Final sprint in the WSK Euro Series

The WSK European Championship nearly finished. Last Sunday, on the International circuit Napoli, the first WSK winner of the 2013 season was crowned. It was the Spanish Eliseo Martinez (Hero-LKE-Le Cont), the leader of the 60 Mini category. The WSK leaves Sarno, the venue of the last but one round of the 2013 European championship, with the other standings still very uncertain. Now, for the final round of the European Series organized by WSK Promotion, the world of international karting moves to Belgium, for the fourth and last round, hosted by the Horensbergdam Circuit in Genk, in the Flanders, from 30th May to 2nd June.

Max Verstappen in Genk, KF3 champion 2010

Verstappen is still the leader in KZ1. The KZ1 leader is Max Verstappen (CRG-TM-Bridgestone) but the weekend in Southern Italy brought poor results to driver whose beginning of season was simply terrific. The Dutch driver had to stop at lap 2 in Final 2 but he can still rely on the victories achieved in the first two rounds of the Series in La Conca (Italy) and Zuera (Spain). Thanks to those successes, Verstappen is steadily at the top of the standings. Behind him the English Ben Hanley (ART GP-TM-Bridgestone), the revelation of 2013, who is ahead of a terrific quartet of top drivers, all ready to battle in the next races in Belgium: the Italian Paolo De Conto (Birel-TM-Bridgestone), the Dutch Bas Lammers (Intrepid-TM-Bridgestone) and Jorrit Pex (CRG-TM-Bridgestone), the Belgian Jonathan Thonon (CRG-Maxter-Bridgestone), all set and ready for the final sprint.

Zanchetta is the undisputed leader in KZ2. The KZ2 standings is steadily led by the Italian Marco Zanchetta (Maranello-TM-Bridgestone), even though he has to fight hard to fend off his rivals’ attacks: Riccardo Negro’s hunt for the leadership (DR-TM-Bridgestone) which he started since the beginning of the season is still open and it is now hard to say who is going to win the title. Zanchetta, in Sarno, confirmed this year’s curious rule according to which Zanchetta wins in Final 2 on Sunday, always followed by Negro. The latter, however, achieved victory on Saturday, in Final 1, once again.  In the last round of Genk, it is likely to see the two drivers achieving inverted results and, consequently, there might be an inversion of the positions in the final standings. In the race towards the podium, the other favourite driver is the Czech Jan Midrla (Birel-TM-Bridgestone), who arrives in Belgium steadily in third position. Also the Italian  Francesco Celenta (Energy-TM-Bridgestone) might take part in this final sprint: last Sunday he managed to step onto the podium in the Final 2 of Sarno.

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