The Wackersdorf track was dry for the debut of KZ in the prefinal. Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart / Vortex) started first, followed by Bas Lammers (Formula K / Parilla) who was very threatening and then Rick Dreezen (Zanardi / Parilla). Lammers took the lead before the end of the 1st lap, 2nd was Dreezen ahead of Ardigo. Jonathan Thonon (Praga / Parilla) and Arnaud Koszlinski (Intrepid / TM) were demoted to 17th and 18th behind Paolo De Conto (Birel / TM). Felice Tiene (CRG / Maxter) grabbed fourth position ahead of Jorrit Pex (CRG / TM), Thomas Laurent (Tony Kart / Vortex) was sixth ahead of Anthony Abbasse (Sodi / TM), Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG / Maxter ), Ben Hanley (ART GP / TM) and Davide Fore (CRG / TM).
Lammers took off, with a 1.5” lead on lap 5. Abbasse dropped back to 28th. Pex returned to 4th, Hanley was back to 6th, followed by Fore and Viktor Öberg (Gillard / Parilla) who started 15th. At the halfway point, Lammers still led by 1.2” ahead of Dreezen who was closely followed by Ardigo. The duel between Tiene and Pex continued for 4th place, and Hanley, who had set the fastest time, joined them. Laurent closed on Koszlinski returned, and De Conto again retired. Tiene was pushing Ardigo and eventually stole his 3rd place on the 11th lap. Thonon was back in the top 10, Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart / Vortex) was 8th. Lammers won masterfully ahead of Dreeezen, Tiene was 3rd, Ardigo 4th, Pex 5th, Hanley 6th, Lennox-Lamb 7th and Thonon 8th.
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