Wackersdorf: Negro on pole in KZ2

There is beautiful spring weather with temperatures of 20 ° and sun for qualifying for the KZ2 European Championship at Wackersdorf, where the competitors were split into four groups. The Italian Felice Tiene (CRG / Maxter) was quickly ahead of the first wave with a time of 48” 731”, 0.134″ faster than his compatriot Nicola Marcon (Tony Kart / Vortex), while the Czech Jan Midrla (Birel / TM) was third by 0.214” and the French Clement Da Silva (Birel / TM) 4th by 0.227”.

The Italian Simone Brenna (TB Kart / Modena) was long the fastest in the second session, ahead of his rivals by over two tenths, but Riccardo Negro (DR / TM), the Italian driver racing here under his German license, waited until the last moment to set an enviable time of 48” 633, or 13 thousandths faster than Brenna. Alessandro Manetti (Praga / Parilla) eventually moved up to 0.153″ behind Negro. Charles Fiault (Sodi / Parilla) finished 8th in the group, 5/10 off the fastest time.

The times didn’t improve in the third session, headed by the Dutch Ricardo Romkema (Zanardi / TM) 48” 818 ahead of the Swedish Douglas Lundberg (Maranello / TM), and another Dutch driver, the young Marijn Kremers (Birel / TM ) and the German Marcel Jeleniowski (CRG / TM), who was fourth by less than 5/100 off the leader.

The last session wasn’t faster either, dominated by the Norwegian Emil Antonsen (DR / TM) on 48” 787, 7 thousandths faster than Marco Zanchetta (Maranello / TM), Kristijan Habulin (CRG / Modena) and the New Zealander Daniel Bray (GP / TM).

The unofficial standings show Negro ahead of Brenna, Tiene 3rd, Manetti 4th, Antonsen 5th, Zanchetta 6th, Romkema 7th, Lundberg 8th, then Jeleniowski and Kremers 9th and 10th. The first French driver, Da Silva, was 15th. These results are straight from the timing and not indicative of any penalties distributed for excessive noise.

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