Ardigò, Nielsen, Dalè & Ota Win In Genk


  16 June 2014
 

At the CIK-FIA Championship round in Genk (B) victories went to Marco Ardigò (KZ), Nicklas Nielsen (KF), Andrea Dalè (KZ2) and Kakunoshin Ota (Academy).

event press release

From Genk another step towards the European titles

The journey towards the 2014 European CIK-FIA Karting titles is proceeding smoothly. Another important step has just been taken on the circuit near Genk, in Belgium. The Flemish facility hosted the first out of two rounds of the KZ and KZ2 categories and the third out of four round of the KF Championship. The season opener of the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy, which has got three events on schedule, completed a programme full of hard-fought races.

Ardigò on target in KZ

The Final is the race which always offers the greatest surprises. Genk was no exception, and the Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) managed to beat the French Armand Kozlinski (Intrepid-TM-Bridgestone), who had been dominating up to then. Ardigò succeded in winning the Prefinal and grabbed the pole position in the Final. He kept the lead of the race from the beginning until the end.

Rick Dreezen (Zanardi-Parilla-Bridgestone), another protagonist of the first part of the event, confirmed to be in great shape and trailed in Ardigò's wake. However, the Belgian could not close the gap with the leader and finished second, a good result for his Championship. The battle for the third place was more uncertain. The Italian Paolo De Conto (Birel-TM-Bridgestone) got really close to the third step of the podium, but during the last laps  he had to pull over and gave way to the English Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone).

The Championship standing is led by Ardigò with 33 points, followed by Dreezen with 29 and by Lennox-Lamb with 22.


Above: KZ podium
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Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 1 Ardigo, Marco  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  53.023
2 9 Dreezen, Rick  Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone  2.365 53.092
3 8 Lennox-Lamb, Jordon  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  5.133 53.04
4 5 Pex, Jorrit  CRG / TM / B'stone  6.442 53.187
5 17 Hanley, Ben  ART GP / TM / B'stone  7.747 53.172
6 11 Torsellini, Mirko  ART GP / TM / B'stone  8.371 53.102
7 2 Abbasse, Anthony  Sodi / TM / B'stone  8.678 53.142
8 4 Lammers, Bas  FK / Parilla / B'stone  13.707 53.263
9 36 Aceto, Massimo  Righetti / Parilla / B'stone  16.718 53.361
10 32 Puhakka, Simo  Birel / TM / B'stone  16.791 53.275
11 12 Cesetti, Sauro  Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone  19.686 53.428
12 99 Roy, Maxime  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  20.832 53.472
13 25 Antonsen, Emil  DR / TM / B'stone  22.92 53.549
14 33 Mostajo Ollo, Mikel  Intrepid / Modena Engines / B'stone  24.213 53.61
15 23 Pieruszek, Kevin  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  29.185 53.903
16 7 Fore, Davide  CRG / TM / B'stone  30.095 53.567
17 31 Prosperi, Oliver Enrico  CRG / TM / B'stone  33.032 54.067
18 30 Greif, Toni  DR / TM / B'stone  33.248 54.035
19 34 Kuovi, Jan  Rosso Korsa / TM / B'stone  48.214 54.662
20 15 Kokko, Henri  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  1 Lap  53.468
21 16 De Brabander, Yannick  CRG / TM / B'stone  1 Lap  53.02
22 6 De Conto, Paolo  Birel / TM / B'stone  2 Laps  53.097
23 35 Laurent, Thomas  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  11 Laps  53.946
24 39 Negro, Riccardo  Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone  12 Laps  53.723
25 21 Öberg, Viktor  Gillard / Parilla / B'stone  12 Laps  53.646
26 3 Thonon, Jonathan  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  12 Laps  53.292
27 24 Schmitz, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  12 Laps  53.64
28 20 Kozlinski, Arnaud  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  13 Laps  54.05
29 10 Hajek, Patrik  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  18 Laps  54.584
30 22 Carlsson, Freddie  Maddox / TM / B'stone  20 Laps  54.898
31 18 Iglesias, Jérémy  Lenzokart / LKE / B'stone  21 Laps  54.883
14 Camponeschi, Flavio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  Excluded  53.121

An outstanding Nielsen makes his leadership in KF steadier

The Final of the KF category in Genk was unpredictable until the end. The Danish Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex-Dunlop) had to fight hard to remain in the lead until the chequered flag. He needed to fend off the attacks of the English Callum Ilott (Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop) and Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop): thanks to these three drivers the race was thrilling. They exchanged positions continuosly until an engine failure stopped Norris, during the last laps. The Londoner lost the leadership which was taken over by Ilott, who kept it for only two laps. Nielsen, in fact, managed to overtake him and to win the race.

Excellent race also for the English Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop), who finished third, and for the Italian Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-Parilla-Dunlop), who managed to grab the fourth place after running the risk to miss qualifying.  Nielsen is now at large in the standing thanks to his 76 points, Ilott is at 67 and Joyner at 53.

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 103 Nielsen, Nicklas  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  54.009
2 106 Ilott, Callum  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  0.224 53.889
3 119 Joyner, Tom  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  1.624 54.169
4 132 Lorandi, Alessio  Tony Kart / Parilla / Dunlop  3.654 54.106
5 121 Van Leeuwen, Martijn  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  3.96 54.199
6 117 Darras, Julien  ART GP / TM / Dunlop  4.543 54.178
7 127 Aubry, Gabriel  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  5.144 53.885
8 123 Daruvala, Jehan  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  5.731 54.067
9 109 Norris, Oliver  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  8.48 54.05
10 163 Janker, Hannes  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  9.181 54.052
11 115 Hiltbrand, Pedro  CRG / Parilla / Dunlop  9.407 54.225
12 155 Besancenez, Paolo  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  9.982 54.276
13 167 Hodgson, Oliver  Kosmic / TM / Dunlop  10.218 54.103
14 148 Cristofaro, Nick  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  11.219 54.389
15 128 Marcu, Dionisios  CRG / Parilla / Dunlop  11.444 54.372
16 113 Dabski, Karol  Praga / Parilla / Dunlop  11.914 54.356
17 110 Tujula, Tuomas  ART GP / TM / Dunlop  12.841 54.216
18 138 Troickiy, Nikita  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  13.705 54.379
19 102 Basz, Karol  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  14.078 54.241
20 133 Mazepin, Nikita  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  16.222 54.145
21 154 Martynyuk, Maxim  Energy / TM / Dunlop  16.712 54.324
22 156 Xia, Yifan  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  16.798 54.523
23 166 Potty, Maxime  Kosmic / Parilla / Dunlop  16.877 54.291
24 108 Gonzales, Nicolas  Kosmic / Parilla / Dunlop  17.305 54.189
25 104 Tiene, Felice  CRG / Parilla / Dunlop  19.876 53.997
26 130 Lundqvist, Linus  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  20.788 54.031
27 129 Kari, Niko  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  24.805 54.27
28 146 Okada, Takuya  ART GP / TM / Dunlop  4 Laps  54.459
29 120 Norris, Lando  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  10 Laps  54.046
30 168 Lundgaard, Daniel  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  13 Laps  55.772
31 141 Shlom, Yan Leon  Tony Kart / TM / Dunlop  16 Laps  54.731
32 124 Sitnikov, Nikita  Tony Kart / Parilla / Dunlop  20 Laps  59.333
33 135 Hall, Philip  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  22 Laps  01:03.5
116 Rossel, Kevin  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  Excluded  54.562


Above: KF podium
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Dalè leader of the race and of the KZ2 Championship

Also in the KZ2 category we heard the Italian anthem thanks to the victory of Andrea Dalè (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone), who placed first ahead of the Danish Andreas Hansen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone). The latter, who finished with a six-second gap from the leader, had to deal with the Italian Fabian Federer (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone), who accomplished a great recovery and crossed the finishing line only three tenths of a second behind the runner-up.

The standing of the Championship sees the first two positions occupied by the winner and the runner-up of the Belgian round: Dalè is in the lead with 35 points and Hansen second, 8 points behind. Third the Swedish Douglas Lundberg (Alpha-Parilla-Bridgestone) with 18 points.


Above: KZ2 podium
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Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 369 Dalè, Andrea  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  53.017
2 350 Hansen, Andreas Sebastian  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  5.866 53.081
3 331 Federer, Fabian  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  6.201 53.074
4 312 Kooijman, Finn  CRG / TM / B'stone  7.558 53.298
5 323 Juodvirsis, Simas  Energy / Maxter / B'stone  8.07 53.122
6 304 Lundberg, Douglas  Alpha / Parilla / B'stone  10.107 53.25
7 301 Johansson, Joel  Righetti / Parilla / B'stone  10.618 53.41
8 309 Brenna, Simone  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  11.044 53.291
9 333 Davies, Dylan  DR / TM / B'stone  11.291 53.286
10 324 Siebecke, Maik  CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone  11.77 53.248
11 376 Myszkier, Pawe  Alpha / TM / B'stone  13.228 53.227
12 315 Norris, John  Mach 1 / TM / B'stone  14.675 53.299
13 345 Di Martino, Michele  Energy / TM / B'stone  14.876 53.448
14 303 Schmidt, Dominik  Energy / Vortex / B'stone  15.201 53.385
15 321 Bray, Daniel  GP / TM / B'stone  15.374 53.291
16 311 Piccini, Alessio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  16.401 53.509
17 368 Delre, Thierry  Formula K / Vortex / B'stone  16.767 53.45
18 342 Bizalion, Charly  Alpha / TM / B'stone  17.11 53.49
19 306 Pex, Stan  CRG / TM / B'stone  18.88 53.445
20 305 Midrla, Jan  Birel / TM / B'stone  19.876 53.255
21 370 Cresson, Yohann  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  20.357 53.414
22 353 Webster, Sam  ART GP / TM / B'stone  21.347 53.523
23 325 Romkema, Ricardo  Energy / TM / B'stone  22.183 53.327
24 337 Huber, Manuel  DR / TM / B'stone  22.975 53.667
25 349 Poulsen, Lasse  Zanardi / TM / B'stone  23.398 53.486
26 302 Zanchetta, Marco  Maranello / TM / B'stone  23.582 53.12
27 366 Rhyn, Rudolf  Maranello / TM / B'stone  24.63 53.742
28 329 Törnqvist, Person Benjamin  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  24.79 53.55
29 307 Habulin, Kristijan  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  37.121 53.176
30 362 Müller, Marcel  DR / Modena Engines / B'stone  13 Laps  54.048
31 314 Kremers, Marijn  Birel / TM / B'stone  17 Laps  53.834
32 310 Paauwe, Menno  Birel / TM / B'stone  21 Laps  54.703
33 335 Rismyhr, Finn Erik  DR / TM / B'stone  21 Laps  55.791
34 322 Van Der Burgt, Ryan  DR / TM / B'stone  23 Laps 

The Japanese Ota wins in the Academy Trophy

Kakunoshin Ota celebrated his birthday with the victory in the Final of the Academy Trophy,  the Parolin-Fim-Bridgestone single make series. After finishing 5th in the Prefinal, the Japanese  gained the lead on lap two of the Final and kept the head of the race until the end. The runner-up was the Dutch Rinus Van Kalmthout, third the British Martin Ross. The leader of the standing is Van Kalmthout with 29 points. Ota is 4 points behind and the Turkish  Berkay Besler 8.


Above: Academy Trophy podium
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Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 547 Ota, Kakunoshin  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  57.117
2 511 Van Kalmthout, Rinus  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  0.422 56.877
3 523 Martin, Ross  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  1.013 56.875
4 543 Besler, Berkay  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  3.576 57.115
5 536 Cao, Zhuo  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  5.113 57.005
6 549 Minang, Perdana Putra  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  5.185 56.933
7 548 Kogure, Hikaru  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  5.231 56.961
8 527 Legeret, Lucas  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  5.233 57.097
9 518 Della Coletta, Murilo  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  5.427 57.155
10 507 Vromant, Alexandre  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  6.825 57.169
11 555 Garcia Lopez, Marta  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  7.529 57.255
12 512 Liebenberg, Bradley  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  9.257 57.365
13 510 Verschoor, Richard  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  12.767 57.276
14 508 Amendola, Michelangelo  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  13.03 57.188
15 517 Falcato Martins, Rafael  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  13.422 57.228
16 503 Konstantinos, -  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  14.499 57.328
17 525 Slutskiy, Zakhar  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  14.919 57.54
18 528 Kekarainen, Pyry  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  15.124 57.233
19 509 Foldesi, Tristan  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  15.564 57.015
20 533 Hesse, Max  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  15.833 57.31
21 535 Haflidason Haussler, Michael  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  16.317 57.335
22 534 Beckhusen, Mike  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  19.889 57.462
23 524 Slutskiy, Artem  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  21.032 57.742
24 529 Majormoen, Guro  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  21.12 57.332
25 542 Pascu, Nicholas  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  25.657 57.729
26 514 Calvi, Justine  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  29.621 57.488
27 502 Bristot, Andrea  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  29.998 58.176
28 541 Zamula, Illya  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  37.171 58.348
29 501 Brigatti, Alessandro  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  45.785 57.902
30 526 Schott, Patrick  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  47.313 57.97
31 516 Santos Gomez, Lisard  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  12 Laps  57.897
32 537 Zupanic, Maximilian  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  17 Laps  01:02.5
33 522 York, Oliver  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  19 Laps 
34 515 Lloveras Brunet, Xavier  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  19 Laps 

 

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