The spectacular final of the Rok Cup International Final 2012 ended with hard- hearted emotions. At the South Garda (Italy) the most important Rok Cup 2012 titles are shared by South Africa and Italy. Nathan Parkins wins the hardest competition of all finals, the Rok’s. The South African drivers overtakes with a final sprint the Italian Riccardo Geltrude in the final centimeters of the track. In the Mini Rok category leading the heat Clinton Bezuidenhout in the youngest Rokker category. Leonardo Pulcini is the Junior Rok champion, after having pushed the kart hardly to win over Cosimo Durante and Giuseppe Gaglianò. Super Rok category is also full of excitement. Christopher Zani leads a train made up of Nirei Fukuzumi and Luca Osvaldi. Under the chequered flag the first is Riccardo Cinti, but the penalty for his early starting stops his race. Finals’ awards took place in the huge Rok tent at the inside of the paddock, in a party atmosphere, very good for the Rok ten years of activity!
MINI ROK. BEZUIDENHOUT WINS EVERYTHING. LEGERET CHAMPION OF ALTRUISM
Clinton Bezuidenhout’s success comes with the seventh place in the qualifying heats, conquering the first row and winning all three heats. During the final is Bezuidenhout jumping to the top position with a good gap over other chasers, first of all Liam Pienaar and Giovanni Di Giannantonio, and thus perfectly succeeding.
In the first heats Alex Nocella, author of a very good recovery after a not very
brilliant qualifying and Ricardo Feller, signing the best lap in final, withdraw. Pienaar and Di Giannantonio fight on equal terms and finally is Pienaar winning over the Italian driver.
Besides the rejoicing success of Bezuidenhout is a special success awarded for the great generosity and altruism of the driver. We talk about the young Rokker Lucas Legeret who while racing sees his rival Matvey Maslov under his kart after an incident and immediately stops for helping him. Maslov luckily got off with no injuries and Lucas Legeret deserved from his side the success on the podium during the Rok Party Saturday night…
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