Two new CIK-FIA Karting Champions celebrate their victory in central Europe: last weekend, Genk (B) hosted the final round of the European CIK-FIA KZ and KZ2 Championships. It was a thrilling finale, which was absolutely consistent with the previous appointments of the season of the two shifter categories. It all started with the season-opener in Sarno, in April; the second round was hosted by the Spanish facility in Zuera and, finally, the decisive appointment at the Horensbergdam Circuit, with a gripping race full of unpredictable surprises. The Karting Academy Trophy has still a round remaining, in Le Mans. France will be the venue of the third and last event of the one-make competition for junior drivers. This is a further reason to watch the special report on Motors TV, which is going to be aired next week.
Camponeschi beats the odds and becomes king in KZ.
The unpredictable sometimes happens and, this times, it happened to Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone). After the Final in Genk, the Italian driver was hit by a 30-second penalty because the front fairing of his kart wasn’t mounted properly. He lost his podium position, but despite that Camponeschi won the title thanks to his previous victories in Sarno and Zuera. Great championship also for the Italian Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex), always in the three top positions and runner-up few points behind the leader and his team-mate. Excellent performance for the English Ben Hanley too, with his new team Mad-Croc Karting. He brought his Croc-TM-Bridgestone on the podium in every race and, eventually, he scored the third position in the Championship. Remarkable result also for the French Jeremy Iglesias (Sodi-TM), fourth in the Championship thanks to his victory in Genk. Behind him two great drivers as the Czech Patrik Hajek (who drove a Formula K-Parilla in the last round) and the Dutch Jorrit Pex (Intrepid-TM).
Johansson recovers and win in KZ2.
There were three winners in the three rounds of the KZ2. It was an extraordinary season for this category: it began with Andrea Fasberg’s (Tony Kart-Vortex-LeCont) great victory in the heated weekend in Sarno. The Danish didn’t rejoice long because in Zuera the winner was the Spanish Pedro Hiltbrand (CRG-Maxter-LeCont), who won the Final and grabbed the leadership of the standings. However, the Championship was decided in Genk, where the Swedish Joel Johansson (Energy-TM-LeCont) capitalised on his consistency and grabbed the title thanks to his third position in the Final. Excellent performance also for the German Alexander Schmitz (Tony Kart-Vortex), who won in Belgium and redeemed himself after the disappointing results in the previous rounds, scoring the sixth position in the Championship. Behind Hiltbrand and Fasberg, second and third, the Italian Luca Corberi and the French Paolo Besancenez (both on Tony Kart-Vortex).
Marta Garcia leads in the Academy.
Marta Garcia maintains the leadership of the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy: she won the first two rounds. Garcia’s success in Genk was called into question by her fellow countryman Xavier Lloverat, who tried hard to beat her but only managed to score the second position. Garcia’s overwhelming skill has, so far, overshadowed another Spaniard, Alejandro Lahoz Lopez, who placed third after a series of good results. Fourth position for the English Alfie Brown, ahead of the Brazilian Murilo Della Coletta and the Russian Zakhar Slutskiy (all on Parolin-FIM-Bridgestone).
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