• Text: Guillaume Alvarez
  • Photos: Alex Vernardis / The RaceBox

Leader after the heats on Saturday, Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR/IAME) showed legitimate ambitions for victory by claiming the Prefinal A on Sunday morning against Luigi Coluccio (Kosmic/Vortex) recovering from the backend of the field. Dilano Van’t Hoff (Exprit/TM) won the Prefinal B.

Coming into the Final, Antonelli took the best start from pole position but couldn’t contain Coluccio charging his way through in the second corner. Van’t Hoff found himself slightly squeezed by his Forza Racing teammate Xizheng Huang (Exprit/TM) and fell down to sixth place, allowing Joe Turney (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart/Vortex) through.

The fight for victory started taking shape as the 21-lap Final reached its first quarter. Antonelli moved back in the lead before Turney took his chance and went past both the KR driver and Coluccio. Hiltbrand, keeping a close watch from fourth, also dived through the open door for second place!

As the Final went on past half-distance, Turney, Hiltbrand, and Antonelli were lapping in close formation while, behind, battles were raging between Coluccio, Van’t Hoff, Kirill Smal (Energy Corse/TM) and Taylor Barnard (KR/IAME) climbing the order. The Brit eventually caught up with Antonelli in the closing stages, made his move for third position but the Italian kept his head down and fought back in the last corner, the two drivers crossing the finish line split by just 0.011 seconds!

Up front, it was another victory after Adria for the Tony Kart Racing Team with Turney ahead of Hiltbrand, the Italian team establishing itself as the dominant force in OK with two wins in the first two rounds of the WSK Super Master Series. Antonelli secured his first podium in this year’s competition, followed by Barnard, the fastest on track, and Smal.

Final classification (Top 10):

  1. Joe TURNEY (Tony Kart Racing Team) 21 laps
  2. Pedro HILTBRAND (Tony Kart Racing Team) + 0.596 seconds
  3. Andrea Kimi ANTONELLI (KR Motorsport) + 2.693
  4. Taylor BARNARD (Rosberg Racing Academy) + 2.704
  5. Kirill SMAL (Energy Corse) + 4.366
  6. Luigi COLUCCIO (Kosmic Racing Department) + 6.825
  7. Dilano VANT HOFF (Forza Racing) + 7.057
  8. Thomas TEN BRINKE (Ricky Flynn Motorsport) + 7.867
  9. Nikita BEDRIN (Ward Racing) + 8.866
  10. Laurens VAN HOEPEN (Rosberg Racing Academy) + 8.921

Click here for the full race classification.

In the provisional standings, Turney has taken the lead with 137 points, in front of Hiltbrand, 120, and Antonelli, at 92. The Third Round of the WSK Super Master Series for the OK class will take place at the International Circuit La Conca, from March 5th to 8th.

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