The South Garda Karting Circuit of Lonato has staged qualifying heats ahead of the 49th Trofeo delle Industrie. This appointment organized by Parma Motorsport scored a participation record with 284 drivers coming to Lonato from 36 different countries. Qualifying heats have been once again hard-fought as drivers gave their best to take the best starting positions for the final stages that will take place on Sunday, November 7th.
The final spots on the starting grid ahead of the final stages on Sunday will be assigned by the result of the second chance races in the morning. Prefinals will follow from 11:15 with live TV Streaming. Finals of all the five categories KZ2, OKJ, MINI Gr.3, X30 Junior and X30 Senior will begin at 13:50.
Qualifying heats.
Three-way battle for the win in KZ2 among Dalè, Giannoni and Buran.
Three drivers seem to be the favourites to the win. Namely, former European Champion Andrea Dalè (Nuova 3M/CRG-TM Racing-Vega), the 2019 winner of the Trofeo delle Industrie Lorenzo Giannoni (CRG Racing Team/CRG-TM Racing) and Alessandro Buran (Renda Motorsport/BirelART-TM Racing). These three drivers won two heats each but the home hero Massimo Dante (Maranello Kart/Maranello-TM Racing) was also among the quickest.
OKJ speaks Russian with Dzitiev and Matveev.
OKJ is definitely speaking Russian as Kirill Dzitiev of team Ward Racing won the two heats, while Dmitry Matveev of team Koski Motorsport was two times second after posting the pole position in qualifying. The Chinese Zhenrui Chi of team Beyond Racing also displayed a great shape taking P3 in the first heat and P5 in the second, while his teammate and fellow-countryman Yuanpu Cui is recovering some ground after missing the first heat due to a technical problem.
MINI wide open.
MINI Gr.3 has been again uncertain and the most spectacular of all categories with continuous battles all the way to the flag. The classification is currently led by the poleman Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing-Vega), who won three heats and took a second place behind Iacopo Martinese (BabyRace/Parolin-Iame). The latter also secured three wins after recovering from P13 of qualifying. The Swede Elliot Kaczynski (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-TM Racing), Filippo Sala (Team Driver/KR-Iame), the Czech Jindrich Pesl (BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) and the Belgian Dries Van Langendonck (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Racing) were also among the quickest.
Apicella setting the pace in X30 Junior.
Antonio Apicella (Team Driver/KR-Iame-Komet) set the pace in X30 Junior. After the pole position, he kept the momentum winning two heats, while his teammate Riccardo Leone Cirelli follows him as he is recovering from P7 in qualifying. Mattia Vischi (Autoeuropeo/Tony Kart-Iame) was among the quickest in qualifying and heats too. Giulio Olivieri (Olivieri/Righetti Ridolfi-Iame) is fourth after P6 in qualifying.
Scognamiglio is the best of X30 Senior after the heats.
Manuel Scognamiglio (Gamoto/Tony Kart-Iame-Komet) came to the fore taking the best position in X30 Senior with 4 penalties as he was second in two heats after P2 in qualifying. The pole sitter from Bulgary Kaloyan Varbitzaliev (Autoeuropeo/Tony Kart-Iame) is currently only tenth as he claimed only two placings in the heats. Andrea Barbieri (TB Kart/TB Kart-Iame) and the Italian Champion Danny Carenini (Autoeuropeo/Tony Kart-Iame) are behind Scognamiglio, but equal on penalties.
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