Kart – Important points for Karol Basz at La Conca circuit

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Still a positive result for Karol Basz, busy this weekend on La Conca International Circuit, the third round of the WSK Super Master Series.

Thanks to the successes in the first two appointments of Adria and Branduzzo, the Polish driver of Kosmic Racing Team confirms its leadership in the championship, bringing the total reward to 220 points. The preconditions to put his signature on another important result are already proved, right from the beginning, achieving the third place in the Qualifying Heats, after two podiums in A-B and A-C Qualifying Heat. In the pre-final, the bearer of Minardi Management touches the podium, to close the Finale with sixth place.

“The weekend went well, but unfortunately we had a speed problem, especially in the final, which didn’t give me the chance to fight for the victory. I’m still leading the championship and now look forward to the final round of Sarno, in order to close as best as possible the WSK Super Master Series”, the Polish driver, Karol Basz, says.

“For Karol it was a good testbed in view of the World Championship, which will take place in September. Although our goal is always the victory, considering his skills, the result was positive, because, once again, he did not give up and kept driving with determination and nastiness. Now we have to go to Sarno concentrated with one goal: confirming at the top of the standings, to win the championship“, Alberto Tonti analyses.

The WSK Super Master Series will end in Naples during the weekend of April 26th.

Kart – Matteo Nannini greets the Rok Nord 60 with an excellent second placement. “The 125 is the new challenge”

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From the second place in Lonato to the second place in Nizza Monferrato. Matteo Nannini continues to impress, continuing quickly the new season with the Energy material.

Right from the beginning, the young Italian Champion from Forlì sets the pace, by signing the fastest chronometric result in Qualifying, before achieving the pole position with a best lap of 47″728 of Rok North 60, leaving behind 28 drivers. In the first race, Matteo is once again the fastest, racing with Qualifying lap times, but he had to be satisfied with the second place. In the final, Matteo is determined to reach the top step of the podium, after demonstrating to have the right stuff on track. Unfortunately someone crashed into his car, removing him from victory’s battle. Undeterred, he recovered, ending the last Mini 60’s race with a fifth place. For Nannini, a chapter ended. The next challenge, at the International Circuit 7 Laghi in Castelletto di Branduzzo – Pavia – a new chapter will begin in KFJ with 125.

“On one hand I am very happy because I was constantly the fastest on track. Unfortunately, I bring home only a second place. In the final, a contact denied me the chance to win. A real shame. But tomorrow a new challenge with the 125 will begin and I’ve already tested it in recent months, scoring the fastest time in testing. Pavia’s race, being the first, will be a real test, to make any assessment in view of subsequent appointments. I don’t wait to start”, a smiling Matteo Nannini says.

“I have to congratulate Matteo. Throughout the weekend, he was the fastest, demonstrating his talent. Unfortunately in the final his car was crashed. The dispensation has finally arrived and now the parenthesis of 60 ended, full of successes and rich in the title of 2014 Italian Champion. From tomorrow, we turn the page and get to race with the up category. The first race will be the “zero”. I am sure that with the 125 he is able to fight for important positions”, the manager Giovanni Minardi analyzes.

F.4 – First contact with Mugello’s rain for Joao Vieira

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A little more than a month after Vallelunga’s weekend, which will launch the second season of the Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth, Joao Vieira came back to work with Antonelli Motorsport team at Mugello Circuit.

A test day strongly conditioned by the rain, which gave to the young Brazilian driver of Minardi Management the opportunity to become familiar with the selective Tuscan track in difficult wet conditions. It was the first experience with the wet for Joao and the staff directed by Marco Antonelli, after the podium of last season on a dry track. “It was a very fruitful day. Having never shot under these conditions, it was an opportunity to do the right experience, as we are talking about a demanding track already under optimal conditions. We had no references with last year, but I’m happy because I made no mistakes. We took as our reference point the Formula 3 on track and chronometric results are proving us right“, Joao Vieira says.

“Having no references with the 2014, it’s difficult to judge. Due to rain and the numerous red flags, track conditions were never the same. Unfortunately we couldn’t do more than three consecutive timed laps. I am satisfied by the work done by Joao, who has never committed any error, even though it was his first contact with the Mugello in wet conditions”, the manager Giovanni Minardi analyses.

Kart – Karol Basz played his three of a kind. Absolute domain also in Castelletto

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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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A recovering weekend for Gianni Vigorito in Castelletto

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Gianni Vigorito‘s new sporting season in WSK Super Master Series is going on quickly, committed to finding the right feeling with the new kart and the new team. In the second round on the International Circuit 7 Laghi of Pavia, the bearer of Minardi Management became the protagonist of important comebacks, despite difficult weather conditions characterized by a heavy rain.

After closing the Qualifying with the thirtieth place, the bearer of the OK1 Racing Team was able to recover up to twelfth place in the pre-final, despite a contact at the first corner. Started from twenty-fourth place in the Final, in just nine laps he recovered with many overtakings until the twelfth position, before raising the white flag for the failure of the chain.

“Unfortunately it was another weekend conditioned by bad luck. Despite the heavy rain in the pre-final and final, I managed to achieve several positions, touching the top ten. In the final, the ninth lap, unfortunately the chain broke, forcing me to retire early. Now, the mind has already turned to the next task, at La Conca track“, Gianni Vigorito says.

“Gianni’s journey continues and he’s finding the right feeling with the new material and staff. Despite the difficult weather conditions, he was able to recover several positions, but unfortunately the failure of the chain has frustrated the work of the weekend. Certainly not the ranking highlights the true value of Gianni. I am sure that at in next appointments he will conquer those results that are within his reach“, Alberto Tonti analyses.

Kart – Debut with podium for Matteo Nannini in the Rok Nord 60

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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.

F.4 – Joao Vieira in action at Imola. Once again he beats the 2014 pole.

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Joao Vieira‘s championship is going on towards the opening round of the Italian Formula 4 Championship second season at “Piero Taruffi” circuit in Vallelunga, scheduled for May 3rd.

After Monza, the Brazilian driver of Antonelli Motorsport moved on the track named after Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, which will host the Tatuus F.4 in the penultimate round in September. A two-day test in which Marco Antonelli’s staff has worked alongside the driver, in order to continue car’s development and to study its performance using different new and used compounds. Living not far from Imola, the round in Imola always has a special taste for the Brazilian. “It’s my home-race. So, I want to get ready. Last year we did a good job and in these two days we start again from where we left“, Joao Vieira says. “Both with new and used tyres I was able to stay under the pole of last year, driving respectively in 1’45″290 and 1’45″700. I could improve myself further, but at the end there was a red flag that interrupted the racing day. We are working in the right direction and every time I go out on track with this car, I find myself more and more at ease. However, there will be a more definitive result only in the first race at Vallelunga”.

“They were two very intense days in which Joao has covered several laps, collecting a lot of data that will be useful for the season, especially for the round in Imola. We were very pleased for the chronometric results scored on track through the two compounds, although we expected a greater margin. Certainly, we are working in the right direction. This year goals are ambitious and we want to start driving hard from the first race“, the manager Giovanni Minardi analyses.

On Sunday at Adria International Raceway, which will host an unprecedented challenge between Joao Vieira and Marco Antonelli, Driver VS Team Principal, in the Champion Kart first test session of Parolin. May the best man win!

Kart – Great recovery for Gianni Vigorito at Adria in WSK Super Master Series

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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.

Kart – Karol Basz’s victory at Adria in the WSK Super Master Series

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A week after the success in the Gold Cup, Karol Basz gives an encore also in the opening round of WSK Master Series, confirming to be the “King” of Adria International Raceway, thanks to a peremptory victory in the final, where he crosses the finish line of the twentieth lap with an advantage over 3″ on the first pursuer.

For the Polish driver of Kosmic Racing Team, this is a weekend born under the best star right from the beginning; he leads chastely his kart in top positions during the free practice sessions, gaining one win and a second place in the Qualifying that counts as first line in view of pre-final.

The first satisfaction comes at the conclusion of the sixteen laps of the pre-final, crossing the line in the lead; a prelude to the victory that will close the first round (of four) of the Series. Karol is determined more than ever to put the sign on the weekend and to start dictating a fast pace. In the eleventh passage his advantage is already more than 1″2, coming to grow to over 3″ in the twentieth lap, managing to outdistance even the fastest lap of the race with an incredible 48″013. The Polish wins the Adria International Raceway, moving to the standings’ top with a total reward of 80 points.

“Another fantastic weekend for me and the team. Once again, we have done an outstanding job that has repaid us for this clear victory, bringing us to the top of the championship. Now we have to keep pushing also in the other three appointments“, the driver of the Minardi Management, Karol Basz, says.

“We are working on driver’s constancy and Karol is reacting well, realizing what I and Giovanni Minardi are passing on him: calm and determination. Karol is proving to be a real professional kart driver, without ever getting lost of mind and accepting the challenges with his head held high ands reacting with fast laps. Outdistance inflicted on rivals in the Final speaks for itself. We must put aside quickly what happened and think about the next challenge at Castelletto. A special thanks to all the Polish and Italians sponsors who believe strongly in us“, Alberto Tonti analyzes.

The second round of the WSK Super Master Series is scheduled for March from 19th to 22nd at International Circuit 7 Laghi.

F.4 – At Monza Joao Vieira breaks the new record

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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.

Kart – Karol Basz wins the WSK Gold Cup

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After the parenthesis in Lonato Winter Cup, this weekend you the spotlights are switched on again on the WSK Series. At Adria International Raceway, the “Gold Cup” has been awarded and Karol Basz was the great protagonist, gaining the first trophy of the season.

Since the free practice sessions, the driver of Kosmic Racing Team was at his ease along the 1302 meters of the track of Rovigo, bringing the kart constantly in top positions. At the end of Qualifying sessions, he signed the fourth fastest time result, just 37 thousandths from the pole position and gaining later the victory and the second place in Qualifying Heat 1 and 2. In the third round, however, he has been unfortunately slowed by an electrical problem, forcing him to go down to last placement. With great determination and grit, he recovered, from 26th place up to the 13th place, winning the fourth place sum up the results in view of the pre-final, closed in third place, a prelude of the success in KF final. At 3:00pm the crucial challenge started, with Karol determined to gain his first success of the season. At the start he immediately gets to second position, behind the main opponent Nielsen, and the ninth passage, the Polish driver attacks peremptory, taking control of the race, winning the Gold Cup.

“This weekend everything went exactly as we had planned. Once again, the Kosmic provided me a great kart, which I made the most for winning the WSK Gold Cup. Everything was perfect. Since the beginning of the season, we have proved our potential and I’m sure that there will be new opportunities to hear playing the Polish anthem“, Karol Basz says.

“It continues Karol’s alignment on Kosmic’s work method, that is developing very well the material at their disposal. Together with Tony Kart, they are certainly the men to beat. In recent months, Karol grew a lot even mentally. He matured rapidly and you can see it both on track and before the races. Very quiet, calm and especially determined“, the Supervisor of Kart Minardi Alberto Tonti analyzes.

A very important result, in view of the first appointment in the WSK Master Series, planned for next round always at Adria International Raceway.

Kart – Karol Basz in Lonato, thinking to WSK

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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 8th 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.

F.4 – Joao Vieira discovers Misano World Circuit

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Joao Vieira’s new season is going on in the Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth. After two days of test at “Piero Taruffi” circuit, the Brazilian has signed his debut on Misano World Circuit, scene of the seventh and final round of the 2015 calendar in the Italian series.

At the wheel of the Tatuus F4 team of Antonelli Motorsport’s team, he discovered the secrets of 4226 meters in Santa Monica track, named after Marco Simoncelli, going on simultaneously with the development of the car, programmed together with Marco Antonelli staff.

“This circuit is as beautiful as challenging. It was certainly a very interesting day, because I had the opportunity to know a track on which I had not ever run, being able to continue the development of the car both with the engineer and all the staff. It’s wonderful being back to race with regularity. I wait for May the 3rd with enthusiasm“, the driver of Minardi Management, Joao Vieira, says.

“Today it has been a very successful day, in all aspects. Joao has had the opportunity to cover many kilometres on a track that he did not know yet, carrying on the program with his team. Despite the low temperatures, it is not raining, allowing us to complete the work. Now we go on, getting closer to the first race of Vallelunga“, the manager Giovanni Minardi comments.