Verstappen starts on pole

Low clouds, gray and dark, but no rain, were the conditions at the start of the first KF2 qualifying session. Mark Litchfield (Zanardi / Parilla) moved into first position ahead of Vassiliy Roumanov (Energy / Parilla) and Dennis Olsen (Energy / TM). Sam MacLeod (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Nicklas Nylund (ART GP / Parilla) were behind Litchfield as he improved. The Belgian Kenny Vermeylen (Tecno / Parilla) joined in third position behind Olsen. Pole for Litchfield 1’11” 301, 5/10 faster than Olsen, third was Roumanov, Nylund fourth, Paolo Ippolito (Kosmic / Vortex) fifth.

A light drizzle accompanied the second group without actually changing the limited grip of the track. Alberto Di Folco (Tony Kart / TM) led the way from Karol Dabski (Praga / Parilla). Alexander Hamilton (Intrepid / TM) took second ahead of Joni Ruuskanen (ART GP / Parilla). Late in the session, Ville Mäntylä (Energy / Parilla) replaced him with a time of 1’12” 325, but Matthew Graham (Zanardi / Parilla) finally set 1’11” 901 from Hamilton and Philo Paz (Tony Kart / Vortex).

The rain increased again for the third group. Ben Barnicoat (ART GP / Parilla), Sam Snell (Energy / Parilla) and Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart / Vortex) successively occupied pole ahead of Charles Leclerc (ART GP / Parilla) who linked a series of very fast laps . Barnicoat reacted, Leclerc replied on the last lap with 1’11” 284, Barnicoat was 2nd, Snell 3rd, Camponeschi 4th.

If anyone was waiting for Max Verstappen (Intrepid / TM), they just had to wait for his first flying lap, the fastest time overall, two seconds ahead of his opponents in the fourth session with 1’11” 172. impressive. Anthoine Hubert (Formula K / TM) came in second position by 1 second followed by Tom Joyner (LH / BMB) and Hubert Petit (Sodi / Parilla). Joyner moved up to second, but Hubert drove a great lap on the last lap and was close to 3/10 behind Max, wirh Joyner third, and Pajuranta fourth and Petit fifth.

The gap between the sessions slightly exceeded 101%, which would have Verstappen on pole ahead of Leclerc, Graham and Litchfield.

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