The Corridonia race shows the real value of the pilots
emerged from Easykart and the professionalism of the Birel
structure which is following them in KF3.
Corridonia - KF3 season continues for Birel pilots part
of the youthful Easykart Driver Program and, after a bit
of bad luck during the very first races and the necessity
of a little testing of the technical structure (Birel Junior
team) set up directly in the Birel section to manage the
selected pilots, with the 4th appointment of the Open championship
run at Corridonia, the first positive result arrived and
underlined the formative level of Easykart and the efficacy
reached by the Junior team. Pilots under contract with Birel,
coming from the Easykart Trophy, are now five: Alberto Viberti,
Riccardo Arone, Hubert Kalinowski, Radim Maxa and Kevin Lavelli.
The Corridonia weekend began with a great double-declutch
of Viberti and Maxa who gained the pole and the 2nd position
during the qualifications run, under the rain.
Great performance
also for Lavelli (winner of a round) and Arone who, at the
end of the eliminatory rounds, gained the 1st line for the
Pre-Final. Unlucky was the poleman Viberti, forced to a catch
up race (won with detach from the 2nd) due to a disqualify
for under weight in the 1st round when he ended soon after
the winner Maxa. The weather conditions changed fast and
led to a wrong weight evaluation; taking off the rain tracksuit
the minimum weight fell of 400 grams under the 145 kilos
needed. Another proof of the Birel pilots competitiveness
arrived during the Pre-Final where the young Kevin Lavelli
(Birel -Iame) won his first race in KF3 with an unbelievable
authority, catching up positions with perfect overtakes,
till the crucial one over Riccardo Vullo. Great race also
for Radim Maxa (Birel-Iame), 5th before Viberti (Birel -Vkr),
who ended 6th after a great recover from the 29th position.
Extremely bad race for Riccardo Arone (Birel-Vkr): during
the last lap had a contact with Rossi, while he was in the
3rd position. Lavelli confirmed the podium also in Race-2
gaining the 3rd placement soon after Ercoli and Speedy. Great
again Viberti, 4th before Basiliotti. Another bad day for
Arone: he left the track while he was overtaking all the
others; bad luck also for Maxa who ended up at 11th place
after a contact which made him losing some positions. Young
Kalinowski, after gaining the qualification for the Final,
ended both the races around the 15th placement, going on
in the maturation process of KF3.
Marco Angeletti, of Birel
marketing, on the Easykart Driver Program: "We are very
satisfied by the work done ‘till today, both for what
is about the team and the pilots chosen. We passed a testing
period, preparing a brand new structure completely dedicated
to KF3, ‘cause we needed to hone technical and managerial
mechanisms. But in just 4 months we reached a high level
of competence and professionalism, obtaining back great results
for the work done by our technical team responsible, Alessandro
Villa. We are all very satisfied also for the value of the
pilots who, although very young, demonstrate how the preparatory
classes of our promotional Easykart Trophy are formative
and important to prepare in the best way pilots for higher
categories. The Lavelli case is clear: he is such a young
pilot who, thanks to Easykart Trophy, made a lot of races
gaining an experience which is demonstrating to be decisive.
The same for Viberti, Arone and Maxa, all pilots who now
had the necessary experience to be protagonist in KF3 class.
We keep on working with young pilots with a lot of new initiatives
and we’ll start following some 60cc Easykart pilots
who will run the Opel 60cc Mini National competition, and
we’ll set some new KF3 tests for the best pilots of
100cc Easykart. All this will contribute to make Easykart
more attractive as a formative gym for the ones who aim to
superior classes."
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