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THE FIRST WINNERS OF THE WSK CHAMPIONS CUP
AT LA CONCA: RICHARD VERSCHOOR (NL –
EXPRIT-VORTEX KF), CHRISTIAN LUNDGAARD (DK
- TONY KART-VORTEX KFJ) AND LUIGI COLUCCIO
(I - LENZO KART-LKE 60 MINI). ON SUNDAY 8TH
FEBRUARY THE LAST AND DECISIVE FINALS. THE
LIVE STREAMING ON WSK.IT.
ST
MURO LECCESE (LECCE, ITALY), 1 FEBRUARY 2015
WSK CHAMPIONS CUP ACT 1: HEADING TOWARDS THE
FINISH LINE. Short, tense as if drivers were taking part in
a single round race instead of a two round race. The first
act of the WSK Champions Cup finished today at the
International Circuit La Conca, but teams and drivers are
already looking forward to the second and decisive
appointment scheduled for next weekend. Intense races,
uncertain until the very last inch before the chequered
flag, with changeable weather condition throughout the
whole weekend: these were the ingredients of this
thrilling race promoted by WSK Promotion, the opening
event of the 2015 season. Next weekend, starting with
th
qualifying on Friday 6 February, is approaching fast.
VERSCHOOR BEATS EVEN THE RAIN IN KF.
The KF began with the astonishing start of the Danish
Nicklas Nielsen (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega). He took
advantage of the pole position conquered after his victory
in the Prefinal and gained the lead ahead of the Dutch
Richard Verschoor (Expit-Vortex-Vega) and the Polish
Karol Basz (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega). But after few laps, the
heavy rain obliged the Race Director to stop the race in
order to allow drivers to change the tyres for a wet race.
At the restart, on rain tyres, Nielsen did not manage to
start his kart while Basz had to pull over after a lap. So,
Verschoor took the lead and kept it until the end. He
showed great skill on the wet track, skill which allowed
him to win an important race in KF in the year of his
debut. Egor Stupenkov (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), after a
great recovery from the sixth row of the starting grid,
conquered the second position with two laps to go. The
third position was scored on the final lap by Casper Roes
Andersen (FA Alonso-Vortex-Vega). However, after the
race the Danish driver was hit by a penalty for irregular
start. His disqualification brought the Swedish Emil
Skaras (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) to the third position.
LUNDGAARD WINS A HEATED RACE IN KF JUNIOR.
After his excellent performance on the previous days,
Christian Lundgaard (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) confirmed
to be in peak form and won the Prefinal A and the Final
of the KF Junior category. The Danish took the lead after
few laps and kept the head of the race until the finishing
line. He won arriving 7 seconds ahead of the runner-up,
thanks to his excellent and spectacular driving - his
countersteering along the bends of the circuit was
impressive - , more similar to the kind of driving we see in
rallies rather than in kart racing. Second place for the
Brazilian Felipe Drugovich (Kosmic-Vortex-Vega), who
did not have any troubles in controlling the battle for the
THE PODIUM OF THE KF JUNIOR AT LA CONCA. THE WINNER
LUNDGAARD IS ON THE TOP, WITH DRUGOVICH, SECOND, ON HIS
RIGHT, AND SARGEANT ON THIRD PLACE.
third place which was going on behind him. That battle
was eventually won by the American Logan Sargeant
(FA Alonso-Vortex-Vega), who scored the last podium
position on the last lap, beating into fourth the Indian
Kush Maini (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega), one of the rookies
of the KFJ. The Indian driver celebrated his debut in the
category with an excellent fourth place, after a weekend
spent always fighting for the top positions.
LUIGI COLUCCIO WINS THE 60 MINI ON HIS HOME
CIRCUIT. A victory in front of your own public has
always a particular taste. Luigi Coluccio (Lenzo KartLKE-Vega) from Maglie (Lecce, Italy) proved the rule:
he won the Final of the WSK Champions Cup in Muro
Leccese, few miles away from his hometown. Coluccio
began his final phase in the best way possible: he won
the Prefinal gaining an early lead starting from the
second row. Then, after a gripping duel with Giuseppe
Fusco (Lenzo-LKE-Vega), Coluccio won the Final too,
with Fusco second. Also the fight for the third place was
uncertain until the end. Eventually, the Norwegian
Dennis Hauger (CRG-LKE-Vega) scored the last
podium position ahead of the Italian Mattia Michelotto
(Top Kart-Parilla-Vega) and Leonardo Marseglia (CRGLKE-Vega).
THE DECISIVE RACE NEXT WEEKEND ALWAYS AT LA
CONCA. The second and last round of the WSK
Champions Cup will take place next weekend, always in
th
Muro Leccese. Qualifying is scheduled on Friday 6
th
February; then, on Saturday 7 , the heats. On Sunday
th
8 February, the final phase - available live in streaming
on the official website wsk.it - which will end the first
event of the 2015 WSK season.
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Press.net news - year XI # 9 –2nd february 2015 -- Testata giornalistica - Registrazione presso il Tribunale di Lecce n. 881 del 9/2/05
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