European KF/KFJ Championships - Heats


press release 11 May 2014
   
 

Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex, KF) and Delvin Defrancesco (Tony Kart-Vortex, KFJ) remain at the head of their fields at the opening round of the European KF and KFJ Championships at La Conca. They have both earned pole position for the Pre-Finals.


Above: Two heat wins will see German Tony Kart driver Mick Junior on P2 for the KF-J pre-final
pic - Press.net Iamges

After the series of heats run today on the International Circuit La Conca, the CIK-FIA European KF and KFJ Championship of kart racing is about to announce the winners of the first round in Muro Leccese (Lecce - Italy).

The great skill of the two winners of tomorrow's finals is granted by today's race: having the upper hand over the opponents was really hard in both the categories. There are many favourite drivers among the 134 participants in the event: the heats had several winners and the current standings are very uncertain. In Sunday's pre-finals, which will establish the starting grids of the finals in the afternoon, there are lots of drivers who can aim at entering the top positions.

Lando Norris tries to pull away in KF

Also Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop) will have to fight hard if he wants to achieve victory. The English driver, even though he won the four heats he took part in today, will start in the Pre-final next to his fellow countryman Callun Ilott (Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop), who won three heats. Today, we saw a first duel between the two Londoners, a duel won by Norris. They will start from the front row, with Norris as pole sitter, in the Prefinal, just before the final showdown tomorrow in the afternoon. Behind them, the Spanish Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-TM-Dunlop) and the Danish Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex-Dunlop), who were always in the top positions in their heats, with Nielsen winner in one.


Above: Callun Ilott will join Lando Norris on the front row in KF
pic - Press.net Iamges

Third row for the Italian Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-TM-Dunlop) and Felice Tiene (CRG-TM-Dunlop). They are recovering after placing in the following positions in yesterday's qualifying. The other winners of today's heats are the Finnish Niko Kari (Tony Kart-Vortex-Dunlop) and the Indian Jehan Daruvala (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop), who will start from the back rows because of some troubles they had in the other races.


Above: Lando Norris, KF
pic - Press.net Iamges

Devlin Defrancesco defends his leadership in KFJ

The USA flag still flies high thanks to Devlin Defrancesco (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), who set the best time yesterday in qualifying. Today he won three heats and placed second in the fourth race. Thanks to these results, Defrancesco is the pole sitter; next to him, the German Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), who achieved victory twice and placed second in two races.

There are other drivers eager to join the battle between the two leaders. There are many new names in KFJ, a category which is experiencing a massive generational change: the second row, in fact, is occupied  by the Venezuelan Sebastian Fernandez (Exprit-Vortex-Vega) and the Spanish Eliseo Martinez (CRG-TM-Vega). They both recovered many positions after their performance in yesterday's qualifying. Third row for the English Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega) and the Swedish Anton Haaga (Kosmic-LKE-Vega). The latter, today, won one of the heats, as well as the German David Beckmann (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), the American Logan Sargeant (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega) and Juan Correa (Energy-TM-Vega) and the British Max Fewtrell (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega), who will start from the back rows.


Above: Devlin Defrancesco, KF-J
pic - Press.net Iamges

 

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