5th EASYKART INTERNATIONAL
GRAND FINALS JESOLO (VE) – ITALIA, CLASSES
50 TRAINING, 60, 100, 125 LIGHT, 125 HEAVY, 125
SHIFTER
EASYKART 100 – International
Grand Finals – Italian Finals
TRADING PLACES
The first coup de théâtre
occurred during the launch lap: De Conto, 2nd in
the tables, was a non-starter and only regained
his position during the 2nd lap as granted by the
referee, whereas Rossetti had to stop because of
a chain breakage. However, De Conto’s manoeuvre
is prohibited by the regulations and, as a consequence,
when the driver from Veneto started the race from
his position, he was already under enquiry by the
Referees. At the start, Francescon slipped in front
of Cavalieri, De Conto, Celegato, Tolfo, Chavez
and the Polish Szczepanic, whereas Rocca, Rzucidio
and Agostini were involved in a collision at the
1st turn. A much delayed Agostini eventually managed
to recover. At the 2nd lap another off-track resulted
in Bodrero and Amaya crashing against the guardrails
near the referees. In the meantime De Conto overtook
both Cavalieri and Francescon, taking the lead of
the race. In this phase, too, the driver from Veneto
attracted the Referee’s attention because
of an alleged overtaking while yellow flags were
showing. In the first stages, Celegato was also
drawing attention to himself by climbing to 2nd
position behind De Conto. At the 6th lap, Celegato
was on the heels of the race’s leader who,
on the turn leading to the stretch, made a mistake
ending up on the grass. Celegato was also involved
and followed the adversary into the dust but, whereas
De Conto went back on the track and was still in
front of everyone, Celegato lost 10 positions. This
was an advantage for Francescon, who followed De
Conto closely, whereas Tolfo surprised Cavalieri
by gaining 3rd place. Once De Conto’s tyres
were clean, he started progressing once again and,
at the 10th lap, he was leading the race with 2”
over Francescon who, in his turn, had the same margin
over Tolfo, Cavalieri, Szczepanic and Chavez. Further
back followed the good Lucia Miklavec, then Favetta,
Mazzali, Formal, Defendi, Fossati and Barlassina.
Halfway through the race, Celegato once again gained
the public’s attention in a battle which involved
Miklavec, Chavez and Formal. At the 15th lap, De
Conto was still in the lead with a 3” margin
over Francescon and, after having scored also the
fastest lap of the race, he was in total control
of the situation. Behind him Fransescon seemed not
to settle for his position, whereas Cavalieri overtook
Tolfo at the 20th lap, thus gaining the 3rd place.
In the final stages of the race, Wrobel had to withdraw
because of a collision, whereas De Conto crossed
the finishing line first with almost 4” over
Francescon. Cavalieri ended the race in 3rd position
in front of Tolfo, whereas Celegato ended his run-up
in 5th place. The Polish driver Szczepanic arrived
6th, in front of Lucia Miklavec and the American
drivers Chavez and Formal. Favetta also ended the
race among the top, in front of Mazzali, Midrla,
Barlassina and Fossati. Alberto Villa, on the other
hand, ended in 15th position, following his qualification
with the “B” Final. At the end of the
race, though, there was a damper for De Conto: the
Referees excluded him from the tables because of
the offence at the start. The driver from Veneto
could in fact be amply justified by the fact that
he was probably deceived by an ambiguous and contradictory
communication from the referees. However, also in
consideration of the other manoeuvre with yellow
flags, De Conto decided not to resort to complaints
and appeals. All that was left for him was a moral
victory and the knowledge of having drawn attention
to himself, both thanks to a great season and for
a Final in which he played the leading role. The
International and National title therefore went
to Andrea Francescon, who is undoubtedly an emerging
talent on whom Birel places many hopes. Also on
the podium with Francescon were Cavalieri, who confirmed
himself as one of National karting’s talents
and one of the best products of Easykart, and the
great Alessandr Tolfo.
The winner Andrea Francescon
commented: “I am extremely pleased with
my race. At the beginning I had a few problems,
as the kart was sliding a little, but then things
got better, even though today De Conto was out of
my reach. I am sorry he was excluded; weighing up
my first season in 100cc I cannot but be satisfied.
”
EASYKART 100 –
“B” Final
DE BERNARDINIS IN PHOTO FINISH
OVER VILLA
Alberto Villa immediately took
the lead overtaking De Bernardinis, Torta, the Venezuelan
Anina Riva Palacio, Bonacina, Zonzini, Molnar and
Balada at the first passage. The referees immediately
opened an enquiry on Torta who was found guilty
of having gained several positions during the starting
phase: the representative of Emilia Kart was penalised
by 10”. Torta, however, immediately drew attention
to himself by alternating a couple of times with
De Bernardinis in 2nd place, while Angonoa went
off track following a collision with Vanessa Polonia
at the “parc fermé’ turn. Behind
the leaders, Palacio managed to keep Bonacina and
Zonzini under control with great authority, whereas
at the 4th passage a collision put Schirosi and
Caizzi out of play and Fontana had to stop because
of a technical problem. But bad luck was also to
affect the talented Anina Palacio, who was obliged
to withdraw at the 8th lap having gone off track
at the end of the starting stretch. At the 10th
lap, Villa was followed closely by De Bernardinis,
whereas Torta was 3rd at 2”. Zonzini slipped
into 4th position, preceding Rivella, Bonacina,
Balada and Molnar who, in this phase, managed to
score the fastest lap of the race. During the 11th
passage, De Bernardinis went to the lead and Molnar
managed to overtake Zonzini. At the 14th lap, Villa
answered back to De Bernardinis by also assisting
Torta, who managed to close up the gap to the leader.
Further back, a battle for the first 6 places was
unfolding with no holds barred: Molnar managed to
reach 4th place, whereas 7 drivers were fighting
for the remaining two positions that would allow
them access to the Final. Among these, Zonzini and
Bonacina are more hard-hitting and managed to resist
the attacks by Rivella, the Polish Ilona Zaniuk,
Lamanuzzi, Boscolo and Riva. During the last stages
of the race, De Bernardinis won at the photo finish
by only 20 thousandth over Villa, whereas Torta
finished behind the two leaders and still managed
to reach the podium despite having been penalised
by 10”. Molnar ended in 4th position, whereas
Zonzini finished in front of Bonacina, the last
one to qualify. Rivella, Zaniuk, Lamanuzzi and Boscolo
on the other hand did not make the Final by a few
thousandths and were followed by Riva, Sabina Raviglione,
Bressan, Vanessa Polonia and Stoychev. Because of
a collision, both Scotti and the Venezuelan Balada
did not manage to cross the checked flag.
The winner Andrea De Bernardinis
commented: “I am pleased about my victory,
but for this afternoon’s Final we’ll
have to do something both about the chassis and
the engine which gave me some problems. I’ll
aim at climbing as many positions as possible, hoping
to do a good race.”
CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL FINAL
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