26/02/2015

Dante has been among the quickest since the beginning. Positive debut for the young Giannoni in KZ2.

The 20th Winter Cup held at the South Garda Karting of Lonato del Garda turned out to be particularly positive for SGrace/Maranello Kart providing a series of very useful indications and a confirmation of the quality of the new material of the Italian outfit for a promising season start. KZ2 had 68 racers at the start, among which the strongest in the world. Among SGrace/Maranello Kart drivers, particularly shining has been Massimo Dante's star, as he put in a spectacular qualifying session posting the 5th quickest time just two tenths shy of the poleman Flavio Camponeschi, who ended up winning the race. Lorenzo Giannoni, managed to get the 28th time, despite this being his debut in KZ2, ending 5 tenths shy of the pole position. Dante continued his run securing the seventh absolute time being constantly among the front runners, while Giannoni paid a bit the fee of his apprenticeship in the shifter category on the wet tarmac as he was handed two 30 seconds time penalties in the three heats due to the new and quite strict rule regarding the detachment of the front spoiler after racing contacts. Giannoni had to start from the back and could not make it through the second chance race but the Tuscany driver showed a great competitiveness anyway. Massimo Dante unfortunately did not keep his momentum in the final stages due also to a series of inconveniences in the Prefinal. Dante was also handed a 30 seconds penalty as the nose of his kart was pulled off in a contact. In the final eventually forced to the retirement due to some problems with the spoiler and to some other contacts that did not allow the SGrace/ Maranello Kart driver to continue and emerge as they would have wanted. Maranello Kart just missed out on a strong result due to a series of inconveniences at the 20th Winter Cup, but the performance shown by team's drivers in this first exit of the season has been really interesting.