5th EASYKART INTERNATIONAL
GRAND FINALS JESOLO (VE) – ITALIA, CLASSES
50 TRAINING, 60, 100, 125 LIGHT, 125 HEAVY, 125
SHIFTER
EASYKART 125 Heavy – INTERNATIONAL
GRAND FINALS – ITALIAN FINALS
VIETS BECOMES
CHAMPION WITH ONE LAST MASTERSTROKE
When the green light lit, the
German Viets, who was in pole position, took the
lead in front of Fichera, Mercatelli, Campo and
the International reigning champion Renzo Calcinati.
Andrea Villa, Baiguini, Lagodjuk, Deltsov, Napolitano
and Munoz followed. During the 2nd lap, the Russian
Deltsov overtook his countryman Lagodjuk and reached
the 8th position, whereas later on, Fichera overtook
Viets at the 1st paddock hairpin bend. During the
6th lap, the German driver also gave way to Meratelli,
who overtook him at the end of the stretch. But
the three drivers on the lead stayed very close
to each other, gaining metres over Calcinati and
Campo. Further back, the Venzuelan Munoz drew attention
to himself by getting in the lee of Villa and Baiguini
in 8th position. At the 12th lap Lagodjuk withdrew,
whereas Mercatelli managed to overtake Fichera.
Before the 20th lap, Viets also managed to overtake
the Sicilian driver; a highly tense end of race
among the three claimants to the title was to ensue.
On the other hand, Renzo Calcinati seemed to be
definitely k.o.: the representative of Superteam
was in fact 4” behind. During the penultimate
lap, Viets made his winning move against Mercatelli
in the middle section of the track: with only a
167-thousandths margin on his opponent, the German
driver conquered both the International and the
Italian title, racing with Fik licence. Fichera
had to make do with 3rd place, whereas Caclinati
was 4th in front of Campo and the Venezuelan Munoz.
Baiguini finished the race in 7th place in front
of Villa, Deltsov and Napolitano. Venturi, Baroni,
Milanesi, the British Jones, Sommariva and Malberti
finished behind the top ten.
The winner Sascha Viets
commented: “In the final I had a few tyre
problems, although I must say that, generally speaking,
thanks to the hard work of the Fg Racing Team, my
kart’s trim and engine were perfect; during
the last laps I managed to overtake both Mercatelli
and Fichera after a fair duel which was great fun.
Both drivers turned out to be very tough! I am very
happy to have won this important race.”
CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL
FINAL
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