As scheduled, the third round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship is going on stage this weekend at the Adria Karting Raceway with a good number of drivers, that marks a new presence record in the Italian championship: 233 entered drivers and 232 verified. The highest category, KZ2 will have 51 drivers on track, and the category of the youngest 60 Mini will have 68 racers on track. Prodriver Under follows at 33, 125 Club at 26, Prodriver Over at 18, OK Junior at 17, ACI Kart at 11 and ACI Kart Junior at 8.

This is a positive trend that follows the first two rounds of Castelletto (207 drivers) and Sarno (201) which is a very good result for this seventh season of the Italian Championship promoted by ACI Sport. A positive fact is that numbers have been fairly constant in the three rounds, the bigger figures of Adria are due to the fact that all categories will get on track for this round as 125 Club was not present in Castelletto, while the two categories Prodriver were not present in Sarno.

The programme has been modified due to the high number of participants. After the heats starting on Saturday at 10.10, second chance races for KZ2 will be run in the afternoon (at 18.20) and for 60 Mini (at 19.00) to define the remaining places on the grid of the Sunday Finals. The double Finals for each category will take place on Sunday July 10th with live TV coverage on AutoMotoTV and web streaming from local 9.45. The programme: Race1 Prodriver Under at 9,45, Prodriver Over at 10.15, Club at 10,45, ACI Kart at 11.15, OK Junior at 11.45, Mini at 12,15, ACI Kart Junior 12.45 and KZ2 at 13,15. The second series of Races2 will start at 14,25 with the same sequence as Race1.

Qualifying has taken place on Friday afternoon for all categories exception made for 60 Mini, that will run its qualifying on Saturday morning at 9.42.

Championship leader Francesco Celenta (Formula K-Tm) has been the quickest of KZ2 in 47.454s, time set in the first group. The quickest of the second group was Paolo Ippolito (Lenzo-Lke) in 47.852s, which was the second quickest time.

The OK Junior pole position went to Alessandro Giardelli (Tony Kart-Tm) in 49.456s, Andrea Comanducci (Tony Kart-Iame) claimed ACI Kart's in 50.295s, Luca Graziani (FA-Iame) that of ACI Kart Junior in 50.740, Giorgio Temperini (Tony Kart-Tm) went quickest of Prodriver Under in 48.864s, Andrea Tonoli (CRG-Tm) of Prodriver Over in 49.337s, and Tommaso Polidoro (EKS-TK-Tm) of 125 Club in 49.458s.

The Championship classifications after the rounds of Castelletto and Adria follow:

KZ2: 1. Celenta (Formula K-Tm) points 124; 2. Torsellini (Exprit-Tm) 80; 3. Mazzali (Croc-Tm) 64; 4. Mosca (Maranello-Tm) 52; 5. Viganò (Top Kart-Parilla) 40; 6. Longhi (CRG-Tm) 34; 7. Lapina (Italcorse-Modena) 30; 8. Pezzolla (EKS-TK-Tm) 30; 9. Mollo (Jesolo-Tm) 23; 10. Pastacaldi (Tony Kart-Tm) 22.

60 MINI: 1. Minì (Energy-Tm) points 106; 2. Caglioni (Energy-Tm) 72; 3. Cecchi (CRG-Tm) 52; 4. Spina (CRG-Tm) 47; 5. Mallet (CRG-Tm) 46; 6. Cuman (Tony Kart-Tm) 41; 7. Coluccio (Tony Kart-Vortex) 36; 8. Gomez (CRG-Lke) 34; 9. Bizzotto (CRG-Tm) 33; 10 Ugochukwu (Energy-Iame) 28.

ACI Kart Junior: 1. De Amicis (Tecno-Parilla) points 41; 2. Roccadelli (Evokart-Parilla) 35; 3. Bardas (DR-Parilla) 33; 4. Menegon (Tony Kart-Parilla) 23; 5. Graziani (FA-Parilla) 21; 6. Fronzilli (Top Kart-Parilla) 21; 7. Perilli (EKS-Parilla) 21; 8. Torreggiani (CRG-Parilla) 19; 9. Graziani (CRG-Parilla) 19.

ACI Kart: 1. Di Cori points (Tony Kart-Parilla) 61; 2. Favaro (Tony Kart-Parilla) 49; 3. Comanducci (Tony Kart-Parilla) 29; 4. Donadei (Top Kart-Parilla) 27,5; 5. Zamporlini (Tony Kart-Parilla) 25,5; 6. Solinas (Energy-Parilla) 23,5; 7. Caponi (Tony Kart-Parilla) 15; 8. Stefanelli 12; 9. Piccolo (Tony Kart-Parilla) 12; 10. Ardito (Luxor-Parilla) 10,5.

125 CLUB: 1. Atzori (CRG-Tm) points 62; 2. Di Costanzo (KGM-Tm) 48; 3. Ferraro (BirelArt-Tm) 38; 4. Polidoro (EKS-Tm) 34; 5. Caso (RK-Tm) 26; 6. Moretti (Tony Kart-Tm) 20; 7. Schiano (EKS-Tm) 17; 8. Caringi (EKS-Tm) 12; 9. Telleschi (Croc-Tm) 12; 10. Festa (BirelArt-Tm) 11.

OK Junior: 1. Minang (Tony Kart-Vortex) points 86; 2. Genisi (Formula K-Tm) 84; 3. Fusco (Lenzokart-Lke) 55; 4. Moretti (Exprit-Tm) 54; 5. Giardelli (Tony Kart-Tm) 48; 6. Pagano (Tony Kart-Tm) 45; 7. Guidetti (Evokart-Parilla) 35; 8. Morricone (Tony Kart-Vortex) 33; 9. Lachan (Lenzokart-Lke) 31; 10. Papalia (Tony Kart-Tm) 30.

Prodriver Over: 1. Scagnelli (Energy-Tm) points 50; 2. Cirelli (EKS-Tm) 46; 3. Giannecchini (Parolin-Tm) 42; 4. Torsellini (Tony Kart-Vortex) 32; 5. Colombo (CRG-Tm) 30; 6. Corti (Maranello-Tm) 23; 7. Palazzi (Oberon-Tm) 18; 8. Tempesti (BirelArt-Tm) 18; 9. Montagnani (Maranello-Tm) 11; 10. Beltramini (Tony Kart-Vortex) 9.

Prodriver Under: 1. Centioni (EKS-Tm) points 52; 2. D'Attanasio (Tony Kart-Tm) 44; 3. Alfiniti (CKR-Modena) 38; 4. Temperini (Tony Kart-Tm) 34; 5. Fortuna (Tony Kart-Tm) 30; 6. Del Brutto (Maranello-Tm) 24; 7. Menegatti (VRK-Tm) 20; 8. Massaro (Energy-Tm) 19; 9. Salvetti (Parolin-Tm) 13; 10. Tuia (Intrepid-Tm) 13.

LIVE COVERAGE ON AUTOMOTOTV. Sunday Finals will go live on AutoMoto TV (Sky 148) from local 10.40 (Finals-1) and from 15.25 (Finals-2).

LIVE STREAMING. All Sunday Finals will be available through live streaming at www.acisportitalia.it and on www.sportube.tvin the Sportube TV channel.

LIVE TIMING. Live Timing at www.acisportitalia.it.

TV RECORDED BROADCASTS AND SPECIALS. RAI Sport1 and AutoMotoTV will show the racing action recorded, while several specials will be aired within the Magazine ACI on AutoMotoTV, Nuvolari, Sportitalia, San Marino TV, Shakedown and on more than 50 networks covering the Italian territory. Complete Media coverage is available at  www.acisportitalia.it.

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT. A special and commentary page with pictures of the round of Adria will be published by the sports magazine Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday July 14th.

2016 calendars:

ITALIAN ACI KARTING 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP
1st round: 15-17 April 2016 - CIRCUIT 7 LAGHI, CASTELLETTO DI B.ZO (PV)
2nd round: 27-29 May 2016 - INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT NAPOLI, SARNO (SA)
3rd round: 8-10 July 2016 - ADRIA KARTING RACEWAY, ADRIA (RO)
4th round: 16-18 September 2016 - INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT TRISCINA (TP)
5th round: 14-16 October 2016 - VAL VIBRATA KARTODROME, SANT'EGIDIO (TE)

ITALIAN PRODRIVER UNDER/OVER 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP
In a joint event with the first, third and fourth rounds of the Italian ACI Karting Championship:
15-17 April 2016 - CIRCUIT 7 LAGHI, CASTELLETTO DI B.ZO (PV)
8-10 July 2016 - ADRIA KARTING RACEWAY, ADRIA (RO)
16-18 September 2016 - INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT TRISCINA (TP)

ITALIAN 125 CLUB 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP
In a joint event with the second, third and fifth rounds of the Italian ACI Karting Championship:
27-29 May 2016 - INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT NAPOLI, SARNO (SA)
8-10 July 2016 - ADRIA KARTING RACEWAY, ADRIA (RO)
14-16 October 2016 - VAL VIBRATA KARTODROME, SANT'EGIDIO (TE)


All results will be available at www.acisportitalia.it

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In the picture: 1) Francesco Celenta (Formula K-Tm), poleman of KZ2; 2) Paolo Ippolito, KZ2; 3) Perdana Minang, OK Junior.