Rotax Euro: Quaifying at PFI

The third round of the Rotax Euro Challenge 2013 is taking place in Britain at PF International. Qualifying was held on Friday afternoon.

In Junior, Josh Price (Tony Kart – Price Racing) was on 58 » 101, two thousandths of a second in front of the Austrian Thomas Preining (Tony Kart – Protrain Racing), while David Wooder (FA Kart – Dan Holland Racing) followed by 9 mils. In fourth position, Connor Hall (Tony Kart – Strawberry Racing) conceded a tenth, ahead of Philip Rawson (FA Kart – Dan Holland Racing). 7 British drivers monopolized the top 10. A potential leader of the class, Jack Bartholomew, was disqualified for a technical problem.

Philip Morin (FA Kart – Dan Holland Racing) proved to be the fastest in the Senior class with 56 » 500, but again, it was tight, as the second, Pierce Lehane (FA Kart – Dan Holland Racing) was on ?his heels by 5/100, while Mark Litchfield (Kosmic – Paul Carr Racing) followed in third position by 0.139 » and Harry Webb (Tony Kart – Strawberry Racing) by 0.318 ». The top French driver is Jules Cousin (FA Kart – Kart DSS) in 18th position, Cecilia Martini (Sodi – Martini Racing) is in 37th and Anthoine Barthon (FK – FK AB Racing Team), 39th.

Unsurprisingly Xen De Ruwe (FK – FK AB Racing Team) was the fastest in DD2 with a time of 55 » 575, Andreas Backman (Tony Kart – Strawberry Racing) was second by 49 thousandths. The Hungarian Ferenc Kanscar (Birel – KMS Europe) finished third ahead of Lucas Orrock (Kosmic – Team Orrock) and Sean Babington (FA Kart – Dan Holland Racing) in fifth, Ben Cooper (Birel – KMS Europe) sixth and Alessandro Manetti (Praga – Josh Hart Racing) in seventh position.

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