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It was a very positive weekend for the official Kalì Kart team the one held on the Naples international track in Sarno, where Round 4 of the Italian Karting Championship took place. Cristian Blandino took 2 wins, winning both Race 1 in the morning and Race 2 in the afternoon, thus taking the lead of the Championship with 222 points, 27 more than the 2^nd in the ranking. The team did an excellent job from a technical point of view, without ever making any mistakes in the setup adjustments on a track that changed its grip several times over the course of the weekend.

Also in the Junior category, Sam Woolley did an excellent race, P6 in his group in Qualifying and then P4 in the 2^nd Heat on Saturday, but unfortunately a race contact relegated him to P18 in Race 1, when he was fighting for the 5^th position close to the podium. Unfortunately, the comeback in Race 2 also ended with a race contact, as happened to Francesco Montoneri, who was out in Race 1 when he was in P11 and then out again in Race 2 in a contact at the start which involved several drivers.

The weekend in Sarno did not only see the Junior drivers shine, in fact, in KZ2 Simone Bianco obtained his first podium in the gearbox category, finishing Race 2 in P3, but above all he won the special Under 18 ranking. This is a result that gives great morale to the Lombard driver, in his first year in KZ, a category that he will alternate with the international OK, with which he will race the FIA ​​World Championship in England.

Ben Piscopo also demonstrated once again a high level performance in the Mini U10 category, P2in Qualifying Practice in his group, but then unfortunately out of both Sunday Finals due to two race accidents.

Finally, Charles Troxler made his debut in the official Kalì Kart team in the OKN category demonstrating high potential, despite missing the qualification for the Final, due to an accident in the 1^st Heat on Saturday.

Now the team will focus on the OK and OK Junior World Championship scheduled in England at the beginning of September, and will then get ready for the last and decisive round of the Italian Championship which will take place in Lonato on the weekend of September 22nd.

The feedback of the Kalì Kart drivers:

Cristian Blandino (OK-N Junior): “In the previous races we took Pole Position and always demonstrated that we were fast, but due to a bit of bad luck and also a bit of lack of experience on my side in the OK Junior class, we have always missed the podium. This weekend, however, everything went well in the Finals: in Race 1 it was crucial to force Eskandari to make a mistake, while in Race 2, I gave up the lead for just over a lap, managing to respond to the attack of Stanley. The setup was perfect in both races and finally I didn’t make any mistakes in the decisive moments of the race. I’m happy to get to the last round in Lonato at the top of the standings and above all I’m very happy for the team, because they’re working hard and putting me in a position to learn a lot every race weekend. A big thank you also goes to Machac Motors who manages the TM engines on the track and to my family who makes so many sacrifices to follow me in this sport”.

Simone Bianco (KZ2): “I have to thank the Kalì Kart team and, in particular, Mariano De Faveri who has been following me from a technical point of view since Mini kart: I have made important progress in my first season in KZ and this podium repays us for the whole work done. I also want to thank TM and Viti Racing, as well as my mechanic and all the technical staff of Kalì Kart. We know that the results are the direct consequence of the work done on the track between chassis, engine and driver and everyone is doing a great job from this point of view. Now I will take part in the OK World Championship in England and at the end of the season I will get back to KZ, which will be my reference category for 2025”.

The Kalì Kart colors will be protagonists in the top KZ class of the 2024 FIA Karting European Championship with Jorge Pescador. The Spanish driver, who is also the Team Manager of the Kalì Kart Spain team, returns to competitive karting in this first of two events of the Continental Championship, scheduled for this weekend on the Aragon track. The Kalì Kart colors therefore return to the top class after last year, when Jorge himself was among the protagonists of the KZ2 category. The ambitions of having a good weekend are high, also considering Pescador’s big knowledge of the Spanish track, as well as the technical package (Kalì Kart KK4 chassis and TM engine), which impressed in the pre-race testing sessions.

Again with Kalì Kart colours, Alejandro Lahoz Lopez and Mario Pinazo Cerro will be among the protagonists of the KZ2 class, both with great possibilities to fight for the top positions.

As regards the event schedule, the track will give the first official feedback on Friday with Qualifying Practice and the first Heats, while the Finals are scheduled for Sunday after the Super Heats. Scores will be assigned starting from the qualifying phases and to follow the action on the track, Live Timing and Live Streaming will be available on the official Championship website (www.fiakarting.com).

This is how Jorge Pescador commented on the eve of this important appointment:

“The opportunity to compete in the 1^st Round of the European Championship here in Spain was too interesting not to take and in the pre-race testing sessions, I immediately had a good feeling with the chassis and the tires. I believe that the tires will be the most unpredictable variable and we could have some surprises. I am sure that Lahoz and Pinazo will also have an excellent race in KZ2 and will contribute to demonstrating the solidity of the Kalì Kart brand and chassis in this important FIA meeting”.

 

In the last few days the Kalì Kart Racing team has formalized a double competitive program for Simone Bianco in the second part of the season. Together with his commitment in the KZ2 class, a category in which he had his debut this year to gain experience in the WSK races and in the Italian Championship, the Lombard driver, in fact, will also take part in an OK program with the aim of attending the FIA ​​World Championship in England.

Simone has been racing with the Tinini Group for several seasons and in the last two years he has raced at international level in the OK category with the official CRG team, so for him it will just be a matter of rediscovering some driving automatisms and then he will certainly be able to aspire to outstanding results. On June 23^rd he will take part in the KZ race in the Italian Championship of Val Vibrata in the KZ2 category and from the first week of July he will resume training with the direct – drive OK category on the Lonato track. As for the racing program, this parenthesis in OK will be to take part in the tests and the OK World Championship scheduled for September 15^th, also taking part in the Champions of the Future event the week before. Once he will have made this experience, Simone Bianco will return to the KZ2 category for the final races of the season.

In the OK class Simone will also be supported by TM regarding the engines with on-track service from Machac Motors.

This is how Simone has commented on this opportunity:

“The apprenticeship in KZ2 proved to be very challenging and, at the moment, we were not ready and competitive enough to take on international FIA competitions in this category. I am sure that the first positive results in the gearbox category will arrive soon, especially in the national races, but at the moment we have considered it an opportunity to take part in the OK World Championship, a category where I certainly have more experience and the possibility of being competitive, resuming the automatic mechanisms with a few days of testing. The English PFI track is very technical and it will be a very nice experience to be able to take part in this event”.

 

The consolidation process within the Tinini Group continues for the Kalì Kart Racing Team, which took part in the 2^nd Round of the Italian Championship with two new drivers in OKN Junior (Giulio Miranda and Francesco Montoneri), but above all always with greater ambitions. As underlined several times by the team management, the team is continuing a process of constant technical and logistical growth which, for the 2024 season, will have its complete expression during the FIA ​​World Championship OK and OK Junior which will be the most important event of this racing season, before the WSK ones in October and November. In this path, the Italian Championship has more national connotations, but at the same time it is very useful from a technical and organizational point of view, as well as the WSK races which are held on the sidelines of the FIA ​​Karting events.

Cristian Blandino’s synergy with the Junior category continued in Lecce, where the 2^nd Round of the Italian Karting Championship took place and where he shone in Qualifying Practice and in the Heats, conquering the 1^st row for Race 1. Unfortunately, however, the Sicilian driver was unlucky in the two Finals: in the 1st race he broke the water pump three laps from the end of the race, finishing in P5 and missing the podium by a whisker, while in Race 2 a technical problem slowed him down, forcing him to P6 only. Despite the lack of luck on Sunday, Cristian is 5^th in the Championship and is preparing for his debut in international races in the best possible way.

The MINI drivers of the Kalì Kart Team also shone in Lecce, always among the fastest, but on Sunday they also collected less than they deserve: Ben Piscopo in the Under 10 category lost the top ten in Race 2 only on the last lap due to a contact, after a great recovery from P21 and Domenico Coco in the Gr.3 class went off the track in Race 1 when he was among the fastest on the track, close to the leaders.

Excellent step forward also for Simone Bianco in KZ2, P7 in Qualifying in his group and always in the top ten in the Heats, but unfortunately in both Finals a race contact forced him to retire.

As for the two drivers making their debut in the OKN Junior caqtegory, Giulio Miranda had been out of action for a few months and used the race above all to get back into the swing of driving and working with the team, while Francesco Montoneri had a very positive weekend, constantly improving his own performances. Both qualified for the Sunday races, despite the high number of participants and this first objective is already a positive fact on which to base the work in view of the next events. Full results of the 2^nd round of the Italian Championship are available at www.acisport.it

Over the last month three new importers have joined the team of Kalì Kart authorized dealers: Racing Line for Greece, Lemberg Aviation for Finland and MB Liguna Montasje for Norway. The process of repositioning the brand on the international karting market is therefore proceeding at a high pace and every day new customers are choosing Kalì Kart for their competitive activity in the National and International Karting Championships.

The choice to set up an official Kalì Kart racing team within the Tinini Group is certainly driving the expansion of the Kalì Kart line around the world, but above all it is the great work that individual importers are carrying out with their sporting and commercial partners in their countries, which is positioning the Kalì Kart brand among the reference players in many categories, from the KZ top class to the single-make trophies.

The Kalì Kart philosophy wishes to combine the quality and performance of the product with a timely service regarding consultancy and spare parts. In this sense, the sales network and the external teams play a fundamental role, as well as the commercial and marketing coordination managed by the headquarters in Italy. It is worth saying that the range of the Kalì Kart Racing chassis is produced in the technological hub of the Tinini Group in Lonato del Garda and covers all categories of the Racing segment, including the Mini youth classes.

For more information on the Kalì Kart sales network and products, please visit the official website (www.kalikart.com) and follow the social media channels by typing “Kalì Kart official”. To get in touch with the sales offices, however, you can send an e-mail to: info@kalikart.com

The contacts of the new Kalì Kart dealers:

RACING LINE

Rodou & Kastorias 20 Meteora – Polichni, Greece, 56532

0030 6983 6868 83

racelinegr@gmail.com

https://www.racingline.org/

Dimos Alexandros

LEMBERG AVIATION OY

Westendinkuja 25b Espoo, Finland, 02160

00358 400 828878

jani@kalikart.fi

Jani Lemberg

MB LIGUNA MONTASJE

Varåveien 26 Fetsund, Norway, 1900

martin1506@gmail.com

Martin Eriksen

The official Kalì Kart Team will take part in an evocative race in Sicily on the Triscina track this weekend. In fact, Calogero Vanaria, founder of Kalì Kart, came from Sicily and this event is also a special occasion to remember him.

There will be 3 Kalì Kart drivers competing in this important national event which will see over 230 entries: Simone Bianco in the KZ2 category, Ben Piscopo in the MINI one and Cristian Blandino in the OKN Junior class, where he will make his debut after a long stint in Mini.

The program of the event includes Qualifying Practices on Friday, the Eliminatory Heats on Saturday and the usual appointment with Race 1 in the morning and Race 2 in the afternoon on Sunday.

The format was confirmed with the reversal of the grid for the top 8 in Race 1 and also the important media support guaranteed by the Federation for the Championship, with live TV coverage of both Finals on the ACI Sport channel.

The 2024 Italian Championship will be made of 5 events and after the opening race in Sicily, the next ones are scheduled in La Conca, Val Vibrata, Sarno and Lonato.

To follow the action on the track, Live Timing is also available from Friday on the website at www.acisportitalia.it

The growth of the technical sector continues within the official Kalì Kart Racing Team. The Tinini Group team, in fact, has announced the arrival of Mariano De Faveri with the title of full time Chief Technician starting from April. De Faveri was already involved in the Kalì Kart team since January as technical support, but essentially on a half-service basis, having also maintained his role within the data acquisition department in the official CRG Team.

The decision to allocate him exclusively to the Kalì Kart team was taken directly by Giancarlo Tinini to whom De Faveri will report for all technical issues. This internal operation underlines the growing sporting and commercial ambitions that the CRG Marketing and Management place on the Kalì Kart project. Mariano De Faveri will be assisted by Roberto Musio and Sebastiano Monte, who will share many of the team’s technical and management responsibilities.

The first appointment on the track with the technical structure implemented will already be this week during the WSK Open Series, a race scheduled on the Franciacorta track, in which 5 official Kalì Kart drivers will get on the track: Ben Piscopo and Cristian Blandino in the Mini category, the debutant Sam Woolley in OK – N Junior class, Stefano Pedani in the OKN one and Simone Bianco in the KZ2 category.