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In Siena the winners of the 17th International Easykart Final
TKART Staff
08 October 2018

"Translated with Google translate"

A weekend full of races, emotions and events that of the 17th edition of the Easykart International Final staged at the Circuit of Siena.

The Easydrivers present gave life to exciting qualifications, heats (disputed with changing weather conditions), pre-finals and finals with many episodes of pure show, competitiveness and competitiveness.
The international winners are: Andrea Calabrese (60), Damiano Puccetti (100), Paolo Orsini (125) and Danilo Lucchese (125 Senior).

60 Easy
The race weekend opened with the dominion of Simone Principalli who conquered the pole position, won both the heats, crossed the finish line of the Prefinal in first position but was then disqualified and forced starting from the rear in the Final which concluded in 13th square.
To win the Final was Andrea Calabrese, at the end of a great recovery from the seventh position: on the second step of the podium the Russian Matvei Sonkin who preceded Sebastian NG for less than two tenths.
Andrea: "I'm really delighted to have won the International Final! It was difficult because I started seventh after the penalty of ten seconds in the pre-final, but in the end everything went well and we managed to win."

100 Easy
The 100 category saw balanced values ​​for the entire weekend: the pole position went to Adam Kowalski, while Martin Antos and Alessandro Gnecchi won respectively in heats 1 and heats 2. On Sunday, the undisputed protagonist was, instead, Damiano Puccetti triumphed both in the Pre-final and in the Final.
A little more than two tenths from the winner Adam Kowalksi and eight Alessandro Gnecchi. Damiano: "Very exciting final because I dominated from the start until the end of the race - it was a lot of fun because today I also competed against great opponents, Kowalski and Gnecchi."

125 Easy
Equalized values ​​even in 125 with different riders to play the best positions in all sessions. To put the first official seal of the race weekend was Daniele Tassone who set the best time in qualifying. Francesco Ruga and Riccardo Pollastri scored the top positions in the two heats, with Ruga confirming the fastest in the Pre-final too. The victory in the Final was contested between Ruga, Pollastri and Paolo Orsini, with the latter having managed to survive the other two contenders only in the last stage of the race.
To win was Orsini in front of an increasingly competitive Daniele Tassone and Francesco Ruga.
Paolo: "It was a great final and I'm happy because I repeated the victory obtained in the last round of the Easykart Trophy last week, I want to thank Riccardo Pollastri for the team game despite the penalty: in the last two laps we played it , it was hard, but in the end we managed to take away this victory too. "

125 Senior
Even the category reserved for the Over 40 has seen more riders compete for the top positions: the fastest in qualifying tests was Rosolino Caralla who triumphed in both the heats. The day on Sunday saw another protagonist: Danilo Lucchese who won both in the Pre-final and in the Final, finishing seventh overall.
Danilo: "It was a surprise to play the International Final -nine years after my last participation and victory.I had so much fun because despite my age I fought against pilots younger than me and I gave them a 'hard time' This satisfies me a lot and I'm very happy. "


Easytraining
Among the undisputed protagonists also the EasyTraining baby pilots - the non-competitive category that took to the track even in the International Final. Accompanied by the Instructor Sabino de Castro, the Mini EasyDrivers have played simulations, free trials giving even more excitement both in the paddock and on the track.


On the occasion of the award ceremony, a big news was announced: during the next winter there will be a test day with the "sessantini" dedicated to all EasyTraining children and more.

Important moment of the weekend was the revelation of the winners of the first Easykart Driver Talent edition by the Birel ART Racing Team Manager Davide Forè and the EasyTraining project manager Sabino de Castro: in 100 Alessandro Gnecchi was selected and in 60 Tommaso Santini.

Not only competitions and competitions, but many moments "in the family", lived with the right spirit to share moments together, including the awards ceremony and ApEasy on Saturday evening, the charity football match "In Campo con il Heart "that allowed to contribute to the purchase of a defibrillator at the Parco Sempione in Milan, the group photo on the grid before the start of the finals, and all the moments of celebration in the paddock during the weekend.

The thought of the whole Easykart world goes to Francesco Astone: we are waiting for you soon on the track!

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