Thonon & Juodvirsis Rise to Top At Wackersdorf


  14 July 2014
   
 

Jonathan Thonon (Praga) and quite possibly the tallest man in international karting, Simas Juodvirsis (Energy), burst through to win the second round of the European KZ and KZ2 Championships in Germany last night.

New names now lead the championship standings as the series heads to the last round at Kristianstad (Sweden) in two weeks. French junior Alexandre Vromant won the Academy Trophy class.

KZ

The KZ Final was thrilling as six drivers fought to the end. On a track with a dry race line (but with damp patches off the side), Rick Dreezen (Zanardi-Parilla-Bridgestone) had a great start from the front row, beating pole sitter Bas Lammers (FK-Parilla-Bridgestone) to the first turn. Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone) followed in third.

It was an intense scrap in the opening laps but soon Jonathan Thonon (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone), who started from eighth, had joined the pack at the front, together with the Ben Hanley (ArtGP-TM-Bridgestone), Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone) and Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone).

Thonon got to the front and slowly etched out a gap. Meantime, Ardigò DNFd out of 5th place with an engine issue. While Thonon enjoyed a small gap, the positions behind remained uncertain right to the end, Dreezen eventually taking second ahead of Lammers.

Dreezen is now the new championship leader, 15 points ahead of the rather unlucky Ardigò.

Praga driver Thonon on the KZ podium with Dreezen (Zanardi) and Lammers (Formula K)
Above: Praga driver Thonon on the KZ podium with Dreezen (Zanardi) and Lammers (Formula K)
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Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 3 Thonon, Jonathan  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  49.703
2 9 Dreezen, Rick  Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone  2.513 49.68
3 4 Lammers, Bas  FK / Parilla / B'stone  3.333 49.692
4 14 Camponeschi, Flavio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  3.491 49.562
5 8 Lennox-Lamb, Jordon  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  4.396 49.751
6 17 Hanley, Ben  ART GP / TM / B'stone  5.982 49.727
7 6 De Conto, Paolo  Birel / TM / B'stone  7.545 49.697
8 5 Pex, Jorrit  CRG / TM / B'stone  8.254 49.922
9 39 Negro, Riccardo  Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone  11.1 49.942
10 11 Torsellini, Mirko  ART GP / TM / B'stone  11.286 49.92
11 7 Fore, Davide  CRG / TM / B'stone  15.484 50.093
12 25 Antonsen, Emil  DR / TM / B'stone  16.121 50.111
13 16 De Brabander, Yannick  CRG / TM / B'stone  16.228 49.952
14 20 Kozlinski, Arnaud  Intrepid / TM / B'stone  16.632 49.781
15 15 Kokko, Henri  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  17.838 50.001
16 2 Abbasse, Anthony  Sodi / TM / B'stone  18.07 50.038
17 98 Tiene, Felice  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  18.952 49.808
18 32 Puhakka, Simo  Birel / TM / B'stone  20.055 50.18
19 21 Öberg, Viktor  Gillard / Parilla / B'stone  21.626 50.106
20 35 Laurent, Thomas  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  21.67 50.096
21 10 Hajek, Patrik  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  21.703 49.931
22 24 Schmitz, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  21.808 50.17
23 30 Greif, Toni  DR / TM / B'stone  28.053 50.491
24 22 Carlsson, Freddie  Maddox / TM / B'stone  28.695 50.357
25 23 Pieruszek, Kevin  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  29.085 50.413
26 31 Prosperi, Oliver Enrico  CRG / TM / B'stone  30.481 50.374
27 34 Kuovi, Jan  Rosso Korsa / TM / B'stone  41.726 50.949
28 36 Aceto, Massimo  Righetti / Parilla / B'stone  5 Laps  50.259
29 1 Ardigo, Marco  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  15 Laps  49.953
30 27 Jocker, Nico  CRG / TM / B'stone  17 Laps  51.393
31 37 Rasmussen, Nikolaj  Dino / Parilla / B'stone  25 Laps 

KZ2

A rain prior to the start saw the entire field on wet tyres. After a bit of chaos in the opening lap, German Maik Siebecke (CRG-Modena-Bridgestone) ended up leading (from row five!) ahead of pre-final winner Jan Midrla (Birel-TM-Bridgestone). Midrla tried hard to re-gain the first position, but the German driver fended off his attacks.

Meanwhile, lap after lap, the Lithuanian Simas Juodvirsis (Energy- TM-Bridgestone) had clawed his way up from grid 13 to join the leading group. Juodvirsis made his way past both and stretched the lead on a drying wet/dry track. The winning margin was assisted by the battle for the runner-up position. Siebecke was punted by Midrla and fell back to fourth. Joudvirsis won, followed by Midrla and Irishman John Norris (Mach1-TM-Bridgestone), however, Midrla was hit with a penalty for the contact with Siebecke.

Juodvirsis is the new leader of the Championship, seven points ahead of the Italian Andrea Dalè (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone) who struggled to a 20th place finish.


Above: Juodvirsis (Energy) with Norris (Mach 1) and Siebecke (CRG)
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Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 323 Juodvirsis, Simas  Energy / Maxter / B'stone  57.666
2 315 Norris, John  Mach 1 / TM / B'stone  17.675 57.59
3 324 Siebecke, Maik  CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone  19.493 58.115
4 314 Kremers, Marijn  Birel / TM / B'stone  20.87 58.538
5 310 Paauwe, Menno  Birel / TM / B'stone  21.939 57.443
6 305 Midrla, Jan  Birel / TM / B'stone  24.193 59.443
7 371 Corberi, Luca  Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone  28.532 58.476
8 338 Zanchi, Matteo  GP / TM / B'stone  35.97 58.46
9 311 Piccini, Alessio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  36.517 59.175
10 355 Carlton, Gary  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  38.593 59.013
11 349 Poulsen, Lasse  Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone  39.469 59.288
12 307 Habulin, Kristijan  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  40.679 57.725
13 309 Brenna, Simone  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  42.983 59.473
14 304 Lundberg, Douglas  Alpha / Parilla / B'stone  45.368 59.561
15 316 Charles, Kenny  Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone  45.821 58.229
16 345 Di Martino, Michele  Energy / TM / B'stone  46.31 57.467
17 303 Schmidt, Dominik  Energy / Vortex / B'stone  49.013 01:00.2
18 368 Delre, Thierry  Formula K / Vortex / B'stone  51.894 59.888
19 312 Kooijman, Finn  CRG / TM / B'stone  51.972 59.729
20 369 Dalè, Andrea  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  53.98 59.495
21 325 Romkema, Ricardo  Energy / TM / B'stone  54.305 59.008
22 337 Huber, Manuel  DR / TM / B'stone  59 01:00.2
23 376 Myszkier, Pawe Alpha / TM / B'stone  1 Lap  58.885
24 329 Törnqvist, Person Benjamin  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  1 Lap  58.175
25 319 Pescador, Jorge Carlos  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  1 Lap  01:00.5
26 302 Zanchetta, Marco  Maranello / TM / B'stone  5 Laps  01:03.0
27 362 Müller, Marcel  DR / Modena Engines / B'stone  5 Laps  01:02.2
28 413 Hiltbrand, Pedro  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  8 Laps  01:02.3
29 322 Van Der Burgt, Ryan  DR / TM / B'stone  12 Laps  01:05.9
30 363 Camplese, Lorenzo  Maranello / TM / B'stone  12 Laps  01:06.7
31 301 Johansson, Joel  Righetti / Parilla / B'stone  13 Laps  01:06.3
32 331 Federer, Fabian  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  13 Laps  01:05.8
33 317 Törnqvist, Morgan  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  24 Laps  01:46.7
34 333 Davies, Dylan  DR / TM / B'stone  25 Laps 


Academy Trophy
There was some great racing in the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy where the French Alexandre Vromant got the lead at half race and managed to prevail in a battle between five drivers: the Dutch Richard Verschoor, the Japanese Kakunoshin Ota, the Turkish Berkay Besler and the Dutch Rinus van Kalmthout (all on Parolin-FIM-Bridgestone).

Thanks to the points he scored this meeting and the points gained after the victory in Genk (B), Ota is in the lead of the Championship, only two points ahead of van Kalmthout.

Academy winner Alexandre Vromant. There was no podium interview as the French 15-year old can't speak English and didn't want to give in interview in his native tongue!
Above: Academy winner Alexandre Vromant. There was no podium interview as the French 15-year old can't speak English and didn't want to give an interview in his native tongue!
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Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1 507 Vromant, Alexandre  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  54.914
2 510 Verschoor, Richard  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  1.34 54.603
3 547 Ota, Kakunoshin  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  1.413 54.664
4 543 Besler, Berkay  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  1.682 54.813
5 511 Van Kalmthout, Rinus  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  4.281 54.733
6 533 Hesse, Max  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  4.814 54.388
7 527 Legeret, Lucas  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  5.817 54.708
8 502 Bristot, Andrea  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  10.184 55.427
9 522 York, Oliver  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  10.786 54.771
10 523 Martin, Ross  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  19.054 55.647
11 534 Beckhusen, Mike  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  20.135 55.7
12 535 Haflidason Haussler, Michael  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  20.302 55.639
13 536 Cao, Zhuo  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  20.406 55.762
14 515 Lloveras Brunet, Xavier  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  21.288 55.798
15 530 Solheim, Lars  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  22.308 55.172
16 514 Calvi, Justine  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  22.542 55.164
17 531 Poulsen, Cato  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  22.785 55.109
18 532 Bay Lange, Marcus  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  23.301 55.398
19 540 Jurkonis, Titas  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  23.664 55.61
20 524 Slutskiy, Artem  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  25.503 54.987
21 541 Zamula, Illya  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  27.022 55.072
22 525 Slutskiy, Zakhar  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  30.492 54.811
23 539 Gregula, Jakub  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  40.437 55.443
24 501 Brigatti, Alessandro  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  40.73 54.882
25 505 Cohen, Ido  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  40.928 55.3
26 520 Benyahia, Michael  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  41.228 54.633
27 528 Kekarainen, Pyry  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  41.742 54.749
28 538 Garbacz, Wojciech  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  52.658 55.982
29 529 Majormoen, Guro  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  1 Lap  55.913
30 508 Amendola, Michelangelo  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  2 Laps  55.917
31 516 Santos Gomez, Lisard  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  9 Laps  57.437
32 518 Della Coletta, Murilo  Parolin / FIM / B'stone  13 Laps  56.874

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