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With two rounds held in one week, the event at the Adria Karting Raceway proved to be the perfect test bench for the Italian team’s drivers coming from Junior and dealing with this new challenge to take a step forward.

In OK, Tuukka Taponen was one of the main protagonists with a third place in the Final of the second round and author of two excellent performances in the Prefinals, ending second and eighth after a recovery of nine positions. Only an unlucky withdrawal in the first Final deprived him of a prestigious result in the series ranking, where he ended very close to the podium.

In the two decisive races, Alfio Spina and Bruno Del Pino, both rookies like Taponen, achieved a top-ten each, with Bruno able to recover eight positions in the first Final and 10 in the second. Norton Andreasson of Ward Racing, driving Tony Kart/Vortex material, celebrated his second place in the series thanks to the second and third position obtained in the two decisive races.

In OK-Junior, great début in the category for James Egozi, managing to win a heat in the first round after an excellent Qualifying ended with the third time of his session. In the Prefinal, Egozi crossed the finish line in third place recovering four positions, while in the Final of round 1 he hit his first top 10. Harley Keeble confirmed himself among the fastest on the grid, finishing seventh at the end of the Qualifying Heats of the first round, where he centred a best lap, and crossing the finish line always in the top ten in both Prefinals. Despite a penalty obtained at the end of the Prefinal of the first round, forcing him to start from the thirtieth place in the Final, the Englishman completed an excellent comeback of 23 positions up to seventh.

In Mini, the team’s new entry Cristian Costoya quickly became familiar with the 2020 Rookie by centring three best laps in the Qualifying Heats of the second round and one in the Prefinal of the first event, before crossing the finish line in the top ten in the second Final. In the same race, a great comeback carried out by Jimmy Helias, who recovered eight positions, while Jules Caranta was the best of the three at the finish line of the Final valid for the first round.

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