A few drops fell on the dummy grid of Race 1 of the World KF1 Championship, but the weather seemed set to remain dry for the race. Roussel started flawlessly followed by De Vries who took the lead at the first corner. Basz also took Roussel due to the characteristics of the circuit. Further back, Albon was 4th ahead of Lock, Toman and Groman.
L3: Basz attacked and upset De Vries, who found himself third behind Roussel. Lock was down to 11th position
L4: Vigano took Groman for 6th place.
L5: Toman took fourth from Albon.
T6: De Vries was struggling in the pack, fighting with Albon.
T7: Toman was 3rd, De Vries 4th and Groman 5th.
T8: Bailly took 6th, Basz led by 0.4” from Roussel, followed closely by Toman until De Vries took 3rd place.
T9: The De Vries festival started: he was now 2nd.
T10: Toman passed Roussel, De Vries moved ahead. In 5th, Bailly was threatened by Camponeschi.
T11: Groman resisted an attack from Roussel, both drivers touched, Roussel lost time, Groman went on the grass and Bailly took 4th.
T12: De Vries increased his lead over Basz
T14: Toman attacked Basz and passed for 2nd place. Bailly was in 3rd by 2s.
T15: D’Agosto closed on Camponeschi. Fastest lap for De Vries, below 50.”
T16: D’Agosto fell behind fifth placed Camponeschi.
T17: The battle was not over between Toman and Basz. De Vries was 5 / 10s faster than everyone.
T18: D’Agosto had passed Bailly.
T20: Basz took second for a short time.
T21: Behind De Vries, far behind, the drivers closed up on the last lap, Basz took 2nd place from Toman, D’Agosto held 4th, 5th was Bailly, Camponeschi 6th, Vigano 7th, Albon 8th, Groman 9th and Roussel 10th.
If it looked like Nyck De Vries was perhaps not as fast as expected at the start of the race, it’s necessary to remember the usual strategy at Chiesa Corse is to set up the kart so that it gets better lap after lap. The second half of the race was extremely impressive from the World Champion with a rhythm that was faster and faster, 3 / 10 faster than the others in absolute terms, but also much faster on the whole with an lead of 6.7 seconds built up in 11 laps. For the competitors, we will soon see D’Agosto at the front as well as Bailly, mingling with the fight between Basz / Toman.
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