{"id":5932,"date":"2026-02-14T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/?p=5932"},"modified":"2026-02-14T14:43:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:43:58","slug":"fim-de-semana-para-esquecer-em-viterbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/fim-de-semana-para-esquecer-em-viterbo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weekend to Forget in Viterbo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Xavier L\u00e1zaro competed this weekend in the opening round of the WSK Euro Series, held at the transalpine Leopard Circuit of Viterbo under the auspices of WSK Promotion. It was a race the Portuguese driver will not want to remember, as nothing went right from the Qualifying session, where he managed no better than 37th fastest among the 47 OKJ entrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With rain affecting the first day of competition, Xavier L\u00e1zaro crashed in the first Heats race, immediately compromising his chances of a good result. On the second day, under dry conditions, the young driver from V\u00e1rzea de Sintra retired in Heat 2 after his engine seized on the sixth lap. In Heat 3, he could do no better than 17th place, which ruled him out of qualifying for the Final. This morning, in Pre-Final A, Xavier started from 23rd position and managed to gain five places to finish 18th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Portuguese driver returns to Italy next weekend to race again in Viterbo, this time in the third round of the WSK Super Master Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qualifying Went Badly<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Qualifying session took place under heavy rain, which proved to be an additional challenge for Xavier L\u00e1zaro, who is still searching for his best pace in these conditions. Although the Portuguese driver had been among the fastest during the test sessions leading up to the race weekend, he was unable to confirm that performance in the timed session. He went out on track in the middle of a group of other drivers and never managed to find either the right rhythm or the ideal lap. The result was 37th fastest out of the 47 participants (19th in his group).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hampered by the poor Qualifying result, Xavier L\u00e1zaro started Heat 1 from 19th position. Although the track was wet, all drivers opted to race on slick tyres. On the opening lap, he was caught up in a multi-car incident involving several competitors and was forced to retire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday, under good weather conditions, Heat 2 also did not go well, as the official DR Modena Engines engine seized on the sixth lap. With this result, Xavier L\u00e1zaro was already aware that he would not qualify for the Final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Heat 3, the Portuguese driver Xavier L\u00e1zaro finally managed to finish a race, once again starting from 19th position and crossing the line in 17th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, the 12-year-old went out from 23rd position to compete in Pre-Final A. With a strong performance, he moved up through the field to complete the 10-lap race in 18th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing his preparation for the CIK-FIA Karting program, which will kick off in April at La Conca with the opening round of the Champions of the Future, Xavier L\u00e1zaro returns to competition next weekend to race in Viterbo for the 3rd round of the WSK Super Master Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: Sportinphoto Kart Photo-Agency<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xavier L\u00e1zaro correu este fim-de-semana a etapa de abertura da WSK Euro Series, prova disputada no transalpino Leopard Circuit de Viterbo sob a \u00e9gide da WSK Promotion. Esta ser\u00e1 uma prova que o piloto portugu\u00eas n\u00e3o querer\u00e1 guardar para mem\u00f3ria futura, j\u00e1 que tudo correu mal desde a sess\u00e3o de Qualifying, onde n\u00e3o fez melhor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30,87,148,150,74,80,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-5932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-noticias","8":"tag-dr","9":"tag-la-conca","10":"tag-leopard-circuit-viterbo","11":"tag-modena-engines","12":"tag-wsk-euro-series","13":"tag-wsk-promotion","14":"tag-xavier-lazaro"},"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5932"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5945,"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions\/5945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavierlazaro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}