Vroom Kart International #184 - October 2016

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CIK FIA WORLD KZ CHAMPIONSHIP AND INTERNATIONAL KZ2 SUPER CUP

A year to remember for Pedro Hiltbrand who after winning the OK European Championship he also takes home the International Super Cup, a Cik Fia acknowledgement that can be compared to a world title. After stopping incredible time in qualifiers, 49”101, he’s the driver to beat. And he does all he can without missing his chance when the opportunity came.

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Hiltbrand no stopping him! Pedro Hiltbrand practically dominated all the International Super Cup: best practice time (49”101) and first after the 5 heats (he won 4 and was second in the penultimate). He makes the prefinal his and grabs two wins in the final. Federer is second to the finishing line nearly 4” behind. So after the European OK title the Spaniard in force with CRG has doubked winning the international KZ2 Trophy. A result that wasn’t really all that expected on the eve, and only after seeing how he strutted about, well, even the

word surprised everyone, seems somewhat inappropriate. The CRG Road Rebel, Ø 32 responded very well and was in unison with the Swedish track. However, Hiltbrand’s win is also the result of the hard work carried out by Renato Andreoli from Kartissimo who transformed the Maxter into a top engine, fast and reliable. Also in this case, like De Conto’s CRG/Tm, the binomial has been a winning bet: the best chassis pushed by a very competitive engine. Yes, the wins can only be the result of these “combinations” together with the team’s


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