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Last weekend marked a positive start in the FIA Karting European Championship for the Tony Kart Racing Team, amongst the protagonists in both KZ and KZ2 categories at the Adria Karting Raceway. In a weekend of high temperatures and high humidity, the Italian team and the Tony Kart Racer 401 R – Vortex alliance in shifter configuration once again confirmed the performances achieved in the previous events, starting with KZ, the class in which Simo Puhakka climbed on the second step of the podium.
Already on Friday, the Finn exploited the speed of the OTK Kart Group’s equipment to achieve the second-best time in the qualifiers and then continued in the Qualifying Heats with two wins, a second place and a fastest lap. Positions which, added to the second place achieved in the Final, gave Puhakka the second place in the current championship standings!
Noah Milell was also immediately at ease with the Tony Kart-Vortex material. The Swede was sixth in the qualifiers, achieved two top-ten placings in the Qualifying Heats and made up another two positions in the Final. Milell achieved a very important sixth place for the championship in which he now occupies fifth position.
On the other hand, the weekend of Tony Kart drivers in KZ2 was more complicated, since they were unfortunately held back by some unexpected events. In fact, Alessio Piccini managed to qualify for the decisive race, where contact with an opponent required the intervention of the mechanics to continue the race.
For Gilles Stadsbader, Adria was his first real contact with a class in which he still needs to gain experience but he still returned home with the satisfaction of having beaten his teammate in the qualifiers. Paavo Tonteri had a weekend at the top with Tony Kart finished in fourth place. The SC Performance driver was also third in the qualifiers and achieved some excellent placings in the Qualifying Heats, including a victory and two second places.
After the Adria event, the Tony Kart Racing Team immediately left for the Sarno International Circuit of Naples, which this weekend will host the second round of the FIA Karting European Championship – OK/Junior.
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