Dorian Boccolacci moved to Bahrain for the second and last round of the World KF Championship, holding the 9th place in provisional standings. He knew it would be difficult to mount onto the final podium, but he thought he could at least ensure a good result, or even a victory.
He started strong right away and conquered the pole position in timed qualifying, despite very close times. The qualifying heats went smoothly for the Energy Corse driver and he kept the intermediate standings leadership thanks to a victory and two second places. Then tension rose among all the participants as the final phases approached.
For Dorian, competition took a bad turn on the fourth lap of the pre-final, when he was tackled by an opponent and slipped to 5th place. His situation got even worse in the final race, when he was bumped into on the second lap and dropped down to 16th, and all his hopes vanished. But he did not give up and managed to regain some group up to 7th place, though he could not reach the lead group in a very nervous race.
“It is true, I am disappointed with the result of this meeting” Dorian commented later. “I was really fast, everything went smoothly during the heats, but there were a few things that went wrong during the two races. I have not much to reproach myself with, though I hoped to do better than a 9th place in the World Championship for my last race in karting …“
Indeed, next season Dorian will turn to single-seaters, to continue a career that promises to be very exciting to follow.
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