After successful debut at Adria during the WSK Champions Cup, the Parolin Racing Kart Team continued in international competition at the first round of the WSK Super Master Series. On this occasion Lorenzo Camplese made his debut in the KZ category, for the professionals of karting. Despite extreme conditions and a shortened programme, the factory Parolin Racing Kart driver achieved extraordinary well to fight in the top three at the start of the final.

The winter weather at Castelletto did not make the task easy for the Parolin Racing Kart Team in early March. Distanced during the first free practice session, Lorenzo Camplese was back on the pace from the second session. Qualifying didn’t provide complete satisfaction with a 13th place overall but the team worked hard to enable the driver to move up significantly in Prefinal A on Sunday morning. Camplese was very close to the best in pure performance and regained six places to finish in 3rd position in the wake and on the pace of the eventual winner.

The competitiveness of Parolin Racing Kart was displayed again in the Final and Camplese immediately found himself in the fight for the top three. He then lost ground because of the intensity of the battle, before resuming the ascendancy in the final laps and finished 7th in a lively race. Lorenzo is in 7th place in the provisional championship standings among a stellar roster of confirmed champions.

“The weekend of Castelletto wasn’t easy for anyone,” confided Albino Parolin. “We are not, however, unhappy with our performance. The team is very young and we are already comparable to the greatest specialists with long experience in KZ. We must not forget that this is currently the premier class where the professionals of world karting race.

We proved that our KZ chassis was at the peak of competition, ensuring that our racing product is the same our customer base is receiving, which is one of the main objectives for the company. We have planned our development programme with the goal of being at the top for the major CIK-FIA international events and will soon meet our opponents again for the second meeting of the WSK Master Series Super at the Sarno circuit.”

At the first competition of the year, the Parolin Racing Kart team recorded good performances in KZ2 with Lorenzo Camplese, in line with its title of CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific Champion won last December in Macau. The 2016 season has started strongly for the Venetian brand as his driver took pole position in Qualifying and took a superb 5th place finish among the leaders in the category.

“After the good results achieved by our chassis last year, we decided to launch our factory team in major events in 2016,” says Albino Parolin. “I think it’s time to show the real potential of our equipment and support our worldwide dealer network. At the opening race at Adria, Lorenzo Camplese was immediately among the best. This is a very encouraging start!”

The WSK Champions Cup was run on the first weekend of February at the Adria Raceway Karting where the biggest European 125cc gearbox gathered. For the young Parolin Racing Kart factory team, the competition was very successful, in the dry and in the wet, and despite some setbacks, the overall result was more than satisfactory.

In Timed Qualifying, Lorenzo Camplese was able to place his Parolin / TM / Vega at the top of the rankings in the strong KZ2 class with 33 experienced drivers. The poleman spent a sunny day achieving 2nd and 3rd positions in the Qualifying Heats before being slowed by a small technical concern. He started on the 3rd row of the grid for the Finals.

“The start of the rain on Sunday morning didn’t enthuse me!”confided Camplese. “I’m not a big fan of these kind of conditions and I had no experience with Vega rain tyres. Fortunately, I was able to start to find my feet after a difficult warm-up.”

Indeed, Lorenzo posted the 6th time in the Prefinal and managed to finish 8th, a good result in light of his 19th fastest lap in the warm-up. Consistent and safe, the Parolin driver improved again in the Final, regaining ground up to 5th position on a slippery track, always behind a quartet of major champions.

The Parolin KZ chassis demonstrated strong qualities at the highly demanding circuit of Adria against leading competition, as the team has just been put in place and the development work is just beginning. This first result in the top five is very encouraging before the start of the WSK Super Master Series in less than a month at Castelletto. Parolin Racing Kart team will be attending 2016 major events as WSK Super Master Series, CIK-FIA KZ European & World Championships and some overseas appointments as well.