Compétition

Hanley dominates the KF to the end

It was a successful start for the pole man Ben Hanley (Croc Promotions / TM), but the duel between Hannes Janker (CRG / Parilla) and Tom Joyner (Zanardi / TM) was committed from the start. Martijn Van Leeuwen (CRG / TM) was 4th, Leonardo Lorandi (Tony Kart / Vortex) 5th ahead of Nicklas Nielsen (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Felice Tiene (CRG / Parilla). Hanley took a few quick steps ahead, Joyner went 2nd, Van Leeuwen grabbed 3rd place, and Tiene took 5th ahead of Lorandi and Nielsen. On lap 6, Janker recovered 3rd with Tiene in his wake while Van Leeuwen dropped to 5th position. Tiene soon took 3rd. Karol Basz (Kosmic / Vortex) was 15th and Richard Verschoor (Exprit / Vortex) 18th with the best recoveries at the halfway point with 14 and 15 places gained respectively.

The situation seemed to be decided with Hanley leading by 1.8” ahead of Joyner, himself more than 2” from Tiene. But 3rd place could be the scene of a confrontation with Janker, Van Leeuwen and Nielsen not far from the Italian. Alexander Vartanyan (Tony Kart / Vortex) set the fastest time on lap 14 recovering its 9th starting position. Jordon Lennox-Lamb (BirelART / Parilla) passed the only female in the race, Jessica Backman (Kosmic / Vortex), who had been 12th. Basz retrieved a place from his British rival with three laps to go. This followed the return of Marcu Dionisios (Tony Kart / Vortex), now 6th ahead of Nielsen.

The race ended without major upheaval with an indisputable victory for Hanley ahead of Joyner and Tiene. Janker finished 4th and Van Leeuwen 5th. Juan Correa (Energy / TM) managed to climb to 11th after being delayed by Ben Barnicoat in the Prefinal. Basz ranked 13th with a gain of 16 seats, Verschoor was 15th (+18 places). Slower than in the Prefinal, the French driver Alexandre Gadois (Kosmic / Parilla) concluded a sensational weekend in 17th position.