After the events in Spain and Portugal where the first two Rounds of the Fia European Championship for the OK and OK Junior categories took place, International Karting arrives in Italy on the renewed Viterbo circuit. It will be two intense weeks for drivers and Teams: this week the Champions of the Future pre-race is scheduled and next week the 3rd meeting of the Euro Fia.
Almost all the drivers discovered the Viterbo circuit in tests and in a WSK meeting at the beginning of the season and for everyone it was clear that it is a very complicated track to interpret in terms of set up and tyre management due to high wear. The layout of the track is certainly spectacular, with slightly uphill chicanes and a banking in the 3rd sector that is very difficult to tackle.
The CRG Team will be racing with all the official drivers of the direct drive categories and this weekend, as always when competing in a COTF race, the goal will be to work mainly in view of the following week for the European Championship race. The racing weekend program, which will include the Finals on Saturday, will start on Wednesday with free practice, then continue with qualifying practice and the first Heats on Thursday, other Heats on Friday and end on Saturday with the Super Heats in the morning and the Finals in the early afternoon.
This is how Jeremy Iglesias introduced this double appointment: “Viterbo is a new track for FIA meetings and only in the race will we have precise data on tyre wear and balance for what concerns the set up. It will be a particular track also for the engines and for this reason we have planned an important work plan also with BM Motors. The weather will be stable and we expect quite high temperatures, so this week’s race will be an excellent test in view of the European Championship race the following week. Our technical material seems to adapt well to this track too and therefore we expect a good weekend in both categories.”
Drivers Line up
OK Junior
Mats Van Rooijen
Manuel Miguez
OK
Sebastian Minns
Davide Bottaro
Clovis Nougueyrede
Maria Neto
Maximo Toviggino
Jakub Rajski
