OK Super Heats: Nakamura-Berta and Taponen in the spotlight at Sarno

The two Super Heats on the programme this Sunday morning in Sarno were the last selection phase of the FIA Karting World Championship – OK before the Final in the afternoon. The weather was fine in the Naples area with temperatures of around 23°.

Kean Nakamura-Berta (KR/Iame) took the lead over Mattheus Morgatto (KR/Iame) on the second lap of Super Heat A. Challenged by Evan Giltaire (KR/Iame) before he retired, but also by Maxim Rehm (LN/Vortex), Nakamura-Berta resisted Morgatto’s late comeback. Arvid Lindblad (KR/Iame) managed to take 2nd place on the last lap and Morgatto had to settle for 3rd position. While Simone Bianco (CRG/Iame) regained nine places by finishing 4th, Luigi Coluccio’s (Tony Kart/Vortex) 12-place climb allowed him to enter the top five ahead of Rehm. Further back, Arthur Poulain (KR/Iame) had made up 14 places to finish 20th.

In Super Heat B, Zachary David (KR/Iame) and Oscar Pedersen (Tony Kart/Vortex) battled it out in the opening laps. Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart/Vortex) took the lead on the fourth lap and gradually pulled away to win by almost a second and a half from Tomass Stolcermanis (Energy/TM). David secured 3rd place ahead of Freddie Slater (LN/Vortex) and Matheus Ferreira (Energy/TM). Maksim Orlov (Parolin/TM) had finished 5th on the line, but a penalty for causing an incident relegated him to 10th place. Pedersen had to settle for 6th position after a loss of five places.

Morgatto remained at the top of the ranking and took the pole position for the start of the Final together with Taponen. Pedersen and Nakamura-Berta shared the second row ahead of David and Lindblad.

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