13 September 2015 |
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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.
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.
Above: Paolo De Conto ahead of Andrea Dalè in the wet opening heat
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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).
Above: Pedro Hiltbrand
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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 |
Above: Tony Kart's Thomas Laurent will start the 2nd KZ2 pre-final from pole
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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).
Above: Artem Slutskiy
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