The third round in Abruzzo from June 20th to 23rd will have a great presence in all categories.
The participation at the Val Vibrata Kartodrome is excellent for the event marking the halfway point of the Italian ACI Karting Championship, with a strong turnout in all categories and the arrival of new contenders making the 2024 Italian Championship even more interesting in the third event of the season. After the great success in the first two rounds of the campaign, with 224 drivers at Triscina and 214 drivers at La Conca, the third event at Val Vibrata is also expected to exceed the 200-driver mark.
On the historic circuit in Abruzzo, from Thursday, June 20, the usual categories will take to the track for the first free practice sessions, from the smallest MINI in the two Gr. 3 and Under 10 divisions, to the two direct-drive federal categories OK-N and OK-N Junior, and the more powerful KZ2, which on September 1, on the same track, will face the challenge in the second and final round of the FIA Karting European Championship. The program continues on Friday with qualifying, Saturday with the heats, and Sunday, June 23, with the double finals broadcast live on TV.
In the first two rounds at Triscina and La Conca, a total of around 300 different drivers participated.
KZ2 – The 2023 Champion Orlov is on track too.
In the premier KZ2 category, the 2023 Italian champion Maksim Orlov, with Modena Kart, is also competing, ready to join the fight at the top, which Cristian Bertuca has so far dominated with the LG Motorsport team, who achieved a clean sweep at Triscina and a third win at La Conca. Orlov will race alongside another key player in the Italian Championship, Alessio Piccini, winner of the fourth final of the Championship at La Conca, tied for third place in the standings with Maximilian Paul from the DR team, and behind Michael Barbaro Paparo, an excellent second in the rankings with the Monster K Factory team. Among the sure contenders at Val Vibrata is also the Swedish driver Viktor Gustafsson, the 2022 world champion, racing with the official CRG team. Also worth watching is the performance of the very fast Zoe Florescu Potolea, who made it to the podium at La Conca and is increasingly among the frontrunners with Antonio Mancino’s KCS team.
KZ2 Classification (76 drivers in the classification)
1st Cristian Bertuca (ITA) points 129
2nd Paparo Michael Barbaro (ITA) points 99
3rd Maximilian Paul (DEU) e Alessio Piccini (ITA) points 56
KZ2 Under 18 Classification
1st Cristian Bertuca (ITA) points 103
2nd Enrico Martinese (ITA) points 71,5
3rd Zoe Florescu Potolea (USA) points 48
KZ2 Master Classification
1st Davide Forè (ITA) points 73
OK-N – A super Rossi in the first two rounds, is chased by Pasiewicz.
In OK-N, Federico Rossi with the PKR team leads the championship standings thanks to two victories in race 1 at Triscina and La Conca, as well as the points gained from double podium finishes in both of the first two races of the season. The most prominent rival to the Italian driver, who races on a Tony Kart powered by TM Kart, is the Polish driver Karol Pasiewicz with the Novalux team. Pasiewicz won race 2 at La Conca with a Lenzokart chassis and LKE engine. It is a great duel from a technical standpoint as well, between TM Kart and LKE engines, complemented by excellent performances from other contenders with different engines, such as Manuel Scognamiglio, powered by Iame with the Tellone Motorsport team, and the Polish driver Bartosz Grzywacz, powered by Vortex with the KGT team, the 2022 Italian champion in Rok Senior.
OK-N championship (63 drivers in the classification)
1st Federico Rossi (ITA) points 133
2nd Karol Pasiewicz (POL) points 93
3rd Bati Ege Yildirim (TUR) points 85
OK-N Junior – A lively lot led by Giusto.
The junior OK-N category is quite competitive. Giacomo Giusto with the Modena Kart team and TM Kart engine leads the standings after the first two rounds, thanks to his victory in race 1 at Triscina and a third place at La Conca. His lead, however, is only one point over the Australian Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi, racing with the Ward Racing team with a Vortex engine, who joined the championship in the second round, and four points over another strong contender, the fast Ilia Berezkin, who also joined at La Conca with an excellent victory in race 1 with the Monster K Factory team with a TM Kart engine. There are many other contenders in this category, such as the top-ranked drivers: Michele Orlando (DR team with Modena Engines), winner of race 2 at Triscina; Cristian Blandino (Kalì Kart with TM Kart engine); and Pietro Bagutti (Gamoto team with TM Kart engine).
OK-N Junior championship (62 in the classification)
1st Giacomo Giusto (ITA) points 70
2nd Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi (AUS) points 69
3rd Ilia Berezkin (///) points 66
MINI Gr.3 – Frasnelli leads the classification.
Julian Frasnelli with the BabyRace team has jumped to the top of the championship thanks to his victory in race 2 at La Conca, narrowly surpassing his teammate, the American Alessandro Truchot, who won race 1 at Triscina. Gioele Girardello with Parolin Motorsport remains in third place, ahead of Edoardo Colucci with the CMT team. Among the contenders, Achille Rea with the Tony Kart Racing Team also stands out, having won race 1 at La Conca, where he started his championship.
MINI Gr.3 championship (59 drivers in the classification)
1st Julian Frasnelli (ITA) points 99
2d Alessandro Truchot (USA) points 92
3rd Gioele Girardello (ITA) points 64
MINI Gr.3 Under 10 – Perico confirms his lead with two wins.
Two victories, one in race 1 at Triscina and another in race 2 at La Conca, Niccolò Perico with Energy Corse confirms his lead in the championship standings. Chasing the Italian driver is the Georgian Leon Chelidze from Team Driver, winner of race 1 at La Conca. The Estonian Mark Martin Loomets, also with Energy Corse, is in third place, tied in points with the American Lucas Palacio from Team Kidix, winner of race 2 at Triscina. Thus, in the top three positions are the winners of the four finals of the first two events. Among the chasers ready to fight for victory is Lorenzo Di Pietrantonio with the BabyRace team, close behind the leaders.
MINI Gr.3 Under 10 championship (36 drivers in the classification)
1st Niccolò Perico (ITA) points 130
2nd Leon Chelidze (GEO) points 100
3rd Mark Martin Loomets (EST) and Lucas Palacio (USA) points 70.
Results and complete classifications:
https://www.acisport.it/it/CIK/classifiche/2024.
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