Compétition

Pourchaire leads the battle in the OK Final at Sarno

The battle started behind Théo Pourchaire (Kosmic / Vortex) when the lights went out for the Final in OK at Sarno gave the young Frenchman a definite lead. Clement Novalak (Tony Kart / Vortex) managed to overtake Karol Basz (Kosmic / Vortex) before the end of the first lap, while Pavel Bulantsev (Tony Kart / Vortex) was forced to step back to 7th position. David Vidales (Tony Kart / Vortex) was quickly back in 4th position, followed by Sami Taoufik (FA Kart / Vortex). Théo Nouet (Energy / Parilla) was 11th and Adam Eteki (Zanardi / Parilla) was 17th at the start of the race. Pedro Hiltbrand (Tony Kart / Vortex) gained 13 places in six laps to reach 14th position, just behind Alex Irlando (Sodi / TM).

At the halfway point, Pourchaire maintained a 7-tenths difference with Novalak, while Vidales was moving closer to Basz for 3rd place. On the 15th of the 20 laps, Novalak clocked a better time and returned to 3 tenths off Pourchaire. Vidales attacked Basz for 3rd place on the next lap. Pourchaire did not lose his composure and didn’t let Novalak get too close to him at the finish line. The young Theo won the Final 3 tenths ahead of Novalak, with Vidales 3rd, Basz 4th and Taoufik 5th. Dennis Hauger (CRG / Parilla) finished at the gates of the top 10 ahead of Caio Collet (Birel ART / TM), with Irlando 13th ahead of Nouet, Eteki 16th (+ 10pl), and Matteo Nannini (FA Kart / Vortex) 17th with a gain of 15 places.