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Siena, 27 April 2018. At the Circuit of Siena the Italian ACI Karting Championship has begun with 140 drivers registered in the 60 Mini, OK-Junior national categories, and in the Rok, Easykart and Rotax Trophies, all vying for the Tricolore 2018, in addition to the Naskart Trophy single-track that goes on the track from Saturday.

A conspicuous presence is concentrated above all in the 60 Mini, with 80 drivers including several protagonists of the last edition and new emerging youngsters, led in some cases by luxury "coaches", such as the 6 times World Champion Mike Wilson and the 4 times Champion of the Jonathan Thonon World. In the 60 Mini also present art children of former Formula 1 drivers, such as Luca Badoer with his son Brando, and Nicola Larini with his son Davide, while in Siena, Lorenzo Patrese, son of Riccardo Patrese, presented himself in OK-Junior after a spent in the Mini. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, son of the team manager Marco Antonelli, is also starting.

Among the Marca Trophies, the participation of Rok with its two Junior and Senior categories, well represented by quality pilots, is very good.

Meanwhile, at the Circuit of Siena, the first day of Friday 27 April officially opened with the qualifying session. In the 60 Mini, divided into three series for the highest number of competitors, the best overall time was achieved by Rashid Al Dhaheri (Tony Kart-Vortex), of the United Arab Emirates, with the performance obtained in the second session in 47.206, followed by English Coskun Irfan (Parolin-Tm) improved in the third session in 47.211, while the Norwegian Martinius Stenshorne (Paroli-Tm) was the fastest in the first session in 47.267.

Tommaso Chiappini (Formula K-Tm) in 42 "052 obtained the best qualification in the OK-Junior. In the two categories of Rok Junior and Senior, the fastest in the Junior Rok was Federico Cecchi (Tony Kart-Vortex) in 42.788, in the Rok Senior the Polish Szymon Szyszko (Kosmic-Vortex) in 41.974.

In the Rotax Senior Davide Vuano (Praga-Rotax) has achieved the best time in 42.874, in the Rotax Junior Vincenzo Scarpetta (Parolin-Rotax) in 44.172. In Easykart 125 Master the best was Alfonso D'Eugenio (Birel-Bmb) in 44.220.

All results on the website www.acisportitalia.it.

PROGRAM. Saturday, April 28 qualifying heats from 9.50; repechage 60 Mini hours 18.15. Sunday, April 29th for all Race-1 categories from 9.40am and Race-2 from 2.15pm, live TV on AutoMotoTV (Sky channel 148), live streaming on the website www.acisportitalia.it and on the Facebook page Italian Championship ACI Karting .

LIVE TV AND STREAMING. On Sunday, April 29, live TV on AutoMotoTV (Sky channel 148), with the news of live streaming also on the site www.acisportitalia.it and on the Facebook page Italian Championship ACI Karting. Television services in the ACI Sport Magazine on RAI Sport, national broadcasters and around 50 national broadcasters.

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT. A special page with comments, classifications and photos will be published on Friday 4th May in the Gazzetta dello Sport sports newspaper.

The complete calendar of the ACI Karting 2018 Italian Championship:

1st round: 27-29 April 2018 - Siena International Circuit, Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena)

Categories: 60 Mini, OK, OK-Junior, Rok, Rotax, Easykart, Naskart.

2nd round: 25-27 May 2018 - La Conca International Circuit, Muro Leccese (Lecce)

Categories: KZ2, KZ3, Iame X30, Rotax, Naskart.

3rd test: 8-10 June 2018 - Circuito Internazionale Napoli, Sarno (Salerno)

Categories: 60 Mini, OK, OK-Junior, KZ2, Iame X30, Rok.

4th round: 29/6 1st July 2018 - South Garda Karting Circuit, Lonato del Garda (Brescia)

Categories: 60 Mini, OK, OK-Junior, KZ2, Rok, Rotax.

5th round: 27-29 July 2018 - Adria Karting Raceway, Adria (Rovigo)

Categories: 60 Mini, OK, OK-Junior, Iame X30, Rok, Easykart, Naskart.

6th round: 24-26 August 2018 - Val Vibrata Karting Track, Sant'Egidio (Teramo)

Categories: KZ2, KZ3, Iame X30, Rotax, Naskart.

7th round: 14-16 September 2018 - Pista Salentina, Torre San Giovanni, Ugento (Lecce)

Categories: 60 Mini, OK, OK-Junior, Iame X30, Rok.

8th round: 21-23 September 2018 - 7 Laghi International Circuit, Castelletto di Branduzzo (Pavia)

Categories: KZ2, KZ3, Rotax, Easykart, Naskart.

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