OK-Junior: Nathan Tye starts from pole position in Franciacorta

The weather was fine with scattered clouds and 25 degrees in Franciacorta on Friday lunchtime for the Qualifying Practice of the 78 OK-Junior for the fourth round of the Champions of the Future Euro Series. Two laps were counted.

Session 1: Strauven – 48”848
On his second run, Thomas Strauven (LN/Vortex) set the fastest time of the first session with a time of 48’848, which was more than a tenth faster than Elliot Kaczynski (Tony Kart/Vortex). Iwo Beszterda (Parolin/TM) took 3rd place ahead of Kilian Josseron (Sodi/TM) and Alfie Slater (LN/Vortex), 5th at 0.178”. Jules Caranta (Energy/TM) finished 11th, Jimmy Helias (Tony Kart/Vortex) 15th, Andy Consani (Sodi/TM) 17th and Maxens Verbrugge (KR/Iame) 24th.

Session 2: Tye – 48”805
Already very fast on his first lap, Nathan Tye (Sodi/TM) improved to 48”805 on his second lap to take the provisional pole position by 8 thousandths against Taym Saleh (KR/Iame). The top seven were grouped within a tenth of a second. Martin Molnar (Energy/TM) finished 3rd, Lewis Wherrell (Exprit/TM) 4th and Emanuele Olivieri (IPK/TM) 5th. Arthur Dorison (Tony Kart/Vortex) was 10th, while Thomas Quincé (Tony Kart/TM) was 26th.

Session 3: Gladysz – 48”938
The third session proved to be the slowest. Maciej Gladysz (LN/Vortex) set the fastest time in 48”938, a tenth faster than Anatholy Khavalkin (Parolin/TM) with Guillaume Bouzar (Tony Kart/Vortex) 3rd, Andres Cardenas (Energy/TM) 4th and Krill Dzitiev (Tony Kart/Vortex) 5th ahead of Dmitry Matveev 2 tenths behind.

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