World Championships - Saturday
| 1 September 2013 |
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A couple of DNFs in the heat races have dropped Joseph Mawson to 46th in the rankings at the opening round of the KF World Championships. This places him on grid 23 for 'Pre-Final 2' where he needs to place 17th or better to make the finals.
AKA Facebook provided a summary of his heat races (official results HERE):
- Heat 1 - All went well, was running as high as 12th before another competitor made contact with him and lost four positions on the final lap.
- Heat 2 - Joey had a perfect start and everything was going well until another driver turned across in front of him under braking and they connected wheels which sent Mawson flipping into the air. He emerged uninjured.
- Heat 3 - Joey made a great start and made some good ground to finish 11th.
- Heat 4 - After missing all the crashes at the start,all was going to plan before he dropped a chain forcing him out.
event press release
In Brandon (UK), for the CIK-FIA World KF Championship, Verstappen (CRG-TM) and Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex) are in pole in the Prefinals. Pole for Lorandi (Tony-Parilla) in the Int. Super Cup KFJ. Finals live on www.cikfiachampionship.com - www.cikfia.tv.
Above: Nicklas Nielson leads Ben Hanley, KF
pic - press.net images
The pretenders to the World KF Title present themselves in Brandon
After today's qualifying heats in Brandon (UK), the list of the pretenders to the World KF Title is complete. The 10 races run today, during the first day of the CIK-FIA KF World Championship, established the starting grid of tomorrow's final phase. We are at the first out of two scheduled rounds, which is taking place on the 1,382 metre long PF International Circuit. The core of the event is tomorrow, with the two Prefinals and the Final; this race will award the first points of the Championship. Also the starting grid of the KF Junior is ready, after today's three qualifying races. This category completes the programme of the weekend with the CIK-FIA International Super Cup, run on a single round.
Verstappen and Nielsen grab the two pole positions in KF
Max Verstappen (CRG-TM-Vega) continues to be unstoppable: the fifteen-year-old Dutch driver won four heats in a row, all the heats he took part in. He achieved the overall best result, better than Nicklas Nielsen's (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega) one. The Danish driver, who won three races, remained behind Verstappen, but they will both start in pole position in their Prefinals. In tomorrow's Prefinal 1, in the two slots of the front row we'll find Verstappen and the English Tom Joyner (Zanardi-TM-Vega). In second row there are the Danish Andreas Hansen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) and the Spanish Alex Palou (CRG-Parilla-Vega). Next to Nielsen, in Pre-final 2, the Canadian Lance Stroll (Zanardi-TM-Vega), winner in the other two heats of today. In second row the Polish Karol Basz (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) and the Croatian Martin Kodric (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega).
Above: Max Verstappen and Tom Joyner, KF
pic - press.net images
Alessio Lorandi grabs the pole in KFJ
In the race for the CIK-FIA International Super Cup, the Italian Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-Parilla-Le Cont) is the driver to beat, after conquering the pole of the Prefinal thanks to a win and two second places in today's races. His strongest rival seems to be the English Daniel Ticktum (FA Kart-Vortex-Le Cont), who achieved victory twice. Unfortunately, the British driver was excluded from the first race because he overtook twice with yellow flags displayed. Because of this penalty, Ticktum dropped back to fourth row, leaving the first row position behind Lorandi to his teammate and fellow countryman Jehan Daruvala. In second row there are the Russian Robert Shwartzman (Tony Kart-TM-Le Cont) and the English Archie Tillett (CRG-BMB-Le Cont). Another favourite driver who will have to recover in tomorrow's races is Lando Norris: the Englishman - the new European champion - was rather unlucky at the start of the first heat and dropped back to the last positions. His recovery has already brought him back to the sixth row.
Above: Lorandi ahead of Daruvala, KF Junior
pic - press.net images
Tomorrow's races live on the Internet
Images from the PF International Circuit will be available tomorrow (tonight, Aust time) - live in streaming - on the official websites www.cikfiachampionship.comand www.cikfia.tv.
