Prefinal wins in the rain for Perico and Rea in the Mini U10 class

The weather was rainy in Sarno on Saturday morning for the Mini U10 Prefinals of the WSK Super Master Series.

Prefinal A: winning comeback for Perico
Lucas Palacio (KR/Iame) held onto P1 at the start from Xavier Lazaro (Tony Kart/TM), followed by Carl Nellegard (Tony Kart/TM), Mark Loomets (Energy/TM) and Mason Robertson (Parolin/Iame) in 5th place. Lazaro moved up to 2nd on the second lap, with Niccolo Perico (Energy/TM) in 4th place behind Nellegard. Jean Poujol (Parolin/Iame) was back in 6th. Perico moved up to 2nd not far from Lazaro on lap 4 and began a battle with the leader. Poujol crashed out and Lazaro fell back to 8th after an excessive slide. Perico was on his way to a resounding victory with the fastest lap and eight places gained. Palacio was 2nd at 2.4”, Nellegard 3rd, Jason Kosmopoulos (Tgroup/TM) was 4th ahead of Lazaro.

Prefinal B: strong domination by Rea
Achille Rea (Tony Kart/Vortex) was leading, followed by Henri-Constant Kumpen (Tony Kart/Vortex), Davide Di Filippo (Parolin/Iame) and Edoardo Colucci (Parolin/Iame), while Stepan Mazepin (Tony Kart/TM) dropped back to 5th. Colucci moved up to 3rd ahead of Mazepin and Andrea Iannone (Energy/Iame) at the expense of Di Filippo, while Rea was well clear of his rivals at the front. Rea took victory with a new fastest time on the final lap and a 5.6″ advantage over Mazepin, who was back in 2nd. Iannone finished 3rd at 1.6″, followed by Kumpen 4th and Colucci 6th.

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