Verstappen, best placed in KF2

As could be anticipated, the contest was extremely open in KF2, where Max Verstappen took pole position for the Prefinal. Just for once, there were no major surprises in the Qualifying Heats for the KF2 World Cup. Having each won three Heats out of four, the Dutchman Max Verstappen (CRG-TM) and the Italian Felice Tiene (CRG-BMB) certainly left their mark. On equal points, they were separated by their Practice times and so it is the son of the ex-Formula 1 driver who will start the Prefinal from pole position. In their wake, the Briton Jordon Lennox-Lamb (CRG-BMB) also stood out, with two wins and a 3rd place in the intermediate classification… giving the impression of having intelligently managed the Qualifying Heat stage.

Both winners of one Heat, the Dane Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex) and the Norwegian Dennis Olsen (with the best time in Practice in his Energy-TM) were behind them, as were the European Champion Ben Barnicoat (ART GP-Parilla), the Italians Matteo Vigano (Top Kart-Parilla) and Antonio Fuoco (Kosmic-Vortex) and the Spaniards Pedro Hiltbrand (FA Kart-Vortex) and Carlos Gil (Tony Kart-Vortex). Among the pre-Race favourites, in 11th place was the Frenchman Anthoine Hubert (FK-Parilla), in 16th the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (ART GP-Parilla), held up by contact with another competitor in one Heat, in 19th the Italian Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart-Vortex) and in 22nd the Briton Sam Snell (Energy-Parilla), who lost a number of places after abandoning one Heat with a mechanical problem.
 
On Sunday the contestants for this World Cup will have to overcome the stumbling block of the Prefinal, which will determine the starting grid for the Final. The 34 remaining will then have 18 laps on which to prove themselves, and the battle will certainly be as hot as the Spanish track!
 

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