Barnard dominates OK Qualifying at Sarno

Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR/Iame) set the first benchmark in the first timed session of the FIA Karting European Championship – OK in Sarno with a time of 55”804, but Maya Weug (Birel ART/TM) followed at 58 thousandths. Nicolo Cuman (Parolin/IAME) took 3rd place ahead of Thomas ten Brinke (Kosmic/Vortex) and Marcus Amand (KR/Iame). Marlon Hernandez (KR/Iame) was in 7th position.

The second session was faster with Taylor Barnard (KR/Iame) posting a lap of 55”506, more than 2 tenths ahead of Luigi Coluccio (Kosmic/Vortex). Jamie Day (Birel ART/TM) was 3rd by over 4 tenths, Dilano vant’Hoff (Exprit/TM) 4th and Hannes Janker (KR/Iame) 5th.

The speed was no longer increasing in the third session, with Juho Valtanen (KR/Iame) finishing in 55”934, followed at two-thousandths by James Wharton (Parolin/TM). Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Michael Paparo (Praga/TM) were perfectly even in 3rd and 4th positions ahead of Laurens van Hoepen (Birel ART/TM).

Oliver Gray (Birel ART/TM) took the lead over Alexander Dunne (Birel ART/TM) by 8 hundredths in the last session with a lap of 55”755. Joe Turney (Tony Kart/Vortex) came in 3rd ahead of Norton Andreasson (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Rafael Camara (Exprit/TM). Lola Lovinfosse (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 12th in the session.

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