11:13 am - Ignazio D'Agosto (Tony Kart/Vortex) got Saturday's pole position. By a mere 8 milliseconds,the Italian driver came ahead of Karol Basz (RK/BMB), Alexander Albon (Intrepid/TM) and Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart/Vortex). Except for Basz, the other three drivers just mentioned are all still "fighting" for the World Championship title. Nyck De Vries, the general standings leader, came in only 14th. The battle for the final title is still wide open. The track is now totally dry, though still slippery (as most of the drivers reported during the qualifying session), and the temperature is above 20°C. Overall, it's a rather warm and sunny Saturday.

9:10 am - End of the warm up in KF1: best lap by Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart/Vortex), followed by  Ignazio D'Agosto (Tony Kart/Vortex) and Alexander Albon (Intrepid/TM).The standings leader Nyck De Vries (Zanardi/Parilla) is sixth.

8:20 am - First day of races here in Suzuka: it's sunny, but the track is still wet and right now it's being used by Yamaha FP-Jr Challenge karts (a Japanese Cadet category ) in a local race. Coming up next the CIK-FIA 2011 World Championship in KF1 with warm up, qualifying heats, and the two races.

SUL CIRCUITO INTERNAZIONALE NAPOLI, SI CORRE LA TERZA TAPPA DEL MONDIALE CIK-FIA UNDER 18. MATTHEW GRAHAM, A BORDO DI UN TELAIO ZANARDI, VINCE IL TITOLO.