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Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata, August 25th 2018. The Italian ACI Karting Championship in Val Vibrata has experienced a difficult and complex day due to bad weather, but exciting for the competitiveness expressed by the 160 riders of this sixth round of the season which represents the beginning of the final rush of the Tricolor.

On the 1,050-meter track in Abruzzo there were eight categories involved, with double finals for the KZ2, KZ3 Junior Under and Over, the IAME X30 Junior and Senior Trophies, the Rotax Junior and Max Trophy, as well as the Naskart single-brand trophy.

In the most performance category, in KZ2 in the first final was Francesco Celenta (Praga-Tm) to rule and impose on Simone Cunati author of a prodigious recovery from the initial stages of the weekend, while the third place went to a deserving Flavio Sani (Maranello-Tm) in front of the color mate Francesco Iacovacci in his debut with Maranello Kart. To gain 10 position and to finish with the fifth place was Giuseppe Palomba (Intrepid-Tm) lingered in a qualifying heats for a technical problem after having scored the pole position in practice. Just Palomba was then the main protagonist of the second final, won with authority and strength after a duel with Cunati, and ended with a success that now launches the Neapolitan driver at the top of the standings before the final meeting of September 23 in Castelletto. Weekend suffered instead for the capoclassification of the first part of the Championship, Giacomo Pollini (Formula K-Tm) forced to 12th place in Race1 after a comeback of 8 positions, and unfortunately for him also forced to retire in Race2 for an accident. In the second final behind Palomba was Davide Forè (BirelArt-Tm). Third was placed Sani, while Celenta was satisfied with the fourth place, with the fifth position went to an excellent Luigi Di Lorenzo (CRG-Tm).

In the surprise X30 Junior won Race 1 Federico Cecchi (Tony Kart-Iame) after the two leaders of the race, Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TB Kart-Iame) and Ugo Ugochukwu (Tony Kart-Iame) came to a turn from the finish line ). In second place was placed Leonardo Fornaroli (KR-Iame) in front of Raffaele Gulizia (Tony Kart-Iame), with Ugochukwu fourth and Michael Barbaro Paparo (BirelArt-Iame) fifth. In Race 2, Federico Albanese (Kosmic-Iame) prevailed and in the first final he finished eighth, followed by an excellent Enzo Trulli (CRG-Tm), the author of a good battle for the conquest of the position, and with Cecchi still on the podium with third place.

In the X30 Senior Leonardo Caglioni celebrated with a nice victory his debut with the Driver team on KR-Iame, ending with the success in front of the ranking leader Luigi Coluccio (BirelArt-Iame) and Aleksander Bardas (Top Kart-Iame). In Race 2, after the last race of Adria, Danny Carenini (Tony Kart-Iame) returned to victory. In the first final of Val Vibrata he placed fifth behind Francesco Pagano (KR-Iame). Third in the second final concluded Mario Martucci (Maranello-Iame).

In KZ3 Junior the victories were divided in the two finals Fabrizio Del Brutto (CRG-Tm) and Edoardo Tolfo (Formula K-Tm). In the first final characterized by an initial heavy rain, Del Brutto preceded Roberto Cesari (Formula K-Tm) and Nicolò Zin (KR-Tm), while in the second final Tolfo preceded Del Brutto and Francesco Temperini (Tony Kart-Tm).

In KZ3 Under Emanuele Simonetti (Tony Kart-Tm) did not leave his opponents to go and dominate the first final in front of Michael Dalle Stelle (Maranello-Tm) and Filippo D'Attanasio (Formula K-Tm). In the second final, Andrea Fortuna (Maranello-Tm) took the lead from pole position, while Simonetti was the author of a great comeback with second place. Third place was Riccardo Nalon (Formula K-Tm).

Another downpour characterized the first final of KZ3 Over, won by Marco Ruschioni (MacMinarelli-Tm) on Paolo Gagliardini (Maranello-Tm) and Jonni Loddo (CRG-Tm). The second final was instead in favor of Claudio Tempesti (CRG-Tm), penalized in Race 1 for the spoiler unhooked and comeback in Race-2 to win the victory over Sebastiano De Matteo (Intrepid-Tm), with Ruschioni who ended on the podium again with third place. The other protagonist of the category, Roberto Profico (Tony Kart-Tm) was forced to retire in both the finals.

In the Rotax Max double success for Filippo Laghi (Tony Kart-Rotax), ahead of Andrea Zollino (Maranello Rotax) in Race 1 and ahead of the leader of the standings Davide Vuano (Praga-Tm) in Race2. In the Rotax Junior double success instead for Elia Galvanin (Exprit-Rotax).

In the Naskart Trophy he dominated Moreno Di Silvestre, in both the finals on Alessandro Brigatti. Third in Race 1 concluded Lapo Nencetti, while in Race 2 on the third step of the podium Cristian Castelli finished.

COURIER OF SPORT. A special page with comments, classifications and photos will be published on Friday 31st August in the Corriere dello Sport sports newspaper.

The next events of the Italian ACI Karting Championship:

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.