Last KZ2 heats

Mathieu Gaillard (Energy/Maxter)

The competition resumed on Sunday morning with the sun over the Auvergne already hot, with the first of the three heats on Sunday in KZ2, C / E. There was a great start for Yan Pesce (Energy / TM) ahead of Mathieu Gaillard (Energy / Maxter), and Simone Brenna (TB Kart / TM) quickly captured second position, but the French driver soon replied. Suddenly the race was disrupted by a clash that eliminated Brenna and Gaillard. Jan Midrla (Birel / TM) took second place, followed by Emilien Grosso (Intrepid / TM), Cedric Goudant (Tony Kart / TM) and Marco Pizzuti (Birel / TM). Pesce held off Midrla coming up to the to the finish line and taking back the lead at the last minute after an attack by the Czech. Grosso was 3rd, Goudant 4th and Pizzuti 5th.

Beitske Visser (Intrepid / TM) made the best start of the KZ2 A / B heat, while Yuri Lucati (BRM / TM) was held up at the first hairpin and Luca Tilloca (CRG / Maxter) took second place. Viktor Öberg (Gillard / Parilla) was in fourth ahead of Paolo De Conto (Energy / TM). Visser quickly recovered the distance while Lucati seeked to regain second place from Tilloca. Joel Johansson (Energy / TM) took 5th place from his teammate De Conto. Visser drives the nail set the fastest race lap before winning her second victory of the weekend ahead of Tilloca, Lucati, Öberg and De Conto who was up to fifth.

For the last qualifying heat for KZ2, groups C and D clashed. Daniel Fuchs (Birel / TM) was on pole, but Mathieu Gaillard (Energy / Maxter) took the lead before the end of the first lap. Jan Midrla (Birel / TM) was 3rd then Ryan Van Der Burgt (Tony Kart / TM) 4th and Cedric Goudant (Tony Kart / TM) 5th. Gaillard increased his lead, and Goudant attacked Van Der Burgt, but lost two places in favor of Marco Pizzuti (Birel / TM) and Mishel Georgiev (CRG / TM) 5th.

Midrla threatened his teammate Fuchs to gain second position. Gaillard was nearly two seconds ahead. Van Der Burgt took Pizzuti and found himself fourth. Victory went to Mathieu Gaillard ahead of Midrla, Fuchs, Van Der Burgt and Pizzuti.

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