Aaron Cameron On The Edge of Top Ten at La Conca
| 26 September 2015 |
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Aaron Cameron has qualified 11th in the 99-strong KF Junior class at the World Championships in Italy this weekend. Cameron (Tony Kart/Vortex) was P3 in his group and will start his five heats from grids 3 and 4. His 46.637s lap was just 0.191s off pole, set by Tony Kart's Konsta Lappalainen. Look out for Aaron in the Group 'E' heat races.
Unfortunately, the other Australian junior entry, Ryan Suhle, has been forced to withdraw. The JC Kart driver broke a rib in a practice shunt and is likely out for the rest of the season.
Above: Inside Aaron Cameron's Kartronix team tent
pic - Cameron/facebook
"It began to rain on one half of the circuit as we were heading down the straight unaware in FP2" he wrote on Facebook. He subsequently slammed into the wall at high speed, injuring his left side and earning a trip to the hospital. "We would like to thank everyone for their support, and we will be trying to make the Grand Finals at Ipswich."
In the senior ranks, Kiwi Marcus Armstrong (Tony Kart/Vortex) is 13th, 0.346 off fastest qualifier, team mate Nicklas Nielsen. Meanwhile, South Australia's Josh Tynan (Energy/TM) is 57th of the 63 entrants. In the heat rces, look out for Armstrong in group C, Tynan in group B.
- Results & live timing from La Conca HERE. Live video stream of Sunday's action is set to commence with the drivers' parade at 10:20am (6:20pm AEST). Pre-finals commence 11:05am (7:05pm AEST) and finals at 1:20pm (9:20pm AEST)
Above: When Ryan Suhle's JC Kart was still prestine
pic - RSR/facebook
from the event press release
Nielsen’s bid for the championship: he is the KF pole-sitter
In KF they speak Danish: Nicklas Nielsen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) the driver from Horning, grabbed the pole thanks to his 45”729, 26 milliseconds better than the Dutch Richard Verschoor (Exprit-Vortex-Vega), who stopped the clock at 45”755. Also the third and fourth slots on the grid will be filled by a Dutch and a Danish: Martijn Van Leeuwen (CRG-TM-Vega) with 48”863 and Casper Roes Andersen (FA-Vortex-Vega) with 45”897.
The English Ben Hanley (Croc-TM-Vega), the KF European champion, set the sixth time, two tenths and a half of a second behind the pole-sitter. Nielsen, who has often been among the fastest drivers during the season, hasn’t still scored any remarkable results but, thanks to today's pole-position, he can aim at getting the title.
Above: Nicklas Nielsen
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Lappalainen grabs the pole-position in KF Junior.
In the Junior category, a driver from northern Europe put in a terrific performance: the Finnish Konsta Lappalainen (Tony Kart-Vortex-LeCont), who set the pole with 46”446. There are only 35 milliseconds between the Scandinavian driver and the American Logan Sargeant (Fa Kart-Vortex-LeCont), who will start from the second slot thanks to his 46”481. Third position for the surprising Venezuelan Sebastian Fernandez (FA Kart-Vortex-LeCont), ahead of the British Sami Worship (FA Kart-Vortex-LeCont). They are in great shape and set exactly the same time with 46”527: their final ranking depends on their second best performance.
The Danish Christian Lundgaard (Energy-TM-LeCont), the European Champion, is only in 28th position and, tomorrow, he will be eager to redeem himself. The narrow gaps between the top drivers - they are all within 81 milliseconds – say it all: the rest of the Championship is going to be as thrilling as ever
Above: Another Flying Finn? Konsta Lappalainen gets air on the way to P1
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