Suvanto takes tough double KF2 victory

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Marc Otero (ES, FA Kart/Vortex) and Joel Johansson (SE, Energy/TM) will start the KF2 Prefinal on the front row. They dominated Matteo Vigano and Aniello Smarazzo throughout the qualifying heats. Robert Foster-Jones and Petri Suvanto share the third row, and Andrea Dale and Giaguaro Nero the fourth. Winner of two races, Federico Scionti will start in ninth alongside James Thorp.

Faced with numerous problems, Jack Harvey was the last driver to qualify, in 28th position. William Benedetti was on pole for the repechage. He is with Flavio Camponeschi, and Sami Luka, whose team is beginning to better understand the Maxter KF2 engine.

The heats were unable to designate clear favourites, and a ot of fast drivers are not in their usual positions at the moment. The final stages are expected to be very lively.

Prefinal
Thorp had problems starting his engine, but managed to rejoin the field. Marc Otero led, ahead of Joel Johansson, Robert Foster-Jones and Aniello Smarazzo. Matteo Vigano had problems, putting him in slow motion and Jack Harvey lost time going wide.

Foster-Jones attacked Johansson, and they passed Otero now in third position. Robin Frijns was strong at the start of the race; he peaked in fourth position. Johansson took the lead on lap eight and quick pulled out a small lead on Foster-Jones. Fighting for eighth place were Giaguaro Nero and Otero, who had dropped back. Jack Harvey was hard to find.

Petri Suvanto increased his pace and came back from 10th to third, then second. Oliver Rowland attacked and passed Foster-Jones, and Giaguaro Nero overcame Frijns who was slower at the end of the race.

At the start of the last lap, Johansson was still in the lead, but the threat was clear for the Energy driver. First Suvanto passed him, then Rowland, both in the last corners. Johansson couldn’t contain Foster-Jones and finally Smarazzo overtook at the last corner.

Final
With two Tonykarts on the front row and two FA Karts of the second row, the domination of the Tonykart group is evident at Lonato in the KF2 final. But the struggle was intense throughout the race.

Petri Suvanto moved into the lead and did not give way. Behind him, his rivals took it in turns to run in second. First Robert Foster-Jones, then Oliver Rowland took the position. The latter came up from fourth place, dispatching Andre Hauke then Foster-Jones. As the race went on, Rowland seemed able to get closer to the leader, but he was never able to launch a real attack until the last lap, which was in vain. Aniello Smarazzo stayed in fourth place during virtually the whole race. Joel Johansson finished fifth, as he did in the Prefinal.

James Thorp was able to climb from his 13th starting position to finish sixth. The Czech Tereza Gromanova was 13th, ahead of Timmy Hansen, Giaguaro Nero and Zdenek Groman. William Benedetti took 22nd place after a difficult race. Jack Harvey experienced technical difficulties throughout the weekend and finally finished a modest 27th place, not consistent with his talent, just ahead of Matteo Vigano. Foster-Jones and Butler didn’t finish the race.

Photo: Tonykart

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