Races in the gearbox categories are always unique in their intensity. In the rewarding setting of MotorLand Aragón, the first round of the Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship – KZ, KZ2 & KZ2 Masters confirmed this impression throughout the breathless meeting. On Sunday afternoon, Senna Van Walstijn (NLD) in KZ, Daniel Vasile (ROU) in KZ2 and Anthony Abbasse (FRA) in KZ2 Masters were rewarded for their Final victories.

Apart from a spell of rain late on Saturday, the MotorLand Aragón track provided good grip for the powerful machines competing. The Dunlop tyres performed well in all three categories, whatever the conditions. With its width, the 1,671-metre-long Spanish track enabled plenty of overtaking in all the races, while remaining highly selective. The Spanish organising team showed great skill and much appreciated personal qualities.

With the weather becoming increasingly fine throughout Sunday, and the heat reasonable despite the return of blue skies and sunshine, the overall outcome of the event was very positive.

Van Walstijn finishes top of the KZ class

Dutchman Senna Van Walstijn initially won the KZ Super Heat on Sunday morning, but Sweden’s Viktor Gustafsson remained leader of the Final Intermediate Classification and holder of first place on the starting grid for the Final. Van Walstijn was the fastest driver at the end of the previous phase, however, and immediately took first place. Italian Danilo Albanese was soon back in second and closing on the leader. After setting the fastest lap, he was only two tenths behind Van Walstijn shortly after half-distance but the latter upped the pace in the closing laps to win the race outright by 1.5 seconds. (…)

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