WSK -INTERNATIONAL SERIES ROUND 5 - ZUERA (SPAIN), 3RD -5TH OCTOBER 2008

TOMAN ASSERTS HIMSELF IN THE KF1

After an excellent World championship the pilot from the Czech Republic is confirmed to be the best. Harvey, however, by just a few points loses the KF2 title.

The Birel colours take the highest place on the podium for the ‘regina’ class in karting with the youngster Liber Toman (Birel-Iame), a first-rate protagonist during the concluding weekend of the WSK Series.  The pilot from the Czech Republic, survivor of 2nd place in the recent Muro Leccese World championships, distinguished himself in 2nd time during the qualifying round to go on to win both the disputed races.  For the first time the KF1 race was disputed with a single Final over a distance covering 21 laps, a format which has rendered the efficiency of the chassis and the capacity to manage the pneumatics far more important than previously.   Toman went straight to command position but halfway through the race was caught by Kozlinski.  The two of them alternated command a couple of times, when at the final, decisive lap  Toman successfully attacked the French pilot to go on to win a great victory.  3rd place was taken by Bressan, whilst Parrott was classified in 7th place with Cesetti forced to retire.  It must be said, that the Marchigian, already champion of the series due to an earlier race, concentrated on experimenting a few technical particulars, in view of the next season, during the race thereby putting into second place the sporting outcome of the race.  Toman’s victory presents the Birel Motorsport the title manufacturers of classification.  Still in the theme of titles, however, the Laurel crown escapes Jack Harvey in the KF2 notwithstanding his 4th place in the Final.  The title went to Camponeschi who asserted himself in both the Pre-Final and the Final, preceding by 9 lengths in the championship classification table the Birel Motorsport pilot.  Still in the KF2 the Swiss pilot Amberg finished the Pre-Final in 14th place and in the points area at the Final places him in 12th place, whilst Patrono was forced to retire.  Finally, in the KZ2 the unlucky Laudato broke down during the qualifying round and had to take last position.  His week-end for catching up concluded with a good 9th place in the Final, immediately behind Mich racing with the Monza colours.

Comments by the Birel pilots: “In this moment of the season our chassis is superior in all track situations, it works very well and it is easy to find the best balance useful in managing the tyres.  The Iame technicians have done a good job and I am sure that, during next season, we will know how to gain important results. 

Francesco Laudato: “We are very satisfied by the latest developments which we have introduced on the technical front, the chassis is excellent and we have very good expectations of new homologations for the future.  We are also working on the motor and will  soon have a kit which will take us to the height of success.  This weekend the race was already compromised during qualifications due to inconvenience from the chain, but the pace held by us during the race was good and we are confident for the future.