The initial heats produced some surprising results at the WSK Euro Series in Lonato

The opening day in Lonato named the first protagonists of qualifying heats that will end on Friday. The final stages including Prefinals and Finals of this second round will be on Saturday.

Lonato (ITA), 16.04.2026
The opening qualifying heats at the South Garda Karting circuit in Lonato did not fail to deliver a few surprises in this second round of the WSK Euro Series. The event features the MINI Under 10, MINI Gr.3, OK-NJ, OK-N, OKJ, OK, and KZ2 categories in the second round of the series, following the opening meeting in Viterbo held over the weekend of February 14th.

The pole sitters.
On the first day of the Lonato event, the morning qualifying sessions identified the early protagonists. These were the pole sitters:
KZ2: Max Orlov (Sodikart – Sodi/TM Kart/LeCont);
OKJ: Zdenek Babicek (Tepz Racing Team – Tony Kart/Iame/Vega);
OK: Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn – LN/TM kart/LeCont);
MINI U10: Zayne Burgess (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin/TM Kart/Vega);
MINI Gr3: Alfie Richard Mair (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart/Vortex/Vega);
OK-NJ: Colton Schniegenberg (Ward Racing – Parolin/TM Kart/Vega);
OK-N: Manuel Scognamiglio (Pantano by DAM – Pantano/Iame/Vega).

The initial heats.
The first heats were held in the afternoon and will continue throughout the day on Friday. The final phase will take place on Saturday, April 18th, featuring a Live TV Streaming broadcast with Prefinals starting at 9:30 and Finals at 13:10.

KZ2 – Van Walstijn and Denner to the fore, as Orlov retires.
The first A-B heat was won by the Dutchman Senna Van Walstijn (Sodikart – Sodi/TM Kart/LeCont), while pole sitter Max Orlov was forced to retire while running in second position. The winner of the first round in Viterbo, the Dutchman Dion Van Werven (CPB Sport – Sodikart/TM Kart), finished toward the back of the field. In the second C-D heat, the Frenchman Emilien Denner (Formula K SRP – IPK/TM Kart) took the win, finishing ahead of fellow countryman Tom Leuillet (Tony Kart Racing – Tony Kart/TM Kart) and Riccardo Longhi (BirelArt Racing – BirelArt/Iame).

OKJ – Babicek wins the first heat from the pole position.
The OKJ heat saw the pole sitter from Czech Republic Zdenek Babicek (Tepz Racing Team – Tony Kart/Iame/Vega), claim victory over the two Polish drivers, Remigiusz Samczyk (Forza Racing – Exprit/TM Kart) and Leo Gorski (Ricky Flynn – LN/TM Kart). The winner of the Viterbo round, Italy's Michele Orlando (Team DR - DR/Modena Engines), finished quite far down the order.

OK – Arias claims the pole position and the victory of the first heat.
Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn – LN/TM Kart/LeCont) also won the OK heat after securing pole position in qualifying. The Spanish driver finished ahead of the winner of the previous round in Viterbo, Indonesia's Qarrar Firhand, and Turkey's Iskender Zulfikari, both competing for Ward Racing on Parolin/TM Kart.

MINI U10 – Burgess and Pharoah take the victories.
Two heats were held for MINI Under 10. In the first A-B heat, the American pole-sitter Zayne Burgess (Parolin Motorsport – Parolin/TM Kart/Vega) triumphed over the Dutchman Denver Bos (Kidix – KR/Iame). In the second heat, victory went to Britain's Albert Pharoah (Kidix – KR/Iame), who finished ahead of Jack Wolff (KR Motorsport – KR/Iame).

MINI Gr.3 – Pace is surprising, Warakitsupachok is solid.
The first surprise came from Malta’s Zane Pace (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart/Vortex/Vega), the recent winner of the WSK Super Master Series, who recovered from qualifying to win the first A-B heat. He finished ahead of Taiwanese driver Shuo-Ting Chang (BabyRace – Parolin/Iame), while the British pole sitter Alfie Richard Mair (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart/Vortex) was forced to drop back. In the C-D heat, victory went to Thailand's Phawin Warakitsupachok (BabyRace – Parolin/Iame) over the American Wynn Godschalk (Kidix – KR/Iame).

OK-NJ – Schniegenberg continues his winning streak, Hedfors is strong.
The American Colton Schniegenberg (Ward Racing – Parolin/TM Kart/Vega) continues his winning streak; following his victory in the previous round at Viterbo and his pole position here, he took the heat win in Lonato ahead of Giuseppe Noviello (Tony Kart Racing Team – Tony Kart/Vortex). In the second C-D heat, the two Modena Kart teammates, Sweden's Elton Hedfors and Indonesia's Atiqa Mir, secured the top two positions instead.

OK-N – Scognamiglio and Ferrari win their heats.
Manuel Scognamiglio (Pantano by DAM – Pantano/Iame/Vega) confirmed his strong form with a victory in the first heat after having secured pole position. In the A-B heat, the Italian driver finished ahead of Switzerland’s Iven Amman (Innovate Competition – Tony Kart/TM Kart) and fellow Italian Leonardo Dondi (King Racing – KR/Iame). In the C-D heat, another Italian stood out as Lamberto Ferrari (Monster K Factory – Monster K/TM Kart) took the win ahead of two compatriots, Lorenzo D’Amico (LA Motorsport – Parolin/TM Kart) and Nicolas Marchesi (Zanchi Motorsport – KR/TM Kart).

The program in Lonato, TV Live Streaming on Saturday.
The final phase on Saturday, April 18, will be broadcast via Live Streaming on the WSK.it and Motorsport.com websites, as well as on YouTube:
www.wskarting.it/index.asp
https://motorsport.com/
https://www.youtube.com/@WSKPROMOTION

Friday, April 17th: Warm up, Qualifying heats.
Saturday, April 18th: 8:00 Warm up, 9:30 Prefinals, 13:10 Finals.

THE CALENDAR OF THE WSK EURO SERIES (Wednesday/Saturday n.4 race days):
1st Rd 11-14/02/2026 VITERBO / MINI – OKNJ – OKN – OKJ – OK – KZ2
2nd Rd 15-18/04/2026 LONATO / MINI – OKNJ – OKN – OKJ – OK – KZ2
3rd Rd 08-11/07/2026 CREMONA / MINI – OKNJ – OKN – OKJ – OK – KZ2

Info: www.wskarting.it/index.asp

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