Doohan Qualifies Pole in Finland

Jack Doohan has qualified fastest at the 4th round of the European Championships at the Alaharma circuit in Finland.

Doohan (FA/Vortex) then won his opening two heats in OK-Junior, followed by a second in the third. He has one more qualifying heat to contest prior to the grid for the Final being settled.

  • For the live stream, timing and results, go HERE (Sunday’s remaining heats commence via live steam at 5:25pm AEST, Finals from 9:40 pm)
Jack Doohan in Finland (pic – Press.net Images)

 

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The race towards the European titles is getting heated in Alaharma (FIN), where the Qualifying of the 5th round of the CIK-FIA European Champs for OK and OKJ, and the Karting Academy Trophy has taken place.



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The Finnish round, so far, has been characterised by uncertainty, with lots of drivers who can aim at a victory which could be crucial in the race towards the Championship title. The end of the Championship is approaching fast; the last race, in fact, will take place in Kristianstad (S) next week: arriving there after a victory in Finland is going to be of paramount importance.

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Hiltbrand and Travisanutto speed up in OK

In OK, the Finnish Paavo Tonteri (Tony Kart-Vortex-Le Cont) set the best time in qualifying, but in the Heats the Spanish world Champion Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart-Vortex, above) and the Italian Lorenzo Travisanutto (Zanardi-Parilla) took centre stage, winning two Heats each. It is an important result for both the drivers: they are, in fact, trying to close the gap with the current leader, the Spanish David Vidales (Tony Kart-Vortex). Good day also for the Russian Pavel Bulantsev, the German David Schumacher (both on Tony Kart-Vortex) and the English Callum Bradshaw (CRG-Parilla): they all won a Heat each.

Pedro Hiltbrand, OK (pic – Press.net Images)

Doohan recovers in OK Junior

The Australian Jack Doohan (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega) put in an excellent performance: he set the best time in Qualifying, then he won two Heats. He is now the most dangerous rival for the current Championship leader, the English Jonny Edgar (Exprit-TM). The latter, today, won a race as well as the British Harry Thompson, another frontrunner of the category. The other Heats were won by the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto (CRG-Parilla), the Russian Ilya Morozov (Tony Kart-Vortex) and the English Zak O’Sullivan (FA Kart-Vortex).

Chase for Handsaeme, the leader in Academy

The Belgian Xavier Handsaeme wants to confirm his leadership in the Academy: he won one of today’s Heats, but winning tomorrow’s Final might be a lot trickier. In fact, also the Brazilian Francisco Melo (who set the best time in Qualifying), the Finnish Luka Nurmi and the South-African Jordan North (all on Exprit-Vortex-Bridgestone) won a Heat each today and are going to be tough rivals for the Belgian.

Xavier Handsaeme, Academy Trophy (pic – Press.net Images)

 



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