Competition

Winter Cup: Iglesias, finally!

It was a suspenseful Final in KZ2 at Lonato, despite the start-to-finish domination of Jérémy Iglesias (Formula K / TM). The French driver saw his lead gradually reduce to the advantage of Fabian Federer (CRG / TM), who almost joined him at the halfway point. But the other contenders had also regrouped and pressed more and more urgently. Bas Lammers (Sodi / TM), improved, had moved up like a rocket from his 12th place on the grid. Rick Dreezen (Birel ART / Vortex) and Riccardo Longhi (Birel ART / TM) took charge first, then Anthony Abbasse (Sodi / TM) had to give up his 4th place to his Dutch team-mate. De Conto then outbraked Federer on the 18th of the 22 laps, then Lammers passed him on the next lap, Federer’s resistance sending him off the track and losing five places.

Iglesias had regained a small margin, but De Conto returned to the charge in the final laps. The Formula K driver drew from his last reserves to maintain his advantage and crossed the finish line as a big winner 0.180” ahead of De Conto, backed by Lammers. Longhi took a beautiful 4th place, and Abbasse finished 5th in front of Flavio Camponeschi (CRG / TM). With the fastest time, Patrick Hajek (Kosmic / Vortex) joined the top 10 ahead of Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart / Vortex). Felice Tiene (Birel ART / TM) moved up from 33rd to 14th position. Tom Leuillet (Sodi / TM) suffered an attack from Andrea Dale and had to give up.