Exceptionally at the Motorland kart track in Aragon instead of Valencia, this year too the final of the FIM MiniGP World Series it provided a great spectacle and an epilogue capable of doing justice to the Italian colours, absolute protagonists with the very young talents arriving from CIV Junior. To win the final victory and the title of World Champion in the class 160 for Ohla was Waku Kunitatearriving from the MiniGP Japan Series, but “our” Maicol Colazzo and Daniel Putortì defended themselves brilliantly: let’s see how the three races went.
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Kunitate wins Race 1 and Race 2, double podium for Italy
Interrupted with a red flag with one lap to go, the first run saw real domination by the very young Japanese Waku Kunitatewho maintained the leadership from start to finish and also managed to gain a good margin over the rest of the group. Japan which also reached the podium with Hayato Chishiki, third place behind a highly competitive Maicol Colazzochampion of the CIV Junior 160 capable of confirming himself at a high level even in the most important event of the year. However, Daniel Putortì was unlucky22nd following a fall, while Shengbo Sun and Diego Gonzalez close out the Top 5 of Race 1.
Also We are 2 it was interrupted prematurely with a red flag, but then restarted over the course of six passes at the end of which it was Waku Kunitate who triumphed again. The driver from the Land of the Rising Sun thus scored a one-two by making the most of the retirement of Maicol Colazzo (the only one capable of keeping up with him as well as author of the fastest lap), but Italy can still celebrate with Daniel Putortì, second place after an intense tussle with Airel Marzuki, Diego Gonzalez and Hayato Chishiki, third, fourth and fifth respectively in the sprint.
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Putortì wins the SuperFinal, Kunitate Campione del Mondo
The last scheduled race, called SuperFinal with a score doubled compared to the previous heats and a distance set over ten laps, saw the absolute Italian protagonists con Daniel Putortì winner and Maicol Colazzo third place behind Diego Gonzalez. However, if with this success “Pedrosino” finished as vice champion, the Japanese Waku Kunitate prevailed in the final ranking of the “mini championship”, who only needed a fourth place to secure the title of World Champion 2024 in the class reserved for the youngest.
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