The 47th Trofeo delle Industrie announces another record presence in the four categories on track this year at the South Garda Karting Circuit in Lonato. The race will take place from October 26th to 28th and will have 240 entered drivers in KZ2, OK-Junior, 60 Mini and Iame X30 Senior. Such important figures reward the oldest karting race in the world: the trophy was in fact originally devised in 1971 by Umberto Pellegrini and took place at the Kartodrome of Parma before relocating to the South Garda Karting Circuit in Lonato in 2012.
KZ2 reached level 60 entered drivers, among which a lot of top names like Riccardo Longhi on BirelArt, who won the past two editions. Among the main protagonists, Team SRP Racing’s drivers will make their debut on the Maranello Kart chassis as a preview of season 2019. They will be led by DKM Champion Fabian Federer. The Italian Vice-Champion Giuseppe Palomba will also be present for his first race on new material with Croc Promotion. Francesco Celenta on Praga, Alessandro Pelizzari on Energy, Pasquale Tellone on the new SRK chassis, Manuel Cozzaglio on BirelArt, the Swede Benjamin Tornqvist on CRG, the Croatian Kristijan Habulin on TB Kart, Emilien Denner on Kalì-Kart and Christoph Hold on Maranello will certainly be among the protagonists of this category.
OK-Junior went beyond level 50 drivers and vice-World Champion and vice-European Champion Gabriele Minì on Parolin will make it to the start in his first year in the category after an important experience in Mini. Other big names of this karting season will be present too, as the Russian Kirill Smal on Tony Kart, who was fifth in the recent World Championship and Tommaso Chiappini on Formula K, who won the Italian Championship. Several teams will be present. The ones with the highest number of drivers are CRG, Ward Racing, Ricky Flynn, KR, Forza Racing, Baby Race, Ward Racing and BirelArt.
Category 60 Mini is the most crowded category that reached its cap of 72 entries. The main teams will be present: namely, Team Driver, Baby Race, Formula K, Gamoto, SRP Racing, Ward Racing, Evokart, Energy and Parolin. Big names will be present among the drivers too, like Brando Badoer, Cristian Bertuca and a lot of other young Italians that will have to face the fierce competition of foreign drivers like Coskun Irfan, Ean Eyckmans and Alex Powell.
Category Iame X30 Senior is also packed with 54 drivers including the main protagonists of the season, like the winner of the National Iame X30 Andrea Bristot and the top ten finishers of the Italian X30 Senior Championship Francesco Pagano, Danny Carenini, Leonardo Caglioni, Marco Moretti, Carlo Aldera and Vittorio Maria Russo.
The 47th Trofeo delle Industrie will be available through Live Timing and Live Streaming at www.trofeodelleindustrie.it.
THE PROGRAM
Friday, October 26th: Free practice from 8:15. Sporting scrutineering from 11:30.
Saturday, October 27th: Free practice from 8:00, Qualifying from 10:00. Qualifying heats from 12:40.
Sunday, October 28th: Warm up from 8:15. Second chance races from 10:20. Prefinals from 13:00. Finals from 14:20.
Info, Results and Live Streaming at www.trofeodelleindustrie.it.
Parma, 22.10.18
Parma Motorsport
Press Office
In the picture: OK-Junior, Gabriele Minì (Parolin Racing Kart) and Thomas Ten Brinke (Ricky Flynn Motorsport).