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Christian Sorensen (Tony Kart / Vortex) quickly stole the show from Armand Convers (Kosmic / Vortex) in Prefinal 2 in KF at Alcaniz. Nobody was able to challenge him for supremacy in the race, even though Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic / Vortex) closed to less than 4/10 on the finish line. Karol Basz (Tony Kart / Vortex) took third position when Convers lost ground suddenly on lap 3. It was a super race for Nicolas Gonzales (Kosmic / Parilla) who managed to finish fourth ahead of Pedro Hiltbrand (LH / TM) who was very well put together, with Convers sixth. The driver from Macao, Andy Chang Wing Chung (Tony Kart / Vortex) finished seventh with the fastest lap.

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In contrast to what his dominance in the heats could suggest, Ben Barnicoat (ART GP / TM) was unable to resist the pack of rampaging opponents in the first Prefinal at Alcaniz. Although he made a good start, the British conceded first to repeated attacks by the Croatian Martin Kodric (FA Kart / Vortex) and then the return of the unstoppable Max Verstappen (CRG / TM) from sixth. Dorian Boccolacci (Energy / TM) was pushing from the first meters of the race as usual so he was not be left behind. He was able to attack Kodric at the end of the race and just took second position. Lance Stroll (Zanardi / Parilla) took advantage skilfully to return to third after an early race in the leading group, followed by his teammate Tom Joyner (Zanardi / Parilla). Felice Tiene (CRG / Parilla) was well on his way to target the top three when he hooked up with Barnicoat, which cost them both a lot of places: the English driver finished 10th, with the fastest lap, and the Italian 15th.  

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Matteo Raspatelli (Tony Kart / Parilla) was alone in the lead of the Prefinal 2 in KFJ under the sun of Alcaniz, managing his lead to finish almost a second from his opponents who were too busy to stop him. Max Defourny (Kosmic / TM) passed quickly from third to second position, but was then heckled, which forced him to drop out of the qualifiers. Nikita Mazepin (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Vladimir Atoev (Tony Kart / BMB) next fought for this place, but Atoev retired during a clash with Daniel Ticktum (FA Kart / Vortex) and Mazepin was forced to 8th. Robert Shwartzmann (Tony Kart / TM) was moving up from his strong 9th place on the grid to settle permanently in second place ahead of Parker Thompson (Energy / TM) and Alexander Vartanyan (Tony Kart / Vortex). The best trick was by Bryan Elpitiya (Energy / TM) who had a great race that ended in sixth position ahead of Nikita Sitnikov (Tony Kart / BMB).

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The heat and sunshine remain on the Alcaniz region on Sunday morning when the first pre-final took to the track. The first prefinal for KFJ saw Lando Norris (FA Kart / Vortex) and David Beckmann (Zabardi / BMB) headlining. But Sasakorn Chaimongkol (Kosmic / TM) soon closed on Norris to take the lead after a good fight. Penalized 10'', Beckmann was low in the classification and qualification escaped him. Gabriel Aubry (Birel / TM) battled in third and second positions, but then lost ground against Martijn Van Leeuwen (Zanardi / TM) who finished second ahead of Norris, Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart / Parilla) and Aubry in fifth. The fastest lap was by Niko Kari (FA Kart / Vortex), finishing sixth ahead of Benjamin Lessennes (Kosmic / Vortex), Tom Bale (FA Kart / Vortex), Sophia Floersch (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart / Vortex ).

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No. 13 – 15th June 2013

Summer-like weather at the Motorland Aragòn in Alcaniz, Spanish town in the province of  Teruel. The facility hosts, this weekend, the first out of two rounds of the CIK-FIA European championship of karting for the KF and KFJ categories. The temperature has reached 30 celsius degrees today, but despite that the operations carried out by the 150 drivers haven't been slowed down, and it is all ready for tomorrow's final phase. Today there were 20 heats on schedule to establish the starting grid of the Prefinals. Tomorrow both the categories will run to get the best positions in each Final. Only after these two last races the first points at stake will be given.

Barnicoat and Convers are the two polemen in KF.
Ben Barnicoat (ART GP-TM-Vega) did all well and achieved victory in all the four heats he took part in today. The Englishman clinched the pole position in Prefinal 1. Next to him, the Canadian Lance Stroll (Zanardi-Parilla-Vega). In Prefinal 2, the pole was achieved by the French Armand Convers who, together with his teammate the Danish Nicklas Nielsen, brought the Kosmic-Vortex team in the front row. They are both the favorites after winning a heat each. The Dutch  Max Verstappen (CRG-TM-Vega), on the other hand, was a bit unlucky: he won in two heats but finished the third heat in the last positions after a contact at the start. He will start from the back rows of the grid. Moreover, Verstappen will be preceded by two tough rivals such as the Croatian  Martin Kodric (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega) and the French Dorian Boccolacci (Energy-TM-Vega), both in second row. The other two winners of the qualifying heats are the Polish  Karol Basz (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) and the Italian Andrea Russo (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega), even though they got slowed down by some troubles they had during the other races. Basz was a bit luckier and will start from the second row  of  Prefinal 2. Next to him the Danish Christian Sorensen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega). Russo will start from the fourth row.

Norris and Raspatelli in pole in the KF Junior category.
The English Lando Norris's (FA Kart-Vortex-Le Cont) winning streak continues. After the best time he set in qualifying, today he won all the five heats he took part in. The Londoner will start from the pole in Prefinal 1. Next to him the German David Beckmann (Zanardi-BMB-Le Cont), who occupies the front row thanks to a victory and three second places. In Prefinal 2, the pole position was clinched by the Belgian Matteo Raspatelli (Tony Kart-Parilla-LeCont), who won three heats. Next to him the Russian Nikita Mazepin (Tony Kart-Vortex-LeCont), winner in one of the races. The other victories went to the American Logan Sargeant (Tony Kart-Vortex-Le Cont), Sasakorn Chaimongkol (Kosmic-TM-Le Cont) - from Thailand but holder of a British licence - , the Finnish Niko Kari (FA Kart-Vortex-LeCont), the Dutch  Martijn van Leeuwen (Zanardi-TM-LeCont) and the Brazilian Sergio Sette Camara (ART GP-TM-LeCont).

Motorland in live streaming.
The live streaming of the event is ready, thanks to WSK Promotion which will provide the entire media coverage of the final phase on the www.cikfia.tv and  www.cikfiachampionship.com websites. The appointment on the Internet is at 10.20 am with the drivers' presentation ceremony. Then, the broadcast of the Prefinals - two for each category - and, finally, the Finals and the end of the event.
 

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