Lonato: Costoya takes OK-Junior pole position in the WSK Super Master Series

The first round of the WSK Super Master Series got underway at Lonato on Friday morning with Qualifying Practice for the 82 OK-Junior drivers entered. The sky was clear and the temperature did not exceed 5°.

Session 1: Schaufler – 47”145
Dries van Langendonck (Exprit/TM) set the fastest time on the second lap until Niklas Schaufler (KR/Iame) got the better of him. The Austrian improved by 2 tenths on the third lap and took the lead with a fifth lap time of 47”145, followed by van Langendonck at 48 thousandths. Lehtimaki was 3rd, ahead of Arjen Kräling (KR/Iame) and Mats van Roojen (Tony Kart/Vortex). Borys Lyzen (Sodi/TM) was 15th, Matéo Rivals (Sodi/TM) finished 22nd, Théo Battisti (Sodi/TM) 24th and Lilian Soares (Redspeed/Vortex) only completed one lap. Dean Hoogendoorn (KR/Iame) did not take to the track.

Session 2: Costoya – 46”957
Rocco Coronel (KR/Iame) replaced Ryutaro Sakai (CRG/TM) at the top of the order on his third run. François Kerdal (CRG/TM) then took over, followed by Jack Illife (Exprit/TM). But in the end it was Christian Costoya (Parolin/TM) who was fastest in 46’957. Illife finished 2nd at 0.124” ahead of Qarrar Firhand (Parolin/TM), Iacopo Martinese (KR/Iame) and Coronel.

Session 3: Lindblom – 47”034
Filippo Sala (LN/TM) was fastest on the second lap ahead of Luke Kordner (Exprit/TM) and Louis Cochet (KR/Iame). Scott Lindblom (Tony Kart/Vortex) then regained the lead with a fourth lap time of 47”034. Sala followed at 78 thousandths, then Augustus Toniolo (KR/Iame), Kordner and Scott Marsh (Tony Kart/Vortex). Cochet finished 6th and Aloïs Girardet (Energy/TM) 18th ahead of Kit Belofsky (Sodi/TM).

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