The special episode of the ROK Talk Show dedicated to the 2026 ROK Cup Superfinal has achieved an outstanding audience figure. The web programme dedicated to the post-race episode of the Vortex-powered one-make series reached 128,000 people with the first broadcast on our Facebook page on Thursday, October 22, at 9:00 p.m. (as of October 26th, 2026).

Leading the coverage of this international event was Mara Sangiorgio, Sky Sport F1 journalist and passionate karting enthusiast, directly from the studio set up for the occasion at South Garda Karting in Lonato del Garda, Italy, where she welcomed the top three finishers from all ten categories on track in the weekend.

Bret Westbrook, the first guest to join the show following his victory in Mini ROK U10, summed up his winning performance with disarming simplicity: “I just drove.” In Mini ROK, Filippo Frigerio revealed the race strategy adopted at the start: “We immediately tried to run away together, and it worked out well. In the end, the strategy paid off.”

In Junior ROK class, Iven Ammann joked about his perfect weekend but admitted to feeling the pressure right up until the penultimate lap: “David Moscardi was really fast and stayed glued to my bumper throughout the race before I managed to build a small gap.” It was a triumphant trip to Europe for American driver Alan Isambard, winner of Senior ROK, who made his debut on a European circuit and highlighted the level of competition: “The drivers here are good and make fewer mistakes than they do in the United States.”

For Marco Massironi, the victory in the Expert ROK category brought to a long-awaited achievement: “My last attendance at the Superfinal was almost twenty years ago, when I was still a kid, before moving on to single-seaters. Winning today was the icing on the cake.” In Expert ROK Plus, Tino Donadei celebrated a long-pursued redemption, explaining how he handled the most critical moments: “Over the past two or three years, I’ve always lost it for various reasons, including how I managed the setups. This time, I held on over the final two laps, and it worked out well.”

In Super ROK, Giuseppe Gaglianò spoke about managing the pressure: “You do feel some pressure, but by now I’m fairly used to it and can handle it well. Our main strength was consistency, starting from the qualifyings.” In the Shifter ROK category, Marco Chiarello openly acknowledged what had often been his Achilles’ heel in the shifter karts: “Starts have always been my weak point. In the final, though, I managed to get away well and hold on to the lead at the start. From that moment on, all I focused on was pulling away.”

Finally, the attention turned to the two categories making their debut with the ROK VLR engines. Daniel Miron Lorente, winner of VLR Junior ROK, identified the decisive factor as his ability to manage the opening battles: “The key moment was the final, where I managed to build the gap I hadn’t been able to create in the qualifying heats.” Last but not least, the interviews to Diego Ardiles, winner of VLR ROK, who explained the tactical awareness over the 20-lap race: “The start is always important, but the decisive moment was winning a gap to the whole group behind me. I knew that in the end it would have been a two-way battle, rather than a risky five-kart fight.”

All this and much more can be found in the tenth episode of the 2026 ROK Talk Show, available on demand onour social media platforms:

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