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Saturday's heats for the last round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship were particularly hard fought, characterized by a series of beautiful duels between the 196 drivers present at Val Vibrata to access the finals and to secure the best race 1 positions on Sunday 1st September, starting from 9.40 am on live TV (AutoMotoTV) and streaming. Race-2 will start at 1.45 pm with the grid reversed in the first 8 positions with respect to the order of arrival of race-1.

KZ2. In the heats the KZ2 firsts were Giuseppe Palomba, immediately at his debut with BirelArt, and Francesco Celenta, on Praga-Iame, present in this event to prepare himself for the World Championship test which will take place on September 22 in Lonato. Palomba managed to win the first position for Sunday's first final thanks to success in the first heat and second place in the second heat behind Celenta. Also in the front row is Celenta for the third race in the first race and victory in the second race. Among the best also the poleman of the tests Mirko Torsellini on KR-Iame, second and third in the two heats, in addition to Leonardo Marseglia (BirelArt-Tm), fifth and fourth. After a difficult qualifying, the classification leader Simone Cunati (CRG-Tm) recovered well, winning the sixth and fifth position in the two heats. Sixth place for Francesco Iacovacci (Maranello-Tm) also in recovery after a difficult qualification.

The classification of the KZ2 heats: 1. Palomba, 2. Celenta, 3. Torsellini Mirko, 4. Marseglia, 5. Cunati, 6. Iacovacci.

KZ2 ranking: 1. Cunati points 161; 2. Palomba 131; 3. Iacovacci 120; 4. Marseglia 100; 5. De Marco 82.
 
60 MINI. In the 60 Mini in all two races he took part in, the English leader William Macintyre (Parolin-Tm) managed to establish himself, followed in the standings by Giovanni Trentin (Parolin-Tm) author of a victory and a second place and by Manuel Scognamiglio (Tony Kart-Tm) with two second places and in great recovery after the 11th place in practice.

The 60 Mini run classification: 1. Macintyre, 2. Trentin, 3. Scognamiglio, 4. Bagnardi, 5. Saeter, 6. Marenghi.

60 Mini Ranking: 1. Macintyre points 157; 2. Scognamiglio 156; 3. Powell 148; 4. Trentin 106; 5. Filaferro 90.

KZN UNDER. In KZN Under the best was Edoardo Tolfo on Praga-Tm, winner of two heats, together with Roberto Cesari (Top Kart-Tm) with a victory in the heats and a second place. Filippo D’Attanasio (Formula K-Tm) also performed well with a third and a second place. Classification leader Alessio Mordini (Energy-Tm) is in difficulty, forced to start from 13th position. Difficult and unfortunate commitment also for the 2018 champion Emanuele Simonetti (Tony Kart-Tm) who had to resort to the repechage race, winning it, but will start from 29th position.

The classification of the KZN Under heats: 1. Tolfo, 2. Cesari, 3. D’Attanasio, 4. Cittadini, 5. Loddo Gian Marco, 6. Loddo Alessandro.

KZN Under Classification: 1. Mordini points 102; 2. Caesars 86; 3. Pastorino 80; 4. Simonetti 72; 5. Tolfo 56.

KZN OVER. Situation a bit complicated in KZN Over for Roberto Profico (Tony Kart-Tm), leader of the championship, forced to retire in the second run due to the breaking of the gear lever after winning the pole position in the test and the victory in the first race. Profico is therefore forced to start from the 11th position in the first final, while Simone Torsellini (KR-Iame) will start from the first row, winner of the second heats and third in the first, flanked by Riccardo Loddo (CRG-Tm).

The KZN Over run classification: 1. Simone Torsellini, 2. Loddo Riccardo, 3. Nalon, 4. Loddo Jhonny, 5. Gagliardini, 6. Pagani.

KZN Over Ranking: 1. Profico points 118; 2. Torsellini 84; 3. Nalon 82; 4. Pagani 70; 5. Ruschioni 50.

X30 JUNIOR. Incredibly lively and fought the heats of the X30 Junior, with continuous exchanges of positions. In the end it was Andrea Kimi Antonelli (KR-Iame), author of the pole position, third in the first run and winner of the second run. Antonelli will then start from the first position, flanked by his teammate Nikolas Pujatti. A little behind the leader Cristian Bertuca (BirelArt-Iame), due to technical problems in the first run. Bertuca is 21st after the fifth test time.

The X30 Junior heats classification: 1. Antonelli, 2. Pujatti, 3. Cenedese, 4. Paparo, 5. Pulito, 6. Bergstrom.

Iame X30 Junior classification: 1. Bertuca points 184 2. Clean 124; 3. Gallo 111; 4. Paparo 110; 5. Pujatti 107.

X30 SENIOR. The X30 Senior saw the domination of Alessio Guazzaroni (Tony Kart-Iame) in his debut in the Italian Championship, winner of the two heats after the second time in trial at 24 thousandths of a second from Mattia Ingolfo (KR-Iame) who in the two heats he placed second. Good third place for Leonardo Caglioni (KR-Iame). Class leader Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TB Kart-Iame) is fourth. Danny Carenini (Tony Kart-Iame) accused a withdrawal in the first run and starts from 12th place.

The ranking of the X30 Senior heats: 1. Guazzaroni, 2. Ingolfo, 3. Caglioni, 4. Villa, 5. Rizio, 6. Fornaroli.

Iame X30 Senior Ranking: 1. Villa points 194; 2. Caglioni and Carenini 152; 4. Fornaroli 98; 5. Swallow 95.

All rankings on the site www.acisport.it

In the pictures: 1) Palomba, Celenta and Torsellini, KZ2; 2) Trentin (21) and Macintyre (37), 60 Mini; 3) Andrea Kimi Antonelli, X30 Junior.

LIVE TV AND STREAMING. Sunday 1st September live TV on AutoMotoTV (Sky channel 148) and live streaming on the Facebook page of the Italian ACI Karting Championship from 9.40am and from 1.45pm. Live Timing and Results on the website www.acisportitalia.it.

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT. A special page will be published in the sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday 5 September

Press Office ACI Sport Karting

Fernando Morandi

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