Watt and Taoufik win the OK-Junior prefinals

The favourite Noah Watt (Tony Kart / Vortex) dug a large margin at. the start of prefinal A for OK-Junior at La Conca. David Vidales (Energy / TM) launched in pursuit with a deficit of 7/10 on lap 2, with Ivan Shvetsov (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Dmitrii Bogdanov (FA Kart / Vortex) disputing 3rd place ahead of Oscar Piastri (FA Kart /Vortex). But Teddy Wilson (CRG / Parilla) and Dennis Hauger (CRG / Parilla) passed for 5th and 6th. Watt had more than a 2 second lead over Vidales at half way, isolated in 2nd place. Victor Martins (Kosmic / Parilla) regained his 9th starting position again before losing two places battling Justas Jonusis (DR / TM) and Rasmus Lindh (Ricciardo / Parilla). The fight became heated for 3rd, held by Bogdanov. Shvetsov secured 4th place ahead of Wilson, Piastri and Hauger. Martins finished 10th, Franck Chappard (Kosmic / Vortex) 16th behind Charles Weerts (Kosmic / Vortex). Milan Petelet (Praga / Parilla) failed to qualify in 21st. Watt won without discussion, 5.2″ ahead of Vidales, himself 1.8″ from Bogdanov.

It was a good start for Sami Taoufik (FA Kart / Vortex) in prefinal B, ahead of Ulysses De Paux (Birel ART / Parilla) and Fin Kenneally (FA Kart / Vortex) in 3rd ahead of Charles Milesi (Tony Kart / Vortex) and Timothy Peisselon (FA Kart / Vortex). Theo Pourchaire (Kosmic / Vortex) dropped from 6th to 17th place on lap 3. The positions then tightened between the first three. Gillian Henrion (Kosmic / Vortex) came back to 12th place. Perdana Minang (Tony Kart / Vortex) replaced Caio Collet (Birel ART / Parilla) in 6th position followed by Niklas Kruetten (FA Kart / Vortex) who recovered 10 places. Pourchaire retired after halfway. Back down in 17th, Henrion was victim of the fury of his pursuers and was out before the last lap. Taoufik won against De Pauw, the fastest, and Kenneally, Milesi had closed in 4th position, Peisselon finished 5th on his own ahead of Kruetten and Isac Blomqvist (Tony Kart / Vortex), who regained 12 places. Pierre-Louis Chovet (CRG / Parilla) gained four positions to 20th place.

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