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La Conca, Muro Leccese, 25 May 2018. The second round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship at the La Conca Circuit started immediately with an excellent show, among other things, waiting for the opening race for the KZ2, KZ3 and Trofeo categories X30, while for the Rotax and Naskart Trophies it is the second appointment after Siena.

With 180 riders on the track, the first day of Friday saw the time trials take place. In KZ2 immediately the attention has won the very fast Giacomo Pollini (Formula K-Tm) with the best absolute time, followed by an increasingly excellent Giuseppe Palomba (Intrepid-Tm) to 26 hundredths of a second. The third performance went to another sprinter like Simone Cunati (Top Kart-Iame), while in the fourth position he finished Danilo Albanese (Tony Kart-Vortex) and in fifth the Italian Champion 2016 Francesco Celenta (Praga-Tm). Davide Forè, a world champion on his return to a rehearsal of the Italian Championship on BirelArt, had to settle for sixth time to 179 thousandths of a second from pole position, while the Italian Champion 2017 Marco Zanchetta (Maranello-Tm) got the seventh absolute performance at 0.187. So it is announced a good battle for the heats on Saturday that will determine the starting grid of the first of the two finals scheduled for Sunday, May 27.

In KZ3 Junior the pole position was won by Angelo Liuzzi on Gianmarco Loddo, both on CRG-Tm, while in third position was placed Rocco Tancredi (Top Kart-Tm). In KZ3 Under it was Emanuele Simonetti (Tony Kart-Tm) to take pole position satisfaction, ahead of Irnerio Cittadini (Maranello-Tm) and Riccardo Nalon (Formula K-Tm). In KZ3 Over the best was Cristian Griggio (Maranello-Tm) ahead of Pasquale Feola (DFM-Tm) and Jonni Loddo (CRG-Tm).

In the X30 Junior the fastest was Francesco Pulito (Top Kart-Iame) on Francesco Pio Sgobba (KR-Iame) and Francesco Miotto (Intrepid-Iame). In the X30 Senior the pole position has won him Leonardo Caglioni, at the debut in the Senior, on Danny Carenini, both on Tony Kart-Iame. Excellent also the third performance obtained by another debutant in Senior, Luigi Coluccio, on BirelArt-Iame.

In the Rotax Max, Davide Vuano got the better of Massimo Santin, both on Prague-Rotax, while the third position went to Andrea Zollino (Tony Kart-Rotax). The Naskart Trophy will play the time trials on Saturday 26 May.

THE PROGRAM. Saturday, May 26 qualifying and repechages manches. Sunday, May 27 double final for all categories, start at 9:40 for Race-1 and from 14:15 for Race-2.

LIVE TV AND LIVE STREAMING. Sunday, May 27 live TV on AutoMotoTV (Sky channel 148), with live streaming on the site www.acisportitalia.it and on the Facebook page Italian ACI Karting "@ACIKarting". Live Timing and Results at www.acisportitalia.it. Television services in the ACI Sport Magazine on RAI Sport, national broadcasters and around 50 national broadcasters.

COURIER OF SPORT. A special page with comments, classifications and photos will be published on Friday, June 1 in the sports newspaper Corriere dello Sport.

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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