Rotax’s New E-Kart Project
Rotax has announced a new electric kart project that, unlike the Rotax THUNDeR, features a powertrain developed in-house by BRP-Rotax.
International
Aussie Report: Pre-Finals
The qualification heats and pre-finals are done and the majority of Team Australia has made it through to the Finals, which will be live streamed tonight (AUS time).
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RMCGF: Day 6
Official press: Welcome to the sixth day of the RMC Grand Finals in Sarno, Italy. The pre-finals started today and we enjoyed a vast numbers of battles and exciting races.
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RMCGF: Day 5
Official report: Day 5 at the Circuito Internazionale di Napoli saw a lot of interesting, exciting races during the heats of the Rotax Grand Finals.
The Aussie Report – Heats Day
A day of heat racing saw mixed results for Team Australia. So far, our youngest racers are leading the charge with Jaxson Burns, Costa Toparis and Hugh Barter all inside the top ten.
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RMCGF: Day 4
Press Release: the official Day 4 report from the Rotax Grand finals covering qualifying and the opening heat races.
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RMCGF Qualifying: Toparis & Barter Top Aussies
Costa Toparis and Hugh Barter are the top placed Australian qualifiers at the Rotax Grand finals, taking second and third fastest in their respective classes.
Live Stream, Rotax Grand Finals!
The live stream of the Rotax Grand Finals has started! Follow the action in Italy…
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Kiwi Karter Back to Her Best in Italy
Top Kiwi female karter Rianna O鈥橫eara-Hunt has returned home to Wellington on a high after a breakthrough performance at this year鈥檚 ROK Cup Superfinal meeting in Italy a fortnight ago.
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RMCGF: Day 3
Costa Toparis topped the Mini MAX time sheets on the second day of practice at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand finals, and many of the other Aussies have been in or around the top ten of their respective sessions.
RMCGF: Day 2
The karts have hit the track, here’s the official report from Day Two – includes all the links you need to follow the Aussies during the week 馃檪
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Video: The Aussie World Rotax Winners
With the 2019 Rotax Grand Finals now underway, it’s timely to reflect on the success Australians have had at the event. As part of the 20th Anniversary celebration, Rotax contacted previous winners for a little selfie video. Our list starts with Darrell Smith.
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RMCGF: Day 1
Rotax Press: official Day One report from the 20th edition of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals at Sarno, Italy – the famous chassis lineup and driver allocation.
Kiwi Report: Race of Stars
There were plenty of Kiwis at Race of Stars, and two of them – Matthew Payne and Mathew Kinsman – made a big impression.
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Video: Re-Live Race of Stars
Watch all the Race of Stars videos, on and off-track action from the Gold Coast, including interviews, racing, presentations and highlights clip.
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Abbasse Wins Another Race of Stars
Frenchman Anthony Abbasse has taken out his second consecutive Gold Coast 600 Race of Stars at the Xtreme Karting Complex for the SodiKart factory team after a remarkable series of events that saw the race decided after the chequered flag.
IAME International Wrap
James Wharton was the only Australian to make the finals at the 2019 IAME International at Le Mans this past week, but there were some worthy efforts from many with several making the B finals.
ROK Cup Wrap
Seven Australians contested the ROK Cup International Final in Italy earlier this month, and two of them – Marcos Flack and Alex Ninovic – made it through to the finals.
New Komet Tyre
IAME has announced two new compounds in its range of Komet Tyres for 2020 – K2H (hard) and K2M (medium). The H is focused around the X30 classes (and will be used at next year’s IAME International Final) and the M for the OK and KZ categories.
New Spec Mini & Micro MAX for Grand Finals
The Micro and Mini MAX classes at this year’s Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals in Italy will use new MY20-spec engines.
Spanish & Italian Teams Win CRG Rental Worlds
180 drivers from eight countries raced in 38 teams to contest the third annual Rental Kart World Contest by CRG. The Spanish CH-T team won the Pro category and Italian Chioggia Kart Racing won Silver.
Karting Internationals at Movie World
Supercars Champion James Courtney hosted International Karting Stars Davide For猫 from Italy and Frenchman Anthony Abbasse at Gold Coast鈥檚 Movie World this morning.
Interview: Luca Filini
Luca Filini has gained valuable experience as a kart mechanic, assisting many drivers in major international competitions. When the merger between the two famous companies Birel and ART Grand Prix became a reality at the end of 2014, Luca Filini (33 years old) joined the factory based in Lissonne near Milan.
Interview: Nikita Bedrin
13-year-old Nikita Bedrin is one of a promising generation of Russian drivers who have invaded the paddocks of major international karting events.
Kiwi Report: ROK Cup Superfinal
Two of the eight Kiwis who contested the ROK Cup Superfinal in Italy on the weekend are heading home with trophies.