The first title decision was made in the fourth run of the Autobau Swiss Kart Championship. As expected, Levi Arn closed the sack prematurely in the KZ2 category. But Arn was not the only one who booked a “Grand Slam” at the premiere in Cremona.
Roger Federer wouldn’t have done it better! As Levi Arn used as a leader in the KZ2 category, the predicate “world class” deserves! The young Solothurn (he will be 15 years old in ten days!) At the premiere of the Autobau Swiss Kart Championship at the Cremona Circuit and his switching card prematurely drove to the title. Arn had 93 points before the fourth race weekend. 76 would have been enough for him after leaving the route late Sunday afternoon. But the driver from the Swizz Evenzz team did not burn anything and celebrated the season wins 7, 8 and 9. On top of that, he also drove the fastest race round and was also on the starting point 1, with which he – as a icing on the cake – also posted a “Grand Slam”. Arns’ superiority was already evident in qualifying. The second fastest Kilian Boss was satisfied with his performance, but put his forehead in wrinkles and said: “I lost almost four tenths of a second on Levi – these are worlds.” In the final, he demonstrated that Arn can not only drive away at the front. There he fell back two positions at the start, but brought them back confidently. Despite the early title decision, the switching karts does not get boring. At the final in 7 Laghi on October 5, there will be an exciting duel for second place in the championship. There, Kai Perner just overtaken his Birch brand colleague Florian Esteve in Cremona with a strong weekend in Cremona. In addition, the new master Levi Arn can also crack the points record its predecessors and mentors Jean Luyet. To do this, he has to “only” make 39 points at the final – so far he has managed this easily in every race. The victory at the Ü30s in the KZ2 Masters secured Kevin Wälti in front of Marc Arn, the father of Levi, and league leader Kastriot Zulfija.
Not only Arn convinced in Cremona with a “Grand Slam”. Even with the OK juniors, one prevailed sovereign: Nicola Mateo Frigg. The young Zürcher, champion at the Super Minis last year, secured his first pole position among the juniors in Cremona. He then followed this with a natural run and the fastest racing round with a matter of course. The broad grin of the UBIQ driver at the award ceremony finally said everything. Thanks to the points of 75 points, Frigg is now a second championship – 32 points behind Iven Ammann from the Innovate Competition team. The Thurgauer drove two second places in the styles of a prospective master in the preliminaries and thus important points. In the final, however, he left after a collision. “I got a full bike,” said Ammann. Third in the fight for the junior title is Marc Müller, who again showed a very solid performance with two fourth places in the preliminaries and 2nd place in the final despite numerous engine problems in the training. 3rd place in the final went to Zachary Ibbotson from the LKM Racing team.
Julian Brupbacher was also close to a “Grand Slam” in the X30 Challenge Switzerland. The 16-year-old from Payerne prevailed in qualifying and won the two preliminaries. He was also in the lead in the final, but then had to give up the Ticino Dylan Turri, who was already tumbling in Franciacorta. The league leader was eaten afterwards. With a view to the championship, he can confidently look towards 7 Laghi. Brupbacher is 43 points ahead of Turri (Blackhawk Racing) and 66 on Samuel Ifrid (Ubiq). Tristan Zloczower (70 points behind it) and Max Kammerlander (71) also have theoretical opportunities. The weekend was anything but encouraging for Ubiq Pilot Kammerlander. He could not participate in the first race because, according to the official, he appeared too late at the pre -start because of a repair on the kart. In the second run he made 15 positions well, again in the final eleven. “It’s a shame because of the championship, after all I was second in front of Cremona. But I think I gave the maximum in the two runs that I drove.” Teammate Diego Gama is out of the title race. With 146 points, the distance forward is too big. A strong weekend once again showed Timéo Ruppen. The driver from the LKM team drove to the podium in all three rounds as third.
There was a completely new podium with the youngest, the Super Minis. The leader Aaron Buhofer from the Spirit Racing team did not get his best weekend. After a second and third place in the preliminaries, he not only had to delete the sail in the final after a collision, he also injured his hand. Buhofer has defended the overall classification and his lead is still quite large with 36 points. But the competition has caught up. Above all, Elia Utzi (kartbox.ch) and Nicolas Yerly (Swiss Hutless). Usti secured the pole position and drove to victory in both preliminaries. Yerly was at the top in the final. For both, it was the first victories in the Swiss Kart Championship Autobau. Accordingly, the joy about it in both camps was great. In the championship, the duo is 181 points (Yerly) and 171 (use) in ranks 2 and 4th place 3 claims Romeo Epifanio (177 points). After a difficult weekend, Ben Iten (Spirit Racing) was third in the final. The final of the Super Minis was overshadowed by an unfortunate collision between Melvin Borel (Innovate Competiton) and Lewis David (Swiss Hutless). The latter suffered an injury to the shoulder in a rollover. Auto Sport Switzerland wishes him all the best and a quick recovery.
A really exciting final is imminent for the OK seniors. There, Despite second place in the final, Samuel Schär (Ubiq) lost the lead to Alexis Genolet (LKM Racing). The two are only eight points in front of 7 Laghi. Genolet won the pole position and the victories in the two preliminaries in Cremona. In the final it was Georgiy Zasov (MH Racing) who turned the spit. He also has more than just intact titles. With 13 points behind Genolet, everything is still possible for him. Zasov’s teammate Shai Derungs is theoretically still in the title race. After two strong preliminaries, he missed a better position in the final – among other things because of a early start. It is hardly possible that it can still be made among the top 3 of the championship. Because the field is not particularly large, you hardly win any points. This makes it all the more exciting for the objective viewer for the final in 7 Laghi.
