Lammers finds the path to glory with Praga

Finally a good suspenseful race: the final of the World Cup for KZ1 largely kept its promises. First Kozlinski (PCR / TM) took control of the race from the start ahead of Ben Hanley (ART GP / TM) who chose to go on the outside line. Bas Lammers (Praga / Parilla) was already glued to the first two, followed by Armand Convers (Kosmic / Vortex), Patrik Hajek (Praga / Parilla), Paolo De Conto (Birel / BMB) and Rick Dreezen (Tony Kart / Vortex). Roberto Toninelli (Birel / BMB) and Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart / Vortex) crashed a few meters after the line.

Kozlinski was pushing to keep control of the race, but Hanley managed to pass on the third round in the parabolic as usual. But then Lammers got close enought to the French driver. On lap 4, the Dutch found an opening and took second, while De Conto returned to Convers in 4th. Hanley held the lead with the fastest time, and the top three stretched out. But De Conto soon shed Convers to join the leaders.

Meanwhile, Lammers came dangerously close to Hanley and managed to pass on lap 8, with the fastest time in his pocket. Rick Dreezen (Tony Kart / Vortex) was now in 6th position ahead of Hajek and Jorrit Pex (CRG / TM), Fabian Federer (CRG / Maxter) and Alessandro Giulietti (Praga / TM). The last phase of the final was marked by the return of De Conto, the fastest on the track, who took second between Hanley and Lammers.

The gap was closing, but Lammers knew all the tricks and stayed very well in control of De Conto who had to resign, despite his speed, the second step of the podium in front of Hanley. Lammers won his second World Cup in KZ1 after that of Braga in 2010. Kozlinski finished 4th in front of Convers, Hajek was 6th, Thonon 7th after a nice recovery from the 29th position, Giulietti 8th, Federer 9th and Puhakka 10th.

Despite the heat and the constraints of such a race, the Bridgestone tires ran the distance in the prefinal and final. Tec-Sav found success with a Parilla winner, the first and a second with the BMB.

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