The Italian ACI Karting 2020 Championship is about to start from Sicily

The International Circuit in Triscina is all set to stage the opener of the Italian ACI Karting Championship. Categories KZ2, MINI Gr.3, 60 Mini, Iame X30 Junior and Senior will make it onto the track. Live TV coverage on Sunday, August 9th on MS Motor (Sky 228) and streaming on acisport.it.
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Triscina, August, 5th 2020. The International Circuit in Triscina (Trapani) is about to start edition 2020 of the Italian ACI Karting Championship after the Covid emergency. Free practice already started in this long weekend in Sicily that will reach its conclusion on August 9th with the two finals of the categories entitled in this championship: namely, the shifter KZ2, the newly-homologated CIK-FIA International MINI Gr.3, 60 Mini 2015-2020 and the two IAME X30 categories Junior and Senior. Live TV coverage on MS Motor (Sky 228) and web streaming from www.acisport.it/it/CIK/home, Facebook and Youtube.

The challenge between Cunati and Palomba in KZ2
In KZ2 the two main protagonists of the past campaign, the Italian reigning champion Simone Cunati of Team Modena Kart, and two times runner up in 2018 and 2019 Giuseppe Palomba, who is a BirelArt official driver but in this occasion, he will be assisted by team LG Motorsport. These two top drivers will have to face the competition of other very strong drivers like Davide De Marco, Mirko Mizzoni, Luigi Di Lorenzo and others that will be joined by some Sicilian drivers ready to shine in the home race.

A lot of protagonists in the two MINI categories
The participation in International MINI Group 3 is great with a lot of protagonists that have already come to the fore in the races held earlier into the season like the Japanese Kean Nakamura Berta and Slovenia’s Mark Kastelic of Team Driver, the Dutch son of former F1 driver Jan Lammers, René Lammers, the Slovenian Aleksandar Bogunovic and teammate Cristian Blandino of Team Gamoto, the Pole Jan Przyrowsky of AV Racing, Maciej Gladysz of Parolin Racing Kart, Tony Kart Racing Team’s American James Egozi, the French Jimmy Helias and Jules Caranta, the Peruvian Andres Cardenas and several others. The presence in 60 Mini is also good with Singapore’s Tiziano Monza of Team KidiX and teammate from Hungary Adam Hideg and other drivers are ready to shine.

High-level races expected in IAME Senior and Junior
A lot of strong drivers are to compete in the two IAME X30 categories that are expected to produce very high level races. In Senior, Vittorio Maria Russo, Filippo Croccolino and Michael Barbaro Paparo will be present, while a lot of drivers are set to debut in Junior after a start of the career in Mini. Among these, a good duel will certainly be fought by Team Driver’ drivers like Leonardo Dal Col, Nicholas Pujatti, Sebastiano Pavan, Team Gamoto’s Manuel Scognamiglio and Alessandro Minetto, Team Kidix’s Brazilian Miguel Costa and a lot of other drivers ready to slide in the fight for the win.

ITALIAN ACI KARTING 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP

August 7-9 International Circuit Triscina (TP)
(KZ2, 60 Mini, MINI Gr.3, Iame X30 Junior and Senior)

August 28-30 International Circuit Napoli, Sarno (SA)
(KZ2, 60 Mini, MINI Gr.3, Iame X30 Junior and Senior)

September 11-13, Circuit of Siena, Siena (SI)
(KZ National, Iame X30 Junior and Senior, ROK Junior and Senior)

September 15-20, South Garda Karting Circuit, Lonato (BS)
(OK, OK-Junior within the WSK Euro Series event)

September 25-27, Adria Karting Raceway, Adria (RO)
(KZ2, 60 Mini, MINI Gr.3, Iame X30 Junior and Senior, ROK Junior and Senior)

October 23-25, Circuit 7 Laghi, Castelletto di Branduzzo (Pavia)
(KZ2, 60 Mini, MINI Gr.3, Iame X30 Junior and Senior, ROK Junior and Senior).

LIVE ON TV AND STREAMING. The event will be covered live on TV by MS MotorTV (Sky 228 and freeview), as well as by the live streaming feed available from the website and Facebook page of the Italian ACI Karting Italian Championship. Sportitalia will show the races recorded. Specials will be aired within the ACI Sport Magazine on RAI Sport, national networks, web and local networks.

DAILY MAGAZINES. Specials will be published on the sports magazines Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Spot.

LIVE TIMING/RESULTS will be available at www.acisportitalia.it.

ACI KARTING 2019 CHAMPIONS:
KZ2: Simone Cunati (CRG-Tm-Vega).
60 Mini: William Macintyre (Parolin-Tm-Vega).
KZN Under: Roberto Cesari (Top Kart-Tm-Vega).
KZN Over: Marco Pagani (Parolin-Tm-Vega).
X30 Junior: Francesco Pulito (KR-Iame-Komet).
X30 Senior: Edoardo Ludovico Villa (TB Kart-Iame-Komet).
Rok Junior: Pietro Ragone (Tony Kart-Vortex-Bridgestone).
Rok Senior: Giorgio Molinari (Exprit-Vortex-Bridgestone).

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