KZ2: DALE OPENS AND DE CONTO CONCLUDES Andrea Dale’ (CRG / Maxter) has long been a favourite at Lonato: qualifying, three heats out of four, prefinal were his with relative ease. But the professionals did not fail to challenge him. Flavio Camponeschi and Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart / Vortex) were included, but Marco Zanchetta (Maranello / TM) and Bas Lammers (Formula K / Parilla) always stayed close. The final changed the situation as the duel for the lead was between from the start Paolo De Conto (Birel / TM) and Lammers. The Italian and Dutch drivers raced brilliantly until the
end where there was a nice win for Birel. Several drivers battled for 3rd place, but Dale finally managed to get on the podium with the fastest lap ahead of Ben Hanley (ART GP / TM) and Camponeschi. Douglas Lundberg (Alpha / TM) was within the top 10 in his first race in the French team CPB Sport.
in the top five, but understeer for his chassis with the new tyres didn’t allow him to aim for victory. Thomas Laurent (Tony Kart / Vortex) of the Cédric Sport team, once again put his bumper among the very fast drivers, but the finals were not favourable for him. Enzo Marchetti’s (Energy / TM) the recovery was complicated by large animated packs and he The French driver Arnaud Kozlinski couldn’t get within the top six of the (Intrepid / TM) was behind the repechage. Thomas Maingre (Alpha wheel of a KZ in a race after months / TM) was not disappointed to have of interruption due to his serious learnt about international KZ2 at accident at Sarno. Having lost none Lonato at the start of a season that of his sense of attack, he long figured looks busy.