Joyner & Haaga Win Euro KF/KFJ Round


  2 June 2014
 

Britain's Tom Joyner (Zanardi/Parilla) and Sweden's Anton Haaga (Kosmic/LKE) have won KF and KFJ respectively at the second round of the European KF & KFJ Championships in Spain on the weekend.

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Above: Tom Joyner on the KF podium flanked by Nicklas Nielsen (left) and Alessio Lorandi
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Winners in Zuera make the Championship amazing

Everybody expected that the round of Zuera would leave its mark on the European CIK-FIA KF and KFJ Championship standings. The second weekend of the season, at the circuit near Saragoza, had only this certainty: the rest of the event was characterised by a high level of uncertainty which affected all the phases of the round, from qualifying until the last laps of the two Finals.

The results recorded in the heats were contradicted by the Prefinals: the Danish Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex-Dunlop) had the upper hand in KF today, after the Italian Felice Tiene (CRG-TM-Dunlop) dominated yesterday. In KFJ, on the other hand, the Swedish Anton Haaga (Kosmic-LKE-Vega), the new name of the category, was at the top again, even though after his victory in the Prefinal, he had to fight hard to keep at bay his opponents' counterattack in the Final.

Genk (Belgium) is the next appointment: the third round is on schedule in two weeks' time. The Championship will arrive in Belgium with standings which are very different from those determined by the season opener in Muro Leccese (Italy) at the beginning of May.

Joyner back to victory lane in KF

Last time he stepped on top of the podium was in 2013, in Bahrain, when he won the KF world title: the British Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop), here in Zuera, finally managed to win again, but only after a heated battle. He found the way to success only at half race in the KF Final: only then, in fact, Joyner managed to get ahead of opponents such as  Felice Tiene, Nicklas Nielsen and, eventually, of the Finnish Niko Kari (Tony Kart-Vortex-Dunlop), who had been in the lead up to then.

The race was thrilling also for the other top positions, especially when the Italian Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-TM-Dunlop) accomplished his recovery from the fifth row and attacked the third position occupied by the English Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop).

The Final finished with Joyner first followed by Nielsen and Lorandi, while Kari was fourth just ahead of Norris. The championship standings reflects this uncertainty: Nielsen and Norris lead with 44 points, followed by Kari with 42 and then by three drivers -  Joyner, Ilott and  Tiene - with  37 points.


Above: KF podium
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Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 119 Joyner, Tom  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  01:01.5
2 103 Nielsen, Nicklas  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  2.414 01:01.5
3 132 Lorandi, Alessio  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  2.6 01:01.5
4 129 Kari, Niko  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  2.939 01:01.3
5 120 Norris, Lando  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  4.225 01:01.5
6 155 Besancenez, Paolo  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  6.535 01:01.7
7 104 Tiene, Felice  CRG / TM / Dunlop  6.696 01:01.6
8 107 Maestranzi, Marco  Top Kart / TM / Dunlop  6.787 01:01.6
9 102 Basz, Karol  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  7.735 01:01.4
10 116 Rossel, Kevin  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  8.706 01:01.8
11 115 Hiltbrand, Pedro  CRG / TM / Dunlop  9.584 01:01.8
12 163 Janker, Hannes  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  12.118 01:01.4
13 117 Darras, Julien  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  15.84 01:02.0
14 133 Mazepin, Nikita  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  16.86 01:01.5
15 105 Stupenkov, Egor  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  17.738 01:01.5
16 121 Van Leeuwen, Martijn  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  17.906 01:02.0
17 146 Okada, Takuya  ART GP / TM / Dunlop  18.356 01:01.8
18 160 Heinonen, Johannes  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  18.413 01:01.9
19 111 Lavelli, Kevin  Top Kart / Parilla / Dunlop  20.092 01:01.8
20 106 Ilott, Callum  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  20.892 01:01.5
21 141 Shlom, Yan Leon  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  21.251 01:01.8
22 108 Gonzales, Nicolas  Kosmic / Parilla / Dunlop  21.699 01:01.9
23 156 Xia, Yifan  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  21.967 01:02.0
24 138 Troickiy, Nikita  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  24.063 01:01.8
25 130 Lundqvist, Linus  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  24.121 01:02.1
26 113 Dabski, Karol  Praga / Parilla / Dunlop  25.528 01:02.2
27 153 Horn, Moritz  Energy / TM / Dunlop  30.596 01:02.0
28 101 Moilanen, Aatu  ART GP / TM / Dunlop  32.427 01:02.0
29 123 Daruvala, Jehan  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  4 Laps  01:02.0
30 167 Hodgson, Oliver  Kosmic / TM / Dunlop  7 Laps  01:02.2
31 143 Puhakka, Juuso  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  18 Laps 
32 148 Cristofaro, Nick  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  18 Laps 
33 127 Aubry, Gabriel  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  18 Laps 
122 Pulcini, Leonardo  Energy / TM / Dunlop  DNS

 

Haaga fights and wins in KFJ

The KFJ Final began with the English Daniel Ticktum (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega) in the lead. Then, Anton Haaga gained the head of the race for few laps, until Ticktum overtook him and had to deal with the German Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), who was in the lead for a very short time at half race.

In the meantime, Haaga dropped back to fourth place, but he managed to close the gap and to conquer a leadership which he kept until the end of the race: they were the most heated phases of the whole weekend, which was as uncertain as ever. The final podium proves it: behind Haaga - winner - and Ticktum - the runner-up - the third place was scored by the English Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega), who accomplished a great recovery from the 9th row on the starting grid.

So, the Londoner is back on top of the championship, swapping places with Devlin Defrancesco (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) again. The American finished fifth today, just behind the Russian Artem Petrov ((DR-TM-Vega). Haaga is third in the standing, ahead of the American Logan Sargeant (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega) and Ticktum.

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 254 Haaga, Anton  Kosmic / LKE / Vega  01:02.9
2 201 Ticktum, Daniel  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  0.916 01:03.0
3 202 Ahmed, Enaam  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  2.261 01:02.7
4 239 Petrov, Artem  DR / TM / Vega  2.385 01:03.0
5 223 Defrancesco, Devlin  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  4.35 01:02.7
6 204 Sargeant, Logan  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  5.078 01:02.9
7 238 Martinez Merono, Eliseo  CRG / TM / Vega  5.47 01:02.8
8 260 De Pauw, Ulysse  Kosmic / Parilla / Vega  5.537 01:02.7
9 216 Beckmann, David  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  6.759 01:03.0
10 217 Martin, Ross  Tony Kart / TM / Vega  7.092 01:02.7
11 268 Lundgaard, Christian  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  8.233 01:02.8
12 228 Martono, Presley  Tony Kart / TM / Vega  9.56 01:03.1
13 234 Lappalainen, Konsta  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  12.414 01:03.0
14 269 Leuillet, Tom  Birel / TM / Vega  17.057 01:03.7
15 206 Lorandi, Leonardo  Tony Kart / TM / Vega  17.118 01:03.1
16 207 Floersch, Sophia  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  17.788 01:03.2
17 258 Lindh, Rasmus  Praga / Parilla / Vega  18.366 01:03.4
18 261 Roes Andersen, Casper  Energy / TM / Vega  22.662 01:03.2
19 227 Maini, Kush  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  23.323 01:03.2
20 210 Garcia Lopez, Marta  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  25.595 01:02.9
21 213 Travisanutto, Lorenzo  PCR / TM / Vega  25.698 01:03.0
22 240 Baciuska, Rokas  Energy / TM / Vega  28.126 01:03.4
23 222 Smith, Joshua Francis  ART GP / TM / Vega  32.57 01:03.5
24 211 Vartanyan, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  34.03 01:02.8
25 212 Mick Junior  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  1 Lap  01:02.9
26 219 Pull, James  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  1 Lap  01:02.9
27 241 Correa, Juan  Energy / TM / Vega  1 Lap  01:02.9
28 262 Roosens, Kenny  Zanardi / TM / Vega  3 Laps  01:03.3
29 232 Tonteri, Paavo  ART GP / TM / Vega  4 Laps  01:03.5
30 205 Azedo Sousa, Yohan  Zanardi / TM / Vega  6 Laps  01:03.3
31 218 Fewtrell, Max  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  6 Laps  01:02.9
32 221 Moreira Laliberté, Kami  Tony Kart / TM / Vega  6 Laps  01:03.1
33 265 Fernandez Wahbeh, Sebastian  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  13 Laps  01:14.0
209 Lessennes, Benjamin  Kosmic / Parilla / Vega  Excluded  01:02.8


Above: KF-J podium
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