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Basz wins thrilling European Championship opener, Watt dominates junior class

Reigning CIK-FIA World Champion Karol Basz emerged victorious in an eventful OK-class final of the first European Championship round at Zuera, outduelling Tom Joyner for the win.

Karol Basz

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Joyner, who topped qualifying, the heats and the pre-final, was the early leader but Basz went past him on Lap 3, only to fall back behind a few laps later after running slightly wide on the kerbs.

Logan Sargeant had a flying start from eighth to sit third, only to be overtaken by former junior rivals Christian Lundgaard and Marta Garcia.

The latter duo closely followed the leader but the order remained unchanged until the final stages.

Basz finally pulled off another overtake on Joyner on Lap 15, but Joyner retook the spot a corner later.

Still, the persistent Polish driver claimed the lead again on the same lap, with Joyner also losing out to Garcia and Lundgaard.

As the battles raged on behind him, Basz checked out, comfortably taking the win - while Lundgaard passed Garcia on the final lap.

The Spaniard was nearly edged out of the podium by Joyner but the duo ended up making contact and the Briton spun out.

Sargeant took fourth as a result, with Hannes Janker completing the top five.

OK class top 10:

Pos.DriverTeamGap
1 Karol Basz Kosmic Racing  
 Christian Lundgaard Ricciardo Kart +2.427s
Marta Garcia Lopez Vicente Marquez +3.150s
Logan Sargeant Ricky Flynn Motorsport +3.190s
 Hannes Janker CRG +3.439s
Bent Viscaal KSM Schumacher Racing +3.651s
 Alexander Smolyar Ward Racing +3.778s
Clement Novalak Tony Kart Racing Team +9.410s
Martijn van Leeuwen Birel ART +9.834s
10  Alexandre Gadois VDK Racing +10.709s

Watt unbeatable in OKJ

Noah Watt, 13, kicked off his European Championship campaign with a dominant victory at the Spanish track.

The Dane started from pole alongside Fin Kenneally and Watt comfortably led the entire race.

He quickly separated himself from a quartet of chasers in Kenneally, Isaac Blomqvist, Caio Collet and Ivan Shvetsov.

It was Blomqvist initially running second, holding off an early overtaking attempt from Collet.

The Brazilian Birel ART driver managed to sneak past next time around, and pulled away from the rest to secure second.

Despite dropping as low as fifth at one point, Blomqvist completed the podium, followed by Kenneally and Timothy Peisselon, who stole fifth from Shvetsov.

Moroccan youngster Sami Taoufik, qualifying pace-setter and three-time heat winner, was forced to retire with engine issues in the pre-final.

OKJ class top 10:

Pos.DriverTeamGap
1  Noah Watt Baby Race  
 Caio Collet Birel ART  +3.797s
 Isac Blomqvist Ward Racing  +6.868s 
 Fin Kenneally Ricky Flynn Motorsport  +7.090s 
 Timothy Peisselon Ricky Flynn Motorsport  +7.626s 
 Ivan Shvetsov Ward Racing +8.479s 
 Charles Milesi Tony Kart Racing Team  +8.485s 
 Mikhail Simonov Ward Racing  +8.916s 
 Esteban Muth CRG  +10.497s 
10   Dennis Hauger CRG  +11.720s 

Lights-to-flag KZ win for Hajek

Czech driver Patrik Hajek won the second round of the European Championship in the KZ class.

Starting from pole after having also won the pre-final, the Kosmic driver was closely followed by Jeremy Iglesias and Round 1 winner Marco Ardigo.

With no overtaking manoeuvres, the trio crossed the line in the same order.

Sodikart factory drivers Anthony Abbasse and Bas Lammers completed the top five, the latter impressively recovering from 16th on the grid.

KZ class top 10:

Pos.DriverTeamGap
1  Patrik Hajek Kosmic Racing Dept   
2    Jeremy Iglesias Privateer  +0.619s
 Marco Ardigo Tony Kart Racing Team  +1.002s 
 Anthony Abbasse Sodikart  +4.720s 
 Bas Lammers Sodikart  +5.255s 
 Simo Puhakka CRG  +5.504s 
 Jordon Lennox-Lamb Birel ART  +5.708s 
 Douglas Lundberg Mach 1 Motorsport  +6.740s 
 Lorenzo Camplese Parolin Racing Kart  +6.994s 
10   Stan Pex CRG Holland  +7.206s 
 

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