The ROK Talk Show, the web programme dedicated to the ‘post-race’ events of the Vortex single-brand series, achieved an extraordinary success in terms of audience during the special episode dedicated to the ROK Cup Superfinal 2025. The tenth episode of this year aired last Thursday, 23 October, at 9 p.m., reached over 51,000 people (as of 27 October 2025).

As always, many guests were present in the studio, set up for the occasion at the South Garda Karting in Lonato del Garda (Italy), welcomed shortly after the end of the awards ceremony by Luca Filippi, Sport Mediaset and Drive-Up cooperator, as well as runner-up in the GP2 Series and former IndyCar Series and Formula E driver.

Jayden Francisco and Josh Bergman, the first two drivers to speak to our microphones, told about their intense duel for victory in the Mini ROK U10, which finally went to the Canadian. Meanwhile, after a series of successes in the qualifying heats and pre-final, Niccolò Perico did not expect such a hard-fought Mini ROK final with his direct rivals Giuseppe Noviello and Iver Spence; despite everything, the ROK Cup Italia champion managed to win the ROK Cup Superfinal as well.

In the Junior ROK category, Blazej Kostrzewa finished behind winner Matteo Melis, performing an extraordinary comeback after an unfortunate qualifying session (the Polish driver started 33rd). In the Senior ROK class, Giuseppe Gaglianò, who finished first, revealed the key moment of his race: ‘After the start, once at the mechanics' corner, I realised I had a good gap: I gave a look back, saw that my rivals were fighting each other and so I started to push.’ Andrea Barbieri, who finished second, tried in vain to catch his teammate in the final laps.

Andrea Sorbello was also a guest in the studio: the new Expert ROK champion and winner of the ROK Cup Italia expressed his happiness at how the season ended, especially after the ups and downs he experienced during the year. As for the Expert ROK Plus category, Cristiano Mantovani told us about the trouble in beating Tino Donadei, who led the category until the pre-final.

In Super ROK, Nicolas Marchesi and Riccardo Ferrari were the big stars of the final. Marchesi's overtaking on Ferrari on the last lap proved to be decisive, becoming the central topic of discussion in the studio. Finally, Karol Pasiewicz - king of Shifter ROK for the second consecutive time - admits that he put too much stress on his tyres during his duel with Brando Pozzi and was forced to hold off Sebastian Janczewski in the final stages.

This and much more in the tenth episode of the ROK Talk Show 2025, available on-demand on our social media platforms:

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