The British Clinch World Championship Finals


  22 September 2014
 

British drivers Lando Norris and Enaam Ahmed have taken out the KF and KF-J World Championships in France last night. Both Brits drove Vortex powered FA karts to victory. Up to the pre-final, Nicklas Nielsen had dominated KF, but spun in the opening lap of the wet pre-final.

Sadly, South Australian Josh Tynan didn't progress past the last chance race and therefore had to watch the KF final from the sidelines. New Zealand's Marcus Armstrong started off the back row of the junior final and came home a commendable 22nd.

Promotor's press release

The new World Champions in Aunay Les Bois

The big day for Lando Norris and Enaam Ahmed has finally arrived: they are the new World Champions of kart racing and their names are now on the list of winners of CIK-FIA titles. On the French circuit of Aunay-les-Bois, in Basse-Normandie, the two Brits brought two more world titles under the Union Jack flag, after the victory of Ahmed himself and of his fellow countryman Callum Ilott (KF) in the CIK-FIA European Championship in their categories.

Today's races were disturbed by the rain, which was expected on the previous days but had never arrived. Frequent showers made the asphalt wet today, obliging teams to operate sudden tyre changes. In this difficult scenario, the skills of the two Champions and of all the drivers who took part in the battle for the top positions emerged.

Lando Norris grabbes the World Title

There was Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop) on the highest step of the podium of Aunay-les-Bois. It was a result which almost surprised the paddock, because Norris was always among the best drivers throughout the weekend, but  never at the top. On the contrary, especially during the initial phase of the event, the best performance was achieved by the Danish Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex-Dunlop). Norris was second after the qualifying heats, and he kept the position also in the Prefinal, this time behind his fellow countryman Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop).

The Final, too, seemed favourable to another protagonist: the Indian Jehan Daruvala (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop). Thanks to a great start from the third row, Daruvala led the race for a long time, until Norris decided to lay his card on the table and, from the second position he had occupied since the beginning of the race, attacked and overtook Daruvala. Norris outpaced the rest of the pack and didn't leave any possibility to his rivals. The battle continued for the other top positions, with a last surprise which took place on the last lap, when the Russian Nikita Mazepin (Tony Kart-Vortex-Dunlop) grabbed the second place overtaking Daruvala. Superb fourth place for Calum Ilott, who beat in fifth position the Dutch Martijn van Leeuwen (both on Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop) during the last laps, after an outstanding recovery started form the 16th row of the grid.


Above: KF podium
pic - press.net images

Rnk 
No. 
Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1
3
Norris, Lando  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  49.035
2
24
Mazepin, Nikita  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  2.893 49.176
3
15
Daruvala, Jehan  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  3.265 49.165
4
1
Ilott, Callum  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  4.204 49.217
5
9
Van Leeuwen, Martijn  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  5.383 49.254
6
23
Rossel, Kevin  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  6.299 49.129
7
11
Basz, Karol  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  6.545 49.374
8
8
Tiene, Felice  CRG / Parilla / Dunlop  7.893 49.117
9
4
Joyner, Tom  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  8.805 49.215
10
74
Chaimongkol, Sasakorn  FA Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  11.053 49.204
11
14
Janker, Hannes  Zanardi / Parilla / Dunlop  11.179 49.266
12
37
Vigano, Matteo  Top Kart / Parilla / Dunlop  13.031 49.209
13
5
Kari, Niko  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  13.628 49.252
14
25
Lundqvist, Linus  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  16.403 49.349
15
39
Mäntylä, Ville  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  16.819 49.46
16
38
Kuusiniemi, Jussi  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  18.429 49.346
17
50
Bertonelli, Diego  Birel / TM / Dunlop  18.817 49.478
18
29
Haapalainen, Tuomas  ART GP / TM / Dunlop  19.156 49.4
19
40
Puhakka, Juuso  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  19.415 49.347
20
41
Valtanen, Juho  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  22.495 49.514
21
6
Lorandi, Alessio  Tony Kart / Parilla / Dunlop  22.812 49.363
22
71
Backman, Jessica  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  24.218 49.558
23
44
Pescador, Jorge Carlos  Praga / Parilla / Dunlop  28.906 49.656
24
64
Webb, Harry  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  34.648 49.642
25
22
Lundgaard, Daniel  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  40.651 49.723
26
7
Hiltbrand, Pedro  CRG / Parilla / Dunlop  2 Laps  49.356
27
17
Hodgson, Oliver  Kosmic / TM / Dunlop  3 Laps  49.473
28
46
Hall, Philip  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  5 Laps  49.573
29
51
Ippolito, Paolo  Birel / TM / Dunlop  18 Laps  53.273
30
10
Aubry, Gabriel  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  22 Laps  49.821
31
48
Skaras, Emil  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  23 Laps  54.598
32
49
Troickiy, Nikita  Tony Kart / Vortex / Dunlop  24 Laps  58.951
33
32
Tujula, Tuomas  ART GP / TM / Dunlop  25 Laps 
2
Nielsen, Nicklas  Kosmic / Vortex / Dunlop  Excluded  49.053

Enaam Ahmed wins the race to the KFJ crown

The perfect weekend for Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega): he is the new World Champion after being on top of the KFJ throughout the weekend, from qualifying until the end. The Londoner had several opponents: the first one was the German Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), who was beaten only by Ahmed in the series of heats he took part in.

Ahmed, this morning, won Prefinal 1 with a remarkable lead over the Russian Sergey Travnikov (DR-TM-Vega), while in Prefinal 2, characterised by frequent showers, the English Daniel Ticktum (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega) won beating the Belgian Benjamin Lessennes (Kosmic-Parilla-Vega) and becoming the most dangerous rival for Ahmed.

Unfortunately, Ticktum did not have a lucky first lap at the start of the Final and dropped back to the last positions. Lessennes grabbed the second position but was obliged to pull over at half race because of an issue with his spark plug. Mick Junior, who had to close the gap after the fourth place achieved in the Prefinal, found himself in second position, even though he didn't stand any chance to reach Ahemd.

Also the Venezuelan Mauricio Baiz (Kosmic-Parilla-Vega) took advantage of the situation and scored the third position after an outstanding recovery which started from the 14th row and after a rather troublesome weekend. Behind the Indian Kush Maini (Exprit-Vortex-Vega), 4th, and the Swedish Anton Haaga (Kosmic-LKE-Vega), 5th, the sixth place was eventually scored by Ticktum.


Above: KF-J podium
pic - press.net images

Rnk 
No. 
Driver  Equipment  Gap  Best Lap
1
101
Ahmed, Enaam  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  56.508
2
102
Junior, Mick  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  6.558 56.431
3
168
Baiz, Mauricio  Kosmic / Parilla / Vega  11.59 56.838
4
131
Maini, Kush  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  12.32 57.074
5
109
Haaga, Anton  Kosmic / LKE / Vega  12.612 56.462
6
104
Ticktum, Daniel  Zanardi / Parilla / Vega  15.491 56.112
7
125
Roes Andersen, Casper  Energy / TM / Vega  15.951 55.888
8
180
Fittje, Jannes  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  17.439 56.685
9
146
Vips, Juri  Zanardi / TM / Vega  17.665 57.028
10
116
Martin, Ross  Energy / TM / Vega  18.179 56.819
11
107
Vartanyan, Alexander  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  18.711 56.535
12
121
Pull, James  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  19.481 56.839
13
124
Lundgaard, Christian  PCR / Vortex / Vega  23.135 57.115
14
188
Alex, -  DR / TM / Vega  23.466 56.786
15
126
Drugovich Roncato, Felipe  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  23.699 56.86
16
114
Correa, Juan  Energy / TM / Vega  24.71 56.682
17
141
Della Coletta, Murilo  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  25.098 56.601
18
159
Carrara, Giorgio Emiliano  Lenzokart / LKE / Vega  25.977 56.71
19
111
Petrov, Artem  DR / TM / Vega  26.967 56.782
20
127
Baciuska, Rokas  Energy / TM / Vega  27.482 57.03
21
135
Bollier, Jules  Kosmic / Parilla / Vega  28.633 56.608
22
150
Armstrong, Marcus  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  29.996 57.18
23
179
Sario, Robin  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  30.494 56.858
24
134
Leuillet, Tom  Birel / TM / Vega  30.769 56.916
25
120
Pankiewicz, Julia  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  34.395 57.428
26
112
Lorandi, Leonardo  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  4 Laps  57.611
27
181
Zendeli, Lirim  Tony Kart / Vortex / Vega  11 Laps  59.876
28
105
Beckmann, David  Tony Kart / Parilla / Vega  12 Laps  01:00.6
29
117
Lessennes, Benjamin  Kosmic / Parilla / Vega  13 Laps  59.259
30
154
Quinn, Alex  CRG / TM / Vega  17 Laps  01:04.2
31
128
Yueyang, Sun  FA Kart / Vortex / Vega  18 Laps  01:08.0
32
156
Travnikov, Sergey  DR / TM / Vega  21 Laps 
33
151
Novalak, Clément  Kosmic / Vortex / Vega  21 Laps 
34
140
Della Coletta, Marcel  Exprit / Vortex / Vega  21 Laps 

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