5th EASYKART INTERNATIONAL
GRAND FINALS JESOLO (VE) – ITALIA, CLASSES
50 TRAINING, 60, 100, 125 LIGHT, 125 HEAVY, 125
SHIFTER
EASYKART 125 Shifter – Finals
VICTORY BELONGS TO RANICA
Birel’s official drivers
Francesco Laudato and Manuel Cozzaglio took part
in the race, but only in order to promote the 1st
official event of the newly-born Shifter category.
As predicted, they conquered the first row and at
the start they took the lead with Laudato overtaking
Cozzaglio on the outside at the 1st turn. Menegazzo
came behind the two, managing to keep pace with
the his more titled opponents. But at the end of
the 2nd lap, the driver from Veneto was stopped
by a technical problem; two laps later, Cozzaglio
also stopped due to a breakage of the chain. At
the 5th lap Laudato was in the lead by himself,
with Ranica behind him. Galimberti followed in 3rd
position, then Castiglioni and Coppetti. Right from
the first stage of the race, the anticipated duel
between Laudato and Cozzaglio failed to materialise
and Ranica assumed the role of Laudato’s opponent
with authority: thanks to the slowdown of the Birel’s
two-time champion, the Superteam driver started,
together with Laudato himself, a series of spells
in the lead. In the final lap, Laudato gave way
to the real protagonists of the race and Ranica
increased his advantage over Galimberti to 3”;
in his turn, Galimberti increased his margin over
Castiglioni to almost 5”. Ranica was first
to cross the finishing line gaining a clean, deserved
victory, Galimberti and Castiglioni climbing on
the podium next to him. Copetti finished in 4th
place followed by Cricò, Griguoli, Drudi,
Triolo and Silvia Radaelli, the lady fielded by
Superteam. At the end of the race all protagonists
commented enthusiastically on the new, eagerly-awaited
Easykart category, for which a successful 2007 is
expected.
The winner Michel Ranica
commented: “For once, duelling with drivers
of the calibre of Laudato was a great experience,
very thrilling. As far as the category is concerned,
I think it has high potential: it is fun and the
vehicles are very competitive, if less extreme than
National engines.”
CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL
FINAL
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