The weather was overcast this Sunday morning over the Adria Karting Raceway for the OK-Junior Prefinals of the first round of the WSK Super Master Series. However, the track remained dry, with an ambient temperature of 7°.
At the start of Prefinal A, Arvid Lindblad (KR/Iame) retained pole position, but Christian Ho (KR/Iame) followed in his wake, followed by Ugo Ugochukwu (Kosmic/Vortex), while Alfio Spina (KR/Iame) was 4th. Ugo Ugochukwu took the lead on lap 4 with Spina threatening just behind him. Spina attacked halfway through the race, but Lindblad and Ugochukwu were soon back on the front row, and a close battle ensued between the leading trio. Spina eventually won the race, leaving Lindblad and Ugochukwu behind. Martinus Stenshorne (KR/Iame) lost ground, Ho finished 4th in front of Philipp Victorsson (Parolin/TM). Alex Powell (Energy/TM) moved up 11 places to finish 13th, but fell back to 16th after a spoiler penalty. Maxens Verbrugge (KR/Iame) finished 23rd.
Karol Pasiewicz (Tony Kart/Vortex) escaped in the lead as soon as the lights went out in Prefinal Bl. Kirill Kutskov (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Coskun Irfan (Kosmic/Vortex) took the lead against Artem Severiukhin (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Brando Badoer (KR/Iame). The battle for 2nd place was going to be intense. Evan Giltaire (Sodi/TM) started off well and was in the top 10, while Macéo Capietto (KR/Iame) was fighting for 20th place to make up for the ground he had lost at the start. Halfway through the race, leader Pasiewicz had a 1.7″ lead over Irfan. Pasiewicz won a clear victory, while Severiukhin took 2nd place 3.2” later. Tymoteusz Kucharczyk (RK/TM) moved up to 3rd place ahead of Akshay Bohra (KR/Iame) in the McLaren colours and Kutskov in 5th. Giltaire secured a superb 7th place on the line, but fell to 19th after a 10″ penalty, while Capietto qualified in 17th.
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