The 28 drivers entitled to enter the Finals after the qualifiers, and the 6 drivers winning the repechage of the B Final ensured a spectacular view at the starting grid. Right before the green light, tension mounted: the large screen showed close-ups of the deeply concentrated young drivers, especially the pole man, Italian Riccardo Agostini, who shared the first row with American Gabriel Chavez. Another of the race main favourite drivers, Piedmont-born Alberto Viberti, started from the second row. On the other hand, some difficulties troubled Defendi, burdened with expectation, as well as current International Champion Jan Midrla: both started from the 10th row. At the all-clear sign, Agostini spurted very well, trailing Viberti in his wake, who quickly overtook Chavez. Behind them, Chiara Felici had an excellent start, too, attaining the 4th position ahead of Giovesi, Tolfo, Maxa, Rocca and Midrla. Soon, Folli ended up off-track at the railway bend, getting back on the track with a great delay. The scrimmage involved also Arone and Defendi, bringing up the rear of the 34-kart-long procession at the end of the first lap. During the 2nd lap, Viberti attacked Agostini at the braking for the hairpin bend behind the timekeepers, and took the lead. In the course of the 3rd lap, Chavez passed Chiara Felici to reach the 3rd position, but the Rome-born girl got the better of him during the following lap. The struggle for the 3rd placing became pressing and made things easier for the pair Viberti –Agostini, who immediately gained some ground. After the 5th lap, American Sebastian Ordonez passed 3rd ahead of Chiara Felici, Maxa, Tolfo and Chavez, all crammed into a few metres’ space. Nicolò Rocca was 8th ahead of Klasterka, Lucia Miklavec, Kiesel, Midrla, Giovesi and Ortega. Pietro Fittipaldi was 21st fighting with Zanini, Barlassina, Erica Gallina and Brambilla. After the 6th lap, Rocca reached the hairpin bend too fast and lost a few positions, while Radim Maxa took the lead of the chasing pack overtaking Felici and Ordonez. At the 10th lap, Viberti was leading, but Agostini was hot on his heels, just 2 tenths of a second behind. Radim Maxa was 3rd, 4” behind the leading pair, with Felici, Tolfo, Ordonez and Chavez breathing down his neck. Klasterka, instead, finished the lap in 8th position ahead of Midrla, Miklavec, Tedeschi, Ranzini, Ortega, Kiesel, Giovesi and Brena. The race was really thrilling and there were plenty of head-to-head duels, in the leading positions as well as in the back rows. During the 13th lap, one of the race leaders, Sebastian Ordonez, sent his kart into a spin. The American, who already climbed the podium in the past edition, got back on the track 13th. During the final phases, Agostini planned his possible attack against Viberti, and 2 laps from the end he managed to take the lead. Viberti reacted right away, but Agostani, having a free track in front of him, recorded the fastest lap of the race gaining a margin of a few metres over his opponent. Chiara Felici, too, tried to win her fight for the 3rd place, and took the lead of the pack ahead of Maxa and Tolfo at the beginning of the last lap. In the course of the last lap, Agostini kept Viberti under control and took the chequered flag winning both the National and the International titles. This is a prestigious victory for the Italian driver that is going to enrich his sports curriculum deservedly. Once again, Alberto Viberti proved to be full of talent, and even if he wasn’t able to oppose his rival during the last stages of the race, his performance was still definitely outstanding. The two Italian drivers ran a perfect race, arriving ahead of the best drivers of the category at international level. The fight for the 3rd placing, instead, ended with an accident at the last chicane, which precluded excellent Chiara Felici from climbing the well-deserved podium: the Rome-born driver was bumped by Maxa and flew off the circuit overturning. Chiara was quickly assisted and unfortunately diagnosed to have a fractured clavicle. She will recover within approximately 30 days. Owing to the collision, Maxa was slowed down, too, favouring Tolfo, who was able to end his race 3rd. In any case, the podium was well-deserved by the driver of the Fg Racing team, who thus crowns a season always spent at the top. The 4th placing went to Gabriel Chavez, who ended ahead of excellent Lucia Miklavec and Jan Midrla. Maxa managed to get back onto the track in 8th position ahead of Tedeschi, Ranzini, Ordonez and the Polish champion of the Easykart 60 class, Jan Kiesel. Jaime Ortega (Usa) ended his race 13th, followed by Giovesi, Molnar, Tunjio, Mandozzi and Zanini, the latter having climbed from the B Finals up to the overall 18th position and ranking 10th in the Italian National results. Pietro Fittipaldi finished his first international competition with a 19th placing, ahead of Rocca, Barlassina, Erica Gallina and Defendi.

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