5th EASYKART INTERNATIONAL
GRAND FINALS JESOLO (VE) – ITALIA, CLASSES
50 TRAINING, 60, 100, 125 LIGHT, 125 HEAVY, 125
SHIFTER
EASYKART 60 - International
Grand Finals – Italian Finals
ARONE BECOMES
CHAMPION OVER LAVELLI BY 10 THOUSANDS
At a glance, the starting grid
with 34 drivers was very interesting. The tension
was tangible as, for the very young drivers of the
60, there was a lot at stake: an international sport
title which could lead to a promising career. In
the first rows were the potential and eagerly-awaited
protagonists of the race: the Colombian Oscar Tunjio,
who jumped from the pole position, and the Slovene
Marko Bembic, 2nd in the tables. Lavelli, winner
of two regional championships in Italy started in
3rd position and, at the 1st turn, squeezed between
Tunjio and Bembic, although at the 2nd paddock turn
Tunjio fought back and gained the lead of the group
once again. At the end of the fist lap, the Colombian
driver was ahead of Lavelli, a great Arone who had
climbed from the 4th row, and Pastorok, Bembic,
Iannacone, Maxa, Forman and Reiner. All the top
drivers were in a tight group and when, at the 3rd
lap, Maxa skidded into a spin at the ‘parc
fermé’ turn, Reiner could not avoid
hitting him, which resulted in the two drivers having
to withdraw. In the meantime, Arone managed to overtake
Lavelli and at the 6th lap took the lead by overtaking
Tunjo too. In this stage the Colombian driver made
a few mistakes and was also overtaken by Lavelli,
Bembic and Iannacone. At the 10th lap, Arona was
leading with a 2” advantage over a group of
5 drivers lead by Bembic, in front of Lavelli, Iannacone,
Forman and Tunjo. Ingiardi, Noviello, Bissolo and
the Polish Kisiel followed at 4”. From the
back, Bagnato and Sances, who both qualified in
the “B” Final, managed to climb back.
In the middle of the race, Bembic, Lavelli and Iannacone
were the most effective and managed to gradually
reduce the gap with the leading Arone. At the 16th
lap there was only a 9 tenths gap and, without delay,
Lavelli overtook Bembic and gained 2nd position.
At the 17th lap, Arone had in his wake both Lavelli
and Iannacone, the latter having overtaken Bembic.
During the following lap, Lavelli took the lead
during the braking of the 1st paddock turn, but
Arone answered back straight away on the starting
stretch, when also Bembic managed to overtake Iannacone.
This was an exciting phase of the game and the audience’s
eyes were glued to the leading group. At the beginning
of the last lap, Arone attempted the perfect lap
by closing all of Lavelli’s openings: the
two claimants to the title sprinted for the finishing
line and Arone won by just 10 thousands. The two
Italian drivers are also 1st and 2nd in the National
tables. Marko Bembic climbed on the 3rd step of
the podium after having beaten Tunjio at the photo
finish. Armando Iannacone, who scored the fastest
lap of the race, concluded the race in 5th position,
gaining 3rd position in the Italian tables. Among
the drivers in the leading group, the Czech Viri
Forman concluded in 6th position in front of Bissolo,
who conquered the 7th position and the 4th place
in the Italian tables. Jan Kisiel, absolute 8th,
and Ingiardi and Kravets, 9th and 10th respectively,
also had a great race. Riccardo Noviello concluded
in 11th position in front of the Colombian Rojas,
Di Fabrizio and Bagnato, the latter having climbed
back up from the “B” Final. Mandozzi,
Tarabù, Fittipaldi and the Polish Biernacki
followed.
The winner Riccardo Arone commented:
“It was a great race! I started very well
and I managed to take the lead straight away: during
the first phases of the race, my kart was very fast.
Also thanks to the scrimmage at the back, I managed
to gain a bit of margin but then they managed to
climb back up and I had to close all openings in
order to beat Lavelli.”
EASYKART 60 – B
Final
BAGNATO BEATS SCATIGNA IN THE FINAL SPRINT
Giacomo Ranzini, the eagerly-awaited
protagonist of the event, could not start the race
because of a series of problems during the trials
and therefore decided to watch the race from the
stands. Alberto Viberti, one of the main candidates
for international success, was also one of the surprise
protagonists of the “B” Final: the driver
from Piedmont had problems during the qualifying
heats and had to climb back up. At the start Scatigna
jumped ahead from the pole position and took the
lead in front of Rimoldi, Zanini, Bagnato, Barbieri
and Pietro Fittipaldi. In the middle of the group,
Strozynski, David, Rzplinski, Verde, Leone, Beccaria,
Ghirardelli and Francesca Raffaelli went off track
en masse: for all of them, this meant saying goodbye
to their chances of qualifying for the title’s
Final. Despite the fact that so many drivers were
out of play, the Referees decided to go ahead: Lorenzo
Scatigna attempted a sprint but the Emilia kart’s
representative was soon caught up by the great Andrea
Bagnato who overtook Rimoldi and then proceeded
in the leader’s wake. Following a great start,
Viberti also reached the top positions: having sorted
out Saturday’s problems, the driver seemed
determined to take over the race’s lead. But
his dose of bad luck had not exhausted itself and,
at the 6th lap, the driver had a chain problem which
meant he had to say goodbye to the race. At the
8th lap, without further ado, Bagnato overtook Scatigna,
whereas Rimoldi followed in 3rd place, at about
2”, followed by Fittipaldi, Zanini, Sances,
Messina, Shmykov, Clarissa Mosca and Prearo. There
was a ruthless battle to reach the first 6 positions
and, even in the middle of the group, the blows
were not spared among Andrea Scalzotto, Giordana
Pirrone, the Polish champion Dobija, Rosa and the
Granelli – Roberti duet, who climbed back
from the “C” Final. Once in the lead,
Andrea Bagnato did not manage a sprint and was in
fact threatened several times by Scatigna. Similarly,
Rimoldi and also Fittipaldi managed to climb back
behind the leader, ready to stake their claim to
a place on the podium. Preparo attempted a last
attack for a qualifying position but failed in his
attempt to overtake Clarissa Mosca and slipped back
into 10th position. Bagnato was the first one to
cross the finishing line, achieving 29th position
on the starting grid for the title’s final
and beating Lorenzo Scatigna by 186 thousandth.
Alex Rimoldi climbed on the 3rd step of the podium
in front of Pietro Fittipaldi. Sances and Messina
also qualified thanks to their 5th and 6th place,
whereas the Russian driver Shmykov, the good Clarissa
Mosca, the Venezuelan Barbieri and the Polish Dobjia
only just missed a qualifying place in the Final.
Prearo, who scored the fastest lap of the race,
Scalzotto, Giordana Pirrone, Roberti and Benedetti
followed.
The winner, Andrea Bagnato,
commented: “ At the beginning of the race
I was very fast and I managed to take the lead after
a few laps, but then Scatigna pressed me until the
last lap and winning was not so easy.”
EASYKART 60 – C
Final
FRANCESCA RAFFAELLI: FROM LAST TO FIRST
One of the potential protagonists
of this event, Francesca Raffaelli, had to start
in the last row because of a double exclusion during
the heats due, in the 1st session to overtaking
while the yellow flag was shown and, in the 2nd
session, to a lack of conformity in the engine.
But the driver from Rome did not lose heart and,
determined to climb back up, had already managed
to gain 4 positions during the 1st lap. In the meantime
the Russian driver Javorovski took the lead in front
of Granelli, Valentina Baiz, Stozynski, Roberti,
Shvartsman and Grobenski. On the 5th lap, Stozynski
reached 3rd position overtaking Baiz, whereas the
Javorovski-Granelli duet gained almost 2”
over their pursuers. At the 10th lap, Stozynski
caught up with the leading couple, while the great
Raffaelli managed to climb back up to 4th place
by overtaking Shvartsman. At this stage the battle
between Javorovski and Granelli, who are taking
it in turns to take the lead, allows Raffaelli to
latch on to the two leaders. Two laps from the end,
there were 4 leading drivers: Stozynski in front
of Raffaelli, Granelli and Shvartsman. During the
last lap, Francesca Raffaelli completed her masterpiece
by taking the lead and crossing the finishing line
in front of Stozynski, Granelli, Shvartsman, Roberti
and Valentina Baiz, the latter also qualifying for
the “B” Final with Raffaelli. Grobenski,
the race protagonist who arrived 7th in front of
Javorovski, was excluded as he was penalised by
going off track during the last stage of the race.
Bolshikh and Drudi also concluded the race among
the top ten.
Francesca Raffaelli, the
winner, commented: “The race was all uphill,
but I had trained well and I am very proud of this
success. I am now aiming at climbing up in the “B”
Final too now, although it won’t be easy.”
CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL
FINAL
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