Genk: Incredible suspense in KZ2

Those who believed that the European title would come down to a duel between the German Riccardo Negro (DR-TM-B’stone) and Italian Marco Zanchetta (Maranello-TM-B’stone) were mistaken. We must never forget that karting is a spectator sport where reversals of fortune are frequent. Negro was first eliminated by a mechanical failure in the Prefinal and could not get into the final. Zanchetta dropped down the ranking a few moments later, then lost all his chances of recovery in a clash in the Final. The situation suddenly looked good for three outsiders, all in a position to win in the last race. There was another win for the Italian Felice Tiene (CRG-Maxter-B’stone) who suffered a retirement in the final at Wackersdorf then a technical problem in qualifying in Genk, and was on an exceptional run in the Final, which gave him third in the Championship. Third on arrival in Belgium, the Swede Joel Johansson (Energy-TM-B’stone) thought seriously about his chances at the beginning, and was virtually the Champion for a few laps. But the Norwegian Emil Antonsen (DR-TM-B’stone) was delighted with second place at halfway through the Final and flew to the title.

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