Kart: Reinhard and Näscher on course for title

KART-SM André Reinhard and Patrick Näscher again dominated their competition in Mirecourt (F) in the classes KZ2 and OK-Senior. Both are thus well on the way to the championship title. With Michael Sauter, there was a new final winner in the X30 Juniors. The fourth of the six rounds of the 2018 autobau Swiss Kart Championship (SKM) went to the international karting circuit of [...]

Editorial - July 3, 2018

Final KZ2: André Reinhard leads ahead of Quentin Voria and the other chasers.

The fourth of the six rounds of the autobau Swiss Kart Championship 2018 (SKM) took place on the international kart track of Mirecourt. The summer heat demanded everything from the almost one hundred SKM drivers on the fast track with generous run-off zones and many overtaking opportunities, which is about two hours' drive from the Swiss border.

KZ2: Reinhard plays out his experience
Championship leader André Reinhard (CRG/TM) was untouchable in the top class of switch karts from start to finish. He dominated qualifying as well as the three race heats. Only Quentin Voria (Croc Promotions/TM) was able to keep him behind him for two laps in the final, then the man from Zeeland took off.

André Reinhard: "I was able to use all my experience here in these hot and difficult conditions. Of course, you have to adapt the set-up of the kart to these special conditions. With a little patience, we managed that almost perfectly today."

Because his rival Hicham Mazou (Kosmic/TM) could not cope with the track conditions due to the heat, Quentin Voria has now caught up with him in terms of points. Third place went to Isabelle von Lerber.

Top 5 of KZ2 (from left): Norick Lehner (4th), Quentin Voria (2nd), winner André Reinhard, Isabelle von Lerber (3rd) and Almir Prasovic (5th).

With two races to go, Reinhard's lead at the top of the standings is already so large that the third KZ title, after 2012 and 2013, can hardly be taken away from him.

OK Senior: Patrick Näscher clears all race wins again
Patrick Näscher (Mach1/TM) dominated the OC Seniors at will. As in Vesoul and Wohlen, the Liechtensteiner won all three races clearly and took the maximum of 75 points. He, too, can hardly be denied the title.

The other podium places went to Titus Schmidli and Mirco Gervasoni. Last year's runner-up Pascal von Allmen is already 102 points behind Näscher.

Panel OK-Senior: Titus Schmidli, Patrick Näscher and Mirco Gervasoni.

With Alessio Fagone and Florent Panès, there were again only two OC juniors at the start, who contested their race together with the X30 seniors. Fagone dominated the field and also leads clearly in the overall standings.

Iame X30 Challenge Switzerland: A trio fights for the title
As in the previous races, Danny Buntschu, Alain Baeriswyl and Savio Moccia decided the race wins among themselves. Buntschu won the final clearly, but due to a jostle at the start of the race his spoiler was pushed down, which automatically resulted in a ten-second penalty.

Podium X30 Challenge: Savio Moccia, Alain Baeriswyl and Léna Bühler.

This was how Baeriswyl came to victory, having won both heats on the track. For the first time, karting lady Lena Bühler landed on the podium in third place behind Mocchia. Tension at the top of the standings: Buntschu (239 points), Baeriswyl (228) and Moccia (226) are separated by just 13 points!

In the Iame X30 Junior, no one had Michael Sauter on the bill for victory in the final race. But the Praga/Iame pilot stormed up and away from the start and won by six seconds.

"We had big problems with the carburetor in the heats, but were able to solve them in time for the final," said a delighted Sauter, who celebrated his first final victory in this class.

Second place went to young Toni Kayla Naude, who has switched from the OK Juniors to the X30 Juniors. The championship remains highly exciting: In the overall standings, the top 4 are separated by just seven points!

Michael Sauter is happy about the first final victory in the X30 Juniors. Toni Kayla Naude and Samir Ben lined up next to him.

Super Mini: Razor-thin victory for Josseron
In the class of the youngest from 8 years (engine 60 cc, two-stroke, centrifugal clutch) Kilian Josseron celebrated his first final victory. The youngster fended off all attacks at the end of the eleven laps to win by just 0.047 seconds from Sebastian Kraft and 0.188 from overall leader Shannon Lugassy.

Ekaterina Lüscher remains first in the championship, only 20 points behind.