Van Langendonck wins an eventful OK-Junior Final
The weather remained overcast on Sunday afternoon for the OK-Junior Final in Valencia, with a dry track and a temperature of 17°.
Niklas Schaufler (KR/Iame) took advantage of his pole position on the inside lane to take the lead on the first lap ahead of Christian Costoya (Parolin/TM) and Sebastian Lehtimaki (Tony Kart/Vortex). Dries van Langendonck (Exprit/TM) was 4th ahead of Boris Lyzen (Sodi/TM) and Sebastian Minns (LN/TM). Schaufler quickly put a second between himself and his rivals, led by Lehtimaki. Dean Hoogendoorn (KR/Iame) crashed out in 32nd position. Costoya managed to get back to 3rd ahead of Minns and Lehtimaki. Thomas Pradier, the only Frenchman in the race, climbed back up to 12th place, while Minns overtook Costoya. The gap between the top three remained at around a second at the halfway stage. Bosco attacked Costoya and moved up to 4th. Van Langendonck closed on leader Schaufler and dived on the inside on lap 14 to take P1. Schaufler replied, van Langendonck passed him again, while Minns, Costoya and Bosco joined the battle. Schaufler and Lehtimaki came together on lap 15 and retired, as did Lyzen. Van Langendonck was heading for a significant victory 8 tenths ahead of Minns. Bosco overtook Costoya for 3rd place. Filippo Sala (LN/TM) finished 5th (+8 places), Noah Baglin (KR/Iame) 6th, Daniel Kelleher (KR/Iame) 7th (+9 places) and Pradier 8th.
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