Heading for Alcaniz «U18» and the Academy Trophy

After a very convincing opening in Germany, the CIK-FIA “U18” World Championship and the CIK-FIA

Academy Trophy will continue their tour on 27, 28 and 29 August in Spain.

Motorland Aragon at Alcaniz, the second of the three tracks to be visited this season, will plunge all the
participants into a new universe: the Spanish track will probably enable the best drivers to exceed an average lap time of 100 kph and will confront them with the problem of slipstreaming. This phenomenon, which is particularly noticeable at Alcaniz, is a double-edged sword.

The winner in Germany, Britain’s Jake Dennis (Top Kart), will of course be looking to consolidate his lead
over the runners-up in the first round, the “Flying Finns” Matias Ko?ykka? and Teemu Suninen (both driv-
ing Maranellos). Ireland’s John Norris and Tanart Sathientirakul from Thailand, the setters of the fastest two laps in the final at Wackersdorf and who are among the most brilliant representatives of the Intrepid make, will try to confirm their positions and remain in the race for the title before the final meeting in France in October. Also to keep an eye on are the Finn Ville Ma?ntyla? (Energy), the Wagner brothers (Mach 1), Italy’s Simone Favaro (Parolin), the Czech Jiri Forman (MS Kart), Frenchman Matthieu Jaminet (Sodi), and Spain’s Adrian Del Rio (PCR) who will be hoping to pull off a win in front of his home crowd.

As regards the Academy Trophy, everyone will be trying to prevent France’s Anthoine Hubert from run-
ning away with the Championship, after his double victory in Germany. His most serious rivals should be
the Estonian Hans Villemi, Britain’s Roy Johnson, Charles Leclerc from Monaco, Finland’s Niklas Tiihonen
and the Netherlands’ Max Koebolt.

Practice and the qualifying heats are on the menu for Saturday 28 August, while the Sunday will be reserved exclusively for the final phase of racing, with two pre-finals (of which one will have a reversed starting grid) and one long final of 30 km for the 34 drivers qualified in the “U18” World Championship category, and two 20-km races for the Academy drivers. It should be noted that Sunday’s schedule respects local custom, with the activities coming to a close at the very beginning of the afternoon, thereby satisfying the spectators from the very arid region of Alcaniz as well as the Drivers who are unused to the scorching heat.

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