Wet Heats Cause Delays @ Junior World Titles


promotoer press 6 October 2013
 

Wet heats at the CIK-FIA World KFJ Championship in Sarno. Ticktum (GB – FA Kart-Vortex) wins three heats. In the CIK-FIA International Super Cup KF the winners are Basz (PL – Tony-Vortex) and Viganò (I – Top Kart-Parilla).

A great challenge for the  champions to be

Whoever will win the race of Sarno (I), he will be aware of having achieved a tough feat. The Italian racetrack is hosting the first round of the CIK-FIA World KFJ Championship. Today's heats were particularly eventful, also because of the rain which has been falling all day long. The rain slightly decreased only in the afternoon, even though the tarmac remained wet during all the races. The 1,699 metres of the International Circuit Napoli were particularly slippery, and drivers needed to use all their skills to control their karts to secure the best position on the starting grid for tomorrow's final phase. The pole position will be awarded tomorrow morning: some of the heats which were supposed to be run today were put off because of the harsh weather condition. An unexpected commitment both for the KF Junior drivers - who are racing for the World title - and for the KF drivers, racing for the CIK-FIA International Super Cup.


Above: Daniel Tictum a during the races
pic - Press.net Images

Ticktum  attacks in the World KFJ Championship

The outcome of such a tough day was utterly positive for the English Daniel Ticktum (FA Kart-Vortex-Le Cont), who won all the three races he took part in. So, Ticktum responded to the Russian Robert Shwartzman (Tony Kart-TM-Le Cont), who was the fastest in yesterday's qualifying and had also won one of the first heats. Shwartzman won another heat today, as well as his fellow countryman Nikita Sitnikov (Tony Kart-BMB-Le Cont), who closed today's performance with two successes. The Italian Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-Parilla-Le Cont) and Leonardo Pulcini (Tony Kart-Vortex-Le Cont) won one heat each, with six heats remaining on tomorrow's schedule. Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex-Le Cont), the new European Champion, has this last phase to close the gap: he has not won any heat yet, even though he placed in good positions.


Above: Karol Basz
pic - Press.net Images

Basz and Viganò put in the first excellent performance in KF

The Italian Matteo Viganò (Top Kart-Parilla-Vega) had to recover nine positions to cross the finishing line first and win his first heat in the KF category, in the CIK-FIA International Super Cup. He started from the fifth row and conquered position after position before gaining the head at half race. Also the French Dorian Boccolacci (Energy-TM) had to gain many positions before getting the second place; third was the Polish Karol Basz (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega). Basz, however, was able to redeem himself in the second heat: he took the lead at the start and kept it until the end of the race. The Croatian Martin Kodric (FA-Vortex-Vega) was the runner-up, third Egor Stupenkov (Energy-TM-Vega), at the end of an impressive series of overtaking manoeuvres which allowed them to recover, from their starting slots, seven and ten positions respectively. Tomorrow the last heat, which will give the final standings situation before the Final. After today's races, the final result of the cup is absolutely unpredictable.


Qualifying Report:

Sarno, the race for the kf junior world title has begun

Also the KF Junior category has set off for its World CIK-FIA title: from today, on the international circuit Napoli of Sarno (Italy), the category reserved to the youngest drivers is on the racetrack for the first phases of the race, for the first challenges which will bring, Sunday afternoon, the winner of the first round of the World Championship on the highest step of the podium. The KF Junior is, in the event which has just begun in Sarno, the third international category to start its race towards its 2013 CIK-FIA title. In fact, the KF had its first round at the beginning of September, in England, on the circuit of Brandon. The round was won by the Dutch Max Verstappen (CRG-TM-Vega). On the other hand, the KZ has already awarded its title: the champion is - again - Verstappen (this time on CRG-TM-Bridgestone), who won the single round of the World Championship two weeks ago in Varennes sur Allier, in France. Once the races on the Italian circuit are over, the drivers of the KF Junior and those of the KF will move to Bahrain, on the circuit of Sakhir, for the second and decisive round of the two championships at the weekend of 23rd November. The pack of very young drivers has a very good reason to be motivated and committed. Today, after the qualifying session on the 1,699 metres of the Napoli racetrack, they took part in the first heats. Together with them, the more experienced KF drivers are getting ready for the showdown: they, too, are here in Sarno to give the chase to the sought-after  CIK-FIA International Super Cup, reserved to their category. 


Above: Robert Shwartzman earned the pole position in KFJ
pic - Cuna Photo

Shwartzman plays a solo in the KFJ qualifying

The Russian Robert Shwartzman (Tony Kart-TM-LeCont) is the first driver to lay his cards on the table: he clocked 1’07”124 and grabbed the pole in the KFJ qualifying. Second, 38 milliseconds slower, the Indian Jehan Daruvala (FA Kart-Vortex-Le Cont), just ahead of the two Italian Lorandi brothers (both on Tony Kart- Parilla-Le Cont), separated by a very narrow gap: Alessio is 3rd, with1’07”226, Leonardo 4th, with 1’07”246. Behind them there are interesting names such as the Brazilian Giuliano Raucci (Energy-TM), who filled the 5th slot ahead of another favourite driver, the Italian Leonardo Pulcini (Tony Kart-Vortex). The English Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex), the new European KFJ Champion, is only 7th. Behind him the Russian Nikita Sitnikov (Tony Kart-BMB). In the evening, in the first two heats, Shwartzman put in another great performance and won one of the three races. In the other two heats the winners were Alessio Lorandi and the English Daniel Ticktum (FA Kart-Vortex). The heats on schedule tomorrow will give the starting grids of the two Prefinals on Sunday morning.

Basz is the best in KF

The importance and the prestige of the CIK-FIA International Super Cup seems to have unleashed the drivers' ambition. The top performance was achieved by the Polish Karol Basz (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), the fastest with  1‘05”502. Second the Canadian Lance Stroll (Zanardi-TM-Vega), who is still in peak physical form and placed only 6 milliseconds behind Basz. The surprising French Paolo Besancenez (Tony Kart-TM-Vega), placed 3rd ahead of the English Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega). Third row for the two favourites:the Danish Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex) and the French Dorian Boccolacci (Energy-TM). They will try to close the gap in tomorrow's heats.

 

 

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