalè in the wet opening heat
Above: Paolo De Conto ahead of Andrea Dalè in the wet opening heat
pic - Press.net Images

Rnk  No.  Driver  QP  A-B  B-C  A-C  Points
1 23 De Conto, Paolo  1 4 0 4
2 12 Lundberg, Douglas  8 3 2 5
3 1 Camponeschi, Flavio  9 3 2 5
4 6 Pex, Jorrit  2 10 0 10
5 5 Hajek, Patrik  6 4 6 10
6 8 Kozlinski, Arnaud  19 6 4 10
7 14 Dalè, Andrea  7 8 5 13
8 3 Hanley, Ben  4 11 3 14
9 16 Thonon, Jonathan  16 5 9 14
10 31 Nielsen, Nicklas  3 7 8 15
11 15 Fore, Davide  20 7 9 16
12 4 Iglesias, Jérémy  14 12 5 17
13 19 Backman, Andreas  13 9 10 19
14 37 Pollini, Giacomo  24 11 11 22
15 9 Abbasse, Anthony  10 2 22 24
16 2 Ardigo, Marco  5 0 26 26
17 10 Puhakka, Simo  17 15 12 27
18 22 Carlton, Gary  18 6 21 27
19 18 Torsellini, Mirko  22 13 14 27
20 25 Grosso, Emilien  15 8 20 28
21 35 Nilsson, Brandon  27 13 15 28
22 7 Lennox-Lamb, Jordon  21 22 7 29
23 28 Boisnard, Erwan  32 14 16 30
24 21 Tujula, Tuomas  26 17 14 31
25 33 Chubarov, Ivan  29 18 15 33
26 32 Vigorito, Gianni  31 16 17 33
27 20 Dreezen, Rick  12 21 13 34
28 34 Canal, Julien  30 18 16 34
29 29 Myers, James  28 23 12 35
30 26 Gimbert, Maxime  33 17 18 35
31 24 Buran, Alessandro  23 26 10 36
32 27 Deharte, Julien  34 19 19 38
33 11 Lammers, Bas  11 21 19 40
34 36 Durante, Sergio  35 20 20 40
35 30 Spinelli, Loris  25 22 23 45

Hiltbrand and Laurent two leaders in KZ2

Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-Maxter-LeCont) put in a nearly perfect race: he won four Heats and grabbed the Pole Position in the Prefinal 1. Next to him another Spanish: Jorge Carlos Pescador (Praga-Parrilla-LeCont), who won once. In the Prefinal 2, the first row is entirely French with Thomas Laurent (Tony Kart-Vortex-LeCont) and  Pierre Loubere (Sodi-TM), winners three times and once respectively. The others winners of today’s races are the Arabian Sean Babington (Energy-Parilla), the Dutch Martijin Van Leeewen (CRG-TM), the Croatian Kristijan Habulin (TBKart-Modena), the French Charles Fiault (Sodi-Parilla) and Nicolas Gonzales (Sodi-TM).

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Above: Pedro Hiltbrand
pic - Press.net Images

KZ2 heat start carnage
Above: KZ2 heat start carnage
pic - CRG/Michele Panzera

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Points  Group
1 102 Hiltbrand, Pedro  CRG / Maxter / LeCont  8 A
2 119 Laurent, Thomas  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  11 B
3 111 Pescador, Jorge Carlos  Praga / Parilla / LeCont  12 A
4 195 Loubere, Pierre  Sodi / TM Racing / LeCont  20 B
5 117 Lorkowski, Tom Josef  Righetti Ridolfi / Modena Engines / LeCont  28 A
6 167 Fiault, Charles  Sodi / Parilla / LeCont  28 B
7 118 Cavalieri, Alberto  Righetti Ridolfi / Modena Engines / LeCont  29 A
8 162 Van Leeuwen, Martijn  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  29 B
9 142 Davies, Dylan  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  31 A
10 156 Habulin, Kristijan  TB Kart / Modena Engines / LeCont  33 B
11 121 Tilloca, Luca  DR / Modena Engines / LeCont  35 A
12 115 Camplese, Lorenzo  Parolin / TM Racing / LeCont  38 B
13 126 Gonzales, Nicolas  Sodi / TM Racing / LeCont  44 A
14 106 Schmitz, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  45 B
15 101 Johansson, Joel  Energy Corse / TM Racing / LeCont  45 A
16 113 Federer, Fabian  CRG / Maxter / LeCont  46 B
17 158 Myszkier, Pawe  Mach 1 / TM Racing / LeCont  46 A
18 145 Midrla, Jan  MS Kart / Modena Engines / LeCont  48 B
19 103 Fasberg, Andreas  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  50 A
20 104 Corberi, Luca  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  51 B
21 150 Brenna, Simone  TB Kart / Modena Engines / LeCont  51 A
22 171 Hall, Philip  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  51 B
23 109 Pex, Stan  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  51 A
24 181 Pelizzari, Alessandro  CKR / Modena Engines / LeCont  57 B
25 112 Piccini, Alessio  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  58 A
26 108 Kremers, Marijn  Birel Art / Parilla / LeCont  61 B
27 127 Mosca, Tommaso  Maranello / TM Racing / LeCont  61 A
28 185 Simoni, Mauro  CRG / Parilla / LeCont  63 B
29 133 Zanchetta, Marco  Energy Corse / TM Racing / LeCont  65 A
30 175 Di Silvestre, Moreno  DR / TM Racing / LeCont  66 B
31 116 Babington, Sean  Energy Corse / Parilla / LeCont  70 A
32 174 Skaras, Emil  Tony Kart / TM Racing / LeCont  70 B
33 120 Tornqvist Persson, Benjami  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  70 A
34 147 Hanssen, Joey  Mach 1 / TM Racing / LeCont  72 B
35 152 Christensen, Michael E.  Praga / Parilla / LeCont  74 A
36 130 Mazzali, Massimo  Croc Promotions / TM Racing / LeCont  76 B
37 131 Horio, Fuma  CRG / Maxter / LeCont  77 A
38 144 Ippolito, Paolo  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  78 B
39 107 Tiene, Felice  CRG / Maxter / LeCont  79 A
40 192 Godard, Ludovic  FA Kart / Vortex / LeCont  81 B
41 114 Celenta, Francesco  Parolin / TM Racing / LeCont  81 A
42 161 Tanco, Jon  Energy Corse / LKE / LeCont  81 B
43 199 Poulain, Antoine  Sodi / TM Racing / LeCont  81 A
44 163 Wiggers, Symen  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  81 B
45 176 Alex, (A. Irlando)  DR / TM Racing / LeCont  82 A
46 149 Arrue, Alexandre  Praga / TM Racing / LeCont  85 B
47 110 Siebecke, Maik  CRG / Modena Engines / LeCont  85 A
48 188 Carde, Emilien  Kosmic / TM Racing / LeCont  87 B
49 151 Breysse, Kevin  Evokart / Parilla / LeCont  87 A
50 137 Giannoni, Lorenzo  Maranello / Modena Engines / LeCont  87 B
51 124 Negro, Riccardo  OK1 / Parilla / LeCont  89 A
52 148 Piccioni, Antonio  Righetti Ridolfi / Modena Engines / LeCont  90 B
53 154 Engman, Kevin  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  90 A
54 194 Horr, Pascal  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  90 B
55 168 Guibbert, Enzo  Tony Kart / Parilla / LeCont  91 A
56 184 Faint, Jason  Parolin / TM Racing / LeCont  92 B
57 129 Azedo Sousa, Yohan  Zanardi / TM Racing / LeCont  94 A
58 123 Bernardotto, Enrico  Maranello / Modena Engines / LeCont  95 B
59 159 Ostvold, Kenneth J.  Dino Kart / TM Racing / LeCont  95 A
60 105 Besancenez, Paolo  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  96 B
61 180 Leuillet, Gabin  Sodi / TM Racing / LeCont  97 A
62 132 Rhyn, Rudolf  Birel Art / Modena Engines / LeCont  97 B
63 141 Zanchi, Matteo  CRG / Maxter / LeCont  98 A
64 134 Rosati, Fabrizio  CRG / Maxter / LeCont  100 B
65 122 Musio, Luigi  Parolin / TM Racing / LeCont  100 A
66 178 Correa, Juan  Energy Corse / TM Racing / LeCont  101 B
67 160 Reinhard, André  CRG / Maxter / LeCont  101 A
68 201 Samon, Enzo  Exprit / Vortex / LeCont  102 B
69 182 Dijk, Roy  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  102 A
70 190 Choisnet, Hugo  Birel Art / TM Racing / LeCont  102 B
71 198 Pagnon, Eddy  CRG / Vortex / LeCont  103 A
72 186 Greenfield, Taylor  Gillard / TM Racing / LeCont  105 B
73 138 Cebrian Ariza, Gerard  Maranello / TM Racing / LeCont  106 A
74 125 Martynyuk, Maxim  CRG / Modena Engines / LeCont  106 B
75 153 Delre, Thierry  Mach 1 / Vortex / LeCont  108 A
76 179 Leuillet, Tom  Sodi / TM Racing / LeCont  111 B
77 202 Ucci, Giovanni  Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont  111 A
78 135 Bottiroli, Antoine  Sodi / TM Racing / LeCont  111 B
79 177 Baciuska, Rokas  Energy Corse / TM Racing / LeCont  113 A
80 200 Roséo, Arnaud  Tony Kart / Maxter / LeCont  113 B
81 139 Mandozzi, Giorgio Alberto  Birel Art / Parilla / LeCont  113 A
82 166 Favaro, Simone  Vemme Kart / TM Racing / LeCont  114 B
83 173 Lagerstrom, Linus  Tony Kart / TM Racing / LeCont  116 A
84 128 Prosperi, Oliver Enrico  CRG / TM Racing / LeCont  117 B
85 155 Gomez Rubiera, Alvaro  CRGSPA / TM Racing / LeCont  122 A
86 164 Bondier, Nelson  Tony Kart / TM Racing / LeCont  122 B
87 187 Kallasmaa, Kaspar  CRG / Modena Engines / LeCont  124 A
88 193 Hemery, Thomas  CRGSPA / TM Racing / LeCont  131 B
89 165 Di Pietro, Andrea Felice  GP Racing / TM Racing / LeCont  133 A
90 196 Maatougui, Adam  Energy Corse / Maxter / LeCont  133 B
91 197 Cobos Manzanal, Arturo  Maranello / Modena Engines / LeCont  137 A
92 189 Cervera Guardeno, Arnau  Maranello / TM Racing / LeCont  138 B
93 136 Fontaine, Paul  Sodi / TM Racing / LeCont  142 A
94 169 Neubauer, Thomas  Birel Art / TM Racing / LeCont  144 B
95 191 Di Martino, Giuseppe  GP Racing / TM Racing / LeCont  146 A
96 170 Roy, Maxime  Birel Art / TM Racing / LeCont  155 B

Tony Kart's Thomas Laurent will start the 2nd KZ2 pre-final from pole
Above: Tony Kart's Thomas Laurent will start the 2nd KZ2 pre-final from pole
pic - Press.net Images

Slutskiy in Pole Position in the Academy

Thanks to his two victories in the Heats, the Russian Artem Slutskiy secured the Pole Position in the Prefinal of the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy. Next to him the Spanish Xavier Lloveras Brunet, second in the current Trophy standings. The Spanish Marta Garcia Lopez, current leader of the Trophy, despite one victories in the heats will start from the second row, behind the Brirtish Alfie Brown (all on  Parolin-FIM-Bridgestone).

lemans karts Artem Slutskiy
Above: Artem Slutskiy
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