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Qualifying

The weekend officially kicked off with qualifying practice. The KZ2 pole position went to the recent WSK Champions Cup winner, the Swede Viktor Gustavsson (Bire ART/TM) lapping in 47.691s, while the Finn Simo Puhakka (Tony Kart/Vortex) went quickest in Series 1 in 47.828s.

The fastest in OK was the Italian Brando Badoer (KR/IAME) in 48.040s, while his teammate Arvid Lindblad topped Series 2 in 48.091s. In the three OK-Junior series, the British driver Freddie Slater (Kosmic/Vortex) posted the fastest time in 49.690s, while the winner of the WSK Champions Cup Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin/TM) was the quickest of Series 3 (49.826s). The German Maxim Rehm (Kosmic/Vortex) set the pace in Series 2 with his best lap completed in 49.842s.

In the four sessions of the Mini 60 class, the Russian Gerasim Skulanov (CRG/TM) was the fastest in 54.640s, while the quickest of Series 2 was the Chinese Zhenrui Chi (Parolin/IAME) in 54.807. In Series 4, Kian Fardin (KR/IAME) topped the timesheet in 54.939s and the Pole Juliusz Ociepa (Energy/TM) did the same in Series 3 in 55.075s.

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Heats

KZ2: 4 different winners

KZ2 appears to be quite open as several drivers came to the fore. In the first heat C-E, the victory went to the French Adrien Renaudin (Sodikart/TM), leading the Finn Juho Valtanen (KR/TM). Puhakka had the upper hand in the B-D heat ahead of Danilo Albanese (KR/IAME). Gustavsson won heat A-E from Renaudin, while Valtanen led Francesco Celenta (Parolin/TM) in the heat C-D.

OK: Lindblad & Tsolov ahead

In the two heats of OK, Lindblad led the winner of the previous race and teammate Rafael Camara in the A-B heat, while the Bulgarian Nikola Tsolov (KR/IAME) preceded the Italian Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TB Kart/TM) in the C-D heat.

OK-Junior: double win for Slater

A total of five heats were run in Junior. The A-B heat victory went to Slater, followed by Al Dhaeri, while Rehm finished in front of Sonny Smith (KR/IAME) in the C-D race. The Chinese Yanpu Cui (KR/IAME) led the Japanese Kean Nakamura Berta (Exprit/TM) in the E-F hear. In the A-C race, Slater won again from his teammate Dion Gowda. Matheus Ferreira (KR/IAME) won D-F as Nakamura came second again.

Mini 60: Skulanov and Przrowsky on top

In the nine heats of the Mini class, victories went to Enzo Tarnvanichkul (KR/IAME) in F-G, René Lammers (Parolin/IAME) in D-E, Kilian Josseron (KR/IAME) in B-C, Jan Przrowsky (Parolin/TM) in A-G and Tiziano Monza (KR/IAME) in B-E. Lammers won again in C-D, imitated by Gerasim Skulanov (CRG/TM) in A-B, Jimmy Helias (Tony Kart/Vortex) in D-F and Christian Costoya (Parolin/TM) in E-G. At the end of the nine heats, Skulanov and Przrowsky have the same number of penalties and are followed by Lammers.

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Main schedule

Friday08:30 – 10:33 Free Practice
10:50 – 12:36 Qualifying Practice
12:40 – 18:35 Qualifying Heats
Saturday08:00 – 09:38 Warm-up
09:40 – 18:35 Qualifying Heats
Sunday08:20 – 09:58 Warm-up
10:00 – 11:00 Qualifying Heats (Mini 60)
11:00 – 13:40 Prefinals
14:20 – 14:45 OK-Junior Final
14:50 – 15:15 OK Final
15:20 – 15:45 KZ2 Final
15:50 – 16:16 Mini Final

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