Vortex hits the pole and the podium at the WSK in Sarno

In the second round of the WSK Super Master Series, held at Naples International Circuit, the OTK Kart Group's engine division is the fastest in the qualifyings of the OK category, finishing the final in third place.

OK – Vortex Engines’s positive start of the season goes on in the ‘Senior’ category, after securing a podium finish in the first round at Muro Leccese. Thanks to the best time of 1:15.641 seconds in group 2, Jindřich Pešl (Tony Kart Racing Team) takes the pole position in the qualifyings, a victory in the heats and a win in pre-final B. Next to these results Endo Arata (Tony Kart Racing Team) gains the third place in the heat B-D.

Starting from the second box on the grid, Pešl jumps excellently in the final and takes the lead after the first corner. Throughout the race, the Czech driver is constantly fighting for victory and crosses the finish line in third place. With this result, Pešl moves to the top of the championship standings.

Arata is the second-best Vortex-powered driver in the final, finishing ahead of the rookie Ilie Tristan Crisan (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Thomas Pradier (Tony Kart Racing Team).

OKJ – Vortex engines achieve a third place as their best result in the qualifying practices, thanks to the performance of Julian Frasnelli (Tony Kart Racing Team) who wins the B pre-final on Sunday morning. The Italian is among the possible candidates for overall victory and, despite a heated battle in the final laps, still finished in the top ten.

After recovering 21 positions between qualifying and pre-finals, Henri-Constant Kumpen (Tony Kart Racing Team) narrowly missed out on the top 10. Oiva Vettenranta (Tony Kart Racing Team), Jean Poujol (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Martin Luis Bertolaccini, the latter setting the second fastest time in group 2 of the timed practice, also took part in the final.

OKJ-N – The Vortex VTS-N engine stands out in the qualifying heats with two top-3 finishes and gains the second place in pre-final B. The best-placed engine in the final is that of Victor Thomas Gorun’s (Tony Kart Racing Team), who finishes in the top ten. Also lining up at the starting grid are Valentino Manassero (Tony Kart Racing Team), Augustin Feligioni (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Bruno Fu (Tony Kart Racing Team).

MINI Gr.3 – Once again, moved by the podium finish obtained in the first round of the international series, the VTM unit is among the protagonists of the category: in fact, it takes the second place in the second group of the qualifyings, then also conquers two victories and four top-three finishes. Vortex's haul grows further at the end of the pre-finals, with a win and a third place.

The final sees Alfie Richard Mair (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Zane Pace (Tony Kart Racing Team) at the start from the first and third positions, respectively. The two constantly battle for the top positions, fighting for victory, but at the end of the eight laps scheduled, Mair is fourth, behind Pace in third.

The last race of the weekend also sees the attendance of two other drivers with Vortex engines: Nahil Padovani (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Alvaro Medeiros (Tony Kart Racing Team).

MINI Gr.3 U10 – The Vortex VTM engine proves to be fast and competitive in the Under 10 class as well, with Blake Hsueh (Tony Kart Racing Team) gaining the third place in the qualifying heats and finishing the final in the top ten, even gaining the lead at one point.