Since the beginning of the WSK season, the timetable alternates the classes so everyone competes in the same track rubber conditions. The first group of KZ2 shod with Bridgestone tyres opened the programme, followed by group 1 of KF, on Dunlop, then the KF-Junior group 1 on Vega, before the second groups in the same order. This choice was made to ensure that the different groups in the same class run on rubber laid down by the same tyres, which seems a good idea.
The WSK Super Master Series at Sarno saw qualifying start at 16:20, almost two hours later than the WSK Champions Cup at La Conca. The problem was that during the 45 minute interval between sessions of the same class, the temperature had time to drop significantly with a direct correlation with the grip of the track, because the end of the day approached fast. One can see one or two tenths disadvantage for group 2 in KZ2, while the gap was closer to 3/10 in KF-Junior and 5/10 in KF, while remaining just below the 101% difference that would have resulted in a classification according to the positions of each group.
An example: the 16th fastest time in the first group of KF, Gabriel Aubry (Tony Kart / Vortex) was ahead of Maxim Kim (DR / TM), the pole sitter of the second group and 0.648” from Jehan Daruvala (FA Kart / Vortex). If he had been two hundredths slower, Kim would have been second instead of 19th in the combined classification of the two groups and Aubry would have been pointed 32nd.
Should we criticize the schedule chosen by the WSK? Probably not! This choice was inspired by comments from the competitors in previous years and is strictly fair although it does not seem to be a perfectly fair solution for this problem.
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