The champions of the WSK Super Master Series 2025
The winners of the WSK Super Master Series 2025 in Viterbo are: Perico (MINI Gr.3), Bergman (MINI U10), Palacio (OK-NJ), Hoogendoorn (OKJ), Van Langendock (OK virtual champion) and Van Walstijn (KZ2).
The WSK Super Master Series 2025 ended with a spectacular epilogue at the renewed Leopard Circuit in Viterbo, where the last weekend of the championship offered a succession of emotions until crowning the champions of this 16th edition in the MINI, OK-NJ, OKJ, OK and KZ2 categories. The final day was also conditioned by the very variable weather, between almost summer sunshine and intermittent rain that made the asphalt treacherous.
An exciting start to the season.
Overall, this start to the season developed an exciting sporting and technical confrontation at an international level, with all manufacturers, the most qualified teams and a lot of drivers from all over the world competing on five of the most prestigious Italian circuits: from the start in La Conca to the subsequent stages of Sarno, Lonato, Franciacorta, and in closing round at the Leopard Circuit in Viterbo, just renewed and inaugurated by the WSK circus.
Over 300 drivers per race on average participation.
There has been a very high participation in all five rounds of the WSK Super Master Series, with an average of over 300 drivers per race up to reaching peaks of 401 drivers in Lonato and 405 in Franciacorta, from as many as 56 nations and from all five continents.
The final phase.
After qualifying with the results of the heats that allowed the assignment of the first points for the Viterbo weekend, in each category the "heavy points" arrived in the fought final phase that precisely concluded the fifth round, with the Prefinals that had 60 points at stake for the first classified and scaling, and with the Finals with 80 points to the first classified and scaling.
The Prefinals.
The winners of the Prefinals:
MINI Gr.3 Prefinal-A: 1st Ratajski Stan (FRA) (#513 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame-Vega).
MINI Gr.3 Prefinal-B: 1st Hedfors Elton (SWE) (#541 Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Kart-Vega).
MINI U10 Prefinal: 1st El Gahoudi Nahyl (MAR) (#584 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame-Vega).
OKNJ Prefinal: 1st Palacio Lucas (USA) (#711 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega).
OKJ Prefinal-A: 1st Arias Bosco (ESP) (#327 Ricky Flynn/LN Kart/TM Kart-Vega).
OKJ Prefinal-B: 1st Baglin Noah (GBR) (#301 Prema Racing/KR-Iame-Vega).
OK Prefinal-A – Sub Judice: 1st Van Langendonck Dries (BEL) (#201 Prema Racing/KR-Iame-LeCont).
OK Prefinal-B: 1st Craigie Kenzo (GBR) (#299 Prema Racing/KR-Iame-LeCont).
KZ2 Prefinal: 1st Holm Erik (SWE) (#107 CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart-Vega).
The Finals.
MINI GR.3 – Perico wins the final and the championship.
The MINI GR.3 final was resolved by Niccolò Perico (Team Driver/KR-Iame-Vega) on the last lap with a final overtaking that, in addition to giving him the victory of the race, allowed him to win the championship, thanks to the victories also obtained in La Conca and Lonato. In the Viterbo final the Italian driver prevailed over the other Italian Achille Rea (BirelART/BirelART-TM Kart) who had led for almost the entire race, while in the championship Perico finished in first place with 443 points, thus surpassing the Portuguese Xavier Lazaro (DR/DR-TM Kart) who finished the final in tenth place. Lazaro stopped at 434 points in the championship, thus losing the first position that he had maintained from the beginning. The Frenchman Stan Ratajski (BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) finished third in the final and third in the championship.
Final Result MINI Gr.3:
1st Perico Niccolò (ITA) (#521 Team Driver/KR-Iame-Vega) 10 laps
2nd Rea Achille (ITA) (#553 BirelART/BirelART-TM Kart) +0.342
3rd Ratajski Stan (FRA) (#513 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) +0.536
MINI Gr.3 Championship standings:
1st Perico Niccolò (ITA) (#521 Team Driver/KR-Iame-Vega) points 443
2nd Lazaro Xavier (POR) (#570 DR/DR-TM Kart) points 434
3rd Ratajski Stan (FRA) (#513 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) points 347
MINI U10 – Kovtunenko wins the final, Bergman takes the title.
The victory in the final by the young Ukrainian driver Platon Kovtunenko (Borsch Racing/Energy Corse-Iame-Vega) was surprising, as he soon managed to take the lead and kept it until the chequered flag. The Moroccan Nahyl El Gahoudi (BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) was promoted to P2 after a 3-second penalty handed to the American Colton Schniegenberg (Ward Racing/Tony Kart-TM Kart) who slipped to fourth place. Third place went instead to the American Josh Bergman (Kidix/KR-Iame) who with this result confirmed himself at the top of the championship standings and won the title. Bergman had also prevailed in the first three rounds of La Conca, Sarno and Lonato. His main rival, the Italian Daniel Pasquali (CRG Racing Team/T-Group-TM Kart) finished fifth and second in the championship. The Dutchman Wynn Godschalk (Kidix/KR-Iame) was third in the standings.
Final Result MINI U10:
1st Kovtunenko Platon (UKR) (#558 Borsch Racing/Energy Corse-Iame-Vega) 10 laps
2nd El Gahoudi Nahyl (MAR) (#584 BabyRace/Parolin-Iame) +2.110
3rd Bergman Josh (USA) (#563 Kidix/KR-Iame) +3.914
MINI U10 Championship standings:
1st Bergman Josh (USA) (#563 Kidix/KR-Iame) points 446
2nd Pasquali Daniel (ITA) (#550 CRG Racing Team/T-Group-TM Kart) points 340
3rd Godschalk Wynn (CUW) (#564 Kidix/KR-Iame) points 272
OK-NJ – Palacio wins the Final and the Championship.
The classification leader from America Lucas Palacio (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) did not miss the appointment with victory in the Viterbo Final, thus securing the championship he had been leading from the beginning with the victory in La Conca. With his second victory and the success also in the Prefinal, Palacio reached a total of 388 points. The second position went to the Italian Michele Orlando (DR/DR-Modena Engines) following the penalty imposed on the American Nicola Stanley (MP Academy Gamoto/Henza Kart-TM Kart) for the front spoiler out of position. Third place went to the Ukrainian Oleksandr Legenkyi (Team Driver/KR-Iame). Orlando classified second in the championship with 308 points, ahead of Gioele Girardello (Modena Kart/Parolin-TM Kart) who finished seventh in the Final.
Final Result OK-NJ:
1st Palacio Lucas (USA) (#711 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega) 14 laps
2nd Orlando Michele (ITA) (#721 DR/DR-Modena Engines) +3.043
3rd Legenkyi Oleksandr (UKR) (#707 Team Driver/KR-Iame) +3.318
OK-NJ Championship standings:
1st Palacio Lucas (USA) (#711 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-Vega) points 388
2nd Orlando Michele (ITA) (#721 DR/DR-Modena Engines) points 308
3rd Girardello Gioele (ITA) (#723 Modena Kart/Parolin-TM Kart) points 291
OKJ – Domain wins the final, Hoogendoorn the championship.
The OKJ final was quite eventful and hard-fought, not so much in the first position which remained in the hands of the Englishman Henry Domain (Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart-Vega), but in the other positions which were decisive for awarding of the title. In the end, after a penalty imposed on the winner's teammate, the Turk Iskender Zulfikari, the championship standings changed, rewarding the Dutchman Dean Hoogendoorn (Prema Racing/KR-Iame) with three points of advantage over his teammate, Noah Baglin. The Final's pecking order confirmed Domain in first place ahead of Baglin and the American Devin Walz (KR Motorsport/KR-Iame). The championship podium instead saw Hoogendoorn first with 436 points, Baglin second with 433 points and Crisan third with 310 points.
Final Result OKJ:
1st Henry Domain (GBR) (#330 Forza Racing/Exprit-TM Kart-Vega) 14 laps
2nd Baglin Noah (GBR) (#301 Prema Racing/KR-Iame) +0.813
3rd Walz Devin (USA) (#311 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame) +2.350
OKJ Championship standings:
1st Hoogendoorn Dean (#302 Prema Racing/KR-Iame-Vega) points 436
2nd Baglin Noah (GBR) (#301 Prema Racing/KR-Iame) points 433
3rd Crisan Ilie Tristan (CAN) (#304 Tony Kart racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) points 310
OK – Van Langendonck is the "virtual" champion.
The Prefinal standings are sub-judice due to an appeal filed by the Spaniard Christian Costoya (Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Kart-LeCont) following the penalty. The Prefinal had been won by the Belgian Dries Van Langendonck (Prema Racing/KR-Iame), who then finished third in the Final behind the winner, the Czech Jindrich Pesl (Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex), and the runner-up, the Canadian Jensen Burnett (Forza Racing/Exprit/TM Kart). Costoya finished 23rd due to a track exit. With the third place in the Final and the victory in the Prefinal, Dries Van Langendonck is at the top of the championship standings with an unassailable margin, therefore at the very least, he can be considered the virtual champion of the category pending the definitive decisions.
Final Result OK:
1st Pesl Jindrich (CZE) (#208 Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-LeCont) 18 laps
2nd Burnett Jensen (CAN) (#281 Forza Racing/Exprit/TM Kart) +1.893
3rd Van Langendonck Dries (BEL) (#201 Prema Racing/KR-Iame) +3.153
OK Championship standings (Sub-judice):
1st Van Langendonck Dries (BEL) (#201 Prema Racing/KR-Iame) points 445
2nd Costoya Christan (ESP) (#231 Parolin Motorsport/Parolin-TM Kart) points 368
3rd Pesl Jindrich (CZE) (#208 Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex) points 325
KZ2 – Bertuca wins the final in the rain, but Van Walstijn wins the championship.
The KZ2 Final was held in the rain, first very light, then increasingly persistent. But all the drivers, who started on slick tires, had to do their best to stay on the track. Especially for those who were at the top of the championship, with a good margin, namely the Dutchman Senna Van Walstijn (CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart-Vega), the imperative was to finish the race. The Final was eventually won by an excellent Cristian Bertuca (BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Kart), Van Walstijn finished in a particularly precious second place because it allowed the Dutch driver to win the championship. Third on the final podium was the Romanian Daniel Vasile (CL Racing Team/BirelART-TM kart). In the championship, Van Walstijn finished in first place with 402 points, Bertuca second with 311 and Vasile third with 291.
Final Result KZ2:
1st Bertuca Cristian (ITA) (#125 BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Kart-Vega) 18 laps
2nd Van Walstijn Senna (NLD) (#102 CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart) +10.709
3rd Daniel Vasile (ROU) (#133 CL Racing Team/BirelART-TM Kart) +16.090
KZ2 Championship standings:
1st Van Walstijn Senna (NLD) (#102 CPB Sport/Sodikart-TM Kart-Vega) points 402
2nd Bertuca Cristian (ITA) (#125 BirelART Racing/BirelART-TM Kart-Vega) points 311
3rd Daniel Vasile (ROU) (#133 CL Racing Team/BirelART-TM Kart) points 291
The next WSK events.
After the WSK Super Master Series, the WSK calendar will continue with the two rounds of the WSK Euro Series: on May 17th still in Viterbo and on July 5th in Cremona.
WSK Euro Series
1st Rd 17/05/2025 Viterbo / MINI – OKNJ – OKN – OKJ – OK (Saturday final day)
2nd Rd 05/07/2025 Cremona / MINI – OKNJ – OKN – OKJ – OK (Saturday final day)
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