Piastri's Promise Unfulfilled In Spain


  16 May 2016

After posting fastest time in his warmup and starting P5 for his pre-final, Oscar Piastri had high hopes of a strong finish at the opening round of the European OK-Junior Championship in Spain on the weekened. Unfortunately, crash damage saw him miss the cut for the final.

"I got a great start from P5 in the Prefinal and was into P2 in the first 2 laps" Oscar explained on Facebook.


pic - piastri/facebook

"We had chosen to stay on old rubber and save our new tyres for the final, so my speed was encouraging.

"Unfortunately, a few laps later I saw a kart fly over the front of mine, destroying my nassau panel and my chances of making the final."

He was eventually classified 20th.

"Anyway, lots of positives from this weekend and only three days rest until we are back at Adria, Italy for the final round of the WSK series" he added. "Thanks again to RFM, ONE Engines, HP Tuners, my mechanic Joe and all my friends and family back home."

  • full results from the event are HERE

 

 

press release

It was an eventful and spectacular competition at the first round of the European CIK-FIA Championship for the OK and OKJ categories and the second round of the KZ in Zuera (Spain). The winners of the Finals are the Polish Karol Basz (Kosmic-Vortex) in OK, the Danish Noah Watt (Tony Kart-Vortex) in OK-J and the Czech Patrik Hajek (Kosmic-Vortex) in KZ.

Watt is still at the top in OKJ

The European Championship was what the Danish Noah Watt needed to drive to his full potential: he left no escape to his opponents and won the OKJ Final. The only driver who managed to remain ahead of him for few laps in the Pre-final 1 was Isac Blomqvist (both on Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega).

In the Final, the Swedish tried to attack during the first stage of the race, but eventually he had to give in and was overtaken also by the Brazilian Caio Collet (BirelArt-Parilla-Vega), who finished second with Blomqvist third.


Above: OKJ podium

Basz surprisingly wins in OK

The OK Final had a thrilling finale, with a pack of drivers duelling until the very end of the race. At the start, the British Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega) took the lead followed by the Polish Karol Basz (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega).

While the two frontrunners were fighting for the leadership, behind them the Swedish Christian Lundgaard (Ricciardo-Parilla) and the Spanish Marta Garcia (EvoKart-Parilla) were closing the gap. So, the battle for the head of the race was between these four drivers, with Basz who finally managed to grab the leadership on the penultimate lap and to win the race. Behind him Lundgaard and Garcia, while Joyner, after a contact with the Spaniard, dropped back and finished well behind the top positions.


Above: OK podium

Hajek wins the KZ Final

It might seem that today’s KZ final was an uneventful race, with the same three drivers in the first three positions from the beginning until the end. On the contrary, the KZ Final was filled with tension, with the Czech Patrik Hajek (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega), the French Jeremy Iglesias (Sodi-TM-Vega) and the Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) always within half a second of each other and ready to take advantage of the tiniest error. Eventually, Hajek managed to gain ground and won ahead of the French and of the Italian.


Above: KZ podium

 

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