The Qualifying Practice for the last round of the FIA ??Karting European Junior Championship took place in very hot weather at the Essay circuit. Nearly 35 ° in the air, ane more than 50 ° on the track, the heat wave returned to France at the beginning of August. In official Free Practice, Matthews Rees (FA Kart / Vortex) was fastest with 46”444 ahead of Alex Dunne (Exprit / TM) and Paul Aron (FA Kart / Vortex), the leader in the standings. The sessions were only used during the last three minutes by the best.
Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart / Vortex) was fastest in Session 1 and improved to 46”724 ahead of Alfio Spina (CRG / TM), but Paul Aron (FA Kart / Vortex) came back to 2nd place by a tenth, followed by Sebastian Ogaard (Tony Kart / Vortex). Marcus Amand (KR / Parilla) finished 6th by 0.276″and Craig Tanic (Birel ART / TM) 10th by 4 tenths.
In the second group, Kai Askey – 46”782 – outpaced Gabriele Mini’ (Parolin / Parilla) by 0.047”, and Rafael Camara took the 3rd place by 67 thousandths. Thomas Ten Brinke (FA Kart / Vortex) came back to 4th place by 0.180” ahead of Taylor Barnard (KR / Parilla). Elliott Vayron (Tony Kart / Vortex) was a superb 6th fastest, 0.253” off the fastest lap of the session, just ahead of Hadrien David (Kosmic / Vortex), while Sami Meguetounif (Formula K / Vortex) finished 14th by 5 tenths and Macéo Capietto (KR / Parilla) was 21st.
Tymoteusz Kucharczyk was the first driver of the third session to adopt a fast pace. Victor Bernier (Kosmic / Parilla) was next in the lead with a time of 46”766, 2nd in the category, followed by Gabriel Bortoleto (CRG / TM). Sebastian Gravlund (KR / Parilla) was 4th and Kirill Smal (Tony Kart / Vortex) 5th. Evann Mallet (Kosmic / Parilla) was 6th by a tenth ahead of Zak O’Sullivan (FA Kart / Vortex). It was the 11th time for Isack Hadjar (Exprit / TM), and 15th for Loris Cabirou (Energy / TM), while Matthew Rees (FA Kart / Vortex) had to be satisfied with 17th place.
Bedrin remained the poleman, with Bernier, Askey, Bortoleto and Aron completing the top five within less than a tenth of a second.
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