Egozi sets the fastest OK time in Zuera

66 drivers out of the 74 entered took part in the Qualifying Practice for the second round of the European OK Championship in Zuera. Sunny weather, a dry track and a temperature of around 20° Celsius offered excellent conditions to start the competition. Only the second half of each six minute session was used.

Round 1: Egozi – 1’00”327
On the first run, Harley Keeble (Birel ART/TM) led the group with 1’00”736. James Egozi (Tony Kart/Vortex) improved to 1’00”327 on the second lap. No one else passed him after that. Enzo Deligny (Parolin/TM) took 2nd place by 42 thousandths on his third lap, followed by Alex Powell (KR/Iame), Nacho Tunon (KR/Iame) and Ean Eyckmans (Tony Kart/Vortex). Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART/TM) finished 10th, with Malo Bolliet (KR/Iame) 12th ahead of Arvid Lindblad (KR/Iame). Luigi Coluccio (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 15th.

Round 2: Nakamura-Berta – 1’00”521
The second session was almost a minute later than the first round. Kean Nakamura-Berta (KR/Iame) was the fastest on the first lap with 1’01”221 ahead of Arthur Rogeon (KR/Iame) and Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart/Vortex). Nakamura improved to 1’00”521 on the second lap, 9 thousandths ahead of Taponen. Joe Turney (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 3rd, followed by Rogeon, Zachary David (KR/Iame) and Maksim Orlov (Parolin/TM) in 6th. The normally fast Dion Gowda (LN/Vortex) was 21st, more than a second behind.

Round 3: Gomez – 1’00”503
At the end of the first lap, David Walther (Tony Kart/Vortex) was the fastest with 1’00”825 ahead of Matheus Ferreira (KR/Iame) and Evan Giltaire (KR/Iame). Gabriel Gomez (CRG/Iame) was in the lead on lap 2 and improved slightly on lap 3 to confirm the fastest time of 1’00”503. Giltaire followed in 2nd place at 83 thousandths, Juho Valtanen (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 3rd at one tenth, then Rintaro Sato (KR/Iame) 4th and Yuanpu Cui (KR/Iame) 5th. Tomass Stolcermanis (Energy/TM) finished 9th, Walther 11th and Freddie Slater (LN/Vortex) 13th.

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