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After winning in WSK Gold Cup and in the opening game of WSK Super Master Series at Adria, Karol Basz grants his third winning, achieving also the second round on the track of Castelletto and confirming his leadership with 180 points in ranking.

Bad weather conditioned the weekend, putting to the test the skills of all 33 drivers involved along the 1,285 meters of the International Circuit 7 Laghi in Pavia. A difficult weekend beginning from the bearer of Kosmic Racing Team, who became the protagonist of a great comeback in the second Qualifying heat, after winning the first one and being hit on the second lap. Finishing back at the 24th position, he came back until the twelfth place, winning the eighth place in standings. Thanks to two sensational starts that left public and experts stunned, the Polish driver of Minardi Management showed on track all his talent, even in difficult wet track conditions, gaining a splendid double in the pre-final and final, which are worth the nickname: “Rain wizard”. In pre-final, he outdistanced the second driver with more than 21 sec, which is definitely a lot in the world of karting.

“Another fantastic weekend, despite the pouring rain. It wasn’t certainly an easy weekend, especially in the second Qualifying heat, after winning the first one. In the pre-final and final everything went very well, despite very difficult track conditions. I recovered positions until finishing first, confirming me leading the standings“, Karol Basz says.

“It’s really a pleasure to see Karol in action, in both wet and dry conditions. He’s a complete driver, who doesn’t lose heart because of unlucky situations, like in the second Qualifying heat. With great intelligence, he recovered positions until the double success of pre-final and final. He has improved a lot compared with last season, especially considering this aspect. Two very important successes, both for spirits and in view of the other seasonal events. He impressed with two amazing starts, being protagonist of breath-taking overtakings“, Alberto Tonti says.

Karol Basz’ next appointment is planned at La Conca circuit, the third round of WSK Super Master Series on the weekend of April 9th – 12nd.

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Excellent start for Matteo Nannini in the Rok North 60 Championship. On the South Garda Karting track, scene of the 26th Trofeo Primavera, Matteo opened the new season with an important second place.

With his first experience using the new Energy material and in this new series, the young 2014 Italian Champion from Forlì (Italia), he put on track all his talent, touching the second consecutive podium of the weekend in the final, unfortunately missed for just to 2 tenths. After measuring himself with the track and gaining more confidence and kart team, Matteo closed the Qualifying with the tenth fastest time (the seventh of his tournament), achieving the second place at the end of a good recovery during first race, after signing the second fastest time in warm-up. In the final, only a problem with the engine took satisfaction of gaining again the podium away from Matteo, who greeted the kart track in Lonato with the fourth placement in standings, leaving behind 26 pilots.

“As first race, it went very well, also because I was debuting both in the championship and with the new kart. In Qualifying I gained the seventh place and in race-1 I was able to recover up to second place, entering into the final. Unfortunately, an engine problem slowed me down in race-2, which I closed at the foot of the podium. Now I can not wait to get back on track later this month on Winner track”, the driver of Minardi Management, Matteo Nannini, comments.

“I’m pleased for Matteo’s debut in the 60 Rok, as we are talking about a very challenging series, with up to 30 drivers on the grid. Coming from a winter stop, he was really good at opening the season with a podium and a fourth place finish. Moreover, from next race he will have to make the great leap in class, moving to KFJ”, the manager Giovanni Minardi from Faenza analyzes.

In the opening race of WSK Super Master Series at Adria International Raceway, Gianni Vigorito became the protagonist of an important recovery. The new bearer of the OK1 Racing Team has come back to competitions last week in Gold Cup after a year absence and he is quickly finding pace and feeling with car and new team.

Because of not perfect physical conditions, he ended the Qualifying rounds with a thirty-seventh position, but showing a great recovery in the pre-final, which was closed with an eighth place in B Group.

In the Final, he recovered three more positions, ending the comeback with an encouraging thirteenth place. The top 10 is now the aim of the champion from Sturno (Campania).

“Despite my fever, I managed to make a great recovery, showing that I’m finding the right feeling with kart. Together with team, we are working in the right direction and at the moment this is certainly the most important aspect. Going on this path results will also come. We are only at the first race of the season. The championship is still very long. Now the mind is already focused towards next race on 7 Laghi circuit“, Gianni Vigorito says.

“Despite a result certainly affected by his physical condition and some misfortunes, we are happy with Gianni’s weekend and his hard-work, developing KF materials together with OK1 staff. I am sure that we will see Vigorito’s true value at Castelletto. He is growing and integrating in the best way inside Minardi Team“, Alberto Tonti, supervisor of Minardi kart comments.

Joao Vieira goes back to the “school desks”. The scene of the new study plan s Monza, the Temple of Speed. Therefore, the approach of the young Brazilian driver of Minardi Management is going on, with the opening race of the Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth, scheduled for May 3rd at Vallelunga.

The fast Monza track will host the Tatuus F.4 for the second round of the season, while Joao continues the development work on the car set up by Antonelli Motorsport team, covering over 500 kilometres, lowering the time of 2014 pole position by more than 6 dec. Last season, Joao won a final second place, accomplishing a weekend constantly at the top.

“It was a very intense and positive working day. We raced many kilometres, collecting various data that will be useful for the race weekend. We made some small changes in set-up, scoring a fastest lap time of over 6 dec than the pole of last season”, the driver of Minardi Management, Joao Vieira, says.

“I’m really very happy with the work done by Joao. He was able to close more than 90 laps, improving constantly, until the fastest lap time of the day among other Tatuus F.4 on track, as well as beating the lap time of 2014 pole. Track conditions were incredibly optimal and thus affected his performance, but we are talking about a precious result, which proves Joao’s maturity and his excellent feeling reached with car, track and team“, the manager Giovanni Minardi analyzes.

At the International South Garda Karting Circuit the traditional event of Winter Cup has takes place, now in its XX° edition. Among the over thirty drivers entered in KF category, the bearer of Kosmic Racing Team, Karol Basz, certainly could not missing.

For the native from Krakow, the appointment of Lonato has been the occasion for tuning the material, in view f the starting of the season next week, with a double appointment on the track of Adria for the “WSK Gold Cup“(from February 26th to March 1st) and the first round of the “WSK Super Master Series” (from 5th to 8^th March). Once again Karol has Left the sign, especially with difficult conditions of wet track, signing with two wins of Qualifying rounds.

“Despite the really changeable conditions, pace and speed were very good, but in Final I have been unfortunately touched by a rival who made me loose lots of positions, frustrating all the job done for Qualifying. However, Winter Cup has been an opportunity to test all the materials in view of upcoming weekends, that will certainly be better”, the driver managed by Minardi Management, Karol Basz, says.

“If we just look at the final result, the weekend was not a happy week, but if we consider the detail, we can see once again that Karol stood out in wet conditions, gaining two wins in Qualifying rounds, closing the session with a fifth placement. Thanks to the changeable weather conditions, this has been the right occasion to test all the material before the starting of the real season, that will begin next week with the Gold Cup, and then WSK Master Series”, the supervisor of Minardi Kart, Alberto Tonti, analyzes.

With two days of pre-season test session, at Vallelunga it has brought the curtain up on the new season of Joao Vieira. After four months from last appointment on the track of Adria, the Brazilian driver from Gurupi is back at the wheel of Tatuus F.4 of Antonelli Motorsport.

A comeback on track more than positive, inaugurated with the best chronometric results in both session, both in wet and dry conditions. A promising start for the driver managed by Minardi Management , who prepares its second season in the Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth. So many kilometers on Campagnano’s track, working on pace and set-up in view of the first appointment of the season, scheduled for May 3^rd, right on the Capitoline circuit. 

“It’s beautiful being back at the wheel after so long. Finally back to drive. There were two very intense and profitable days. I quickly found the pace and the feeling with track and technical team. After a year spent together, we know each other very well and this will make the job easier. We tried different set-up thanks to the rain that fell on Saturday”, Joao Vieira analyzes.

“A promising start. Certainly, at this point of the season, time results are to be taken with a pinch of salt, but being on the top list is leading to hope for the best. That means that Joao has quickly found again his pace and the work of last season is bearing fruit. He has driven many kilometers as well as worked with the engineers on the development of the car”, the manager Giovanni Minardi says.