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Jérémy Iglésias and Nyck De Vries had strong performances in the qualifying races for the KZ1 and KF3 categories of the World Cup Karts. Iglésias won all three of his qualifying races and established himself as the driver to beat in KZ1. De Vries was fastest in qualifying and won his first three races in KF3, strengthening his chances of winning the World Cup. However, the qualifying races will continue on Sunday, and the competition is still very close, as many drivers had mechanical issues or poor results in some races. The final results will not be determined until after the pre-final and final races on Sunday.

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Jérémy Iglésias and Nyck De Vries had strong performances in the qualifying races for the KZ1 and KF3 categories of the World Cup Karts. Iglésias won all three of his qualifying races and established himself as the driver to beat in KZ1. De Vries was fastest in qualifying and won his first three races in KF3, strengthening his chances of winning the World Cup. However, the qualifying races will continue on Sunday, and the competition is still very close, as many drivers had mechanical issues or poor results in some races. The final results will not be determined until after the pre-final and final races on Sunday.

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D Day - 1

Determining who will be the finalists of World Cups KZ1 (gearbox karts) and
KF3 (Juniors from 13 – 15 years old), the qualifying races which began this
Saturday in Sarno have already taught us some interesting lessons. In KZ1,
Jérémy Iglésias confirmed his good form whereas Jonathan Thonon, Bas
Lammers, Davide Fore and Andreas Fasberg have all been unlucky. In KF3
Nyck De Vries once again created a strong impression in showing himself
clearly a class above the rest!

These major karting competitions contested over just one solitary event inevitably
create a mounting pressure as the Final gets ever closer. After qualifying practice on
Friday, the competitors (68 in KZ1, 75 in KF3) have in fact been split into 5 groups.
Each group then races against all the other groups during the qualifying heats
(thereby necessitating 4 races per driver) during which the most important thing is to
consistently finish in good enough positions to qualify amongst the 34 finalists, and
then also to ensure the best place on the starting grid for the pre-final, which itself
then determines the starting grid for the final. It is undoubtedly the time of greatest
pressure of the whole weekend since it is only the result of the Final that will
determine who is the World Cup winner in KZ1 and KF3.

This Saturday, the competitors accordingly began the numerous qualifying races (10
in each class) which will also continue into Sunday. Since all drivers have not yet
competed in the same number of races, it is not yet possible to establish a
provisional classification. However some lessons can already be learned...

So, in KZ1 (the principal category of gearbox karting), Jérémy Iglésias (Intrepid-TM)
confirmed that his best time in qualifying practice owed nothing to luck. Winner of
the 3 qualifying races in which he competed, the Frenchman showed himself at the
same time both confident and yet not over-confident. “I am not sure that I will sleep
well”, explained the European Vice-Champion. “Everything has gone marvellously
well and to win this World Cup seems increasingly possible. But there is still a long
way to go and still cause for anxiety because I know that the smallest slip up or the
smallest error can undo all the good work and result in enormous disappointment.
But so far so good, I am crossing my fingers for more of the same tomorrow”.

If the French knew how to run a faultless race, like his team-member Salvatore Gatto
(Intrepid-TM), you could not say the same of his main challengers. Second fastest in
qualifying practice Jonathan Thonon (CRG-Maxter) had engine failure and whilst
European Champion Bas Lammers (Intrepid-TM) was the winner of 2 of his races,
he also experienced a motor failure at the start of another. An excellent 3 rd quickest
in qualifying, Andreas Fasberg (AM-Maxter) experienced a non-finish and Davide
Fore (CRG-Maxter) had also failed to finish a race following a collision.
Consequently several drivers will have to try to make up for today’s lost ground with
a better showing on Sunday to retrieve any chance of further progress. As for Jaime
Alguersuari (Intrepid-TM), the Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver, he twice secured a finish
in the top ten in his 2 qualifying races. “All has gone well” explained the Spaniard. “I
made progress each time I got in the kart and I am getting near my best. I hope to
continue this improvement all the way to the Final!”

Amongst the Juniors of KF3 (13-15 years), the Dutchman Nyck De Vries (Zanardi-
Parilla) confirmed his domination. Fastest in qualifying and winner of his first 3
races, the European Champion now dreams more than ever of a World Cup victory.
Amongst the other race winners Italian Giuliano Maria Niceta (Tony Kart-Vortex)
caught the eye, as did the Russian Serguei Sirotkin (Tony Kart-Vortex) and the
Spaniard Gerald Barrabeig (Intrepid-TM), although both having misfortune in one of
their races. For them the weekend could have started better... But there is still a
long way to go before the Final and, as always in karting, there are still no doubt
plenty of twists and turns to come before the final podium is determined.

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