Match Postponed

The CRG-Maxter Team, motivated by Jonathan Thonon’s victory at the World Cup for KZ1, arrived at La Conca circuit with high hopes, after validating new technical solutions during the tests that preceded this double world round. After the pole position conquered by Dalè in KF2 and the presence of Kozlinski, Thonon, Manetti and Guignet in the top 15 after timed qualifying in KF1, things started under the best auspices for the Italian brand.

In the top category, Arnaud Kozlinski proved again the competitiveness of CRG chassis. He won two heats and conquered a place on the first row for the pre-final, while his team mate where not equally successful. After confidently taking the lead at the beginning of the pre-final, “Koko” dominated the race from the beginning to the end. Unfortunately, the favourite of the finals stopped at the end of the second lap in the decisive race, due to a mechanical problem. Hopes of winning the world championship disappeared for both the French driver and the CRG Team! In KF2, Felice Tiene and Sami Luka showed an impressive progression up to 5th and 6th place respectively in the final. “I could not find a passage at the start and I lost several ranks”, Luka commented. “Without that inconvenience, I could have fought for a podium, because my CRG chassis proved to be very effective and reliable throughout the weekend”.

Maxter: Innovation Continues

Fifth and sixth place for the CRG chassis with Felice Tiene and Sami Luka in KF2, fifth place for the Maranello kart driven by Davide Fore in KF1… Evidently, the Italian Team that has recently become European KF3 Champion would have liked to see one of his pilots climb on the podium at La Conca, but it was equally important to confirm the excellent performances shown from the very beginning of the season. “So many things can happen during a World Championship, therefore it is always hard to make a forecast” said one of the Italian Team members. “In the first part of the race, many Maxter drivers were very competitive, both in KF1 and in KF2. Suffice it mention Andrea Dalè, who conquered a pole position at the World Cup, or Arnaud Kozlinski, who won the pre-final at the World Championship”. Unfortunately, Kozlinski had to abandon the final when he was at the lead. “That accident was a hard blow. Our engineers will quickly analyse what happened and we will certainly find a solution to the problem. In any case, by finishing 5th and 6th at the KF2 final, Tiene and Luka proved that Maxter engines can be both fast and reliable”. Maxter and its partners will certainly do their best during the remaining races of the season to win again very soon…