The closing race of the WSK Final Cup is at the start in Franciacorta with 342 drivers on track
Qualifying practice and the initial heats of the weekend will be on Friday, November 24th. Additional heats will follow on Saturday, while the Prefinals and Finals will enjoy Live Streaming on TV on Sunday, November 26th.
After last week's first round in Lonato, the second and final round of the WSK Final Cup is set to begin at Franciacorta Karting Track. This race also marks the conclusion of the 18th season of WSK Promotion. Once again, a large number of drivers, a total of 342 after Friday's sporting scrutineering, will be competing for category titles in MINI, OKJ, OK and KZ2. Additionally, the two federal categories of OKN and OKNJ will be vying for the title in a single event at Franciacorta.
Surprises are possible in all categories. The current classification leaders.
In each category, the title fight remains uncertain, partly due to the unique rules of this second round, which awards a higher score than the first round. A total of 153 points are up for grabs for the winner of heats, the Prefinal and the Final. After the first round in Lonato, the current leaders are: in KZ2, Matteo Zanchi (#52 Zanchi Motorsport/CRG-TM Kart-LeCont) with 79 points; in OK, Dmitry Matveev (#204 KR Motorsport/KR-Iame-LeCont) with 89 points; in OK-Junior, Sebastian Lehtimaki (#311 Tony Kart Racing Team/Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) with 89 points; in MINI Gr.3, the Italian Cristian Blandino (#622 CRG Racing Team/CRG-TM Kart-Vega) with 79 points; and in MINI Gr.3 Under 10, another Italian, Niccolò Perico (#557 Energy Corse/Energy-TM Kart-Vega) with 90 points.
The hall of fame of the WSK Final Cup.
The one that is about to conclude is the 18th season of WSK Promotion, and for the WSK Final Cup, it is the 11th edition, with only the year 2020 not taking place.
Here is the list of WSK Final Cup winners in each category:
2011 - MINI Lorenzo Travisanutto (ITA), KF3 Nicklas Nielsen (DNK), KF2 Dennis Olsen (NLD), KZ2 Bas Lammers (NLD).
2012 MINI Leonardo Lorandi (ITA), KF3 Callum Ilott (GBR), KF2 Dennis Olsen (NLD), KZ2 Riccardo Negro.
2013 – MINI Giuseppe Fusco (ITA), KF JUNIOR Robert Shwartzman (RUS), KF Callum Ilott (GBR), KZ2 Patrik Hajek (CZE).
2014 – MINI Dmitrii Bogdanov (ITA), KF JUNIOR Presley Peter Martono (IDN), KF Karol Basz (POL), KZ Marco Ardigò (ITA).
2015 - MINI Mattia Michelotto (ITA), KF JUNIOR Frederik Vesti (DNK), KF Nicklas Nielsen (DNK), KZ2 Marco Ardigò (ITA).
2016 – MINI Maya Weug (NLD), OK-JUNIOR Victor Martins (FRA), OK Karol Basz (POL), KZ2 Marco Ardigò (ITA).
2017 – MINI Alfio Spina (ITA), OK-JUNIOR Roman Stanek (CZE), OK Nicklas Nielsen (DNK), KZ2 Francesco Iacovacci (ITA).
2018 – MINI Alex Powell (JAM), OK-JUNIOR Taylor Barnard (GBR), OK Lorenzo Travisanutto (ITA), KZ2 Adrien Renaudin (FRA).
2019 – MINI Dmitry Matveev (RUS), OK-JUNIOR Andrea Kimi Antonelli (ITA), OK Aguilar Pedro Hiltbrand (ESP), KZ2 Douglas Lundberg (SWE).
2021 – MINI David Cosma-Cristofor (ROU), OKJ Lucas Fluxa (ESP), OK Arvid Lindblad (GBR), KZ2 Francesco Celenta (ITA).
2022 – MINI Iskender Zulfikari (TUR), OKJ Emanuele Olivieri (ITA), OK Joe Turney (GBR), KZ2 Senna Van Walstijn (NLD).
The program in Franciacorta.
Friday, November 24th: Free practice at 8:00; qualifying practice at 10:10; Qualifying heats from 12:20.
Saturday, November 25th: warm-up at 8:00; Heats at 09:40; Prefinals OKNJ, OKN at 16:00.
Sunday, November 26th: warm-up at 8:00; Prefinals at 09:40, Finals with Live TV and Live Streaming from 12:40: 12:40 OKNJ, 13:10 OKN, 13:40 OKJ; 14:10 OK, 14:40 MINI U10; 15:10 MINI GR.3; 15:40 KZ2.
Info, classifications and results: www.wskarting.it/index.asp