Alessandro Piccini’s second place in the KZ2 final comforted the Maranello Team after Forè’s misfortune. “This result is a great satisfaction for my team” said the Italian pilot. “It was nice to see our efforts rewarded. My Maranello/TM was already very fast during the heats, so much so that I even set the best time in one of them. Afterwards, I had to fight hard against very strong rivals and I was finally 7thin the pre-final and 2ndin the final. The performance of my chassis was really excellent, as was that of the braking system, something fundamental at Mariembourg”. Now 4thin the Championship ranking, Piccini has certainly the potential to aim at the top 3 in this WSK.
In KF2, the rain falling over Mariembourg cooled the fervour of Maranello pilots, who had some difficulties in fully exploiting the potential of their karts during timed practice. “Pity, because the rest of the race allowed several pilots to obtain good performances”, Maranello technicians said. Indeed, Czech Zdenek Groman, British James Thorp and Italian “Giaguaro Nero” all showed superb recoveries during the qualifying, and Groman set the best lap in race. In the final, Thorp continued with his progression and reached the top 10, while Groman missed a good opportunity to score more points in the WSK, after
a collision at the start of the pre-final.
Comments by the boss, Armando Filini : “Alessandro’s second place has shown that our equipment for KZ 125cc gearbox categories is really effective. Moreover, this excellent result has come here, on the Mariembourg circuit, which is highly reputed for being a testing ground for chassis.”
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