Luke Varley (Tony Kart / Vortex), Jordon Lennox-Lamb (Birel / BMB) and Luca Ghiotto (Zanardi / Parilla) were at the press conference, after setting the three fastest lap times in the combined classification for the World Championship in KF2 at Braga. Delighted to be here, they expect this advantage to remain ahead on Saturday after the heats. Wait and see …
These lap times were big surprises for two reasons: the gap between the sessions was only 0.986%, and the drivers were classified according to their time and not their position within the groups. For example, third in his group, Loïc Réguillon found himself 33rd overall. On the other hand, none of the pilots were well prepared for these conditions.
It was a successful operation for Chris Lock 4th, Sébastien Bailly 6th, Gerard Barrabeig 11th. Nyck De Vries saved the situation with his 17th place, just behind Sami Luka. Vincent Fraïsse, in 20th, was the top French driver ahead of Guillaume De Ridder. It was a manageable situation for Michelle Gatting in 27th, Nicolaj Moller Madsen in 29th, Matteo Vigano 30th, Loic Réguillon 33rd and Victor Sendin 34th.
Things started to get complicated for Ignazio D’Agosto in 43rd or Karol Basz 53rd, and even downright difficult for Brandon Maisano 69th (?!), Teemu Suninen 76th, Yannick De Brabander 82nd, Ben Hanley 85th, Simo Puhakka 110th …
The situation is rather unique and the heats are likely to be heated on Saturday morning, especially as the weather remains uncertain. Visit this site from 10:30 to monitor events through the unofficial classification on KARTcom.
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