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Chiesa Corse and the Lonato WinterCup
Published by Bas Kaligis 19 februari 2011 15:42 - Print | | THE FIRST RACE OF THE YEAR IS THE WINTER CUP HELD AT THE SOUTH GARDA KARTING LONATO (BS). TWO CHIESA CORSE DRIVERS IN THE LINE UP.
NYCK DE VRIES - KZ2
Debut race in the geared kart category for the Dutchman. In the heats, the first start in the KZ2 penalises him and in the first heat an incident puts him back down the pack (20th); in the other two he makes some good comebacks (7th and 4th): it is a shame that the morning fog delayed the program and he only had 10 laps at his
disposal to recuperate for the first result. The finals are decided with the choice of tires: those who chose the dry track tires in the pre-final got it right. De Vries uses the “rain” version in the pre-final and is out of the game in both races: he was disqualified from the pre-final after his weigh-in (1 kg below the limit) and finishes 15th in the final: 6th among those who, like him, used rain tires in the pre-final.
The comment by Dino Chiesa
“If you look at the times and the heats, with the exception of the pitfalls at the start, which all drivers suffer from in their “first”
KZ starting grid experience, I would say that he did well. Too bad we didn’t use the dry tires on the Sunday, as we would have seen the ‘real’ Nyck in action. It’s a shame that, without taking away credit from those who won, the pre-final and final races were two ‘fake’ races given the impact that the choice of tires had on the
race. It must be said that the event organisers got it wrong this time.”
LANCE STROLL - KF3
First race in Europe for the Canadian driver. In the first heats
he finishes 6th, 7th and 8th. Then the bad luck sets in: in one heat a contact puts him back to last place and the slow regime penalises
him for all 15 laps of the race, preventing him from making any
sort of comeback. In another heat, once again an incident puts him down the pack and he fails to qualify. In the repechage (“bumper-car” race) he makes his way up to 7th place, but then another contact pushes him back to 18th place.
The comment by Dino Chiesa
“Good. He did what he had to. This was his first race in Europe and it was obvious that nerves would play their part. We specifically wanted to start with the Winter Cup which is a single race and would not affect his championship results. Now he understands how things work over here. Too bad he had that bad heat: the slow regime was OK, but it lasted the entire race. Wouldn’t it have been better to stop the heat and start again?“. |
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