Maini emerges victorious from an animated prefinal in KF-Junior

There was a perfect start for Kush Maini (Tony Kart / Vortex) in the KF-Junior Prefinal in the 2015 Margutti Trophy, closely followed by Noah Watt (FA Kart / Vortex). A clash cleared the ranks in the pack. Teddy Wilson (Zanardi / Parilla) took the lead on the 2nd lap ahead of Maini, while Watt fell down the grid. Ivan Shvetsov (Tony Kart / Vortex) got 3rd place ahead of Zahar Slutskiy (DR / TM) and Ivan Grigoryev (Kosmic / Vortex). Maini then took the lead in a boisterous group of six drivers. David Vidales (Energy / TM) and Artem Petrov (DR / TM) were looking good, and were close to Lorenzo Colombo (Tony Kart / LKE) in 7th and 8th places.

Maini escaped while Shetsov and Wilson competed for second position. Slutskiy gave up ground to Grigoryev and Vidales who ended up 4th and 5th. Marta Garcia (FA Kart / TM) moved into the top 10 by passing Petr Ptacek (Formula K / Parilla). Petrov, the fastest on the track, continued his effort to pass Colombo and Garcia for 6th. The fight intensified for 3rd place but Maini was still leading by 2.8” ahead of Wilson and Grigoryev. Vidales was back to 4th from Petrov, who gained 13 places up to the last lap, Garcia finished 6th, Shevtsov 7th and Colombo 8th. The unfortunate Watt moved up 10 positions, but still ended up 16th. Petrov is under investigation.

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