It was partly cloudy at Franciacorta on Thursday morning for the Junior Qualifying Practice at the Champions of the Future Euro Series. The temperature was around 20°C in the morning. The 128 drivers on Vega tyres were divided into five groups.
Group 1: Ramaekers – 48”867
Thibaut Ramaekers (KR/Iame) was fastest in 48’867 on his second run. He was 16 thousandths quicker than Kirill Ditziev (Tony Kart/Vortex) and 27 thousandths quicker than Arjen Kräling (KR/Iame). Scott Marsh (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 4th at 5 hundredths and Davide Bottaro (Tony Kart/Vortex) 5th at 1 tenth. Taym Saleh (KR/Iame) was 7th, Oleksandr Bondarev (KR/Iame) 10th ahead of Niklas Schaufler (KR/Iame).
Group 2: Martinese – 48”688
Iacopo Martinese (KR/Iame) set the fastest time of 48’688 and took provisional pole ahead of Henry Domain (Energy/TM), 74 thousandths off the pace. Elia Weiss (Redspeed/TM) took 3rd place ) 0.166” ahead of Jarrett Clark (Sodi/TM) and Andy Consani (Parolin/TM). Dries van Langendonck (Exprit/TM) was 6th, Zac Drummond (Parolin/TM) 9th. 13th place for Jean-Paul Karras (Exprit/Vortex), with Maël Le Marchand (Kosmic/Vortex) finishing 20th.
Group 3: Wherrell – 48”649
Louis Cochet (Sodi/TM) was in the lead on the first lap ahead of Lewis Wherrell (Exprit/TM) and Christopher Feghali (KR/Iame). Wherrell then regained the lead and improved on the pole on the third lap with a time of 48”649. Augustus Toniolo (KR/Iame) followed at 0.166”, then Markas Silkunas (Tony Kart/TM) 3rd at 0.189. Cochet finished 4th at 0.274” ahead of Mike Parhiala (Gillard/TM).
Scott Kin Lindblom (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 8th ahead of Stepan Antonov (KR/Iame). Philippe Karras (Exprit/Vortex) finished 17th, Thomas Quincé (Tony Kart/Vortex) 19th, Walter Schulz (KR/Iame) 21st and Mattéo Dauvergne (KR/Iame) 22nd.
Group 4: Costoya – 48”724
Elliot Kaczynski (Tony Kart/Vortex) led on the second lap ahead of Christian Costoya (Parolin/TM). Costoya finished 1st with a third lap time of 48”724, 35 thousandths ahead of Kaczynski. Noah Monteiro (KR/Iame) was 3rd, 9 thousandths behind, Sebastian Lehtimäki (Parolin/TM) 4th, 1 tenth behind, and Felipe Reijs (KR/Iame) 5th. Rocco Coronel (Redspeed/TM) finished in the top 10 ahead of Tiziano Monza (Parolin/TM). Aloïs Girardet (CRG/TM) was 17th.
Group 5: Illife – 48”813
Marius Barry-Berg (KR/Iame) was leading on the second lap, but Jack Iliffe (Parolin/TM) set the fastest time of 48”813 on his third lap. Borys Lyzen (KR/Iame) followed at 59 thousandths, then David Cosma Cristofor (KR/Iame) 3rd at one tenth. Sebastian Minns (KR/Iame) finished 4th, 2 tenths behind Jensen Burnett (LN/TM) and Alp Hassan Aksoy (Tony Kart/Vortex). Barry-Berg was 7th ahead of Jindrich Pesl (Intrepid/TM) and Alfie Slater (LN/TM), with Matias Orjuela (Birel ART/TM) completing the top 10.
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