Zuera: Powell the fastest OK driver in Champions of the Future

69 OK drivers took part in the Qualifying Practice for the Champions of the Future Euro Series in Zuera on Friday afternoon in sunny conditions at almost 20° Celsius.

Kean Nakamura-Berta (KR/Iame) was the fastest in the first run of the first session with a time of 1’01”193. He improved on his second lap – 1’00”672 – a hundredth better than Luigi Coluccio (Tony Kart/Vortex). Improvements were few and far between on the third lap. Oscar Pedersen (Tony Kart/Vortex) finished 3rd, a tenth behind, followed by Ean Eyckmans (Tony Kart/Vortex) in 4th and Eemeli Koivisto (Tony Kart/Vortex) in 5th.

In the second session, Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART/TM) was in the lead after the first lap with a time of 1’00’947. Joe Turney (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 1st on the second lap in 1’00’817, but then Yuanpu Cui (KR/Iame) was the fastest on the third lap in 1’00’792. Bertuca finished 3rd ahead of Tuukka Paponen (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Luka Sammalisto (Tony Kart/Vortex). Malo Bolliet (KR/Iame) was 11th, Enzo Deligny (Parolin/TM) 12th and Arthur Rogeon (KR/Iame) 18th.

For once, the first lap of Session 3 was not completed at full speed. Evan Giltaire (KR/Iame) put on the gas on the second lap in 1’00”602, which was for a short time the provisional pole position. Alex Powell (KR/Iame) then went on to set a time of 1’00”536 (second lap) and became the true poleman. David Walther (Tony Kart/Vortex) followed him by 7 thousandths on his third lap, Giltaire was 3rd at 66 thousandths. In 4th place Freddie Slater (LN/Vortex) followed by more than 2 tenths, ahead of his team-mate Dion Gowda (LN/Vortex).

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