Bahrain Gets Rotax Grand Finals
BRP-Rotax has confirmed the location and date for the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals.
International
WSK Champions Cup Opens Euro Season
After some promising heat races, things were looking good for the Aussies in Adria with some potential top tens on the cards. But in the end, it didn’t turn out that way. Report from Italy.
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FIA Best-Of: James Geidel, RGMMC
RGMMC Group has completed its second year as promoter of several FIA Karting Championships. It’s President says they’ve made a major step increasing exposure with over 50 channels broadcasting into 100+ countries.
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Interview: Peter Bayer
FIA Sport Secretary General Peter Bayer answers questions about karting within the International Automobile Federation.
OK & OKJ for Kosmic Racing Department
The Kosmic Kart Racing Department has announced it will enter factory drivers in the OK and OK Junior categories in 2020.
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Tony Kart Announce 2020 Drivers
The factory Tony Kart Racing team has announced its driver lineup for the international 60 Mini, OKJ, OK and KZ/KZ2 classes for 2020. The team has also confirmed a continued alliance with the Ferrari Driver Academy.
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CIK-FIA Best Of: Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa, President of the CIK-FIA since the end of 2017, looks back at the 2019 FIA Karting season and the future directions for international karting.
Karting Quickies
Included in this episode of Karting Quickies: your discussions & comments, Leclerc team, calendar/event updates & info, 2-strokes and e-karts, reader poll results, Vettel hoax, things with wings, Go! movie, industry latest and more.
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Daytona Kart Week
As has become tradition between Christmas & New Year, North American karters head to Florida for the annual Daytona Kart Week, and this time it was the 45th anniversary edition.
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Karting Quickies
Welcome karters to the 2020 race season! Let’s kick off the new race year with some news briefs, including club news, the ‘lefty’ chassis, new parts, RIP, various calendars & schedules etc, plus 2019 FIA highlight vids.
Interview: Davide Fore’, Not Retired
Davide Fore’, a four-time World Champion, is a great personality in the karting world. He returned to the wheel at Lonato this year and has not ruled out further races.
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KF Kart Turns Italian
Commencing in 2020, Kip Foster’s KF Karts will be made in Italy by BirelART. We spoke with him about the deal.
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Aussie Wins NZ Superkart Title
Melbourne’s Jordie Ford is New Zealand’s 2019 Superkart champion, claiming the crown at a rain-lashed Manfeild circuit earlier this month.
OTK To Enter Official Exprit Racing Team
The OTK Group will, for the first time, enter an official Exprit Racing Team in CIK-FIA and WSK competition in 2020.
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Musical Chairs at OTK?
It seems that Fernando Alonso and the OTK Group have ended their collaboration, the Spaniard switching to the same manufacturer that Kart Republic use. And then there’s the Vettel Kart saga…
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Equipment Homologations for International Mini Category
The provisional homologation list of bodywork, brakes and chassis for the International Mini class that commences next year makes for some interesting reading.
Paolo de Conto Retires
Double KZ World Champion, SKUSA SuperNationals and Gold Coast Race of Stars winner Paolo de Conto has announced his retirement from driving.
Senior Class Added to NZ Rok Cup
The Vortex engine-based ROK Cup New Zealand kart racing series is set to expand in 2020 with the addition of a Senior category joining the Junior class added last year, and the Vortex Mini ROK and Cadet ROK classes that have been going now for six years.
Karting Quickies
Lots of news snippets from the past few weeks, both here and around the world – calendars, euro updates, new track approval, new karts, team and driver movements for 2020, plus Christmas gift ideas!
Josh Richmond: Kiwi Karter Doing Well
Little did top Auckland karter Josh Richmond’s parents realise what they were getting themselves into when, while on a family holiday on the Gold Coast, their then 11-year-old son had a go in a rental kart.
CIK-FIA Awards 2019
This year Paris hosted the FIA Karting Awards ceremony at Pavillon Gabriel, not far from the Champs-Élysées, at the end of a busy week for the FIA.
Aussie 5th in Macau
2018 Australian KZ2 Champion Aaron Cameron has placed 5th in Macau on the weekend while Ryan MacMillan just missed the top ten in Mini ROK.
Interview: Rickard Kaell
Like many technicians working for a large international team, Rickard Kaell, now 45, started in karting as a driver. In 2019, he took on new responsibilities as team manager of the Sauber Karting Academy.
Local Clubbies Claim Inaugural NZ Enduro Title
A trio of long-term local club karters has taken on the might of more highly rated teams to win the first ever KartSport New Zealand Briggs National Endurance Championship in Wellington on Saturday.
Majman Victorious in Sin City
team press – The 2019 edition of the SKUSA SuperNationals event has been run & won by SDD driver Brad Majman in the Micro Swift category.