28 July 2014 |
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Paulo De Conto (Birel-TM) and local Douglas Lundberg (Alpha-Parilla) won the final round of the CIK-FIA European KZ and KZ2 Champiopnships at Kristianstad on the weekend, but it was Rick Dreezen (Zanardi-Parilla) and Andrea Dalè (CRG-Maxter) who took championship honours.
Andrea Travisanutto (PCR-TM) won KF-Junior, while Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex) continues to lead the junior standings with one round to go.
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De Conto wins the Final, Dreezen scores a podium position and wins the KZ Championship
Rick Dreezen (Zanardi-Parilla-Bridgestone) was rather lucky throughout the whole weekend. He arrived in Sweden as the leader of the category but in qualifying placed only 17th. The Belgian closed the gap in the heats, achieving the third row of the Prefinal. Two strong drivers joined the race towards the title: the Belgian Jonathan Thonon (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone) and the Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone). Unfortunately, they did not do well in the Prefinal while, on the contrary, Dreezen managed to grab the front row of the Final, in second position next to the pole-sitter, the Czech Patrik Hajek (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone).
Dreezen just controlled the Final, while his two most dangerous rivals were trying to close the gap starting from the middle of the grid. The Belgian was involved in a hard battle against an extraordinary Paolo De Conto (Birel-TM-Bridgestone). Also the Czech Patrik Hajek (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone) joined in. The Italian driver, who had achieved a great recovery in the Prefinal, gained an early lead, keeping at bay both Dreezen and Hajek. Behind them, the Dutch Bas Lammers (FK-Parilla-Bridgestone) and Jorrit Pex (CRG-TM) fought hard and, eventually, Pex managed to score a fourth position beating Lammers into fifth position.
Behind the winner, De Conto, Hajek was the runner-up and Dreezen was happy with a third position which allowed him to secure the win in the European Championship.
Above: The KZ podium
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | 6 | De Conto, Paolo | Birel / TM / B'stone | 51.631 | |
2 | 10 | Hajek, Patrik | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 3.285 | 51.694 |
3 | 9 | Dreezen, Rick | Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone | 4.492 | 51.678 |
4 | 5 | Pex, Jorrit | CRG / TM / B'stone | 5.201 | 51.725 |
5 | 4 | Lammers, Bas | FK / Parilla / B'stone | 6.427 | 51.829 |
6 | 17 | Hanley, Ben | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 6.629 | 51.83 |
7 | 11 | Torsellini, Mirko | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 6.789 | 51.767 |
8 | 14 | Camponeschi, Flavio | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 7.501 | 51.717 |
9 | 8 | Lennox-Lamb, Jordon | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 7.877 | 51.724 |
10 | 3 | Thonon, Jonathan | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 8.02 | 51.583 |
11 | 15 | Kokko, Henri | CRG / Parilla / B'stone | 12.561 | 51.978 |
12 | 21 | Öberg, Viktor | Gillard / Parilla / B'stone | 13.826 | 51.86 |
13 | 39 | Negro, Riccardo | Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone | 15.158 | 51.976 |
14 | 16 | De Brabander, Yannick | CRG / TM / B'stone | 16.285 | 51.995 |
15 | 32 | Puhakka, Simo | Birel / TM / B'stone | 17.05 | 52.022 |
16 | 22 | Carlsson, Freddie | Maddox / TM / B'stone | 20.935 | 52.13 |
17 | 95 | Forss, Andreas | Top Kart / TM / B'stone | 21.803 | 52.137 |
18 | 37 | Rasmussen, Nikolaj | Dino / Parilla / B'stone | 22.599 | 52.075 |
19 | 96 | Ilott, Callum | Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone | 23.475 | 52.195 |
20 | 33 | Mostajo Ollo, Mikel | Intrepid / Modena Engines / B'stone | 27.371 | 52.421 |
21 | 97 | Joyner, Tom | Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone | 27.793 | 51.91 |
22 | 1 | Ardigo, Marco | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 3 Laps | 51.757 |
23 | 7 | Fore, Davide | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 4 Laps | 51.702 |
25 | Antonsen, Emil | DR / TM / B'stone | DNS |
Lundberg wins on the home circuit and. Dalè wins the KZ2 title
The Swedish Douglas Lundberg (Alpha-Parilla-Bridgestone) achieved the perfect race on his home circuit. He was on top throughout the whole weekend until the final victory. He battled against the German Maik Siebecke (CRG-Modena-Bridgestone) in qualifying until the latter sent his kart spinning in the Prefinal. The man to beat was Simas Juodvirsis (Energy-Maxter-Bridgestone), who arrived in Kristianstad as the leader of the Championship. Unfortunately, the Lithuanian had a gearbox failure and could not remain with the top drivers and had to give up the hope of becoming the European Champion.
So, behind a flawless Lundberg the runner-up was Felice Tiene, third another Italian, Fabian Federer (both on CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone). For the Italian Andrea Dalè (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone) it was an unforgettable Final: he had to recover many positions and to close the gap with Juodvirsis. Dalè managed to score the fifth position, which was enough to win the title, just ahead of Lundberg.
Above: Sweden's own Douglas Lundberg got up to win the KZ2 final aboard Alpha Kart
pic - CT photos
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | 304 | Lundberg, Douglas | Alpha / Parilla / B'stone | 52.276 | |
2 | 422 | Tiene, Felice | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 0.388 | 52.114 |
3 | 331 | Federer, Fabian | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 0.548 | 52.221 |
4 | 310 | Paauwe, Menno | Birel / TM / B'stone | 4.141 | 52.395 |
5 | 369 | Dalè, Andrea | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 4.296 | 52.12 |
6 | 305 | Midrla, Jan | Birel / TM / B'stone | 5.117 | 52.165 |
7 | 301 | Johansson, Joel | Righetti / Parilla / B'stone | 6.444 | 52.209 |
8 | 349 | Poulsen, Lasse | Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone | 7.062 | 52.453 |
9 | 423 | Gudmundsson, Filip | DR / TM / B'stone | 7.373 | 52.477 |
10 | 338 | Zanchi, Matteo | GP / TM / B'stone | 7.671 | 52.404 |
11 | 372 | Vigano, Matteo | Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone | 8.135 | 52.422 |
12 | 324 | Siebecke, Maik | CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone | 8.496 | 52.229 |
13 | 308 | Specken, Guust | Gillard / TM / B'stone | 9.953 | 52.208 |
14 | 317 | Törnqvist, Morgan | CRG / Parilla / B'stone | 10.925 | 52.353 |
15 | 350 | Hansen, Andreas Sebastian | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 11.238 | 52.383 |
16 | 303 | Schmidt, Dominik | Energy / Vortex / B'stone | 11.395 | 52.467 |
17 | 353 | Webster, Sam | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 12.161 | 52.538 |
18 | 311 | Piccini, Alessio | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 12.607 | 52.672 |
19 | 425 | Bleek, Danny | Energy / TM / B'stone | 13.038 | 52.52 |
20 | 361 | Isaakyan, Nerses | Parolin / TM / B'stone | 13.139 | 52.514 |
21 | 319 | Pescador, Jorge Carlos | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 13.684 | 52.395 |
22 | 325 | Romkema, Ricardo | Energy / TM / B'stone | 14.258 | 52.438 |
23 | 309 | Brenna, Simone | TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone | 15.204 | 52.45 |
24 | 320 | Savona, Federico | Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone | 17.262 | 52.779 |
25 | 316 | Charles, Kenny | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone | 18.103 | 52.787 |
26 | 377 | Paskevicius, Paulius | Righetti / TM / B'stone | 20.009 | 52.919 |
27 | 330 | Wernersson, Jesper | CRG / Parilla / B'stone | 5 Laps | 52.706 |
28 | 323 | Juodvirsis, Simas | Energy / Maxter / B'stone | 8 Laps | 52.776 |
29 | 359 | Karpov, Kirill | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 8 Laps | 53.65 |
30 | 314 | Kremers, Marijn | Birel / TM / B'stone | 10 Laps | 52.792 |
31 | 426 | Christensen, Toke | CRG / TM / B'stone | 17 Laps | 53.486 |
32 | 333 | Davies, Dylan | DR / TM / B'stone | 18 Laps | 52.834 |
33 | 420 | Eriksson, Joel | Maranello / TM / B'stone | 20 Laps | 53.596 |
34 | 427 | Hansen, Jonas | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone | 25 Laps |
Travisanutto is the new top driver in KFJ
The third out of four rounds of the European CIK-FIA Championship for the KFJ category saw the outstanding performance of the Italian Andrea Travisanutto (PCR-TM-Vega), who took the place of the Italian Leonardo Lorandi (Tony Kart-Parilla-Vega) and the British Daniel Ticktum (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega), the winners of the two Prefinals.
Travisanutto, on the last lap of the Final, had the upper hand over the Danish Christian Lundgaard (Tony Kart-Vortex), the leader of the race up to that moment. In the last phase of the race, also the Dutch Bard Verkroost (FA Kart-TM) and the German Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex) took part in the battle for the podium. The German driver managed to score the third position, starting from the 23rd slot on the starting grid, behind the runner-up, Verkroost. Junior's third position was made possible by Lundgaard's disqualification for cutting the track. The English Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex) is still the leader of the Championship.
Above: The KFJ podium
pic - CT photos
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Gap | Best Lap |
1 | 213 | Travisanutto, Lorenzo | PCR / TM / Vega | 53.29 | |
2 | 267 | Verkroost, Bard | FA Kart / TM / Vega | 2.087 | 53.308 |
3 | 212 | Junior, Mick | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 2.494 | 53.063 |
4 | 218 | Fewtrell, Max | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 2.784 | 53.181 |
5 | 201 | Ticktum, Daniel | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 2.788 | 53.22 |
6 | 206 | Lorandi, Leonardo | Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega | 2.925 | 53.359 |
7 | 249 | Pankiewicz, Julia | Tony Kart / LKE / Vega | 3.144 | 53.26 |
8 | 200 | Lassen, Julius | Energy / TM / Vega | 4.221 | 53.013 |
9 | 228 | Martono, Presley | Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega | 5.825 | 53.205 |
10 | 238 | Martinez Merono, Eliseo | CRG / TM / Vega | 7.545 | 53.24 |
11 | 202 | Ahmed, Enaam | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 7.894 | 53.339 |
12 | 239 | Petrov, Artem | DR / TM / Vega | 9.002 | 53.347 |
13 | 204 | Sargeant, Logan | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 9.373 | 53.568 |
14 | 222 | Smith, Joshua Francis | ART GP / TM / Vega | 9.635 | 53.166 |
15 | 217 | Martin, Ross | Tony Kart / TM / Vega | 10.921 | 53.423 |
16 | 268 | Lundgaard, Christian | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 11.586 | 53.262 |
17 | 272 | Milell, Noah | Exprit / Vortex / Vega | 12.493 | 53.533 |
18 | 241 | Correa, Juan | Energy / TM / Vega | 13.361 | 53.25 |
19 | 211 | Vartanyan, Alexander | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 13.381 | 53.165 |
20 | 263 | Yeu Yang, Sun | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | 13.56 | 53.445 |
21 | 265 | Fernandez Wahbeh, Sebastian | Exprit / Vortex / Vega | 16.111 | 53.322 |
22 | 215 | Krencisz, Jan | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega | 17.865 | 53.764 |
23 | 210 | Garcia Lopez, Marta | Zanardi / Parilla / Vega | 18.076 | 53.523 |
24 | 220 | Tillett, Archie | CRG / TM / Vega | 19.376 | 53.792 |
25 | 294 | Nielsen, Jonas | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega | 19.47 | 53.682 |
26 | 280 | Smorodinov, Alexey | Tony Kart / TM / Vega | 19.794 | 53.635 |
27 | 274 | Blomqvist, Isac | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 21.38 | 53.777 |
28 | 261 | Roes Andersen, Casper | Energy / TM / Vega | 27.119 | 53.395 |
29 | 240 | Baciuska, Rokas | Energy / TM / Vega | 37.307 | 54.357 |
30 | 291 | Martinsson, Filip | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 42.862 | 54.069 |
31 | 223 | Defrancesco, Devlin | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega | 14 Laps | 54.878 |
32 | 216 | Beckmann, David | Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega | 18 Laps | 55.252 |
33 | 290 | Vips, Juri | Energy / TM / Vega | 21 Laps | |
207 | Floersch, Sophia | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega | Excluded | 54.17 |