European KZ & KZ2 Championship Final


press release 1 July 2013
 

Verstappen (CRG-TM) and Antonsen (DR-TM) have won the CIK-FIA European championship for the KZ and KZ2 categories respectively in Genk (B) on the weekend.

  • Link to all the results HERE

Genk (B) crowns the first two CIK-FIA champions of 2013

The closing day of the second and last round of the CIK-FIA European Championship was as spectacular and thrilling as the previous racing days. The eventful and gripping races changed continuously the situation of the Championship standings. Dutch Max Verstappen's and Norwegian Emil Antonsen's are the new European Champions for the KZ and KZ2 categories.

The KZ2 podium
Above: The KZ2 podium
pic - Press.net Images

Max Verstappen is the new champion of the KZ

Max Verstappen (CRG-TM-Bridgestone), who arrived in Genk as the leader of the KZ standings, definitely deserved the title he won. The son of Jos Verstappen, former F1 driver, had to overcome the effects of a crash at the start of one of the heats: this unpredictable stop heavily conditioned him at the start of the final phase. The most skilful Verstappen's competitors were his teammates: the English  Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-Parilla-Bridgestone) and the Dutch Jorrit Pex (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) started from the front row of the Pre-final. The young and talented Dutch driver had to put in his best performance to close the gap. He eventually finished behind Lennox-Lamb. The race of the other favourite driver, the Dutch Bas Lammers (Intrepid-TM-Bridgestone), was not as good: in the final phase he did not manage to keep up with the top drivers, after he, too, had a rather unlucky qualifying phase. So, Verstappen had to gain the leadership as quickly as possible: a mission he accomplished in the Final run this afternoon, when the Championship leader won the decisive race ahead of the Belgian ace Jonathan Thonon (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone) and the new talent from Monaco Charles Leclerc (ArtGP-TM-Bridgestone). Thonon and Leclerc stepped onto the podium after Lennox-Lamb's retirement. The Englishman was second at half race. In the Championship, finished behind Verstappen the Italian Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) and the French Anthony Abbasse, who placed in the Final 5th and 6th respectively.

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 24 Verstappen, Max  CRG / TM / B'stone  51.593
2 7 Thonon, Jonathan  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  1.827 51.624
3 34 Leclerc, Charles  ART GP / TM / B'stone  3.343 51.73
4 2 De Conto, Paolo  Birel / TM / B'stone  5.884 51.694
5 23 Ardigo, Marco  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  6.787 51.8
6 26 Abbasse, Anthony  Sodi / TM / B'stone  7.265 51.828
7 22 Pex, Jorrit  CRG / TM / B'stone  8.252 51.711
8 11 Fore, Davide  CRG / TM / B'stone  10.343 51.825
9 27 Dreezen, Rick  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  12.679 51.952
10 37 Toninelli, Roberto  Birel / TM / B'stone  12.793 51.947
11 30 Torsellini, Mirko  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  13.871 51.914
12 38 Cesetti, Sauro  Top Kart / TM / B'stone  14.881 51.9
13 18 Van Der Raad, Sinan  CRG / TM / B'stone  17.727 52.136
14 35 Fasberg, Andreas  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  19.767 52.017
15 33 Davies, Dylan  First / TM / B'stone  20.112 52.1
16 39 Kievitsbosch, Arjan  RK / Modena Engines / B'stone  21.687 52.168
17 40 Di Martino, Michele  Energy / TM / B'stone  22.955 52.217
18 25 Gazzurelli, Gianni  FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone  26.327 52.271
19 32 Camponeschi, Flavio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  4 Laps  51.782
20 31 Lennox Lamb, Jordon  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  10 Laps  51.706
21 21 Kokko, Henri  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  15 Laps  52.227
22 1 Lammers, Bas  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  15 Laps  51.788
23 20 Geurts, Verdi  Birel / TM / B'stone  20 Laps  53.399
24 29 De Brabander, Yannick  Maranello / TM / B'stone  23 Laps 
25 3 Hanley, Ben  ART GP / TM / B'stone  23 Laps 

 

Antonsen: mission accomplished. He is the new KZ2 Champion

A surprising finale gave the results nobody expected after the first round of the championship in KZ2. Already in the Prefinal, the leader of the championship, the Italian Riccardo Negro (DR-TM-Bridgestone), had to pull over for an engine issue and missed the Final. Also his main rival, Marco Zanchetta (Maranello-TM-Bridgestone), got slowed down in the Prefinal and had to start from the 10th row of the Final. So, the scenario was completely different, after   the victory of the Belgian Alexander Schmitz (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) in Prefinal 1 - followed by the Croatian Kristijan Habulin (CRG-Modena-Bridgestone) and the Norwegian Emil Antonsen (DR-TM-Bridgestone). The Prefinal 2 was won by the Swedish Joel Johansson (Energy-TM-Bridgestone), ahead of the Czech Jan Midrla (Birel-TM-Bridgestone) and the Dutch Symen Wiggers (CRG-TM-Bridgestone). The favourite for the final victory, so, seemed to be Johansson - who started from the pole position in the Final - . At half race, the Italian Felice Tiene (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) passed Johansson and gained the leadership, which he kept until the end. Here, Antonsen, who had closed the gap with Johansson, managed to overtake the Swedish driver. The loss of the second place cost Johansson the European title. So, it was the Norwegian who eventually won the KZ2 title, right ahead of Johansson and Tiene.


Above: The KZ podium
pic - Press.net Images

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 108 Tiene, Felice  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  52.207
2 201 Antonsen, Emil  DR / TM / B'stone  2.404 52.436
3 165 Johansson, Joel  Energy / TM / B'stone  3.58 52.518
4 190 Marcon, Nicola  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  5.867 52.416
5 180 Schmitz, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  6.246 52.637
6 104 Midrla, Jan  Birel / TM / B'stone  7.293 52.641
7 150 Pex, Yard  CRG / TM / B'stone  8.491 52.527
8 144 Manetti, Alessandro  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  11.793 52.433
9 138 Specken, Guust  Birel / TM / B'stone  14.358 52.559
10 164 Hays, Christopher  Energy / TM / B'stone  14.804 52.788
11 123 Brenna, Simone  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  15.305 52.668
12 135 Illgen, Kevin  CRG / TM / B'stone  16.295 52.716
13 200 Van Meever, Maks  Lenzokart / TM / B'stone  18.391 52.989
14 205 Paauwe, Menno  Birel / TM / B'stone  18.607 52.984
15 143 Piccini, Alessio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  18.636 52.782
16 191 Marconi, Tommaso  First / TM / B'stone  19.145 52.931
17 176 Habulin, Kristijan  CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone  20.506 52.382
18 137 Kremers, Marijn  Birel / TM / B'stone  21.429 53.263
19 195 Zimmermann, Tim  ART GP / TM / B'stone  24.52 52.887
20 192 Bombardelli, Luca  CKR / De Bei / B'stone  27.142 53.15
21 216 Gagen, Seva  Parolin / TM / B'stone  27.612 52.995
22 130 Zanchetta, Marco  Maranello / TM / B'stone  31.566 52.449
23 139 Roy, Maxime  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  36.746 52.766
24 199 Charles, Kenny  Merlin / TM / B'stone  37.793 52.751
25 155 Wiggers, Symen  CRG / TM / B'stone  41.48 53.098
26 161 Idzkowski, Bartosz  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  41.989 52.693
27 127 Jeleniowski, Marcel  CRG / TM / B'stone  9 Laps  52.795
28 210 Savona, Federico  Top Kart / TM / B'stone  9 Laps  53.247
29 181 Hiltbrand, Pedro  LH / Maxter / B'stone  19 Laps  53.441
30 174 Pescador, Jorge  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  21 Laps  54.72
31 152 Schmidt, Dominik  CRG / TM / B'stone  23 Laps 
32 166 Aceto, Massimo  Righetti / TM / B'stone  23 Laps 
33 126 Fiault, Charles  Sodi / Parilla / B'stone  23 Laps 
34 209 Cunati, Simone  Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone  23 Laps

 

Potty and Melgar winners of the Academy

It was a thrilling weekend also for the young drivers of the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy (all behind the wheel of a Parolin-Fim-Vega), which reached its climax today, with the two Finals. The podium of Race 1 was achieved by the Belgian Maxime Potty, followed by the French Gautier Becq and the Estonian Ralf Aron. In Race 2, the winner was the Spanish Arturo Melgar, followed by Potty (once again on the podium) and the Russian Artem Petrov.

 


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