Hajek, Tiene & Correa On Pole In Sweden


  26 July 2014
   
 

The European CIK-FIA KZ and KZ2 Championships will be awarded in Kristianstad (Sweden) this weekend. At this final round, Patrik Hajek (Praga-Parilla) has qualified fastest in KZ while Felice Tiene (CRG-Maxter) is quickest in KZ2.

The event is also round three (of four) for the CIK-FIA European KFJ Championship and sees the American Juan Correa (Energy-TM) on top in qualifications.

The opening heats were run after qualifying. The first KZ race was won by Thonon, after a gripping duel against Lammers. German Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) and English Daniel Ticktum (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega) topped KFJ while the two KZ2 heats were won by Lundberg and Pescador.


Above: Thonon and Lammers battle in the first KZ heat.

CIKFIA press - Qualifying

Patrik Hajek achieves the pole in KZ

After the success in KZ of the Belgian Jonathan Thonon (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone) in the previous round in Germany, the Praga Kart Racing team is back on top thanks to its other driver, the Czech Partik Hajek. In Kristianstad he set the fastest time thanks to his 51”524. Thonon completed the successful session of their team placing behind Hajek, with a gap of 148 milliseconds. Behind them, two other pretenders to the European title:  the Dutch drivers Jorrit Pex (CRG-TM-Bridgestone), third 0”205 behind, and Bas Lammers, fourth at 0”240. The Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex), second of the current Championship standing, placed at 0”273 with the fifth time, ahead of the English Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-Maxter), with a gap of 0”301. The current leader did not do well: the Belgian Rick Dreezen (Zanardi-Parilla) is only 17th, 0”731 behind Hajek.

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Time  Gap
1 10 Hajek, Patrik  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  51.524
2 3 Thonon, Jonathan  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  51.672 0.148
3 5 Pex, Jorrit  CRG / TM / B'stone  51.729 0.205
4 4 Lammers, Bas  FK / Parilla / B'stone  51.764 0.24
5 1 Ardigo, Marco  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  51.797 0.273
6 8 Lennox-Lamb, Jordon  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  51.825 0.301
7 6 De Conto, Paolo  Birel / TM / B'stone  51.888 0.364
8 17 Hanley, Ben  ART GP / TM / B'stone  51.945 0.421
9 15 Kokko, Henri  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  51.967 0.443
10 7 Fore, Davide  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  52.028 0.504
11 14 Camponeschi, Flavio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  52.038 0.514
12 96 Ilott, Callum  Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone  52.039 0.515
13 11 Torsellini, Mirko  ART GP / TM / B'stone  52.046 0.522
14 32 Puhakka, Simo  Birel / TM / B'stone  52.076 0.552
15 25 Antonsen, Emil  DR / TM / B'stone  52.205 0.681
16 33 Mostajo Ollo, Mikel  Intrepid / Modena Engines / B'stone  52.248 0.724
17 9 Dreezen, Rick  Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone  52.255 0.731
18 97 Joyner, Tom  Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone  52.277 0.753
19 16 De Brabander, Yannick  CRG / TM / B'stone  52.289 0.765
20 21 Öberg, Viktor  Gillard / Parilla / B'stone  52.295 0.771
21 39 Negro, Riccardo  Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone  52.333 0.809
22 22 Carlsson, Freddie  Maddox / TM / B'stone  52.378 0.854
23 37 Rasmussen, Nikolaj  Dino / Parilla / B'stone  52.532 1.008
24 95 Forss, Andreas  Top Kart / TM / B'stone  52.594 1.07
25 36 Aceto, Massimo  Righetti / Parilla / B'stone  52.636 1.112

Correa, an underdog gives the chase to success in KFJ

Surprises never end in KFJ. The American Juan Correa (Energy-TM-Vega), only 20th in the Championship, is the first in qualifying in Kristianstad thanks to his 52”271. He placed ahead of the English Martin Ross (Tony Kart-TM-Vega) for only 8 hundreths of a second. Two other underdogs, the Dutch Bard Verkroost (FA Kart-TM-Vega) and the Belgian Ulysse De Pauw (Kosmic-Parilla-Vega) placed behind the American. Behind them the Chinese Sun Yeu Yang (FA Kart-Vortex) and the Swiss Clément Novalak (Kosmic-Vortex): they are all occupying the last positions of the Championship standing. The top drivers, on the other hand, are experiencing a rather hard time: the leader, Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex), is only 22nd.

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Time  Gap  Grp
1 241 Correa, Juan  Energy / TM / Vega  52.271 A
2 217 Martin, Ross  Tony Kart / TM / Vega  52.351 0.08 B
3 267 Verkroost, Bard  FA Kart / TM / Vega  52.403 0.132 C
4 260 De Pauw, Ulysse  Kosmic / Parilla / Vega  52.549 0.278 D
5 263 Yeu Yang, Sun  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.572 0.301 E
6 270 Novalak, Clément  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  52.576 0.305 F
7 200 Lassen, Julius  Energy / TM / Vega  52.596 0.325 A
8 204 Sargeant, Logan  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.639 0.368 B
9 224 Alesi, Giuliano  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  52.647 0.376 C
10 201 Ticktum, Daniel  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  52.65 0.379 D
11 294 Nielsen, Jonas  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  52.659 0.388 E
12 206 Lorandi, Leonardo  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  52.662 0.391 F
13 209 Lessennes, Benjamin  Kosmic / Parilla / Vega  52.664 0.393 A
14 272 Milell, Noah  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  52.666 0.395 B
15 216 Beckmann, David  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  52.724 0.453 C
16 213 Travisanutto, Lorenzo  PCR / TM / Vega  52.729 0.458 D
17 218 Fewtrell, Max  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.731 0.46 E
18 222 Smith, Joshua Francis  ART GP / TM / Vega  52.762 0.491 F
19 268 Lundgaard, Christian  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.763 0.492 A
20 285 Jern, Joel  Gillard / Parilla / Vega  52.765 0.494 B
21 211 Vartanyan, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.799 0.528 C
22 202 Ahmed, Enaam  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.814 0.543 D
23 265 Fernandez Wahbeh, Sebastian  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  52.832 0.561 E
24 212 Mick Junior  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.835 0.564 F
25 228 Martono, Presley  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  52.897 0.626 A
26 240 Baciuska, Rokas  Energy / TM / Vega  52.941 0.67 B
27 223 Defrancesco, Devlin  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  52.946 0.675 C
28 288 Travnikov, Sergey  DR / TM / Vega  52.951 0.68 D
29 239 Petrov, Artem  DR / TM / Vega  52.973 0.702 E
30 296 Poulsen, Cato  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  52.985 0.714 F
31 232 Tonteri, Paavo  ART GP / TM / Vega  52.989 0.718 A
32 253 Sario, Robin  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  53.008 0.737 B
33 221 Moreira Laliberté, Kami  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  53.015 0.744 C
34 261 Roes Andersen, Casper  Energy / TM / Vega  53.022 0.751 D
35 225 Colombo, Lorenzo  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  53.026 0.755 E
36 210 Garcia Lopez, Marta  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  53.033 0.762 F
37 234 Lappalainen, Konsta  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.071 0.8 A
38 236 Zotov, Gleb  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.08 0.809 B
39 282 Valtonen, Isac  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  53.098 0.827 C
40 254 Haaga, Anton  Kosmic / LKE / Vega  53.12 0.849 D
41 287 Slutskiy, Zahar  DR / TM / Vega  53.127 0.856 E
42 215 Krencisz, Jan  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  53.13 0.859 F
43 286 Slutskiy, Artem  DR / TM / Vega  53.148 0.877 A
44 207 Floersch, Sophia  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.17 0.899 B
45 226 Drugovich Roncato, Felipe  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  53.173 0.902 C
46 244 Viscaal, Bent  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  53.186 0.915 D
47 246 Scherer, Fabio  Top Kart / Parilla / Vega  53.232 0.961 E
48 290 Vips, Juri  Energy / TM / Vega  53.269 0.998 F
49 274 Blomqvist, Isac  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.28 1.009 A
50 238 Martinez Merono, Eliseo  CRG / TM / Vega  53.287 1.016 B
51 231 Pasma, Patrik  ART GP / TM / Vega  53.294 1.023 C
52 242 Brozzoni, Alessandro  PCR / TM / Vega  53.298 1.027 D
53 281 Svensson, Emma  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  53.313 1.042 E
54 277 Nerman, Hugo  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.341 1.07 F
55 249 Pankiewicz, Julia  Tony Kart / LKE / Vega  53.358 1.087 A
56 245 Legeret, Lucas  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  53.383 1.112 B
57 280 Smorodinov, Alexey  Tony Kart / TM / Vega  53.4 1.129 C
58 258 Lindh, Rasmus  Praga / Parilla / Vega  53.401 1.13 D
59 262 Roosens, Kenny  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  53.475 1.204 E
60 276 Ljungdahl, Julius  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.538 1.267 F
61 205 Azedo Sousa, Yohan  Zanardi / TM / Vega  53.549 1.278 A
62 219 Pull, James  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.551 1.28 B
63 283 Astrand, Kalle  Gillard / Parilla / Vega  53.56 1.289 C
64 291 Martinsson, Filip  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  53.576 1.305 D
65 289 Nyberg, Tobias  Top Kart / TM / Vega  53.618 1.347 E
66 264 Milesi, Charles  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  53.665 1.394 F
67 220 Tillett, Archie  CRG / TM / Vega  53.675 1.404 A
68 293 Kekarainen, Pyry  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  53.795 1.524 B
69 297 Rosenback, Lucas  Intrepid / TM / Vega  53.816 1.545 C
70 292 Fredriksson, Lucas  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  53.882 1.611 D
71 295 Ferreira, Joao  ART GP / TM / Vega  53.988 1.717 E
72 279 Persson, Sebastian  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  54.173 1.902 F
73 275 Jonasson, Christoffer  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  54.537 2.266 A
74 235 Tashkalov, Damir  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  54.604 2.333 B
75 278 Ohlin, Simon  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  55.025 2.754 C
284 Caldana, Anthon  Gillard / Parilla / Vega  D

Tiene attacks in KZ2

The surprise in KZ2 is the Italian new entry Felice Tiene (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone). He achieved success immediately in qualifying, grabbing the pole thanks to his 51”896, ahead of the Italian Andrea Dalè, 16 milliseconds behind. The latter responded to the Lithuanian Simas Juodvirsis (Energy-Maxter-Bridgestone), who placed only 14th today, after he had  conquered the top of the Championship standing in Germany. The Swedish Douglas Lundberg (Alpha-Parilla-Bridgestone) is 3rd 0”029 behind, followed  by the Spanish Jorge Pescador (Praga-Parilla-Bridgestone) at 0”142. In this case, too, lots of the fastest drivers of qualifying are trying to redeem themselves, given that they are quite far from the top positions of the Championship. This is the case, for example, of the Swedish Joel Johansson (Righetti-Parilla), fifth at 0”161, and the Dutch Marijn Kremers (Birel-TM), sixth at 0”187.

Felice Tiene headed a CRG 1-2 in qualie
Above: Felice Tiene headed a CRG 1-2 in qualie
pic - CRG/Cunaphoto

Rnk  No.  Driver  Equipment  Time  Gap  Grp
1 422 Tiene, Felice  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  51.896 A
2 369 Dalè, Andrea  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  51.912 0.016 B
3 304 Lundberg, Douglas  Alpha / Parilla / B'stone  51.925 0.029 C
4 319 Pescador, Jorge Carlos  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  52.038 0.142 D
5 301 Johansson, Joel  Righetti / Parilla / B'stone  52.057 0.161 E
6 314 Kremers, Marijn  Birel / TM / B'stone  52.083 0.187 A
7 324 Siebecke, Maik  CRG / Modena Engines / B'stone  52.094 0.198 B
8 361 Isaakyan, Nerses  Parolin / TM / B'stone  52.107 0.211 C
9 316 Charles, Kenny  Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone  52.112 0.216 D
10 305 Midrla, Jan  Birel / TM / B'stone  52.118 0.222 E
11 331 Federer, Fabian  CRG / Maxter / B'stone  52.118 0.222 A
12 330 Wernersson, Jesper  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  52.143 0.247 B
13 338 Zanchi, Matteo  GP / TM / B'stone  52.155 0.259 C
14 323 Juodvirsis, Simas  Energy / Maxter / B'stone  52.168 0.272 D
15 350 Hansen, Andreas Sebastian  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  52.171 0.275 E
16 310 Paauwe, Menno  Birel / TM / B'stone  52.174 0.278 A
17 317 Törnqvist, Morgan  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  52.213 0.317 B
18 372 Vigano, Matteo  Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone  52.234 0.338 C
19 315 Norris, John  Mach 1 / TM / B'stone  52.26 0.364 D
20 325 Romkema, Ricardo  Energy / TM / B'stone  52.283 0.387 E
21 309 Brenna, Simone  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  52.305 0.409 A
22 308 Specken, Guust  Gillard / TM / B'stone  52.355 0.459 B
23 425 Bleek, Danny  Energy / TM / B'stone  52.358 0.462 C
24 349 Poulsen, Lasse  Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone  52.364 0.468 D
25 359 Karpov, Kirill  Praga / Parilla / B'stone  52.424 0.528 E
26 423 Gudmundsson, Filip  DR / TM / B'stone  52.438 0.542 A
27 311 Piccini, Alessio  Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone  52.447 0.551 B
28 420 Eriksson, Joel  Maranello / TM / B'stone  52.448 0.552 C
29 424 Sjoberg, Daniel  DR / TM / B'stone  52.467 0.571 D
30 360 Nilsson, Brandon  Birel / Vortex / B'stone  52.47 0.574 E
31 333 Davies, Dylan  DR / TM / B'stone  52.472 0.576 A
32 373 Borsholt Sorensen, Jakob  Zanardi / TM / B'stone  52.499 0.603 B
33 306 Pex, Stan  CRG / TM / B'stone  52.515 0.619 C
34 344 Maingre, Thomas  Alpha / TM / B'stone  52.516 0.62 D
35 342 Bizalion, Charly  Alpha / TM / B'stone  52.525 0.629 E
36 351 Backman, Andreas  Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone  52.526 0.63 A
37 426 Christensen, Toke  CRG / TM / B'stone  52.531 0.635 B
38 377 Paskevicius, Paulius  Righetti / TM / B'stone  52.548 0.652 C
39 427 Hansen, Jonas  Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone  52.56 0.664 D
40 353 Webster, Sam  ART GP / TM / B'stone  52.573 0.677 E
41 320 Savona, Federico  Top Kart / Parilla / B'stone  52.573 0.677 A
42 376 Myszkier, Pawe  Alpha / TM / B'stone  52.587 0.691 B
43 429 Olofsson, Niklas  Exprit / Vortex / B'stone  52.596 0.7 C
44 365 Lauritsen, Stefan S.  Zanardi / TM / B'stone  52.622 0.726 D
45 303 Schmidt, Dominik  Energy / Vortex / B'stone  52.626 0.73 E
46 343 Bonsaudo, Louis  Alpha / Maxter / B'stone  52.717 0.821 A
47 417 Andersson, Fredrik  Kosmic / TM / B'stone  52.772 0.876 B
48 328 Chehin, Eline  CRG / TM / B'stone  52.799 0.903 C
49 419 Lagerstrom, Linus  Tony Kart / TM / B'stone  52.876 0.98 D
50 375 Nieminen, Jesse  Birel / TM / B'stone  52.899 1.003 E
51 428 Karlsson, Kim  Gillard / Parilla / B'stone  52.919 1.023 A
52 358 Kallasmaa, Kaspar  TB Kart / Modena Engines / B'stone  53.02 1.124 B
53 339 Bottiroli, Antoine  GP / TM / B'stone  53.106 1.21 C
54 418 Hove Sorensen, Frederik  Tony Kart / TM / B'stone  53.44 1.544 D
329 Törnqvist, Person Benjamin  CRG / Parilla / B'stone  E

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