WSK OPEN CUP, 30/09-02/10/2022
Healthy / strong entry lists in Mini (94 entries) & Junior categories (63 entries) but a weaker entry list in OK (Senior) & KZ2. In OK Sr.
In Mini there are quite a bit of new drivers this weekend and several of the top drivers in Mini this year deciding to step up to Juniors (something that Dries Van Langendonck already did at the World Championship but Costoya & Martinese now follow him to OK Junior). Filipo Sala & Dean Hoogendoorn are now the remaining of the drivers who dominated this season in Mini (with Pesl, Van Langendonck, Costoya & Martinese now all in OK Jr).
FRIDAY QUALIFYING 60 MINI (94 entries)
1 Bogdan COSMA (Rom) Babyrace, Parolin
2 Ludovico BUSSO (Ita) DR (Danilo Rossi)
3 Roman KAMYAB (GB) Babyrace, Parolin
4 Bruno GRYC (Pol) Parolin
5 Kacper RAJPOLD (Pol) Kidix, Alonso
6 William CALLEJA (Aus) Parolin
7 Jack ILIFE (USA) Parolin
8 Augustus TONIOLO (Bra) Team Driver, Kart Republic
9 Gioele CARRER (Ita) private, Parolin
10 Kai JOHNSON (USA) Energy Corse
11 Bruno BLANCO (Ita) Parolin
12 Louis COCHET (Fra) Babyrace, Parolin
13 Vladimir IVANNIKOV (Rus) Gamoto, EKS
14 Filipo SALA (Ita) Team Driver, Kart Republic
15 Ainis VIBRIANTIS (Lit) Energy Corse
42. Dean HOOGENDOORN (Ned) Kidix, Alonso
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PS: it's the first time that Bogdan Cosma drove a pole position, his quick brother David Cosma switched to Juniors around April
FRIDAY Qualifying OK Junior (63 entries)
1 Maciej GLADYSZ (Pol) Ricky Flynn, Lando Norris
2 Petr AGEEV (Rus) Leclerc, Birel ART
3 Lewis WHERRELL (GB) Forza, Exprit
4 Niklas SCHAUFFLER (Aut) DPK, Alonso
5 Alfie SLATER (GB) Ricky Flynn, Lando Norris
6 Salim HANNA (Col) Ricky Flynn, Lando Norris
7 Griffin PEEBLES (Aus) Koski, Tony Kart
8 Viktor BRANDT SMITH (Den) Diamond, Tony Kart (surprising Rookie!!!!)
9 Bradley MAJMAN (Aus) Shamick Europe, Parolin
10 Guy ELBAG (Isr) Ward, Tony Kart
11 Alp Hasan AKSOY (Tur) Tony Kart
12 Enzo TARNVANICHKUL (Tha) Tony kart
13 Jimmy HELIAS (Fra) Energy Corse
14 Taym SALEH (Ger) Kart Republic
15 Elliot KACZINSKY (Swe) Ward, Tony Kart
16 Sébastien KAWPENG (Phil) Kart Republic
17 Miguel COSTA (Bra) Sauber Academy, Kart Republic (Sauber Jr.)
18 Lenn NIJS (Bel) Kart Republic
19 Edward ROBINSON (Esp) Forza, Exprit
20 Zhenrui CHI (Chi) Beyond, Kart Republic
21 Kirill DZITIEV (Rus) Ward, Tony Kart
22 Luna FLUXA (Esp) Kart Republic (Mercedes Jr.)
23 Leo NILSSON (Swe) Ward, Tony Kart
24 Louis LEVEAU (Den) Sodikart
25 Zac DRUMMOND (GB) Parolin
26 Andy CONSANI (Fra) Sodikart
27 Alex O'GRADY (Irel) Forza, Exprit
28 Jakub KAMENIK (Cze) Hagemann, Exprit
29 Iacobo MARTINESE (Ita) Kart Republic (Rookie)
30 Joel POHJOLA (Fin) Sodikart
31 Sebastian LEHTIMAHKI (Fin) Koski, Tony Kart
32 Scott LINDBLOM (Swe) CRG
33 Timofey MIKHAYLOV (Mal) Vira, Tony Kart
34 David COSMA (Rom) Ricky Flynn, Lando Norris
35 Mattia COLNAGHI (Ita) Forza, Exprit
36 Christian COSTOYA (Esp) Parolin) (Rookie)
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37 Andrea DUPE (Fra) Sodikart
41 Dries VAN LANGENDONCK (Bel) Energy Corse (Rookie, 2nd weekend in OK jr)
43 Kian FARDIN (Ch) Energy Corse
44 Jindrich PESL (Cze) Birel ART
47 Gerasim SKULANOV (Rus) Leclerc, Birel ART
48 Matias ORJUELA (Col) Leclerc, Birel ART
50 Maria Germano NETO (Por) Tony Kart (Ferrari Jr.)
52 Martin MOLNAR (Hun) Energy Corse
60 René LAMMERS (Ned) Parolin
*** Remarkable is that all factory Energy Corse's had a very poor qualy, at the world championship they were strong. Favourites like Van Langendonck (although still a rookie but he's a mega talent), Martin Molnar & René Lammers will have a lot of work & overtaking to do to climb up the ranking....
FRIDAY Qualifying OK Senior
1 Luka SAMMALISTO (Fin) Kart Republic
2 Yuanpu CUI (Chi) Kart Republic (Mercedes Jr.)
3 Oscar PEDERSEN (Swe) Ward, Tony Kart (Ferrari Jr. preselection)
4 Sebastiano PAVAN (Ita) Forza, Exprit (Ferrari Jr. preselection)
5 Jan PRZYROWSKI (Pol) Tony Kart
6 Thomas STRAUVEN (Bel) Ricky Flynn, Lando Norris
7 Tomass STOLCERMANIS (Lat) Energy Corse (Ferrari Jr. preselection)
8 Alex POWELL (Jam) Kart Republic (Mercedes Jr.)
9 Maxens VERBRUGGE (Fra) Kart Republic
10 Dmitry MATVEEV (Rus) Koski, Tony Kart
11 Kiano BLUM (Aut) DPK, Alonso
12 Nathan TYE (GB) Sodikart
13 Kiril KUTSKOV (Rus) Birel ART
14 David WALTHER (Den) Koski, Tony Kart
15 Simone BIANCO (Ita) CRG
16 Menyhért KRÖSZER (Hun) DPK, Alonso
17 Anatoly KHAVALKIN (Rus) Parolin
18 Vinci DANTE (Aus) Ricky Flynn, Lando Norris
19 Alvise RODELLA (Ita) Forza, Exprit
20 Alessandro MINOTTO (Ita) Gamoto, Tony Kart
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A weaker field this weekend in OK Sr with several top drivers, like Alpine Jrs Kean Nakamura Berta (Jap) & Matheus Ferreira (Bra) absent just like Ean Eyckmans (Bel), Tony Kart quartet Tuuka Taponen, Juho Valtanen, James Egozi & Joe Turney or Parolin's Enzo Deligny. Several of them are possibly already preparing F4 for next year (that is certainly the case for Arvid Lindblad).
Belgian Douwe Dedecker is still recovering from a broken rib, he might not come in action anymore this year (maybe in November).
But despite a weaker OK Sr entry list there is a lot to look out for with many top drivers of OK Junior making their senior debut this weekend: Przyrowski, Khavalkin, Matveev, Kutskov, Strauven & Tye are all new.
For Luka Sammalisto it's his first pole position ever.
Edited by William Hunt, 02 October 2022 - 19:11.