Another Championship For Verstappen


  23 September 2013
 

Max Verstappen has taken the 2013 CIK-FIA KZ World Championship for CRG with victory in France last night. Dorian Boccolacci (Energy/TM) came through to take the International Super Cup for KZ2 after a messy fight at the front which saw New Zealander Daniel Bray shunted back to 4th late in the race.

At a glance, Verstappen dominated the KZ final, however he was only third into the first corner and had to fight back to the lead. Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart/Vortex) initially led from Charles Leclerc (ART GP) before Verstappen (CRG/TM) regained control. Max was consistently 2 tenths faster in the second sector and opened a commanding gap to take a well deserved win.

KZ podium, Verstappen 1, Leclerc 2, Lennox-Lamb 3
Above: KZ podium, Verstappen 1st, Leclerc 2nd, Lennox-Lamb 3rd
pic - Cuna Photo

The Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) had a magnificent start, followed by the driver from Monaco, Charles Leclerc (Art GP-TM-Bridgestone), who stole second position immediately after the leader and ahead of Verstappen.

Once overtaken by both Verstappen and Leclerc, Ardigò came under attack from the British driver Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-Parilla-Bridgestone). Ardigò continued to fall through the field (finished 8th) and popular veteran Davide Forè (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) reached fourth place, aiming at stepping on the podium. Unfortunately, Forè got involved in a contact in the tussle and fell to 12th.

Italian Paolo De Conto (Birel-TM) came close to the podium, but had to pull over during the last laps after a race in the top positions. Eventually it was Leclerc who managed to emerge unscathed from the tussle for second place, narrowly beating Lennox-Lamb in 3rd position.

Ben Hanley (Art-GP-TM) was an excellent 4th position, having started way back on the 8th row, and claimed fastest lap. A good performance also from the Italian Mirko Torsellini (Tony Kart-Vortex) who finsihed fifth after a good recovery from the seventh row on the grid. Behind him was Dutchman Bas Lammers (Intrepid/TM), who had started from the 9th row.

Max, #1
Above: Max, #1
pic - CRG Press

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 1 Verstappen, Max  CRG / TM / B'stone  51.838
2 6 Leclerc, Charles  ART GP / TM / B'stone  3.37 52.001
3 11 Lennox-Lamb, Jordon  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  3.43 51.832
4 30 Hanley, Ben  ART GP / TM / B'stone  5.86 51.767
5 15 Torsellini, Mirko  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  6.039 51.951
6 5 Lammers, Bas  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  6.106 51.924
7 27 Tiene, Felice  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  6.378 51.914
8 2 Ardigo, Marco  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  6.722 52.029
9 28 Alguersuari, Jaime  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  7.904 52.132
10 19 Kozlinski, Arnaud  Birel / TM / B'stone  8.85 51.998
11 3 Abbasse, Anthony  Sodi / TM / B'stone  9.108 52.118
12 9 Fore, Davide  CRG / TM / B'stone  9.211 52.011
13 16 Cesetti, Sauro  Top Kart / TM / B'stone  10.087 52.088
14 25 Grosso, Emilien  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  16.031 52.309
15 32 Iglesias, Jérémy  Lenzokart / LKE / B'stone  16.177 52.489
16 7 Pex, Jorrit  CRG / TM / B'stone  17.016 52.506
17 24 Federer, Fabian  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  17.221 51.954
18 33 Tuukkanen, Aleksi  Ninar / TM / B'stone  17.385 52.35
19 17 Van der Raad, Sinan  CRG / TM / B'stone  17.566 52.409
20 20 Davies, Dylan  First / TM / B'stone  17.782 52.386
21 35 Roy, Maxime  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  18.052 52.445
22 36 Ragues, Pierre  Sodi / TM / B'stone  18.189 52.397
23 23 Gazzurelli, Gianni  FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone  19.832 52.621
24 34 Suonpää, Leevi  DR / TM / B'stone  21.161 52.634
25 31 Kamitsakis, Stefanos  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  24.243 52.743
26 37 Schrangl, Andreas  Oberon / Seven / B'stone  25.704 52.751
27 8 De Conto, Paolo  Birel / TM / B'stone  1 Lap  51.904
28 29 De Brabander, Yannick  Maranello / TM / B'stone  9 Laps  51.932
29 26 Kokko, Henri  DR / TM / B'stone  11 Laps  52.27
30 18 Camplese, Lorenzo  Intrepid / Parilla / B'stone  17 Laps  52.509
31 14 Hajek, Patrik  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  20 Laps 
32 10 Toninelli, Roberto  Birel / TM / B'stone  20 Laps 
33 12 Dreezen, Rick  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  20 Laps 
34 22 Piccioni, Antonio  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  20 Laps 

Boccolacci wins the CIK-FIA International Super Cup

The French youngster with the Italian name, Dorian Boccolacci (Energy-TM-Bridgestone) came out on top of a heated battle for the International KZ2 Super Cup.

New Zealander Daniel Bray (GP-TM-Bridgestone) started the final from pole, sharing the front row with Boccolacci, courtesy of the duo having won the two pre-finals.

Bray was dreaming of laying his hands on the cup until the last laps of the Final, where the Italian Loris Spinelli (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) put an end to his leadership and took the head of the race.

Earlier in the final, the Italian Riccardo Negro (DR-TM-Bridgestone) had tried to keep with Bray, but he soon lost ground and the pack behind him managed to close the gap. The French Alexandre Arrue (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone) had more luck and, during the last laps, he was able to recover and reach the third position.

In the meantime, Boccolacci just had to control the race: the battle behind allowed him to build up a remarkable lead over his pursuers. Spinelli, second over the finishing line, was penalised by the stewards for a manoeuvre in the closing laps, giving the runnerup position to Arrue, followed by Bray.

Negro managed to finish fourth, ahead of the German Alexander Schmitz and the Italian Nicola Marcon (both on Tony Kart-Vortex).

KZ2 podium, Boccolacci 1st, Spinelli 2nd, Arrue 3rd
Above: KZ2 podium, prior to Spinelli's penalty - Boccolacci 1st, Spinelli 2nd, Arrue 3rd
pic - CRG Press

KZ2 result over the line:

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 129 Boccolacci, Dorian  Energy / TM / B'stone  52.45
2 126 Spinelli, Loris  CRG / TM / B'stone  0.783 52.249
3 191 Arrue, Alexandre  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  3.198 52.375
4 155 Bray, Daniel  GP / TM / B'stone  3.262 52.226
5 104 Negro, Riccardo  DR / TM / B'stone  3.311 52.486
6 107 Schmitz, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  3.424 52.527
7 164 Marcon, Nicola  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  3.649 52.513
8 127 Van Der Burgt, Ryan  DR / TM / B'stone  6.934 52.755
9 130 Juodvirsis, Simas  Energy / TM / B'stone  8.523 52.736
10 182 Goupy, Julien  Praga / TM / B'stone  8.62 52.522
11 103 Johansson, Joel  Energy / TM / B'stone  9.014 52.555
12 183 De Ruwe, Xen  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  10.052 52.513
13 139 Siebecke, Maik  CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone  10.254 52.528
14 125 Romkema, Ricardo  Zanardi / TM / B'stone  10.571 52.422
15 115 Specken, Guust  Birel / TM / B'stone  13.505 52.623
16 119 Brenna, Simone  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  14.658 52.731
17 117 Mantione, Nolan  Birel / TM / B'stone  14.723 52.671
18 116 Lolmede, Thierry  RK / TM / B'stone  15.138 52.832
19 120 Nilsson, Tobias  CRG / TM / B'stone  16.125 52.827
20 137 Van Moorsel, Jordi  Maddox / TM / B'stone  16.345 52.687
21 192 Arcila, Oscar  ART GP / TM / B'stone  16.818 52.796
22 176 Rohrbasser, Nicolas  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  16.969 52.757
23 178 Luisier, Simon  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  22.96 53.303
24 133 Wiggers, Symen  CRG / TM / B'stone  26.947 52.93
25 163 Maatougui, Adam  Energy / TM / B'stone  27.189 52.981
26 146 Habulin, Kristijan  CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone  2 Laps  52.287
27 110 Midrla, Jan  Birel / TM / B'stone  2 Laps  52.344
28 121 Pescador, Jorge  CRG / TM / B'stone  2 Laps  52.588
29 168 Ramon, Eric  Intrepid / Modena Engines / B'stone  13 Laps  52.916
30 165 Martinez, Giovanni  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  13 Laps  52.936
31 118 Maxa, Radim  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  15 Laps  53.489
32 156 David, Paul  Tony Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  15 Laps  53.452
33 173 Simoni, Mauro  CRG / TM / B'stone  18 Laps  54.376
34 181 Laurent, Thomas  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  20 Laps 

Besler won both the races of the Cik-FIA Academy Trophy’s last round

The Turkish Berkay Besler put his hands on both the Finals in Varennes during the last laps of the races, ahead of the French Gautier Becq and the Spanish Arturo Melgar in Race 1, and of the Italian Edoardo Tolfo and another time  Melgar in Race 2.

The Belgian Maxime Potty won the final classification of the Trophy, thanks to his victories in the Belgian round at Genk and to his good race results in the following rounds. Second in the final standings is Melgar and third is Besler.

  • full results on the cikfia website HERE

 


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