As compared to the KF1 World Championship, held over five races, the KF2 World Cup is held over one single meeting. In other words, only the result of the Final is taken into account. However contestants still needed to get through the qualifying heats … What with 94 competitors and only 34 places available, it would not be an easy task. Winner of four heats out of five Loris Spinelli (Tony Kart-Vortex) not only clinched his ticket for the final phase, but he also ensured his pole position for the Pre-Final (which determines the grid for the Final) ahead of Antonio Maria Giovinazzi (PCR-Parilla).Both regular and fast, the two Italians impressed. However it will be an open debate and any forecast could well be a risky affair.
Third in the intermediate rankings, the Thai driver Tanart Sathienthirakul (Tony Kart-TM) will also have something to say, just as the Dane Christian Sorensen (Tony Kart-Vortex) or even the Italian Paolo Ippolito (Tony Kart-Vortex).With five qualifying heats on their programme, some have experienced bad luck when having to retire from one of these. No way does their position reflect their true level of performance. This is the case of the Italian Giuliano Maria Niceta (Intrepid-TM, 14th), winner of the KF3 World Cup at Sarno in 2009, as also for the Dane Nikolaj Moller Madsen (FA Kart-TM, 17th), KF2 European Champion in 2010, not forgetting the Italian Alessio Guazzaroni (Tony Kart-BMB, 28th), who set best lap time in the practice sessions to everyone’s surprise and who confirmed this by winning one of the heats. However they will only have one objective in the back of their minds just before the Final at 16.10hrs: victory!
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