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http://www.kartcom.com/en/news Kartcom kartcom.fr [en]: Latest news /img/pr-no-logo.gif /images/kartcom-en.png 2010-03-10T12:15:03+01:00 kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-10:5825 2010-03-10T11:52:00+01:00 2010-03-10T12:15:03+01:00 Strong Potential Shown in La Conca

After the running in stage at the Winter Cup, this weekend the Sodi Racing Team discovered the WSK Euro Series in Southern Italy, in particular with Anthony Abbasse's entry on scene in KZ1. His place in the first row at the start of the pre-final next to Jonathan Thonon showed Sodi's excellent potential in the 125 gearbox category, supported by a TM from Tec-Sav. Later, a mechanical problem forced him to quit the race, but he brilliantly made up the lost ground in the final, recovering 25 places and posting the best lap in race, ahead of the world elite of the category. Sodi expects a lot from the rest of the KZ season.Pierre Gasly made sparks fly, with second best time in timed qualifying out of a total of 90 drivers racing in KF3. Fourth in pre-final, the last race was not as good and he was even penalised after a start that the sport commissioners did not like much. However, Pierre always fought in the top 5 of the WSK, doing better than in Lonato. In KF2, results were not as good for the French team. Some problems to the power valve delayed Sébastien Bailly before he was slightly injured by another kart and threw in the towel. Once again, Alex Baron achieved a nice qualification and an encouraging 18th in the pre-final. After a collision at the first turn of the final, Sodi's hopes had to be put aside, for the time being. Info Kartcom / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-10:5828 2010-03-10T09:40:01+01:00 2010-03-10T09:40:04+01:00 Verstappen Already Celebrates His First Success in WSK

Max Verstappen has just made his debut in international karting, in KF3, but he has already proven to be the man to beat in 2010. After a remarkable performance in Lonato at the Winter Cup, the young Dutch driver achieved full success for CRG in La Conca, at the opening of the WSK Euro Series. After starting quietly, Max gradually increased the pace and dominated the pre-final and final by getting rid of all his rivals: a more than promising double victory! There is a perfect harmony between the driver and his CRG/Maxter: now leader of the WSK standings, Verstappen is already the favourite.Info Kartcom / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5815 2010-03-07T16:38:11+01:00 2010-03-07T20:12:02+01:00 Ardigo won ahead of De Vries

Armand Convers (Kosmic / Vortex) consistently turned heads at the 1st turn, and he did not take more than one lap to pass Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart / Vortex) for 1st position. Felice Tiene (CRG / Parilla) took 3rd place for a few laps, but Ben Cooper (Kosmic / Vortex) passed quickly. Nyck De Vries (Zanardi / Parilla) then took 3rd position. Arnaud Kozlinski (CRG /Maxter) was in 6th position behind Tiene. On the 5th lap, Brandon Maisano (Intrepid / TM) quickly came from the back of the grid to 13th place.Convers remains at the wheels of Ardigo and De Vries was almost with the two leaders. He passed Convers on the 7th lap with authority, but Convers replied. Tiene and Kozlinski were not far from 4th, which was Cooper. Ben Hanley (Maranello / Maranello) followed in 7th position, Chamberlain (Tony Kart / TM) was in 8th and Toman (Birel / BMB) 9th. Ardigo led by 4 tenths from the two Kosmics and De Vries. Yannick De Brabander (Intrepid / TM) was back in 8th position from Chamberlain, who was followed by Gary Catt (Tony Kart / Vortex). Fore, Vigano and Cesetti were no longer in the race for several laps. At the halfway point Kozlinski began chasing Cooper, while Convers put Ardigo under pressure but could not find an opening. The first 3 were very close. Koko came on gradually, while Catt with his fresher tires put in a good lap. He was in 6th.The situation may change in the top three: Can Convers attack Ardigo? Can De Vries dominate? Nyck attacked and finally passed Convers on the 2nd last of 24 laps. But Ardigo took the opportunity to make a small advance. Meanwhile, Koko took 4th place from Cooper. De Vries is faster by a tenth a lap, but he could not catch Ardigo. Ardigo won the race, a good result in Super KF for the former World Champion. De Vries showed his immense talent with the early 2nd place in his 2nd race in the premier class and Convers showed we would have to watch him this season. Kozlinski finished 4th, Cooper 5th, Catt 6th, De Brabander 7th, Hanley 8th, and 9th Maïsano Tiene 10th. Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5814 2010-03-07T15:57:38+01:00 2010-03-07T20:08:33+01:00 Lammers winner in KZ1, De Conto in KZ2.

The best start was by Paolo De Conto (Energy / TM) ahead of Jonathan Thonon (CRG / Maxter), Bas Lammers (Intrepid / TM) and Riccardo Piccoli (Tony Kart / Vortex). Lammers attacked Thonon from the 2nd lap and captured second place. Jérémy Iglesias (Intrepid / TM) occupied 5th position before Jorrit Pex (CRG / TM) and Marcel Jeleniowski (Energy / TM).De Conto was soon dogged by Lammers who had already distanced himself slightly from Thonon. Lammers took the lead in the race on the 8th lap. The other positions did not change in the top 10. Thonon then attacked De Conto for 3rd and there was a battle between Lammers and Thonon. At mid-race the Dutchman was 3 tenths ahead of the Belgian.Iglesias managed to overtake Piccoli for 4th position. Anthony Abbasse (Sodi / TM) began well, but starting at the back of the grid, he was still only 17th, well behind Renaudie (PCR / TM) who was going well ahead of Johansson ( Energy / TM). The gap remained stable between the two leaders and De Conto kept in touch. Thonon was more aggressive on the last lap but in vain.Victory went to Thonon, Lammers and De Conto (1st in KZ2). Iglesias finished 4th (3rd in KZ1). Jeleniowski and Fuchs (Birel / TM) completed the podium in KZ2.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5813 2010-03-07T15:27:54+01:00 2010-03-07T20:06:37+01:00 Verstappen victorious again.

Max Verstappen (CRG /Maxter) took no prisoners at the start of the final and took the lead at the 1st turn with Gasly (Sodi / Parilla) in his wake. Hubert Anthoine (Tony Kart / Vortex) attempted to take 3rd place from Peter Hoevenaars (Intrepid / TM), but in vain. Loris Spinelli (Intrepid / TM) lost time starting out, he was in 6th in front Visoiu Roberto (Tony Kart / Vortex).Gasly could not maintain his position and fell back gradually. Hoevenaars captured 2nd place and Hubert 3rd. Verstappen extended his lead over Hoevenaars, Hubert, under threat of Spinelli, had to pass the Intrepid. Gasly recovered 9th place, followed by Rémy Degufffroy (Tony Kart / Vortex). Ocon Esteban (Exprit / Vortex) was a victim of an incident on the 12th lap in front of Enzo Marchetti (Sodi / Parilla).Spinelli was penalised and Hubert took the opportunity to get 3rd position. Visoiu took 4th position ahead of Spinelli and Fioravanti. Ocon came back strongly to finish 7th from Deguffroy, Gasly and Nielsen.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5812 2010-03-07T15:03:41+01:00 2010-03-07T20:04:59+01:00 The KF2 final for D'Agosto

Ignazio D'Agosto (Tony Kart / Vortex) got an excellent start, while Gerard Barrabeig (Birel / BMB) lost places at the first corner. Michael Heche (Intrepid / TM) took the opportunity to return to second place from Guilherme Silva (Tony Kart / Vortex), Nicolaj Moller-Madsen (Energy / TM), Luke Varley (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Karol Basz (RK / BMB). Alex Baron (Sodi / Parilla) was struck by Stephan Karasev (Intrepid / TM) and dropped out before the end of the 1st lap. Silva quickly attacked Heche who then lost a lot of ground. Moller-Madsen flexed under pressure from Basz, Michelle Gatting (CRG / Maxter) and Jacob Nortoft (FA Kart / Vortex). Guillaume De Ridder (Kosmic / Vortex) advanced to 8th place, Kanamaru Yu (Tony Kart / Vortex) 9th and 10th Barrabeig. Gatting then pushed to snatch 4th place ahead of Nortoft and Moller-Madsen. D'Agosto took off with about a 2 second lead ahead of Silva and Varley.The gap was widening between the top 7, but a group formed behind Basz: Lennox-Lamb (Birel / BMB) Barrabeig, Klinkby-Silver (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Kanamaru. Barrabeig managed to escape Gatting before gradually catching Silva, but Moller-Madsen pressed the CRG pilot. Barrabeig and Nortoft were penalized for their starts but did not give up. At 3 laps to go it was D'Agosto ahead of Silva, but Moller-Madsen grabbed 3rd position before Gatting and De Ridder. For the podium it was D'Agosto, Silva and Moller-Madsen. Gatting was 4th, De Ridder 5th, Lennox-Lamb 6th, Basz 7th, Kanamaru 8th, and Varley 9th and Riberas 10th. Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5809 2010-03-07T14:28:49+01:00 2010-03-07T19:26:37+01:00 Kosmic double in the Super KF pre final

Gary Catt (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart / Vortex) were victims of the traditional tangles in the 1st corner but Armand Convers (Kosmic / Vortex) and Brandon Maisano (Intrepid / TM) took the lead ahead of Sauro Cesetti (Birel / BMB), Ben Cooper (Kosmic / Vortex), Arnaud Kozlinski (CRG / Maxter) Mark Litchfield (FA Kart / Maxter). Maïsano threatened Convers quickly to take 1st place on the 2nd lap, however mechanical problems betrayed him on the next lap and he retired. Cooper overtook Cesetti to reach second place behind Convers.Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart / Vortex) mingled with the fray after a surge and soon occupied 3rd position. Kozlinski was also on the pace, but received a penalty of 3 seconds that relegated him to 7th place. Cesetti got a 10 second penalty. Nyck De Vries (Zanardi / Parilla) reminded everyone of his pace yesterday and took the 4th position in the standings, followed by Felice Tiene (CRG /Maxter). Convers, Cooper, Cesetti Ardigo, De Vries, Koko crossed the line in that order, but the results show Convers 1st, 2nd Cooper, Ardigo 3rd, De Vries 4th, and 5th Tiene Kozlinski 6th. The Kosmics made a big impression, but it is Ardigo who is in a good position for the final, while De Vries has done the right thing and Koko is not far away. The 30km long final will really test the drivers and karts.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5808 2010-03-07T13:54:52+01:00 2010-03-07T19:28:29+01:00 Thonon takes the prefinal in KZ.

Anthony Abbasse (Sodi / TM) made the best pre-final start of KZ at La Conca and had the lead in front of Jonathan Thonon (CRG /Maxter) followed by Paolo De Conto (Energy / TM), Rick Dreezen (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Manuel Renaudie (PCR / TM). De Conto threatened Thonon.Thonon again took the lead on the 3rd lap and De Conto got past Abbasse at the next turn. Intrepid / TMs Jérémy Iglesias and Bas Lammers already returned in the race to the victory and seized 3rd and 4th positions on the 6th lap. Abbasse lost ground, Renaudie is 5th, Angelo Lombardi, the champion of European KZ2 on a Tony Kart / Vortex is in 6th and Roberto Toninelli (Lenzo / LKE) 7th. Thonon pulled away from Conto, Lammers passed Iglesias who was then under the threat of Renaudie. Abbasse did not give up and managed to pass Toninelli for 7th before having a mechanical problem on the 12th lap. The positions were stable, Thonon 1 st in front of De Conto, who was 1 second in front of Lammers. Only Renaudie and Iglesias managed to overtake by end of the race. An indisputable victory by Thonon in front of De Conto and Lammers. Renaudie was 4th, 5th Iglesias, Lombardo 6th, Toninelli 7th, Piccoli 8th, 9th Dreezen then Jorrit Pex 10th.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5807 2010-03-07T13:28:37+01:00 2010-03-07T19:30:09+01:00 Verstappen Unstappable!

Loris Spinelli (Intrepid / TM) took the lead while Hubert Anthoine (Tony Kart / Vortex) had trouble and fell back at the 1st turn: the French driver mounted a kart and spun out in the grass. Ocon Esteban (Exprit / Vortex) also lost ground in the 1st turn, and was next seen in 28th position.Pierre Gasly (Sodi / Parilla) took second position behind Spinelli, but Max Verstappen (CRG / Maxter) had the pace and pressed the attack on the 3rd lap. Peter Hoevenaars (Intrepid / TM) took 4th position. Hubert began in 10th place: on lap 6 he was already 5th in the wake of Hoevenaars. Verstappen was slowly slipping away from Spinelli.Hoevenaars was gaining on Gasly by lap 9 to win 3rd position. Nicolas Beer (FA Kart / Vortex) advanced to 6th. Fioravanti, Visoiu, Caspari and Enzo Marchetti were next. Verstappen took the lead on the 13th of 16 laps. Also, Ocon made up 12 places to go 16th.Hoevenaars was isolated in 3rd position, but the duel was firmly between Gasly and Hubert for 4th place but Beer was approaching. The Danish pilot managed to pass Henderson on the final lap. Nice win for Verstappen ahead of Spinelli, Hoevenaars and Gasly for the top 5, then Beer, Hubert, Fioravanti, Visoiu, Caspari and Marchetti.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5806 2010-03-07T13:03:56+01:00 2010-03-07T19:31:55+01:00 Clear victory for D'Agosto in the KF2 pre-final.

In the leading group, the Tony Kart / Vortex driver has never been bothered throughout the 16 laps of the pre-final of the KF2 WSK Euro Series at La Conca and won a resounding victory with a 2.8 second lead. Behind him, the battle has been intense between Gerard Barrabeig (Birel / BMB) and Guilherme Silva (Tony Kart / Vortex). The Spaniard retained second place despite his attempt to pass the Brazilian on the line to get a seat inside at the start of the next final. Karol Basz (RK / BMB) was closing back in 6th position. Long 5th, Jordon Lennox-Lamb retired with a few laps to go. Luke Varley (Tony Kart / Vortex) was still in 4th and Nicolaj Moller Madsen (Energy / TM) in 5th place. Michelle Gatting (CRG /Maxter) began brilliantly and went from 17th to 9th place. David Da Luz (Zanardi / Parilla) went from 34th to 16th, followed by Loïc Réguillon (Intrepid / TM) who went from 33rd to 17th place.Info Kartcom with Kartink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5805 2010-03-07T12:23:04+01:00 2010-03-07T15:45:59+01:00 Spinelli and Verstappen 1st line

In KF3 it is Loris Spinelli (Intrepid / TM) who takes the top ranking through a small point before Max Verstappen (CRG / Maxter) Both boys have dominated the category. Peter Hoevenaars (Intrepid / TM) complements the success of the Orange brand, but the French have achieved outstanding performance with Hubert Anthoine (Tony Kart / Vortex) 4th and Pierre Gasly (Sodi / Parilla) 5th, plus Enzo Marchetti (Sodi / Parilla) 8th, Ocon Esteban (Exprit / Vortex) in 12th due to a difficult final round, Remy Deguffroy (Tony Kart / Vortex) 28th and Lucile Cypriano (FA Kart / Vortex) 33rd. We will monitor the comebacks of Orudzhev (Intrepid), Beer (FA Kart) Hiltbrand (Kosmic) among the notable outsiders. In the 38 that were disqualified, Leclerc, Dennis, Albon, Roussel had the pace to take their place in the finals, while Niceta (64th), winner of the 2009 World Cup, still can not find his mark.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-07:5804 2010-03-07T11:38:54+01:00 2010-03-07T15:43:21+01:00 KF2: And the nominees are ...

First Ignazio D'Agosto (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Karol Basz (RK / BMB) are on the first row of the pre-final, then Gerard Barrabeig (Birel / BMB) and Luke Varley (Tony Kart / Vortex) for the second and Guilherme Silva (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Nicolaj Moller-Madsen (Energy / TM) on the 3rd. The Classification is logical based on what we saw in the heats.Sami Luka (CD / Parilla) qualified in 8th position, Michael Heche (Intrepid / TM) still on course in 10th position. Bluy Clement (Tony Kart / Vortex) is delighted to be in 13th place before Guillaume De Ridder (Kosmic / Vortex) and Vincent Fraïsse (Intrepid / TM).Guibbert (22nd), Baron (25th) and Réguillon (33rd) will also celebrate, but are less well placed.In the list of non runners there are names like Chris Lock, Sergei Sirotkin, Joey Elkerbout, Sébastien Bailly with an injured shoulder, Mitchell Gilbert ... Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-06:5791 2010-03-06T17:30:31+01:00 2010-03-07T10:37:06+01:00 Abbasse back in business

The results from the first day of the WSK Series Euro KZ1 for Sodi Racing Team are quite satisfactory. Anthony Abbasse not only competed well against the best of the specialists entered, but also won in a qualifying heat.Powered by a TM from Tec-Sav, the Sodi chassis has shown it's quality both on the wet track in qualifying on Friday and on a dry track for the heats on Saturday. Anthony's talent did the rest and the French driver is in second place in the intermediate classification, quite a feat!Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-06:5790 2010-03-06T17:03:35+01:00 2010-03-07T09:35:20+01:00 Convers and Catt on the front row

If the 1st position of Armand Convers (Kosmic / Vortex) in the Super KF results is not surprising it was different with Gary Catt (Tony Kart / Vortex) in second place with 19 points conceded. But all the favorites have retired at least once and the hierarchy reflects the disturbed situation. Brandon Maïsano managed a good comeback with his 3rd place and will be next to Ben Cooper (Kosmic / Vortex) for the start of the pre-final.Tiene - Cesetti, Dale - Kozlinski, Puhakka - Ardigo, these are the drivers up to the 5th row. Nyck De Vries will start 12th and Ben Hanley 13th. Then there was the very fine performance by Laura Tillett (Tony Kart / TM), fast and steady in 15th place ahead of Yannick De Brabander and Jordan Chamberlain.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP kartcom tag:www.kartcom.com,2010-03-06:5789 2010-03-06T16:46:21+01:00 2010-03-07T09:31:18+01:00 Thonon leads the dance in KZ

With 2 wins, the CRG / Maxter dominated the KZ heats at La Conca. As usual, he led the race in an unbeatable way. A good surprise on the French side, as Anthony Abbasse (Sodi / TM) is in second place at the end of the heats with a 4th place and a victory. Paolo De Conto (Energy / TM) was able to combine performance and consistency to rank 3rd overall and 1st in KZ2 in front of Tony Kart / Vortex driver Rick Dreezen.The Bulgarian Mishel Georgiev (CRG / TM) made a brilliant start with 5th place (second in KZ2) while Manuel Renaudie moved his PCR / TM to 6th place. It was not until the 7th position that there was an Intrepid / TM. Racing incidents explain this relative rout of the orange drivers. Lammers is in 7th and Iglesias 8th, but the potential of their machinery is intact and we should find them better placed tomorrow. Finally, note the beautiful 15th position for Gianni Gazzurelli (FA Kart / Vortex) who gave it everything. 17 drivers will have to compete in the repechage on Sunday morning to try to reach the Finals.Info Kartcom with Kartlink / © Photo KSP