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Bedrin takes pole in Juniors at the World Championship at Alahärmä

Qualifying Practice for the OK-Junior World Championship took place under blue skies on Friday, 6th September, in late afternoon at Alahärmä in Finland, with a temperature of about 15°. The 104 participants were divided into four groups. Connor Zilisch (Tony Kart / Vortex) led the first session, followed by Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART / […]

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Bedrin takes pole in Juniors at the World Championship at Alahärmä

Connor Zilisch (Tony Kart / Vortex) led the first session, followed by Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART / TM). The last lap brought some changes with the fastest lap from Ugo Ugochukwu (FA Kart / Vortex) with 45”061, 16 thousandths faster than Bertuca. Macéo Capietto (KR / Iame) was 3rd in front of Zilisch and Tuuka Taponen (Redspeed / Iame); Marcus Amand (Kosmic / Iame) was 6th by 0.242” ahead of Robert De Haan (Energy / TM) and Evan Giltaire (Sodi /TM).

Three seeds were in the second group with Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR / Iame), Thomas Ten Brinke (FA Kart / Vortex) and James Wharton (Parolin / TM). Antonelli set several quick laps in 1st position, Rafale Camara (Exprit / TM) then took the lead and finished with provisional pole in 44”878, 56 thousandths ahead of Ten Brinke. Antonelli finished 3rd to a tenth followed by Wharton and Artem Severiukhin (Tony Kart / Vortex).

Ken Oskar Aligre (Tony Kart / Vortex) stayed in 1st place for several laps in the third session, but the last two minutes changed everything. Jamie Day (Exprit / Vortex) came back, with Martinius Stenshorne (FA Kart / Vortex) in front of him before Day took the advantage with 45”124, a relatively average time compared to the first two sessions which put him in 9th position in the general classification. Markus Kajak (Tony Kart / Vortex) finished 2nd by 4 thousandths, Maxwell Dodds (KR / Iame) 3rd and Suleiman Zanfari (Kosmic / Iame) 4th ahead of Stenshorne.

A handful of drivers delayed their entry to the track in the last session. Josep Marti Sobrepera (Tony Kart / Vortex) was improving, but Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart / Vortex) took pole position in the very last lap with 44”824. Sobrepra was 2nd by 62 thousandths, Arvid Lindblad (Exprit / TM) 3rd, a good tenth further behind, Laurens Van Hoepen (FA Kart / Vortex) in 4th and Patrick Hakala (Redspeed / Iame) 5th. Julia Ayoub (Birel ART / TM) posted an excellent 7th time.

Bedrin was the poleman in front of Camara and Sobrepera. Ten Brinke and Antonelli completed the top five, Lindblad was 6th, Van Hoepen 7th, Ugochukwu 8th, Wharton 9th and Bertuca 10th.

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Publié le 06/09/2019