IAME Winter Cup Valencia 2021
The IAME Winter Cup started off the 2021 international IAME season in great fashion on the Kartodromo Internacional Lucas Guerrero of Valencia. British drivers made the most of a tricky weather with Brit Leo Robinson (Fusion Motorsport) climbing to fourth overall ahead of the Spaniard Eric Gene Casanovas (Mol Racing), while Leveau slipped down to sixth despite a win. Last year’s Winter Cup winner Bart Harrison (Mick Barrett Racing) took a heat win (15th) as well as the Frenchman Andy Ratel (KBK Competition), 16th. In Sunday’s Prefinal, Le made good use of the drying conditions and passed Macintyre for the win, with Robinson diving through for second place.
In the Final, drivers faced a heavy challenge as the rain started pouring on the Kartodromo Valencia. At lights out, Robinson started well before Le took the lead back in the opening lap. While the young Brit quickly built himself a one-second gap, Harrison was equally-quick in making his way through the field. From the third row of the grid, he climbed to second after a couple of laps and launched a successful move on Le close to half-race. Once in the lead, Harrison kept all doors shut, which allowed a recovering Marcus Luzio (KR Sport), 10th on the grid, to close in on Le.
In the last lap, the latter went off the track, let Luzio through for second, but was able to keep going for the third spot. Unaware of the drama behind him, Harrison could savor his second Winter Cup win in a row. Le was eventually classified runner-up following a penalty for Luzio, with Macintyre completing the podiums ahead of the Brit Fionn McLaughlin (Fusion Motorsport) and the Spaniard Adrian Malheiro (Kart Republic Spain), promoted to fifth after Robinson was handed a post-race penalty.
Source: The Race Box
