Thorp dominates at Sarno

James Thorp (GB, Maranello/Maxter) was the dominant force of the weekend in KF2, faultless apart from an engine problem in a heat. He came through from mid-grid in the Prefinal to lead by lap eight and in the final he was half a second a lap faster than the rest of the field.

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Photo: Kartpix

Prefinal
Petri Suvanto and Flavio Camponeschi made up the front row of the first Prefinal of the day. Petri lost his advantage to Camponeschi on the first lap ahead of Vigano and Patrono. Cautela, Authié and Ishiyama were missing.

Vigano took the lead on the second lap. Hansen and Thorp started to move up while Suvanto dropped back. Bailly was well placed - ninth ahead of Harvey. Repechage qualifiers Tiene was already in 13th position, Frijns 18th and Luka 19th. Vigano was at the controls ahead of Thorp and Patrono by lap five. Smarrazzo passed Groman for sixth place but was Rowland back in 24th position. The gaps widened slightly at the front.

Mid-race. Hansen took over fourth from Camponeschi. Frijns was ahead of Giaguaro Nero in 16th. Suvanto was running around the 14th spot, but fails to recover. Bailly was still ninth, Wernerssson in sight of second. Thorp took the lead at the first corner on lap eight and escaped. Campopneschi came back to threaten Groman while Luka lost ground in 22nd position. Frijns was down to 18th but came back to 16th.

Victory went to James Thorp (Maranello / Maxter), coming from 13th on the grid. Second was Vigano, ahead of Patrono, Hansen, Groman, Camponeschi, Smarrazzo and Tiene. Bailly was 10th, Harvey 11th, Suvanto 13th and Frijns 17th.

Final
James Thorp and Matteo Vigano (Zanardi / Parilla) started on the front row for the KF2 final. We can expect a rebound from Petri Suvanto, Jack Harvey, and Oliver Rowland.

Karol Basz started on the grid long after his young comrades, but did not seem able to catch up leading to retirement. Vigano was ahead Thorp at the starting gun. Thorp attacked, but Camponeschi also threatened. There was a shambles the bottom of the circuit on the second lap - Thorp was the leader well ahead Camponeschi, Groman and Vigano. Hansen was fifth, Tiene sixth, Smarrazo seventh and Harvey eighth. Suvanto was only 14th.

On the third lap, Hansen threatened Tiene starting a war between the two. Harvey moved up to seventh, with Patrono in eighth. Smarrazzo was 11th. The leaders took off while Suvanto came back a little, to the 12th spot. On the eightth lap, shortly after halfway, Thorp had a three-tenth lead over Camponeschi. Vigano in fifth gained some ground on his pursuers. Frijns was 17th, Cautela 18th, Bailly moved into the top 20. Harvey did not come back on Hansen, but his team-mate Patrono attacked. On the tenth lap he resisted Hansen who sought to regain places he recently lost. Patrono retired with his chassis distorted.

In the 12th lap, Harvey took fifth ahead of Giaguaro Nero, Lennox-Lamb, Suvanto and Smarrazzo while Vigano retired. There was no change in the order before the chequered flag. Victory went to Thorp ahead of Camponeschi, Groman and Tiene. Frijns was 12th, Cautela 13th, Bailly 15th. Alban Authié was forced to retire on the eighth lap.

Report: Kartcom

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