4 May 2015 |
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Australian Oscar Piastri will drive the #252 Kosmic/Parilla in KFJ at the opening round of the European CIK-FIA Championship on the Algarve circuit in Portugal this weekend. Kiwi Marcus Armstrong will once again line up with the factory Tony Kart team in KF.
Oscar has spent the last couple of days testing at the venue with the Frank Cancelli team. He was about 4 tenths off the fastest practice time of the day, but "only about 1-2 tenths off the majority of the front guys" he wrote on Facebook. "I had a few engine and carburettor problems today, which basically wasted three sessions, but once the problems were fixed my pace wasn't bad. Now four days to catch up on school work and then back to the track for official practice!"
After the Portuguese season-opener, the other two rounds are scheduled in Great Britain (at PFI, 18 to 21 June) and Kristianstad, Sweden (23 to 26 July).
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All the protagonists in Portimao
There are 125 entrants to the season-opener in Portimao, all eager to battle and to aim at victory throughout the four days of the event on the 1,531 metres of the Portuguese track. Both the reigning champions of the two categories - Callum Illot (KF) and Enaam Ahmed (KFJ) – have moved to car-racing, giving way to the quest for the next champions.
KFJ
In KFJ there are several promising new names, who have already made themselves conspicuous during the first part of the season. Among them the British Clement Novalak (Tony Kart-Vortex-Le Cont), the new WSK Master Series champion, the American Logan Sargeant (Fa-Vortex-LeCont), the Belgian Ulysse De Pauw (Birel Art-Parilla-LeCont), the Swedish Rasmus Lindh (Ricciardo-Parilla-LeCont), the Russian Artem Petrov (DR-TM-LeCont) and the Brazilian Felipe Drugovich (Kosmic-Vortex-LeCont).
No. | Driver | Entrant | Equipment |
201 | Sargeant, Logan | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
202 | Petrov, Artem | DR Srl | DR / TM Racing / LeCont |
203 | Martinez Merono, Eliseo | Praga Kart Racing | Praga / Parilla / LeCont |
204 | Martono, Presley | Baby Race Srl | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
205 | De Pauw, Ulysse | Birel ART Srl | Birel Art / Parilla / LeCont |
206 | Lindh, Rasmus | Birel ART Srl | Ricciardo Kart / Parilla / LeCont |
207 | Fernandez Wahbeh, Sebastian | RB Racing SA | Exprit / Vortex / LeCont |
208 | Lundgaard, Christian | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
209 | Drugovich Roncato, Felipe | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / LeCont |
210 | Yueyang, Sun | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
211 | Tonteri, Paavo | Mad-Croc Karting | Croc Promotions / TM Racing / LeCont |
212 | Maini, Kush | Forza Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
213 | Lappalainen, Konsta | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
214 | Milell, Noah | JP Racing | Exprit / Vortex / LeCont |
215 | Leuillet, Tom | Birel ART Srl | Birel Art / Parilla / LeCont |
216 | Legeret, Lucas | Birel ART Srl | Birel Art / Parilla / LeCont |
217 | Novalak, Clément | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
218 | Garcia Lopez, Marta | Garcia, Francisco | FA Kart / TM Racing / LeCont |
219 | Roosens, Kenny | VDK Racing | Kosmic / Parilla / LeCont |
220 | Milesi, Charles | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
221 | Lloveras Brunet, Xavier | Strakka Bhaitech | Zanardi / TM Racing / LeCont |
222 | Viscaal, Bent | Viscaal, Jeroen | Tony Kart / Parilla / LeCont |
223 | Ye, Yifei | RB Racing SA | Exprit / Vortex / LeCont |
224 | Berets, Ivan | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
225 | Blomqvist, Isac | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
226 | Persson, Sebastian | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
227 | Serravalle, Antonio | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
228 | Shvetsov, Ivan | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
229 | Herencia, Martin Oscar Jose | DR Srl | DR / TM Racing / LeCont |
230 | Jonusis, Justas | DR Srl | DR / TM Racing / LeCont |
231 | Lazzaroni, Filippo | DR Srl | DR / TM Racing / LeCont |
232 | Goldschmied, Dominik | Energy Corse | Energy Corse / TM Racing / LeCont |
233 | Vesti, Frederik | Energy Corse | Energy Corse / TM Racing / LeCont |
234 | Vidales, David | Energy Corse | Energy Corse / TM Racing / LeCont |
235 | Abrusci, Nicola | Baby Race Srl | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
236 | Bogdanov, Dmitrii | Baby Race Srl | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
237 | Man, Robert | GRT Karting Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
238 | Martinsson, Filip | GRT Karting Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
239 | Lahoz Lopez, Alejandro | Kartronix | Tony Kart / TM Racing / LeCont |
240 | Minang, Perdana Putra | Kartronix | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
241 | Collet, Caio | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / LeCont |
242 | Weerts, Charles | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / LeCont |
243 | Alatalo, William | Mad-Croc Karting | Croc Promotions / TM Racing / LeCont |
244 | Hesse, Max | Mad-Croc Karting | Croc Promotions / TM Racing / LeCont |
245 | Chappard, Franck | Praga Kart Racing | Praga / Parilla / LeCont |
246 | Höyer, Mikkel | Praga Kart Scandinavia | Praga / Vortex / LeCont |
247 | Watt, Noah | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
248 | Worship, Sami | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
249 | Kogure, Hikaru | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
250 | Simmenauer, Jean Baptiste | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
251 | Peisselon, Timothy | Birel ART Srl | Birel Art / Parilla / LeCont |
252 | Piastri, Oscar | Cancelli, Frank | Kosmic Kart / Parilla / LeCont |
253 | Quinn, Alex | CRG SpA | CRG / Parilla / LeCont |
254 | De Wilde, Ugo | Ecurie Hesbaye | Kosmic / Vortex / LeCont |
255 | Ptacek, Petr | Formula K | Formula K / Parilla / LeCont |
256 | Muizzuddin Musyaffa, Bin Abdul Jafar | Gamoto Snc | CRG / Vortex / LeCont |
257 | Louko, Daniel | Louko, Mika | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
258 | Magnus, Gilles | Magnus, Patrick | Kosmic / Vortex / LeCont |
259 | Wilson, Teddy | Forza Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
260 | Petelet, Milane | VDK Racing | Kosmic / Parilla / LeCont |
296 | Belizario, Ruan | Kids To Win C.E. | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
297 | Munoz Fernandez, Adrian | Kids To Win C.E. | Tony Kart / Vortex / LeCont |
298 | Longhi, Luca | Scuderia PCR Srl | PCR / TM Racing / LeCont |
299 | Ponomarenko, Milen | Team Komarov | Tony Kart / LKE / LeCon |
KF
In KF, there is going to be a new duel between the Polish Karol Basz (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega) and the Danish Nicklas Nielsen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega): the first round was won by the latter, thanks to the first position achieved in the WSK Super Master Series. The European Championship will be the ideal ground for a rematch between the two top drivers. Other protagonists of the event are the Italian Felice Tiene (CRG-Parilla-Vega), who is in great shape, the Dutch Martijn Van Leeuwen (CRG-TM) and the Russian Alexander Vartanyan (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega).
No. | Driver | Entrant | Equipment |
101 | Nielsen, Nicklas | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
102 | Verschoor, Richard | RB Racing SA | Exprit / Vortex / Vega |
103 | Hiltbrand, Pedro | CRG SpA | CRG / Parilla / Vega |
104 | Tiene, Felice | CRG SpA | CRG / Parilla / Vega |
105 | Van Leeuwen, Martijn | CRG Keijzer Racing | CRG / TM Racing / Vega |
106 | Basz, Karol | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
107 | Janker, Hannes | TB Motorsport | CRG / Parilla / Vega |
108 | Hodgson, Oliver | Forza Racing | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
109 | Maestranzi, Marco | Comer | Top Kart / Parilla / Vega |
110 | Moilanen, Aatu | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
111 | Marcu, Dionisios | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
112 | Haapalainen, Tuomas | Mad-Croc Karting | Croc Promotions / TM Racing / Vega |
113 | Kjaergaard, Nicolai | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
114 | Skaras, Emil | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
115 | Potty, Maxime | ASBL Karting Club Condroz | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
116 | Horn, Moritz | TB Motorsport | CRG / Parilla / Vega |
117 | Gadois, Alexandre | VDK Racing | Kosmic / Parilla / Vega |
118 | Semi, Valtteri | Semi, Harri | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
119 | Chaimongkol, Sasakorn | Maxima Motorsport | Kosmic Kart / Vortex / Vega |
120 | Vartanyan, Alexander | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
121 | Fewtrell, Max | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega |
122 | Haaga, Anton | GRT Karting Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
123 | Travisanutto, Lorenzo | Scuderia PCR Srl | PCR / TM Racing / Vega |
124 | Lorandi, Leonardo | Baby Race Srl | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
125 | Verkroost, Bard | CRG Keijzer Racing | CRG / TM Racing / Vega |
126 | Correa, Juan | Energy Corse | Energy Corse / TM Racing / Vega |
127 | Lessennes, Benjamin | CRG SpA | CRG / Parilla / Vega |
128 | Roes Andersen, Casper | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega |
129 | Baciuska, Rokas | RB Racing SA | Exprit / Vortex / Vega |
130 | Tillett, Archie | CRG SpA | CRG / Parilla / Vega |
131 | Scherer, Fabio | Comer | Top Kart / Parilla / Vega |
132 | Pasma, Patrik | Strakka Bhaitech | Zanardi / TM Racing / Vega |
133 | Hanley, Ben | Mad-Croc Karting | Croc Promotions / TM Racing / Vega |
134 | Jochimsen, Andreas | Team Storm Development | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
135 | Peltola, Olli | Mad-Croc Karting | Croc Promotions / TM Racing / Vega |
136 | Viiliainen, Ville | Mad-Croc Karting | Croc Promotions / TM Racing / Vega |
137 | Barnicoat, Benjamin | Birel ART Srl | Birel Art / Parilla / Vega |
138 | Cuff, Rory | Birel ART Srl | Birel Art / Parilla / Vega |
139 | Lennox-Lamb, Jordon | Birel ART Srl | Birel Art / Parilla / Vega |
140 | Saarelainen, Sami | Kohtala Sports | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
141 | Tiihonen, Niklas | Kohtala Sports | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
142 | Valtanen, Juho | Kohtala Sports | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
143 | Backman, Jessica | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / Vega |
144 | Joyner, Tom | Strakka Bhaitech | Zanardi / TM Racing / Vega |
145 | Dahlberg, Alexander | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
146 | Johnsen, Sindre | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
147 | Nerman, Hugo | Ward Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
148 | Kry, Niklas | Comer | Top Kart / Parilla / Vega |
149 | Vigano, Matteo | Comer | Top Kart / Parilla / Vega |
150 | Bale, Thomas Michael | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega |
151 | Vips, Juri | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega |
152 | Galletto, Francesco | Strakka Bhaitech | Zanardi / TM Racing / Vega |
153 | Pits, Andry | Strakka Bhaitech | Zanardi / TM Racing / Vega |
154 | Festante, Aldo | Forza Racing | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
155 | Reicher, Simon | MM-Racing-Kart | FA Kart / Vortex / Vega |
156 | Armstrong, Marcus | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega |
157 | Haublin, Thibaut | VDK Racing | Kosmic / Parilla / Vega |
196 | Pinto, Diogo | Comer | Top Kart / Parilla / Vega |
197 | Ferreira, Joao | Ferreira, Paulo Rui | Croc Promotions / Parilla / Vega |
198 | Dos Santos Carvalho, Miguel | Scuderia PCR Srl | PCR / TM Racing / Vega |
199 | Azedo Sousa, Yohan | Strakka Bhaitech | Zanardi / TM Racing / Vega |