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The last big event of the FIA Karting 2019 season is officially kicking off this Friday with the eagerly awaited appointments of the FIA Karting World Championship – KZ and the KZ2 International Super Cup. The stage is the well-known South Garda Karting in Lonato, Italy, and, for both categories, a very big number of drivers are expecting to take part in it. Tony Kart Racing Team will be present, confident to be well prepared and be able to count on a Tony Kart Racer 401 R chassis which, coupled with Vortex engines, has proved to be competitive and successful in all conditions throughout the whole season.

In KZ, we will line up five drivers, all with great ambitions. The first one is certainly Marco Ardigò who, right in Lonato, crossed the finish line in the final of the last round of the WSK Euro Series this year, winning the title. However, this World Championship will be special for Marco and for all of Tony Kart’s members: Ardigò has announced his farewell as a driver at the end of the year and this will be his last World championship. Marco will, therefore, be once again the protagonist of a race which, again with the Tony Kart colors, he already won three times in the past (in 2007 and 2008 in KF1, in 2014 in KZ), enriching a Palmares full of prestigious successes. Marco Ardigò’s future will still be with Tony Kart, although with a different role.

Alongside the three-time World hampion, there will be Simo Puhakka, who also won a WSK Euro Series round this year, and Matteo Viganò, winner of the 2018 International Super Cup in Genk and protagonist in the fight for the FIA Karting European Championship Noah Milell will complete the line-up in his second World Championship in two weeks after the excellent comeback carried out in Alahärmä in the OK class, and the American Andre Martins.

In KZ2, David Vidales and Alessio Piccini will try to keep the International Super Cup Title conquered last year. Vidales, always fast during the whole season, was one of the best drivers in the last round of the European Championship in Sarno. With Piccini, they will be a winning duo fighting for top positions.

Also, the new entry Danilo Albanese will be racing with them, at his debut in an FIA race but with experience at the wheel of a shifter kart, with which he gained excellent results during the Italian Championship and the ROK CUP International Finals.

How to follow the event?

Like for every event in the FIA Karting calendar, The Racebox provides you with a special page featuring live timing and live streaming (from Saturday 09:55) plus our daily reports and social publications to keep you up to date with the results and info from Lonato!

Main Schedule

Friday08:00 – 16:55 Free Practice
17:00 – 18:53 Qualifying Practice
Saturday08:00 – 09:55 Warm-up
13:23 – 13:45 Historic Karts Demo 1
16:30 – 16:50 Historic Karts Demo 2
10:00 – 19:10 Qualifying Heats
Sunday08:00 – 09:55 Warm-up
10:00 – 10:20 Historic Karts Demo 3
10:25 – 13:00 Qualifying Heats
10:30 – 12:25 Qualifying Heats
14:40 – 15:00 Historic Karts Demo 4
15:00 KZ2 Build-up & Final
15:55 Academy Trophy Build-up & Final
16:45 KZ Build-up & Final
18:00 Press Conference