Young Emirati karter Keanu Al-Azhari returns to Italy’s Franciacorta circuit for the second time in less than three weeks for this weekend’s FIA Karting European Championship.
The Tony Kart Racing Team rookie, racing in OK Senior this season, has already visited the track twice this year, finishing 27th in the final round of the Champions of the Future Euro 2022 Series after placing 10th in a Winter Series round at the end of February.
A huge 85 drivers are entered in OK Senior, with a further 89 in OK Junior.
Al-Azhari’s Tony Kart Racing Team-mates are Italy’s Luigi Coluccio and James Egozi, Finland’s Tuukka Taponen and Juho Valtonen, Britain’s Joseph Turney, Poland’s Jakub Rasjki, Austria’s Oscar Wurz and China’s Ruiqi Lui.
Our preparations for this weekend’s FIA European Championship have been perfect. I feel great and the Tony Kart with Vortex engine feels great. I’m very much looking forward to the race and hope to do the UAE proud.
Keanu Al-Azhari
I’m enjoying racing in the Senior category. It feels very natural to me. Franciacorta is a fast and smooth circuit, as it was just built recently.
Keanu Al-Azhari
Timetable
Technical checks and a briefing take place on Thursday, July 7th, before free practice and qualifying practice early on Friday and the first set of 12-lap qualifying heats on Friday afternoon.
After a short warm-up on Saturday morning, OK Senior drivers face two more sets of 12-lap heats. Two 16-lap Super Heats at 10.30hrs and 11.20hrs on Sunday precede the 24-lap OK final at 13.50hrs.