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For the third consecutive time on the South Garda Karting Circuit in Lonato the German DKM Championship was held with a great success of participation, which this year also chose the Italian track for the opening of the German series where on the weekend of April 14 there was a record attendance of around 200 drivers in the 4 categories KZ2, KZ2 Cup, OK and OK-Junior.

KZ2. The fairly variable weather conditions in Sunday's finals have created further uncertainties for the result, so that on some occasions surprises were not lacking. As in the first of the two KZ2 finals, where the only competitor who decided to use slick tires, Fabrizio Rosati on Maranello-Tm-Vega of the SRP Racing Team, was right about what might have seemed like a risky choice after the light rain that had characterized the early morning. Instead the track dried out quickly and Rosati was able to literally dominate the scene, easily winning the race in front of team-mate Fabian Federer (who had obtained the pole position in practice) and Brescia driver Giacomo Pollini (Formula K-Tm-Vega) . The Dutch Stan Pex (KR-Tm-Vega) and the Frenchman Jeremy Iglesias (IPK-Iame-Vega) of the RS Schumacher team finished in the podium at 5. In Race 2, after a slick to rain tire change made necessary for everyone for safety reasons given the arrival of the rain, it was the "wet master" Lorenzo Giannoni (Sodikart-Tm-Vega) who was right about the competition after recovering from the sixth position of Race-1. Giannoni won the second final with a good lead over Iglesias, Federer, Pollini and the Dutch Benjamin Tornqvist (CRG-Tm-Vega).

KZ2 CUP. In the final of the KZ2 Cup, reserved for riders who did not achieve significant results in previous years in the DKM and internationally, the overall victory was assigned to the German Tim Troger (Mach1-Tm-Vega) after the Dutch Jeroen Bos ( CRG-Tm-Vega), winner at the finish line, a 5-second penalty was imposed for the out of position spoiler. The Danish Valdemar Risom (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) was therefore ranked second, with Bos in third place. The fourth position went to the young German Davids Trefilovs (Maranello-Tm-Vega), the fifth to the other German Valentino Fritsch (BirelArt-Tm-Vega).

OK. In the OK category the new World Champion Lorenzo Travisanutto (KR-Iame-Vega) managed to win Race-1 without problems, ahead of the finish line, the Dutch Kas Haverkort (CRG-Tm-Vega) and the German Hugo Sasse (KR-Iame-Vega), with the other German Ben Dorr (KR-Iame-Vega) in fourth position and the Englishman Harry Thompson (FA-Vortex-Vega) in fifth. In Race-2 a drop in performance right in the final phase betrayed Travisanutto who seemed destined for a bis win, instead at the end Kas Haverkort prevailed and went on to win on Travisanutto with a lead of over a second. Third came Thompson, fourth Leandro Anderruti (KR-Iame-Vega), fifth Sasse.

OK-JUNIOR. In the OK-Junior it was the Australian James Wharton (FA-Vortex-Vega), already author of the pole position in the test, to obtain the victory in Race-1, in front of the Dutchman Robert De Haan (Energy-Tm-Vega) and the Singapore pilot Christian Ho (FA-Vortex-Vega). The podium at 5 of the first final was completed by the two Germans Jakob Bergmeister (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) and Luca Leistra (IPK-Iame-Vega). In Race 2, with Wharton going off the track due to the wet asphalt due to the light rain, the victory was won by Robert De Haan, with Ho in second place and Swede William Karisson in third. Fourth was placed Leistra, fifth Bergmeister.

Upcoming appointments for DKM 2019:
10-12 May 2019 - Wackersdorf (GER)
12-14 July 2019 - Kerpen (GER)
2-4 August 2019 - Genk (BEL)
4-6 October 2019 - Ampfing (GER)

All results: www.kart-dm.de/en/home/