Compétition

Powell at the finish in Mini Rok

Although Irfan Coskun (Parolin) was leading on the first lap of the Winter Cup Mini Rok Final, there was fighting in the first corners and Rashid Al Dhaheri (Parolin) dropped to 4th and Alex Powell (Energy) to 6th. Dion Gowda (Parolin) was 2nd, but Al Dhaheri came back, while Francesco Marenghi (Tony Kart) was 4th. Al Dhaheri then took the lead ahead of Dion, then Coskun went back to 2nd and Powell followed him in 3rd position, all three very close. Powell grabbed the lead on the seventh of 11 laps with Al Dhaheri in his wake. Positions changed again on the penultimate lap, Al Dhaheri leading ahead of Dion and Powell, then Kirill Kutskov (Energy) 4th. Powell reversed the trend on the last lap and won against Al Dhaheri, who was penalised. Kutskov was on the second step of the podium, Irfan finished 3rd, Matteo De Palo (Parolin) 4th and Maksimilian Popov (Parolin) 5th.