The second round of the Italian CSAI Karting Championship got to its heart in Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata (Teramo) with qualifying held this morning and heats in the afternoon, for a total of 15 eliminatory races to decide the finalists on track on Sunday. Record presence with 177 drivers taking part in the 5 categories.

The high number of drivers that overall was beyond 200 drivers including the category Prodriver (25 drivers) and the side Trophy has been one of the main themes of the second round of the Italian series with a good presence of foreign drivers especially in KF2 and KF3. Among these, some names known on the International karting scene like the British Callum Ilott, the French Julien Darras and the Venezuelan Sidney Gomez in the highest category, while in the lower category the list comprises the driver from Singapore James Pull, the Russian Nikita Mazepin, the Romanian Petru Florescu, the Brazilian Gabriel Sereia and the French Giuliano Alesi, son of the Ferrari Champion Jean Alesi, that from this race is member of the team Baby Race.

In the morning session, the KZ2 pole position went to Loris Spinelli (Tony Kart-Vortex) from Francesco Celenta (Energy-Tm) to Massimo Dante (Maranello-Tm), in KF2 Marco Moretti (Kosmic-Tm) from Marco Maestranzi (Top Kart-Tm) to the French Julien Darras (Tony Kart-Tm), in KF3 Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-Parilla) from the Russian Nikita Mazepin (Tony Kart-Vortex) to Remigio Garofano (Tony Kart-Lke), in the 60 Mini Leonardo Marseglia (Top Kart-Parilla) from the Malesian Mussyaffa Muizzuddin (CRG/Hero-Lke) to Christian Cobellini (Top Kart-Lke), while in the new Formula 60 ACI-CSAI Leonardo Bizzotto got the pole position by just 10 thousands of a second fromMatteo Roccadelli to Gabriele Aiello, all on Birel-Bmb, with 11 drivers all within a second.

In KZ2, Loris Spinelli (Tony Kart-Vortex), Francesco Celenta (Energy-Tm) and Alessandro Giulietti (Intrepid-Tm) were on the rampage in the qualifying heats. A good surprise in this category came from Mattia Drudi (Maranello-Tm), third in two heats and from Alberto Di Folco (CRG-Tm) second in one heat at its debut in the category with team Galiffa. Fairly good was also Massimo Dante (Maranello-Tm), who harvested a second place and Federico Pezzolla (Intrepid-Tm) that was fourth.

In the two heats of KF2, the wins went to Francesco Iacovacci (Tony Kart-Tm) from Julien Darras to Marco Moretti in the first race, while Marco Maestranzi (Top Kart-Tm) led Callum Ilott (Zanardi-Tm) and Iacovacci in the second. But Ilott is winner after penalty of 10 seconds for Maestranzi.

In KF3, hat-trick from Alessio Lorandi (Tony Kart-Parilla), in both races leading a competitive Remigio Garofano (Tony Kart-Lke). Petru Florescu was fourth in the first heat and third in the second.

In 60 Mini, with 55 drivers on track, the 6 heats saw three wins by Giuseppe Fusco, two by Alex Nocella and one by Leonardo Marseglia.

In Formula 60 ACI-CSAI Karting the victory in the two heats were shared by Santo Macaluso and Leonardo Bizzotto.

LIVE TV COVERAGE ON NUVOLARI. The Finals-1 of Val Vibrata will go live on TV this Sunday 23 June from 11.25 (GMT+1) on Nuvolari with commentary by Fiammetta La Guidara, with the categories KZ2, 60 Mini and Formula 60 ACI/CSAI. The first two races of the morning of KF2 and KF3 will be shown recorded at 13.

LIVE STREAMING. All Finals-1 and Finals-2 on Sunday will be available online at www.acisportitalia.it and on Sportube 5 channel available at www.sportube.tv.

CORRIERE DELLO SPORT, WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE. A special page on the round of Val Vibrata of Italian CSAI Karting Championship will be published on Wednesday 26 June on the sports daily magazine Corriere dello Sport, with commentary, classifications and pictures.

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT, THURSDAY 27 JUNE. The sports daily magazine Gazzetta dello Sport will publish a special on the race next 27 June instead.

All results, live timing, commentary and pictures of the races will be available at www.acisportitalia.it

The weekend's programme – valid also for a spot race of the category Prodriver organized by the circuit – follows (GMT+1):
Sunday 23 June: Warm-up from 8.15; Repechage heats at 9.20.
KF2 Final-1 at 10.25, KF3 at 11.00, KZ2 at 11.30, 60 Mini at 12.00, Formula 60 ACI/CSAI Karting at 12.30.
KF3 Final-2 at 14.00 KF3, KF2 at 14.30, KZ2 at 15.05, 60 Mini at 15.40, Formula 60 ACI/CSAI Karting at 16.10; Prodriver AM Final at 16.40; Prodriver PRO Final at 17.10.

The next rounds of the Italian CSAI Karting 2013 Championship:
2nd round - 23 June 2013 - Kartodrome Val Vibrata
Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata (Teramo), Org. Kartodrome Val Vibrata Srl
Categories: Formula 60 ACI/CSAI Karting, 60 Mini, KF2, KF3, KZ2

3rd round - 28 July 2013 – International Circuit of Siena
Castelnuovo Berardenga (Siena), Org. Valdibiena Srl
Categories: Formula 60 ACI/CSAI Karting, 60 Mini, KF2, KF3, KZ2

4th round - 15 September 2013 - Circuit South Garda Karting
Lonato del Garda (Brescia), Org. South Garda Karting Asd
Categories: Formula 60 ACI/CSAI Karting, 60 Mini, KF2, KF3, KZ2

5th round - 27 October 2013 – International Circuit 7 Laghi
Castelletto di Branduzzo (Pavia), Org. La Conca Sporting Club
Categories: 60 Mini, KF2, KF3, KZ2

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In the picture: Alessio Lorandi, winner of both KF3 qualifying heats atVal Vibrata's kartodrome.