European Championship - KF1, KZ2 & KF2 at Mariembourg

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Introduction

For KF1 and KZ2, the Belgian event will be the second of three events of the European tour. For KZ1, on the other hand, Mariembourg will be the final round of the European Championship and will therefore be decisive for the awarding of the title.

As the two favourites, the Belgian Jonathan Thonon (CRG/Maxter) and the Dutchman Bas Lammers (Top Kart/TM), have exactly the same number of points before this final, KZ1 will be closely watched. Racing in front of his home crowd should theoretically be a small advantage for the Belgian driver, who won the last World Cup. But the Mariembourg circuit also has good memories for Bas Lammers because he achieved the best result in his Karting career there when he landed a European Formula A Champion title in 2003. The suspense is therefore guaranteed, more especially as several other drivers, even though they can no longer claim the title, are thirsting for victory and could well interfere in their duel - particularly Italy�s Alessandro Manetti (CRG/Maxter), Alessandro Piccini (Maranello/TM), Roberto Toninelli (Intrepid/TM) and Manuel Cozzaglio (Intrepid/TM) or France�s Thomas Mich (Birel/TM), Manuel Renaudie (Gillard/SGM) and Norman Nato (Intrepid/TM).

KF1, the top category of international Karting, enjoyed a competitive start to the season, with a wider distribution of the prizes than expected. While the Briton Gary Catt (Tony Kart/Vortex), the last World Vice-Champion, will arrive at Mariembourg as leader, he knows that there will be fierce competition and that it will not necessarily only come from his team mates, Marco Ardigo, Will Stevens and Matias Laine (all driving Tonykart/Vortex). At the European opening race held at Angerville (F), Catt had to give up a win to the Frenchman Arnaud Kozlinski (CRG/Maxter), and at the World Cup in Japan, he had to admit defeat against the Italians Davide Fore (Maranello/Maxter) and Sauro Cesetti (Birel/TM), and against the young Czech Libor Toman (Birel/Parilla) who, as well as the Dutchman Jack Te Braak (Zanardi/Parilla), is the revelation of the start of the season.

In the first KZ2 round, the Frenchmen Joffrey Demanse (PCR-TM) and Tony Lavanant (Energy/TM) fully exploited the advantage of racing at home. They will try to stay in the lead at Mariembourg, more especially as the third and last event of the Championship will again be staged in France. The Brit Jack Hawksworth (Gillard/TM), the Dutchman Kevin Jansen (Energy/TM) and the Italian Emmanuele Neri (CKR/Pavesi) rank among their main competitors.

News & Results

• Ardigo cruises to pole for the World Cup (September 6, 2008)
• Ardigo (KZ1), Goudant (KZ2) and Moller Madsen (KF3) in pole position (September 5, 2008)
• Equipe de France preview for Varennes (September 4, 2008)
• Harvey battles back to 13th at Braga (August 10, 2008)
• Fired-up Hawksworth ready to ‘throw caution to the wind’ (August 8, 2008)
• Mixed results at Braga for the French team (August 7, 2008)
• Maranello ready for the World Championship (August 7, 2008)
• RFM kart star Foster-Jones takes second in Portugal (August 4, 2008)
• No mistakes for Elkmann at Assen (August 4, 2008)
• Ardigo wins fourth European Championship (August 3, 2008)

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Track Location

Karting Des Fagnes
Parc Industriel, 13
B-5660
Mariembourg
Belgique
Tel: +32 (60) 31 26 70
Fax: +32 (60) 31 27 86
Email: info@kartingdesfagnes.com

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Track Data

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• Length - 1366m
• Width - 8-10m
• Clockwise

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Photos

Joint Championship Leaders Jonathan Thonon and Bas Lammers

By KSP.fr

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Previous Results

Year/Event	Class	Driver	Equipment
2008 WSK	KF1	Sauro Cesetti (IT)	Birel/TM
2008 WSK	KZ2	Marco Ardigo (IT)	Tonykart/Vortex
2008 WSK	KF2	Jack Harvey (GB)	Birel/Parilla
2007 World Championship	KF1	Marco Ardigo (IT)	Tonykart/Vortex
2006 World Cup	Super ICC	Davide Fore (IT)	Tonykart/Vortex

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