AFTER THE OPENING ROUND IN ADRIA (I) THE FIRST 2017 WSK SUPER MASTER SERIES LEADERS ARE ABBASSE (F – SODI-TM) IN KZ2, DE PAUW (B – KOSMIC-PARILLA) IN OK, ROSSO (I – TONY KART-VORTEX) IN OKJ AND SPINA (I – CRG-TM) IN 60 MINI.

NEW DUELS AT THE WEEKEND OF 5TH MARCH FOR THE 2ND ROUND IN CASTELLETTO, NEAR PAVIA.

STANDINGS TAKE SHAPE AT THE WSK SUPER MASTER SERIES.
First race and first points scored by the drivers taking part in the WSK Super Master Series. Points are given at the end of qualifying heats and of Prefinals and Finals, by a scoring system that increases event after event: drivers will get more points in the second round of Castelletto di Branduzzo on 5th March and so on until the fourth and last round of the 2017 season.

PERFECT SCORE FOR ABBASSE, LEADER IN KZ2.
He dominated the heats, the Prefinal A and the Final and this outstanding result sent the French Anthony Abbasse (Sodi-TM-Bridgestone) to the top of the KZ2 standings with 90 points. His team-mate the Dutch Bas Lammers, the winner of the Prefinal B and the runner-up of the Final, occupies the 2nd position with a 23-point gap. CRG Holland is eager to counter-attack Sodi Kart in Castelletto: the dutch team has placed the Pex brothers, Jorrit and Stan, in 3rd and 5th position with 35 and 29 points respectively. The excellent Marco Ardigò (Tony Kart-Vortex) is 4th at 32, between the two Dutchmen.

DE PAUW LEADS THE OK STANDINGS.
Ulysse De Pauw (Kosmic-Parilla-Bridgestone) and Lorenzo Travisanutto (Zanardi-Parilla) are the frontrunners in OK: the Belgian leads with 80 points thanks to his victories in the Prefinal B and in the Final and despite a misadventure occurred during the heats. The Italian is 2nd in the standings with 70 points, thanks to the runner-up position scored in the Final. 3rd place with 40 points for Victor Martins (Kosmic-Parilla), ahead of the German Luca Lippkau (Zanardi Parilla, 34 p.) and the Spanish David Vidales (Tony Kart-Vortex, 30 p.).

ROSSO IS THE FIRST LEADER OF THE OK JUNIOR.
Narrow gaps in the OKJ standings: the current leader is the Italian Andrea Rosso (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) with 60 points; behind him the Australian Jack Doohan (FA Kart-Vortex, 57 p.) and the Russian Ilya Morozov (Tony Kart-Vortex, 48 p.). Bad luck last weekend for the Russian Pavel Bulantsev (Tony Kart-Vortex, 40 p.) and the Italian Leonardo Marseglia (Zanardi-Parilla 39 p.): they are in 4th and 5th position respectively.

SPINA GRABS THE LEADERSHIP IN 60 MINI.
He managed to fend off the attacks of his rivals in the 60 Mini Final: this tenacity allowed the Italian Alfio Spina to gain the leadership with 86 points; the Italian Luca Giardelli (both on CRG-TM-Vega) is 2nd with 67, ahead of the Malaysian Adam Putera (CRG-TM) with 44 points. The Russian Nikita Bedrin (Tony Kart-TM, 31 points) and the Italian Gabriele Minì (Parolin-TM, 28 points) are a bit behind but they still stand a good chance to win.