“If you ever want to understand the upside down nature of kart racing you can’t do better than watching Abbasse, Manetti, and Fore racing in KZ Masters at a series titled ‘Champions of the Future’ “
Kudos to Karting1 for the above quote and pointing out the irony…
Anyway, on to the action! Xavier Avramides was the only driver flying the Australian flag in Portimao. Avramides qualified his Tony Kart/Vortex 23rd in an 82-strong KZ2 field. Ranked P25 after the qualification races, Xavier finished the final 27th.
“Not the way I wanted to end this weekend” he posted. “Nevertheless, we had some great results (and) in the end, this weekend was all about preparation for the up and coming World Championship”.
New Zealand’s Daniel Bray (Parolin/TM) was in the mix in KZ2 Masters all meeting, qualifying fourth and securing a front row start for the final by placing second in the Super Heat. The veteran held second for the opening lap but soon dropped to third, finishing behind Anthony Abbasse (Sodi/TM) and Andre Nicastro (Tony Kart/Vortex). Davide Fore (BirelART/TM) was fourth.
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Modena Racing team mate and fellow Kiwi David Malcolm finished 29th. Meanwhile in the KZ class, Jay Urwin (BirelART/TM) was classified 18th.
Jeremy Iglesias won KZ for CRG while Daniel Vasile won KZ2 on BirelART.
- full results are HERE
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