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15. WINTER CUP

SEASON OPENS AND CRG MAXTER IMMEDIATELY TAKES

THE LEAD AT WINTER CUP

DAVID FORE AND ARNAUD KOZLINSKI WIN THEIR HEATS AND WILL START TOGETHER WITH JONATHAN

THONON FROM THE FIRST ROWS IN THE FINAL PHASE OF SUNDAY. IN KF3 GREAT DEBUTOFMAX

VERSTAPPEN AND IN KF2 MICHELLE GATTING SURPRISES EVERYBODY WITH CRG JUNIOR TEAM

Desenzano del Garda

(Brescia Italy), 20th

February 2010.The first

signals are very positive

indeed for CRG-MAXTER

Team at the 15thedition of

the Winter Cup, opening

event of the karting season

on the South Garda karting

circuit at Lonato.

I n t h e q u a l i f y i n g p r a c t i c e

David Foref r o m B r e s c i a

( I t a l y ) l i t u p t h e c o l o u r s o f

C R G - M A X T E R w i t h h i s p o l e

p o s i t i o n i n S u p e r K F , b r i n g i n g

i m m e d i a t e l y t o t h e g e n e r a l

a t t e n t i o n t h e n e w l y

h o m o l o g a t e d M a x t e r

E n g i n e s . I n t h e S a t u r d a y q u a l i f y i n g

h e a t s D a v i d F o r e a c h i e v e d a

f a n t a s t i c w i n i n t h e t o p c a t e g o r y a s

w e l l a s h i s t e a m - m a t e Arnaud

Kozlinskiw h o m a n a g e d t o w i n t h e

t h i r d h e a t . T h e F r e n c h d r i v e r ,

r e i g n i n g w o r l d c h a m p i o n o f S u p e r

K F a n d w i n n e r o f 2 0 0 9 W S K , w i l l

s t a r t w i t h a s l i g h t d e l a y o n S u n d a y

f i n a l p h a s e b e c a u s e o f h i s

i n v o l v e m e n t i n a n a c c i d e n t d u r i n g

t h e s t a r t o f h i s f i r s t h e a t . O n t h e

c o n t r a r y , F o r w i l l s t a r t f r o m t h e

f r o n t r o w , w i t h h i s r i v a l M a r c o

A r d i g ( T o n y K a r t ) b y h i s s id e ,

w i n n e r o f t h e s e c o n d h e a t a n d w h o

g r a b b e d t h e p o l e o f t h e p r e - f i n a l

b e c a u s e h e a c h i e v e d t h e o v e r a l l

b e s t s c o r e . Jonathan Thonont o o

g o t a g o o d p e r f o r m a n c e a n d w i l l s t a r t s i x t h .

Upper picture: Davide For, winner of one heat at Winter Cup. Above:

Max Verstappen, protagonist in KF3, together with his father Jos.

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Felice Tiene, u n f o r t u n a t e l y ,

h a d a b a d s t a r t . A n i n t e s t i n a l

v i r u s p r e v e n t e d h i m f r o m

p e r f o r m i n g a t h i s b e s t . A n y w a y , h e a c h i e v e d t h e

q u a l i f i c a t i o n f o r t h e f i n a l

p h a s e a n d w i l l s t a r t 2 3 t h .

Eddy Tininit o o g o t t h e

q u a l i f i c a t i o n , e v e n t h o u g h h e

h a d g r e a t t r o u b l e s w i t h t h e

r a c e t u s s l e .

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e x p e r i e n c e i n t h i s c a t e g o r y .

T h e s o n o f t h e f o r m e r F 1 d r i v e r J o s V e r s t a p p e n w a s

s i m p l y u n b e a t a b l e i n t h e

r a i n y h e a t o f F r i d a y a s w e l l a s

i n a n o t h e r h e a t o n S a t u r d a y .

F o r t h e s t a r t i n g g r i d o f t h e

S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n p r e - f i n a l , w e n e e d t o w a i t f o r t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e q u a l i f y i n g p r a c t i c e o f S u n d a y m o r n i n g .

S a m e s i t u a t i o n f o r K F 2 , w h e r e t h e b i g g e s t s u r p r i s e o f t h e d a y w a s a n o t h e r m e m b e r o f C R G - M A X T E R T e a m :

1 6 - y e a r - o l d D a n i s h d r i v e r Michelle Gattingo f C R G J u n i o r T e a m , b r i l l i a n t w i n n e r o f o n e o f t h e h e a t s .

David For:I m s o g l a d . T h e w i n t e r c u p b e g a n v e r y w e l l f o r m e . I m v e r y s a t i s f i e d f o r m y p o l e p o s i t i o n i n t h e

q u a l i f y i n g p r a c t i c e a n d f o r t h e w i n i n o n e o f t h e h e a t s . W e h a v e s o m e p r o b l e m s t o s o r t o u t b u t w e a r e s u r e

t o r u n f o r t h e f i n a l s u c c e s s . O u r t e a m g o t a n e x c e l l e n t p o t e n t i a l a n d w e h a v e i m m e d i a t e l y t a k e n t h e l e a d .

D o u b t l e s s l y I c a n s a y t h a t C R G s t a r t e d o f f w i t h t h e r i g h t f o o t .

ArnaudKozlinski:I h a d a b a d s t a r t i n m y f i r s t h e a t , w h e r e I g o t i n v o l v e d i n a s t a r t a c c i d e n t . I s t a r t e d f r o m

t h e l a s t p l a c e a n d I m a n a g e d t o g e t a f i n a l 1 0 t h

p l a c e a n d a c h i e v i n g t h e f a s t e s t l a p . T h e n I w o n t h e s e c o n d

h e a t o n d r y t r a c k , s h o w i n g I m c o m p e t i t i v e a l s o b e c a u s e o f t h e r e l i a b i l i t y o f t h e n e w e n g i n e a n d o f t h e

e x c e l l e n t s e t t i n g o f t h e C R G c h a s s i s . I h o p e t o r e c o v e r i n t h e p r e - f i n a l b e c a u s e I w a n t t o a i m a t t h e f i n a l w i n .

Jonathan Thonon:T h e q u a l i f y i n g p r a c t i c e w e n t w e l l f o r m e : I g o t t h e o v e r a l l t h i r d p e r f o r m a n c e . I m e t s o m e

t r o u b l e s d u r i n g t h e h e a t s a n d t h i s m e a n t a 6 t h

p l a c e i n t h e p r e - f i n a l s t a r t i n g g r i d . I m c o n f i d e n t I c a n g e t a

g o o d r e s u l t f o r t h e f i n a l .

W i n t e r C u p p r e - f i n a l S t a r t i n g g r i d S u n d a y 2 1 s t

F e b r u a r y ( f i r s t t e n p l a c e s ) : 1 . A r d i g ( I ) ( T o n y K a r t - V o r t e x )

p e n a l i t i e s 2 ; 2. For(I) (CRG-Maxter) pen. 3;3 . C a t t ( G B ) ( T o n y K a r t - V o r t e x ) p e n . 5 ; 4 . H a n l e y ( G B )

( M a r a n e l l o - M a r a n e l l o ) p e n . 8 ; 5 . C e s e t t i ( I ) ( B i r e l - B m p ) p e n . 9 ; 6. Thonon (B) (CRG-Maxter) pen. 10;7 .

C h a m b e r l a i n ( G B ) ( T o n y K a r t - T m ) p e n . 1 0 ; 8. Kozlinski (F) (CRG-Maxter) pen. 10;9 . L i c h t f i l d ( G B ) ( A l o n s o -

M a x t e r ) p e n . 1 0 . R e n a u d i ( F ) ( P c r - T m ) p e n . 1 3 .

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T h e D a n i s h D r i v e r M i c h e l l e G a t t i n g , g r e a t s u r p r i s e i n K F 2 w i t h C R G J u n i o r

T e a m a n d w i n n e r o f a h e a t o f t h e W i n t e r C u p a t L o n a t o .

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