Verstappen, Leclerc and Fuoco well placed on Saturday night

Max Verstappen (CRG / Parilla) had still not dropped a race after 5 heats, therefore five victories. He was very well placed for the rest of the KF3 World Cup on Saturday night at Sarno, while the remaining 4 heats out of 21 will be on Sunday morning. However, the other strong man of the class was Charles Leclerc (Intrepid / TM) with three victories to his credit, but he has had two 2-second penalties for starting a little too fast, so he could have not had any points at this stage of the competition. Finally, Speedy, aka Antonio Fuoco (Tony Kart / Vortex) completeed the trio with his wins and one second place.

Those are the major contenders for the finals. Other good performers, Matthew Graham (Zanardi / Parilla), with two wins, and Callan O’Keeffe (FA Kart / Vortex) with one win victory, were in place to defend the honor of Great Britain. Dennis Olsen (Energy / TM) continued his solid path to the doors of the top 5. According to our calculations, Esteban Ocon (FA Kart / Vortex) occupied 10th position ahead of Oystein Helgheim (Parolin / TM). Valentin Naud (Tony Kart / Vortex) achieved a good performance in around 20th place, despite concerns in one of his races. With little advantage from his Birel / BMB, Dorian Boccolacci fought like hell to recover after his troubles in the first heat: he was in 24th.

In 28th, Lance Stroll (Zanardi / Parilla) had shown some remarkable performances after a retirement. Also very fast, Julé Erwan (Intrepid / TM), was second twice but had some bad luck but is in the final. The reigning European Champion, George Russell (Intrepid / TM) has the same goal, but has not yet got there. Valentin Moineault and Paolo Besancenez (Sodi / Parilla) have had a difficult time with their respective chassis and their teams have chosen to experiment on them. Their qualification is now very uncertain.

See you on the track under the relentless sun at Sarno on Sunday morning to conclude the long qualifying rounds in KF3, and follow the kartcom unofficial clipboard.

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