The third round of Academy Trophy and U18 World Championship made the history: it was the first Cik-Fia event held in the night, and, unfortunately, it also was the very last race of the successful U18 World Champ, probably one of the most clever karting-aimed projects launched by the Cik-Fia authorities in the latest years.
The event took place, as anticipated by the title, in the fantastic Viva Karting Track, an amazing facility close to the famous Formula 1 circuit of Sakhir, Bahrain: there was no location who could have better welcomed the meeting but this.Moreover, the circuit was fast and very technical, in fact it presented a set of turns with a 15 meters height difference which put on the test both chassis and engine. If the track could have been a serious obstacle for most of manufacturers, Parolin chassis and Fim engines weren't afraid of that and they have well behaved also in this tricky situation.
Academy Trophy's final round was totally dominated by Thomas Bale from UAE, who managed to win both Race 1 and Race 2, even if the real protagonist of this championship is the Finnish Joonas Lappalainen, who conduced a strategic race weekend and achieved a 4th and a 6th position that crowned him as the 2012 Academy Trophy winner.
In the U18, Russian Seva Gagen (Parolin/Fim) was one of the fastest drivers since Thursday free practices and he confirmed his supremacy by achieving the pole position the day after. All the heats were good except last one, when he got pushed-off road during the final laps, complicating his bid for victory. Otherwise Sergio Lopez from Venezuela, who had some problems in the qualifying practices, found the right feeling with his kart and he made a series of great comebacks in order to reach the Final A. Bad luck for Armando Iannacone who didn't manage to gain the necessary penalties to take part of the first 34 drivers. After two good performances in prefinals, Gagen & Lopez were starting their final from 11th and 13th position. The first turn was not friendly with the Venezuelan driver, who had to comeback from last rows and ended in 20th position. On the contrary, Gagen shaped up his motivation into a brilliant race, reaching the 5th position before being pushed-off again and concluding 7th.
Such a satisfaction for Parolin team, which concluded its 3-years-experience with Cik-Fia in the best way possible. All compliments and the kind comments we received from the paddock are proof of our great work during last three years!
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Copiosa affluenza di visitatori presso lo stand CSAI alla fiera di Rimini
Archiviata la stagione balneare, Rimini e il suo splendido complesso fieristico si sono apprestati ad ospitare il più grande meeting sportivo a livello nazionale, lo SportsDays. La fiera si è sviluppata su dodici padiglioni, accogliendo un'incredibile moltitudine di discipline sportive e federazioni, attirando più di 30.000 visitatori provenienti da tutta Italia. La CSAI, in qualità di autorità per la sezione karting, era presente in collaborazione con la Parolin Racing Kart, che per l'occasione ha messo a disposizione la sua struttura mobile e gli innovativi kart (Delfino e Mini) a motore elettrico.Grandi erano i numeri, come grande è stata la visibilità che il karting ha ottenuto: più di duecento bambini dai 6 ai 10 anni hanno avuto la possibilità di provare per la prima volta un kart, in un tracciato appositamente studiato per coniugare lo sport all'educazione stradale, come previsto dalla propedeuticità della categoria Delfini.Sicuramente un bilancio positivo per la CSAI, poiché molti visitatori sono venuti a conoscenza del mondo del karting e soprattutto perché per parecchi di loro non si è trattato di un episodio fine a sé stesso, ma di un “arrivederci a presto” visto l'interesse dimostrato nei confronti del nostro meraviglioso sport.
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Angerville has been another great performance by the venetian engines.ANGERVILLE (FRA) – Rainy, windy, cloudy and sunny; it seems as there were four season in one day during the last round of Cik Fia U18 World Champ and Academy Trophy. Both categories showed amazing battles, starting from Academy and its italian driver Mattia Drudi with his iron will and determination: the guy was conscious that he could achieve the round since Saturday, even if he was starting from the fifth raw he got what he was fighting for: the final first place. The most fierce rivals were Lessennes (Race 1 winner), Besancez (second place in Race 2), Lappalainen, who was always in the first names of the ranking, and also Weckstrom's performance has to be reported, final third position and fastest lap in Race 2.We have to say that this concept of karting is the main ingredient of these breathtaking races, all drivers have the same chances to show their talent on the same karts and this is very appreciated in the paddock.Under 18 category was monopolized by Antoine Hubert who didn't leave anything to his rivals: he won Prefinal 1 and Final, presenting himself as a serious candidate for the World Champion title. Another impressive result arrived from the Parolin driver Seva Gagen, tenacious till the end, but unfortunately he was disqualified because of his underweight, so the second place was assigned to Federico Savona, followed by britishman Ricky Collard. Fim staff considers itself satisfied by the reliability of the engines, which have ridden out even this race without problems. During the weekend some engines have been switched in accordance with Cik-Fia autorities, in order to prove the equity of performances; among these engines there were also Hubert's and Savona's engines, which have been switched with other two engines from the rear zone, but the results didn't change: the frenchman won, the italian one arrived second!Championship standings are still open to many possible winners, so let's see in Bahrain what is going to happen!
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The U18 & Academy World Championship got under the way in Braga saw as protagonists two drivers from beyond the Channel and one Finnish. Challenges, also this time, pointed out the high reliability level of the Parolin Racing Kart chassis and engines and the absolute equity of performances between the material distributed by drawing lots. The race took place in Portugal – to be more precise in Braga- in full Mediterranean area, but the winners were the northerner drivers. The geographic data cannot mislead: the U18 & Academy World Championship – arrived to the third edition started in the Lusitanian city- and is more then ever open competition. The world event, of which Parolin Racing Kart is the technical supplier (the engines for the U18 and the chassis for the Academy), is an authentic training that can suggest useful info about the “factory” of talents. It is not a surprise that in the 2012 U18 category competes the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, winner of the 2011 World Academy Championship. But now we start from the beginning to discover what's in the U18 notebook of Braga. 71 out of 99 registered drivers had come, representing 17 Official Brands. This fact is important and makes more rilevant the absence of three important Italian brands (Birel, CRG and Tony Kart) who, since the beginning, didn't want to participate into a formula that in the time only demonstrated to be the guessed one: free chassis and distribution by drawing lots of the engines.Everybody on the same level. The star performer of the Lusitanian race has been the Brit Henry Easthope (Sodi), first both in the chronometred times and in the qualifying laps. The Sodi's driver didn't give up neither when he plunged to the bottom of the classification for a contact between opponents. Then in Pre-final he arrived second, on the back of Riky Collard and in front of Sam Webster (both Art GP). Riky Collard is Robert's son, driver that runs with the British tourism. In Final, Easthope had the best on Charles Leclerc (Art GP) and on the French Anthoine Hubert (FK). Marco Maestranzi (PCR) was the first of the Italians with the 7th place; Federico Savona (Top Kart) finished 14° and Andrea Zemin (Righetti) 25th. In Final B the 18th place was for Armando Iannacone (Parolin), who had also the consolation to win the Edukart (a quiz contest desired from FIA to educate the guys). To point out the main element of the qualifications: 60 drivers out of 71 who partecipated remained in the 2”area: best time 56”179 (Henry Easthope), the worst (in the 2” time) 57”933.Following the other 10 drivers with times around 58” and 59”. Parolin Racing Kart, official Cik-Fia supplier, obtained a big satisfaction for the high reliability of the WKE engines. Then Academy, the category dedicated to guys from 13 to 15 years old. The registered drivers were 51. Also for this category there was the Edukart quiz contest that saw the Italian Enrico Pillon at the second place behind the UAE driver Michael Thomas. Then in the track the best time during the qualification laps was for the Polish Adrian Rozycki, who preceded for just one thousandth the Brit George Russel. In confirmation of the high equity, between the 48 drivers came to the portuguese appointment, 38 drivers obtained a time in 2”: from 56”781 to 56”943. Following the other 10. At the end of the battles in the qualification George Russel was first in front of Adrian Rozycki and the French Adeline Prudent. In Race 1 won Russel in front of his compatriot Alex Gil and the Finn Joonas Lapplainen; sixth place for the Italian Mattia Drudi, while went immediately out Enrico Pillon for a contact with an opponent. In Race 2 Lappalainen won on the Spanish Javier Cobian and on the Norwegian Martin Ellegard.14° place for Enrico Pillon, while Drudi due to a contact in the race ruined a tyre.The Lombard driver, seen his times, would have had the podium in his hands.The second of the three World championship appointments will take place in Angerville (France) from the 24th to the 25th of August.
Non solo note inglesi in terra portoghese
La prima prova del Mondiale U18 e Academy che è scattato a Braga ha visto protagonisti due piloti d’oltre Manica ed un finlandese. Le sfide hanno evidenziato ancora una volta l’alto livello di affidabilità di telai e motori forniti dalla Parolin Racing Kart e l’assoluto equilibrio di prestazioni tra il materiale estratto a sorte.
Si è corso in Portogallo – per la precisione a Braga – in piena area mediterranea, ma hanno vinto i piloti del nord. Il dato geografico non deve però trarre in inganno: il Mondiale U18 e Academy - giunto al terzo anno e che ha preso il via nella città lusitana - è più che mai una competizione aperta. L’evento iridato del quale la Parolin Racing Kart è fornitore tecnico (i motori in Under18 ed i telai e i motori in Academy) è un’autentica palestra formativa dalla quale si possono trarre utili indicazioni circa la “fabbrica” di talenti. Non a caso, nella U18 del 2012 gareggia il monegasco Charles Leclerc, che nel 2011 è stato il vincitore del Mondiale Academy. Ma andiamo con ordine e scopriamo cosa c’è sul taccuino degli appunti della U18 di Braga. Dei 99 piloti iscritti se ne sono presentati al via ben 71, in rappresentanza di 17 Case ufficiali. Il dato è importante e rende ancor più vistosa l’assenza dei tre importanti brand italiani (Birel, CRG e Tony Kart) che fin dalla nascita non hanno ritenuto di aderire ad una formula che con il tempo si è soltanto confermata azzeccata: telaio libero e motore a sorteggio. Tutti sullo stesso piano. Mattatore della prova lusitana in U18 è stato l’inglese Henry Easthope (Sodi), primo nei tempi cronometrati e nelle manche di qualifica. Il pilota della Sodi non si è perso d’animo neanche quando è precipitato in fondo alla classifica per un contatto tra avversari. Poi, in prefinale è giunto secondo, alle spalle di Ricky Collard e davanti a Sam Webster (entrambi della Art GP). Ricky Collard è figlio di Robert, pilota che corre nel turismo britannico. In finale, Easthope ha avuto poi ragione di Charles Leclerc (Art GP) e del francese Anthoine Hubert (FK). Marco Maestranzi (PCR) è stato il primo degli italiani al settimo posto; Federico Savona (Top Kart) ha terminato 14° e Andrea Zemin (Righetti) al 25°. In finale B 18° posto per Armando Iannaccone (Parolin), al quale va la consolazione di avere vinto l’Edukart (un concorso a quiz voluto dalla FIA per educare i ragazzi). Da segnalare il dato delle qualifiche: su 71 piloti che vi hanno partecipato, 60 sono rimasti nell’ambito di 2”: miglior tempo 56”179 (Henry Easthope), peggiore (nell’arco dei 2”) 57”933. A seguire gli altri 10 con tempi attorno a 58” o 59”. In casa della Parolin Racing Kart, fornitrice dei motori per conto di CIK-FIA, è stata grande la soddisfazione per il livello di affidabilità raggiunto dai motori WKE. Ed ecco la Academy, la categoria che vede in gara i ragazzi dai 13 ai 15 anni. Qui erano 51 i piloti iscritti. Anche per questa categoria valeva l’Edukart, che ha visto l’italiano Enrico Pillon piazzarsi al secondo posto alle spalle del pilota degli Emirati Arabi Uniti, Michael Thomas. Poi è stata la volta della pista: miglior tempo in qualifica per il polacco Adrian Rozycki, che ha preceduto di un solo millesimo l’inglese George Russel. A conferma del grande equilibrio, dei 48 piloti che si sono presentati all’appuntamento portoghese, in 38 hanno staccato un tempo nell’arco di 2”: da 56”781 a 57”943. A seguire gli altri dieci. Al termine degli scontri di qualifica era primo Gorge Russel davanti a Adrian Rozycki e alla francese Adeline Prudent. Gara 1 è stata vinta da Russel davanti al connazionale Alex Gill e al finlandese Joonas Lapplainen; sesto posto per l’italiano Mattia Drudi, fuori subito – invece – Enrico Pillon a causa di un contatto con un avversario. In Gara 2 Lappalainen si è rifatto ed è andato a vincere davanti allo spagnolo Javier Cobian e al norvegese Martin Ellegard. 14° Enrico Pillon, mentre Drudi in un contatto di gara ci ha rimesso una gomma che si è stallonata. Il pilota lombardo aveva il podio alla portata visti i tempi con cui girava.La seconda delle tre prove mondiali si terrà ad Angerville – in Francia – dal 24 al 26 agosto.
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