Rain makes the first heats of the WSK Super Master Series trickier in Viterbo

Heats on Friday were wet after the dry weather in the morning. The conclusion of the heats will be on Saturday, while the final stages will follow on Sunday, March 16th.

Viterbo (ITA), 14.03.2025
After the mild morning weather that allowed the qualifying sessions to take place on a dry track in this fifth and final round of the WSK Super Master Series, rain arrived at the Leopard Circuit Viterbo in the early afternoon, making the qualifying heats for the final phase more difficult.

OKJ – Domain and Calleja win the first two heats.
The first of the two OKJ heats was the only one to be held on a dry track. Here the Englishman Henry Domain (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart-Vega) won the A-B heat ahead of the Spaniard Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn/LN Kart-TM Kart) and the American Devin Walz (KR Motorsport-KR-Iame). The Italian Julian Frasnelli (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) finished fourth after claiming pole position in qualifying. The American Michael MacGauchy (Koski Motorsport/KR-Iame) finished fifth, while the championship leader, the Dutchman Dean Hoogendoorn (Prema Racing/KR-Iame), was sixth after a comeback of 21 positions. In the C-D heat the victory went to the Australian William Calleja (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart) ahead of Drew Walz, Devin's brother, also on KR-Iame, while Turner Brown (Ricky Flynn/LN Kart-TM Kart) finished third.
OKJ Heat A-B: 1st Henry Domain (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart-Vega)
OKJ Heat C-D: 1st William Calleja (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart-Vega)
OKJ Championship standings:
1st Hoogendoorn Dean (NLD) (#302 Prema Racing/KR-Iame-Vega) points 371
2nd Baglin Noah (GBR) (#301 Prema Racing/KR-Iame) points 305
3rd Crisan Ilie Tristan (CAN) (#304 Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) points 288
4th Walz Devin (USA) (#311 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) points 171
5th Arias Bosco (ESP) (#327 Ricky Flynn/LN Kart-TM Kart) points 141

OK-NJ – Orlando finishes ahead of Palacio.
Michele Orlando (DR/DR-Modena Engines-Vega) won the first heat of the OK-NJ. The Italian driver, second in the standings, finished ahead of the championship leader, the American Lucas Palacio (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame), while the other American Nicola Stanley (MP Academy Gamoto/Henza Kart-TM Kart) ended in third place. The other best positions went to the two French drivers Teo Policand (VictoryLane/KR-Iame), Many Nuvolini (Prema Racing/KR-Iame), the Italian Gioele Girardello (Modena Kart/Parolin-TM Kart) and the Ukrainian Oleksandr Legenkyi (Team Driver/KR-Iame).
Heat-1: 1st Michele Orlando (DR/DR-Modena Engines-Vega).
OKNJ Championship standings:
1st Palacio Lucas (USA) (#711 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) points 239
2nd Orlando Michele (ITA) (#721 DR/DR-Modena Engines) points 236
3rd Girardello Gioele (ITA) (#723 Modena Kart/Parolin-TM Kart) points 215
4th Simone Rocco (CAN) (#727 Kidix/KR-Modena Engines) points 187
5th Nuvolini Many (FRA) (#714 Prema Racing/KR-Iame) points 175

MINI GR.3 – Ianni wins the first heat, Perico the second heat with a comeback.
Antonio Ianni (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-TM Kart-Vega) won the first of the two heats with a good advantage. Behind the Italian driver, the Finn Leo Laitinen (CRG Racing Team/T-Group-TM kart) and the poleman Frenchman Stan Ratajski (BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) finished in the order. The classification leader from Portugal Xavier Lazaro (DR/DR-TM Kart), recovered several positions and finished fourth. Niccolò Perico (Team Driver/KR-Iame) claimed a great win in the second heat, with the Italian driver making a comeback of 8 positions and winning ahead of the Frenchman Jean Poujol (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) and the Italian Alessandro Nanni (BabyRace/Parolin-Iame).
OKJ Heat A-B: 1st Antonio Ianni (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-TM Kart-Vega)
OKJ Heat C-D: 1st Niccolò Perico (Team Driver/KR-Iame-Vega)
MINI Gr.3 Championship standings:
1st Lazaro Xavier (POR) (#570 DR/DR-TM Kart-Vega) points 378
2nd Perico Niccolò (ITA) (#521 Team Driver/KR-Iame) points 302
3rd Ratajski Stan (FRA) (#513 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) points 224
4th Robertson Mason (GBR) (#502 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) points 156
5th Poujol Jean (FRA) (#533 Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) points 149

MINI U10 – Schniegenberg wins the first heat after pole position.
After prevailing in qualifying, the American Colton Schniegenberg (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-TM Kart-Vega) also won the MINI U10 heat with a good advantage over the Ukrainian driver Platon Kovtunenko (Borsch Racing/Energy Corse/Iame) and the classification leader, the American Josh Bergman (Kidix/KR-Iame). Daniel Pasquali (CRG Racing Team/T-Group-TM Kart), winner of the last round in Franciacorta, finished eighth.
Heat-1: 1st Colton Schniegenberg (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-TM Kart-Vega)
MINI U10 championship standings:
1st Bergman Josh (USA) (#563 Kidix/KR-Iame-Vega) points 355
2nd Pasquali Daniel (ITA) (#550 CRG Racing Team/T-Group-TM Kart) points 281
3rd Godschalk Wynn (CUW) (#564 Kidix/KR-Iame) points 224
4th Papageorgiu Andreas (CYP) (#565 Monster K/Monster K/TM Kart) points 172
5th Garcia Patino Mateo (MEX) (#567 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) points 129

KZ2 – Orlov also first in the heat.
Max Orlov (CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart-Vega) also took his first heat after pole position in qualifying, followed by his teammate, the Frenchman Matteo Spirgel and the Italian Cristian Bertuca (BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Kart). The championship leader and teammate of Ortlov and Spiurgel, the Dutchman Senna Van Walstijn, gained 5 positions and ended fourth. The other CPB Sport driver Jean Nomblot was fifth, sixth the Estonian Markus Kajak (Formula K SRP/IPK TM Kart).
Heat-1: 1st Max Orlov (CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart-Vega).
KZ2 Championship standings:
1st Van Walstijn Senna (NLD) (#102 CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart-Vega) points 322
2nd Orlov Max (//) (#101 CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart) points 226
3rd Vasile Daniel (ROU) (#133 CL Racing Team/BirelART-TM Kart) points 221
4th Bertuca Cristian (ITA) (#125 BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Kart) points 209
5th Hiltbrand Pedro (ESP) (#126 BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Kart) points 189.

OK - Costoya and Craigie win the two heats.
In OK, the victory of the first A-B heat went to the poleman of Session-1, the Spaniard Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Kart-LeCont) after a one-position penalty handed to the Belgian classification leader Dries Van Langendonck (Prema Racing/KR-Iame-LeCont). Third in comeback ended the Englishman Joe Turney (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) ahead of the pole sitter, the Canadian Jensen Burnett (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart). In the second C-D heat, victory went to the Englishman Kenzo Craigie (Prema Racing/KR-Iame) over his compatriot Lewis Wherrell (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart) and the Australian James Anagnostiadis (Prema Racing/KR-Iame).
OK Heat A-B: 1st Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Kart-LeCont)
OK Heat C-D: 1st Kenzo Craigie (Prema Racing/KR-Iame-LeCont).
OK Championship standings:
1st Van Langendonck Dries (BEL) (#201 Prema Racing/KR-Iame-LeCont) points 326
2nd Costoya Christian (ESP) (#231 Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Kart) points 325
3rd Sala Filippo (ITA) (#228 Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart) points 220
4th Martinese Iacopo (ITA) (#203 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) points 200
5th Drummond Zac (GBR) (#208 Fusion Motorsport/KR-Iame) points 199

Live on TV. The final phase of Sunday, March 16th, will be broadcast live TV Live Streaming on the WSK Promotion Facebook page, on the WSK, Motorsport.com, and YouTube websites:
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The program of the WSK Super Master Series, Rd5 Viterbo:
Saturday, March 15th: 8:20 Warm up; 11:20 Qualifying heats.
Sunday, March 16th: 8:20 Warm up; Live on TV and Live Streaming 10:00 Prefinals and 13:00 Finals.

The calendar of the WSK Super Master Series.
1st Rd – 22-26/01/2025 LA CONCA / MINI – OKNJ – OKJ – OK – KZ2
2nd Rd – 05-09/02/2025 SARNO / MINI – OKNJ – OKJ – OK – KZ2
3rd Rd – 19-23/02/2025 LONATO / MINI – OKNJ – OKJ – OK – KZ2
4th Rd – 05-09/03/2025 FRANCIACORTA / MINI – OKNJ – OKJ – OK – KZ2
5th Rd – 12-16/03/2025 VITERBO / MINI – OKNJ – OKJ – OK – KZ2

Complete results are available at: www.wskarting.it/index.asp

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