Aussie Wrap: WSK Super Master Finale


  24 May 2016

Oscar Piastri was the best of the Australians at the final round of the WSK Super Master Series at Aidria International Raceway, Italy, on the weekend.

Piastri just missed a top ten finish, taking 11th in the Junior OK final. Of the three Australians in the category, he was the only one to make it through to the final race, with Jack Doohan (making his European debut) and Lachlan Hughes missing the transfer after the pre-finals. Sixty drivers registered qualifying times in OKJ.

"Practice was fantastic and I was consistently near the top, even on old tyres" Oscar wrote on Facebook. "I expected a very good result in qualifying, however when we hit the track the kart was sliding badly, almost all our team drivers were suffering the same thing."


Above: Oscar in Adria
pic - Piastri/Facebook

"Things went pretty good in the pre-final. My laptimes were very good, although I lost a bit at the start I'd managed to move up to P5 by the end. The final I was starting in P10, again on the outside, but this time our line got a terrible start and I lost about 4 or 5 positions immediately but managed to get a few back by the end of lap one. I spent most of the race recovering the 2 second gap to the small pack ahead. There was no passing opportunity before the flag and I finished in P11."

Lochie Hughes struggled early in the event, but came oh-so-close to making the Final. "(It) was a difficult weekend, (we) didn't get to do much testing" he wrote on Facebook.

"A bad qualifying made us start from the back for all the heats, some resulting in DNF and some penalties. But in the Pre-final we were one of the fastest on track. I managed to get to 18th where I only just missed out on making the final.(I'm) looking forward to a lot more racing with the team!"


Above: Lochie Hughes and his Lenzo kart
pic - Hughes/Facebook

It was a similar situation for Marcos Flack, narrowly missing the 60 Mini final after taking 19th in his pre-final (the top 17 transfer).

Aussie Summary:

  • Oscar Piastri (FA Kart/Vortex, Ricky Flynn Motorsport, OKJ) - Q25, Heats - 12, 12, 6, 6. PF - 5th. F - 11th.
  • Jack Doohan (Tony Kart/Vortex, Tony Kart Racing Team, OKJ) - Q43, Heats - 17, 19, 23, 17. PF - 23rd.
  • Lachlan Hughes (Lenzo/LKE, Novalux SRL, OKJ) - Q50, Heats - 23, 16, 22, 19. PF - 18th.
  • Marcos Flack (CRG/TM, Gamoto SNC, 60Mini) - Q38, Heats - 16, 9, 17, 26. Ranked 42 of 71 after the heats. PF - 19th.

Kiwi Marcus Armstrong seized his engine with just 5 laps to go in the combined KZ/KZ2 final. He qualified 18th in the 40-strong field and started the final from grid 10 after taking 5th in his pre-final.

Armstrong's Tony Kart teammate Marco Ardigo dominated the KZ class, qualifying on pole and winning his heats, Pre-Final and the Final.

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Above: Marcus Armstrong aboard the #22 Tony Kart
pic - Fast Company/Tony Kart

 

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WSK Super Master Series, a celebration of the protagonists of Motorsport

The final of the WSK Super Master Series was actually a great celebration of Motorsport: the event, hosted by the circuit of Adria (Rovigo, Italy), was definitely a big day for international karting.

Ardigò keeps at bay his opponents and wins in KZ

Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) never lost the grip on the race: he grabbed the pole after qualifying, won in the heats and in the Pre-final A. In the Final, where he was the pole-sitter, the Italian knew that he had to deal with top rivals such as his fellow countryman Davide Forè (Righetti-Ridolfi-TM), who started next to him. Forè, the winner of the Pre-final B, kept always close to Ardigò, but he did not manage to do better than second. Good performance also for the French Jeremy Iglesias, third after passing, during the first laps, the Czech Patrik Hajek. Thanks to this victory, Ardigò won also the Series.


Above: KZ top 3
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Above: Marco Ardigo, KZ winner
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Veteran Davide Forè put the Gold Kart on the podium
Above: Veteran Davide Forè put the Gold Kart on the KZ podium
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Lorandi sits on the throne of the KZ2

The victory in KZ2, after a great duel against his fellow countryman Alessio Piccini (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), boosted the Italian Lorando Lorandi to the top of the KZ2 standings. On the other hand, Giacomo Pollini (CRG-TM), who arrived in Adria as the leader of the category, lost the fifth place he needed to keep the head of the standings. He lost the position due to a penalty for the misplacement of his front fairing. Lorandi, who won ahead of the Italian Francesco Celenta (Formula K-TM) and of Piccini, took over the leaderhip of the category, beating Pollini into second position by only one point.


Above: KZ2 podium
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Above: Tornqvist, KZ2
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Above: Francesco Celenta, KZ2
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Basz achieves a clean sweep, Travisanutto wins the OK

Karol Basz (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega) swept the board in OK: he won the Pre-final and the Final. He aimed at closing the gap with the Spanish Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-Parilla), who was well ahead of him, and the Polish almost hit the target. Basz won ahead of the strong Spanish Marta Garcia (EvoKart-Parilla) and of a great Lorenzo Travisanutto (Tony Kart-Vortex). Travisanutto, thanks to his result, managed to overtake Hiltbrand (only 14th today) and to win the Series.


Above: OK podium, with KA Chairman Mick Doohan watching on
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Above: Karol Basz, OK
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Collet wins in OK Junior on Taoufik’s big day

Great race between the Norwegian Dennis Hauger (CRG-Parilla-Vega) and the Brazilian Caio Collet (BitrelArt-Parilla): eventually the latter prevailed and deservedly won the OKJ Final. Behind the two frontrunners, the duel for the victory of the Series was between the Danish Noah Watt (Tony Kart-Vortex) and the Moroccan Sami Taoufik (FA Kart-Vortex). The latter managed to finish third and to win the Series.


Above: OK J podium
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Above: Brazil's Caio Collet won OKJ
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Above: Dennis Hauger, OKJ
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Above: De Pauw, OKJ
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Paparo wins the Final and the 60 Mini

It was on the last laps of the 60 Mini Final that the Italian Michael Paparo (IP Karting-TM) overtook the Spanish Jose Gomez (CRG-TM). Another Italian, Luigi Coluccio (Tony Kart-Vortex) completed the podium scoring the third place. Thanks to the two victories in the Pre-final and in the Final, Paparo laid his hands on the category, overtaking his fellow countryman Gabriele Minì (Energy-TM).

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Above: Jose Gomez, 60 Mini
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Above: 60Mini
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