21 September 2013 |
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The World Championship starts with the Superpole in Varennes
On the Jean Brun circuit of Varennes sur Alliler, in France, the World CIK-FIA Championship has officially started today with the first, heated duels . The KZ title will be awarded this weekend to the winner of the single round of the Championship. Today's target for drivers and teams was achieving the best performance on the single lap in qualifying. Thirty-eight scrutineered drivers of the KZ category took part in today's qualifying, together with the 86 entrants of the CIK-FIA International Super Cup of the KZ2 category. The most awaited-for event was, anyway, the Superpole session reserved to the 12 fastest drivers of the first qualifying session of the KZ category. And it was a session full of surprises. Qualifying start tomorrow also for the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy, for drivers aged 13-15.
Above: Davide Forè, the veteran fasted in KZ Superpole
Forè takes back leadership in KZ thanks to an outstanding lap
In KZ the race for the title started with qualifying. In the first two sessions, spotlights on the English Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-Parilla-Bridgestone) and the Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone). After getting the pass for the Superpole, the first 6 drivers showed their real potential. It was then that Davide Forè (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) stunned everybody clocking 51”625, ahead of the rest of the pack. The four-time world champion Italian driver is now the favourite for the title, even though it is, of course, after Sunday's Final that we will know the name of the new World Champion.
KZ2 Superpole
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Time | Gap |
1 | 9 | Fore, Davide | CRG / TM / B'stone | 51.625 | |
2 | 27 | Tiene, Felice | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 51.666 | 0.041 |
3 | 1 | Verstappen, Max | CRG / TM / B'stone | 51.718 | 0.093 |
4 | 2 | Ardigo, Marco | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 51.734 | 0.109 |
5 | 18 | Camplese, Lorenzo | Intrepid / Parilla / B'stone | 51.814 | 0.189 |
6 | 12 | Dreezen, Rick | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 51.817 | 0.192 |
7 | 19 | Kozlinski, Arnaud | Birel / TM / B'stone | 51.827 | 0.202 |
8 | 10 | Toninelli, Roberto | Birel / TM / B'stone | 51.859 | 0.234 |
9 | 14 | Hajek, Patrik | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 51.907 | 0.282 |
10 | 11 | Lennox-Lamb, Jordon | CRG / Parilla / B'stone | 51.912 | 0.287 |
11 | 30 | Hanley, Ben | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 52.03 | 0.405 |
12 | 8 | De Conto, Paolo | Birel / TM / B'stone | 01:03.2 | 11.526 |
Behind Forè there are other CRG drivers: the Italian Felice Tiene (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone), who clocked an excellent 51"666 - trimming 5 tenths of a second off the time clocked in the first session -; Tiene is few hundreths of a second faster than the Dutch Max Verstappen (CRG-TM-Bridgestone), who stopped the clock at 51”718. Ardigò did not improve his performance and placed fourth with 51”734. Seventh, behind the Italian Lorenzo Camplese (Intrepid-Parilla-Bridgestone) and the Belgian Rick Dreezen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) Arnaud Kozlinski (Birel-TM-Bridgestone) at his comeback: the French made a good impression after his long absence. Now it is qualifying heats time, which will tell us more about the real potential of drivers from tomorrow.
KZ qualifying
Rnk | No. | Driver | Time | SP | Gap | Group |
1 | 9 | Fore, Davide | 51.998 | 51.625 | A | |
2 | 27 | Tiene, Felice | 52.133 | 51.666 | 0.041 | B |
3 | 1 | Verstappen, Max | 52.013 | 51.718 | 0.093 | C |
4 | 2 | Ardigo, Marco | 51.726 | 51.734 | 0.109 | A |
5 | 18 | Camplese, Lorenzo | 52.099 | 51.814 | 0.189 | B |
6 | 12 | Dreezen, Rick | 52.072 | 51.817 | 0.192 | C |
7 | 19 | Kozlinski, Arnaud | 52.105 | 51.827 | 0.202 | A |
8 | 10 | Toninelli, Roberto | 52.036 | 51.859 | 0.234 | B |
9 | 14 | Hajek, Patrik | 51.851 | 51.907 | 0.282 | C |
10 | 11 | Lennox-Lamb, Jordon | 51.971 | 51.912 | 0.287 | A |
11 | 30 | Hanley, Ben | 51.802 | 52.03 | 0.405 | B |
12 | 8 | De Conto, Paolo | 51.993 | 01:03.2 | 11.526 | C |
13 | 4 | Thonon, Jonathan | 52.102 | - | A | |
14 | 3 | Abbasse, Anthony | 52.107 | - | 0.005 | B |
15 | 21 | Camponeschi, Flavio | 52.119 | - | 0.017 | C |
16 | 15 | Torsellini, Mirko | 52.212 | - | 0.11 | A |
17 | 28 | Alguersuari, Jaime | 52.269 | - | 0.167 | B |
18 | 16 | Cesetti, Sauro | 52.308 | - | 0.206 | C |
19 | 5 | Lammers, Bas | 52.327 | - | 0.225 | A |
20 | 36 | Ragues, Pierre | 52.391 | - | 0.289 | B |
21 | 29 | De Brabander, Yannick | 52.398 | - | 0.296 | C |
22 | 32 | Iglesias, Jérémy | 52.42 | - | 0.318 | A |
23 | 6 | Leclerc, Charles | 52.431 | - | 0.329 | B |
24 | 35 | Roy, Maxime | 52.478 | - | 0.376 | C |
25 | 7 | Pex, Jorrit | 52.55 | - | 0.448 | A |
26 | 25 | Grosso, Emilien | 52.554 | - | 0.452 | B |
27 | 17 | Van der Raad, Sinan | 52.802 | - | 0.7 | C |
28 | 34 | Suonpää, Leevi | 52.827 | - | 0.725 | A |
29 | 31 | Kamitsakis, Stefanos | 52.873 | - | 0.771 | B |
30 | 23 | Gazzurelli, Gianni | 52.892 | - | 0.79 | C |
31 | 20 | Davies, Dylan | 52.905 | - | 0.803 | A |
32 | 37 | Schrangl, Andreas | 52.957 | - | 0.855 | B |
33 | 33 | Tuukkanen, Aleksi | 52.966 | - | 0.864 | C |
34 | 39 | Capo, Ricky | 53.188 | - | 1.086 | A |
35 | 26 | Kokko, Henri | 54.036 | - | 1.934 | B |
36 | 38 | Giambo, (V. Giambattista) | 57.503 | - | 5.401 | C |
37 | 24 | Federer, Fabian | 01:04.7 | - | 12.627 | A |
22 | Piccioni, Antonio | - | B |
Arrue leads in KZ2 qualifying
The race on their home circuit is spurring the French drivers. They filled the first three slots of qualifying thanks to their fast laps. The best was Alexandre Arrue (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone), followed by Paul David (Tony Kart-Modena-.Bridgestone) and Thomas Laurent (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone). Their aim is laying their hands on the CIK-FIA International Super Cup, which is also the target of the Italian Negro (DR-TM-Bridgestone), fourth.
The difference between Arrue's 52”486 and Negro's 52”629 is so small that it is impossible to say who will be the winner, especially if we take into account the excellent performances put in by the New Zealander Daniel Bray (GP-TM-Bridgestone) and the Dutch Marijn Kremers (Birel-TM), fifth and sixth respectively.
Last but not least, another French: Dorian Boccolacci (Energy-TM), rising star of the KF, who arrived in Varennes to battle against all the top drivers of the KZ2 category. He placed 7th, just ahead of the strong Lituanian and his team-mate Simas Juodvirsis. The first qualifying heats were on schedule for this afternoon. Laurent won twice, Boccolacci, Negro and the Czech Jan Midrla (Birel-TM-Bridgestone) winners of a heat each.
KZ2 qualifying
Rnk | No. | Driver | Equipment | Time | Gap | Group |
1 | 191 | Arrue, Alexandre | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 52.486 | A | |
2 | 156 | David, Paul | Tony Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone | 52.697 | 0.211 | B |
3 | 181 | Laurent, Thomas | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 53.298 | 0.812 | C |
4 | 104 | Negro, Riccardo | DR / TM / B'stone | 52.629 | 0.143 | D |
5 | 155 | Bray, Daniel | GP / TM / B'stone | 52.866 | 0.38 | E |
6 | 113 | Kremers, Marijn | Birel / TM / B'stone | 53.302 | 0.816 | F |
7 | 129 | Boccolacci, Dorian | Energy / TM / B'stone | 52.632 | 0.146 | G |
8 | 130 | Juodvirsis, Simas | Energy / TM / B'stone | 52.901 | 0.415 | A |
9 | 102 | Barnicoat, Benjamin | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 53.31 | 0.824 | B |
10 | 106 | Zanchetta, Marco | Maranello / TM / B'stone | 52.673 | 0.187 | C |
11 | 116 | Lolmede, Thierry | RK / TM / B'stone | 52.912 | 0.426 | D |
12 | 133 | Wiggers, Symen | CRG / TM / B'stone | 53.488 | 1.002 | E |
13 | 146 | Habulin, Kristijan | CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone | 52.735 | 0.249 | F |
14 | 131 | Vigano, Matteo | Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone | 52.939 | 0.453 | G |
15 | 125 | Romkema, Ricardo | Zanardi / TM / B'stone | 53.515 | 1.029 | A |
16 | 183 | De Ruwe, Xen | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 52.86 | 0.374 | B |
17 | 118 | Maxa, Radim | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 53.044 | 0.558 | C |
18 | 107 | Schmitz, Alexander | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 53.561 | 1.075 | D |
19 | 119 | Brenna, Simone | TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone | 52.878 | 0.392 | E |
20 | 153 | Aceto, Massimo | Righetti / Parilla / B'stone | 53.051 | 0.565 | F |
21 | 114 | Hokfelt, Paul | CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone | 53.632 | 1.146 | G |
22 | 164 | Marcon, Nicola | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 53.001 | 0.515 | A |
23 | 112 | Manetti, Alessandro | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 53.073 | 0.587 | B |
24 | 123 | Piccini, Alessio | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 53.677 | 1.191 | C |
25 | 184 | Di Silvestre, Moreno | DR / TM / B'stone | 53.085 | 0.599 | D |
26 | 182 | Goupy, Julien | Praga / TM / B'stone | 53.088 | 0.602 | E |
27 | 165 | Martinez, Giovanni | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 53.698 | 1.212 | F |
28 | 110 | Midrla, Jan | Birel / TM / B'stone | 53.109 | 0.623 | G |
29 | 147 | Giulietti, Alessandro | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 53.116 | 0.63 | A |
30 | 168 | Ramon, Eric | Intrepid / Modena Engines / B'stone | 53.707 | 1.221 | B |
31 | 145 | Idzkowski, Bartosz | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 53.142 | 0.656 | C |
32 | 117 | Mantione, Nolan | Birel / TM / B'stone | 53.152 | 0.666 | D |
33 | 109 | Lundberg, Douglas | LH / Maxter / B'stone | 53.82 | 1.334 | E |
34 | 163 | Maatougui, Adam | Energy / TM / B'stone | 53.149 | 0.663 | F |
35 | 115 | Specken, Guust | Birel / TM / B'stone | 53.168 | 0.682 | G |
36 | 173 | Simoni, Mauro | CRG / TM / B'stone | 53.92 | 1.434 | A |
37 | 105 | Ercoli, Gianmarco | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 53.15 | 0.664 | B |
38 | 103 | Johansson, Joel | Energy / TM / B'stone | 53.2 | 0.714 | C |
39 | 124 | Poncelet, Julien | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 53.924 | 1.438 | D |
40 | 176 | Rohrbasser, Nicolas | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 53.226 | 0.74 | E |
41 | 138 | Törnqvist, Morgan | CRG / TM / B'stone | 53.229 | 0.743 | F |
42 | 128 | Pesce, Yan | Energy / Parilla / B'stone | 53.927 | 1.441 | G |
43 | 166 | Martins, Wilfried | Merlin / TM / B'stone | 53.293 | 0.807 | A |
44 | 186 | Cobian Gonzalez Del Javier | Maranello / TM / B'stone | 53.239 | 0.753 | B |
45 | 139 | Siebecke, Maik | CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone | 53.928 | 1.442 | C |
46 | 127 | Van Der Burgt, Ryan | DR / TM / B'stone | 53.371 | 0.885 | D |
47 | 179 | Luisier, Sébastien | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 53.314 | 0.828 | E |
48 | 120 | Nilsson, Tobias | CRG / TM / B'stone | 53.973 | 1.487 | F |
49 | 136 | Verhoeven, Kevin | Maddox / TM / B'stone | 53.391 | 0.905 | G |
50 | 134 | Zimmermann, Tim | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 53.34 | 0.854 | A |
51 | 126 | Spinelli, Loris | CRG / TM / B'stone | 54.057 | 1.571 | B |
52 | 132 | Villanueva Suarez, German | CRG / TM / B'stone | 53.421 | 0.935 | C |
53 | 152 | De Gaye, Brice | CRG / Maxter / B'stone | 53.348 | 0.862 | D |
54 | 135 | Wenger, Kurt | Praga / Parilla / B'stone | 54.208 | 1.722 | E |
55 | 192 | Arcila, Oscar | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 53.424 | 0.938 | F |
56 | 162 | Loidl, Patrick | Maranello / Modena Engines / B'stone | 53.398 | 0.912 | G |
57 | 157 | Dijk, Roy | CRG / TM / B'stone | 54.281 | 1.795 | A |
58 | 140 | Rismyhr, Finn Erik | DR / TM / B'stone | 53.658 | 1.172 | B |
59 | 108 | Schmidt, Dominik | Energy / TM / B'stone | 53.457 | 0.971 | C |
60 | 154 | Beccaria, Michele | Top Kart / TM / B'stone | 54.495 | 2.009 | D |
61 | 190 | Barberini, Cosimo | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 53.702 | 1.216 | E |
62 | 161 | Kurakin, Vladislav | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 53.495 | 1.009 | F |
63 | 178 | Luisier, Simon | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 54.577 | 2.091 | G |
64 | 149 | Doubek, Martin | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 53.734 | 1.248 | A |
65 | 189 | Beauvois, Romuald | Oberon / TM / B'stone | 53.553 | 1.067 | B |
66 | 101 | Antonsen, Emil | DR / TM / B'stone | 54.627 | 2.141 | C |
67 | 160 | Jilek, Michal | Birel / TM / B'stone | 54.015 | 1.529 | D |
68 | 187 | Bourgeois, Pierre | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 53.583 | 1.097 | E |
69 | 121 | Pescador, Jorge | CRG / TM / B'stone | 54.803 | 2.317 | F |
70 | 171 | Valiullin, Murat | ART GP / TM / B'stone | 54.051 | 1.565 | G |
71 | 151 | Buznikov, Philipp | GP / TM / B'stone | 53.861 | 1.375 | A |
72 | 170 | Santoni, François | Energy / TM / B'stone | 55.014 | 2.528 | B |
73 | 188 | Biondollilo, Arthur | Intrepid / Modena Engines / B'stone | 54.433 | 1.947 | C |
74 | 172 | Ucci, Giovanni | Tony Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone | 53.938 | 1.452 | D |
75 | 175 | Romic, Filip | CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone | 55.613 | 3.127 | E |
76 | 143 | Manera, David | Birel / TM / B'stone | 54.505 | 2.019 | F |
77 | 142 | Paskevicius, Paulius | Righetti / TM / B'stone | 54.18 | 1.694 | G |
78 | 177 | Misevicius, Ignas | Righetti / TM / B'stone | 55.816 | 3.33 | A |
79 | 144 | Kuovi, Jan | Rosso Korsa / TM / B'stone | 54.883 | 2.397 | B |
80 | 111 | Charles, Kenny | Merlin / TM / B'stone | 59.783 | 7.297 | C |
81 | 180 | Liuzzi, Angelo | Intrepid / TM / B'stone | 57.291 | 4.805 | D |
82 | 167 | Palazzetti, Simone | Maranello / TM / B'stone | 54.962 | 2.476 | E |
83 | 141 | Prosperi, Enrico | CRG / TM / B'stone | 01:23.4 | 30.935 | F |
84 | 185 | Cresson, Yohann | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone | 58.971 | 6.485 | G |
137 | Van Moorsel, Jordi | Maddox / TM / B'stone | A | |||
158 | Giacchetti, Maurizio | CRG / TM / B'stone | B |