The new surface and hot weather is dreadful for the 191 drivers at the WSK Euro Series at La Conca. It has been a long time since we seen as much rubber on a track or a kart on two wheels. Many drivers are suffering with their arms or ribs. Valentin Moineault pulled out even before timed practice, and several other competitors were weakened. Everyone hoped for lower temperatures for the next two days, including the photographers who were very satisfied with the deep black of the new asphalt at Muro Leccese.
These conditions did not prevent Nyck De Vries (Zanardi / Parilla) setting pole in KF1, a tenth from Alexander Albon (Intrepid / TM), while their pursuers were relegated by more than 5 / 10: Camponeschi (Tony Kart / Vortex) third, Ignazio D’Agosto (Tony Kart / Vortex) fourth and Mikko Pakari (Maranello / Maranello) fifth. Basz was only 7th and Bailly only 11th.
Seven Tony Kart and Kosmic chassis are in the KF2 top 10 … The Portuguese driver Francisco Abreu seet the fastest time ahead of the Dane Christian Sorensen and the Russian Egor Orudzhev. The Belgian Sami Luka (Energy / TM) broke the hegemony of the green karts, ahead Pavel Rudakov (Tony Kart / BMB). The French driver Victor Sendin (Tony Kart / Vortex) finished seventh, Pascal Belmaaziz (DR / Parilla) 14th, the FA Karts of Victor Compere and Enzo Guibbert 28th and 29th. Enzo Marchetti (Energy / TM) was in 41st position, Antoine Lepesqueux on the only Sodi in the class, 50th, in front of Adrian Del Rio (Birel / Parilla).
Pole for Boccolacci in KF3. The French, driving his Chevrolet, ahead of Britain’s George Russell (Intrepid / TM) by 8 hundredths. Max Verstappen (CRG / Parilla) in 3rd was not far off, 0.61 s, ahead of Dennis Olsen (Energy / TM), winner of the Viking Trophy, and Pedro Hiltbrand (Kosmic / Vortex). Fuoco set the seventh fastest time, Ocon 8th, 12th Leclerc, Naud 25th, 28th Gerard, Tirman 39th. Readers will understand that Dorian Boccolacci always Birel / BMB and not the Chevrolet Spark he just won at Sarno.
The duel of the Tony Kart / Vortex drivers has already restarted with pole in KZ1 for Rick Dreezen from Marco Ardigo by almost one hundredth. Also impressive were the Intrepid / TM factory drivers Jérémy Iglesias, Beitske Visser and Bas Lammers in the top 5. The Parolin / TM of Antonio Piccioni is fast, in sixth, but not that of Yannick De Brabander, in 28th. Armand Convers (Kosmic / Vortex), the top French driver, was 12th behind Davide Fore (CRG / Maxter), with Arnaud Kozlinski finishing 16th and Jonathan Thonon 17th. Gazzurelli, 18th, ahead of Abbasse, is 25th with Bizalion behind the vice-European champion Johansson and two places ahead of Lavanant.
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