The only Driver who has achieved the feat of landing two back-to-back European crowns in KF3 is George Russell (Intrepid-Vortex), and he has not had enough! The Briton now dreams of winning the World Cup in this 13-15 year-old category and he can definitely be tipped as the big favourite. But in Karting nothing can be taken for granted. A large number of the hundred or so participants make no secret that their legitimate ambition is to win. In particular those who fought it out for the podiums in the four European Championship races, like the Spaniard Alex Palou (CRG-BMB), France’s Dorian Boccolacci (Intrepid-TM) or Croatia’s Martin Kodric (FA Kart-Vortex). Slightly less regular in both meetings of the European tour, others have shown how fast they were, and if everything fits together it can prove a determining factor in an event decided by a single-Final. The following names come to mind: the Italian L uca Corberi (Kosmic-Vortex), the American Santino Ferrucci (Energy-TM), the Brits Connor Jupp (FA Kart-Vortex), Callum Ilott and Daniel Ticktum (both using Zanardi-Parilla equipment) or Rumania’s Petru Florescu (Zanardi-Parilla) and Dionisios Marcu (Top Kart-TM). This Juniors’ category is however so indecisive –and the breeding ground of young talents so large – that a big surprise cannot be ruled out on Sunday afternoon after the decisive Final.
Scheduled for Friday afternoon, Qualifying Practice will prove very important for candidates to victory since it determines the starting grids of the different Qualifying Heats, after which there will be only 34 access tickets for the final phase (Prefinal and decisive Final) which will take place on Sunday. As is customary in Karting, spectacle and suspense should once again be some of the ingredients!
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