A “senior’ Academy Trophy for 14 to 16-year olds is just one of the decisions to come from the FIA World Motor Sport Council’s meeting last week (is it somewhat crazy that 14-year-olds are considered Senior by the FIA?).
Based on proposals from the International Karting Commission, there was little in the way of public explanation around the decisions.
These decisions, plus the 2025 FIA Karting Calendar, are below:
FIA Karting Academy Trophy for Senior drivers
Following the success of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy launched in 2010 for Junior drivers, an FIA Karting Academy Trophy – Senior has been created for drivers aged 14 to 16.
World Cup For OK-N Junior
An FIA Karting World Cup – OK-NJ will be held as a one-off event in parallel with the FIA Karting World Cup – OKN at Cremona, Italy in September. National Championships run by ASNs for these categories will be allocated three places for the highest-ranked drivers on 31st July. These places may not be transferred to drivers finishing outside the top three. After this date, the registration procedure will be open to all other drivers.
Numbers Cap for European OK and Junior Championships
A maximum 108 drivers will contest the OK and Junior categories in the European Championship. A reserve list will be drawn up if the CIK-FIA receives more applications than places available. Drivers who have submitted a complete file and paid the entry fee will be considered in the order in which they are received by the CIK-FIA secretariat (date and time of receipt of the “Completed” e-mail notification).
Pre-Event Track Closure
Circuits for FIA Karting competition will be closed to all competition karts and drivers from Monday to Wednesday of the week in which the competition takes place. Events can take place at the host circuit the week-end before the FIA Karting competitions, without restriction of participation.
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Awarding of Super Heat points
The number of points awarded in a Super Heat has been increased as follows:
1st 90 points, 2nd 80 points, 3rd 72 points, 4th 66 points, 5th 60 points, 6th 54 points, 7th 50 points, 8th 46 points, 9th 42 points, 10th 38 points 11th 34 points, 12th 32 points, 13th 30 points, 14th 28 points, 15th 26 points, 16th 24 points, 17th 22 points, 18th 20 points, 19th 18 points, 20th 17 points and so on down to the 36th 1 point.
Penalty Points Increased
The heaviest penalty for a serious offence in any FIA Karting competition has been increased from 3 points to 5 points, which may be withdrawn from the Digital Licence.
Rear wheel protection
The outer edges of the rear wheel guard must be designed in a colour significantly different from that of the body of the rear wheel guard, including in Group 3 categories.
Homologations
The dates for the various stages of the homologation procedure have been brought forward. H1 homologation application forms must be sent to the CIK-FIA via the ASN before 1st June and Homologation forms before 30th June (new homologations). Inspections will take place from 15th September to 31st October.
2025 Calendar
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