With Pyry Ovaska (Maranello) and Dave Blom (Intrepid) on the front row, the Prefinal of the World U18 at Essay had top two serious contenders at the front, even if outsiders were not lacking. Niclas Nylund and Tomi Katajami, both on Maranello chassis were ahead of the French hope Leo Roussel (Sodi).
Antonio Giovinazzi (PCR), took the advantage from Ovaska, Blom and Katajamaki. Roussel, on the outside, was pushed off the track at the hairpin after the start and lost many places, down to 13th. Anthoine Hubert (Sodi) quickly captured fourth place after an excellent start. Ovaska was back in the lead followed by Blom in second position. Joel Affolter (Sodi) followed the pace in fifth position ahead of Mathew Graham (Zanardi) and Federico Savona (Top Kart).
Ovaska escaped, returning to the lead in front of Giovinazzi and Blom, threatened by Hubert, at the halfway point. Roussel came back to 10th. Beccaria (Top Kart) just passed Mortensen (Mach 1) for eighth place. Ovaska was four tenths ahead of Giovinazzi, himself 8 / 10 from Blom.
Victory to went Ovaska from Giovinazzi, who set the fastest lap with 50,217, 3rd Blom, fourth Hubert, Affolter fifth, Roussel 10th, which after all is perhaps not a bad option for the upcoming race, pre-final 2 in reverse order …
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