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.
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