Dreezen & Dalè Win European KZ & KZ2 Championships


  28 July 2014
 

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.

Sweden's own Douglas Lundberg got up to win the KZ2 final aboard Alpha Kart
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

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