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Rotax Wrap

Wednesday 30th November, 2022

BRP-Rotax wrap up the 2022 Grand Finals from Portimao – “An Exciting Race Week Filled with Premieres”

RMCGF Report – Finals Day!

Sunday 27th November, 2022

Troy Bretherton ended as the top placed Australian at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals, moving up to take an excellent fifth place in the DD2 Masters final.

RMCGF Report – Day 6

Saturday 26th November, 2022

Four of the eight Australians contesting the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals will get to race the finals tonight in Portugal (the live stream will commence from 9:10pm AEDT).

Rotax Launch New Electric Motor

Sunday 27th November, 2022Saturday 26th November, 2022

Rotax has revealed a new electric motor for karting, targeting younger drivers and the recreational market – the Rotax E10.

RMCGF Report – Day 5

Friday 25th November, 2022

With the qualification heats now done, the grid positions for the pre-finals are set – and we’ve got an Aussie inside the top ten!

RMCGF Report – Day 4

Friday 25th November, 2022

Day four in Portugal saw the balance of classes conduct their qualifying session, plus the first of the heat races – official report, Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals.

RMCGF Report – Day 2

Tuesday 22nd November, 2022

Changeable weather with gusts of wind greeted drivers for the opening practice sessions at the RMCGF in Portugal.

RMCGF Report – Day 1

Tuesday 22nd November, 2022Tuesday 22nd November, 2022

Official proceedings at the Rotax Grand Finals have commenced with the kart raffle, welcome party and tyre changing competition now complete.

A couple of hundred Australians – almost 60 drivers and their crews – have descended on Las Vegas for the 25th running of the Superkarts! USA SuperNationals. Here are the links you need to follow their progress!

Quick News Briefs

Friday 11th November, 2022Friday 11th November, 2022

Here’s a bunch of News Briefs to finish off the work week – anything from club news to international happenings (and everything in between).

Aussies & Karting at FIA Motorsport Games

Friday 28th October, 2022

Teenagers Aiva Anagnostiadis and Peter Bouzinelos are Australia’s karting competitors at the FIA Motorsport Games that have just commenced in France.

Sweden Crowns First E-Kart Champions

Tuesday 6th September, 2022Tuesday 6th September, 2022

The first ever Swedish E-Kart Championship took place at the GTR Motorpark in Eskilstuna recently to crown the 2022 champions in the Rotax E20 Junior and Senior classes.

Tony Kart Dominate Rotax Euro Trophy Mid-Season

Wednesday 1st June, 2022Tuesday 31st May, 2022

The French Val d’Argenton circuit hosted the latest round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy on the weekend, and the majority of winners were on Tony Kart chassis.

Electric Championship Cancelled

Wednesday 4th May, 2022

A lack of entries has prompted the promoter of the German Electric Kart Championship to cancel the 2022 edition of the series.

Electric Juniors For Rotax Grand finals

Saturday 30th April, 2022

An electric Junior class has been added to the list of categories for the 2022 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals. BRP-Rotax confirmed the Project E20 Junior news in its annual …

Rotax Euro Trophy Opens in Belgium

Wednesday 27th April, 2022

More than 200 drivers started in Genk, Belgium last weekend to kick-off the racing season of the highly-competitive Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy.

Quickie News Briefs!

Thursday 20th January, 2022

In this post of News Briefs: Push-back bumpers return for SKUSA, various track and rule updates, race format shakeup for Rotax Pro Tour – plus more!

Rotax Grand Final Vacancies in E-Kart

Saturday 25th September, 2021

Who wants to be the first ever E-Kart champion at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand finals? BRP-Rotax advise there are seats available in the 18-kart E-Kart class at Bahrain’s World Final in December.

Swedish Prince Samples Rotax eKart

Friday 3rd September, 2021

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden tested the Rotax E20 eKart at the GTR Motorpark in Sweden a week ago.

Aussie Wins at Euro Rotax Round

Thursday 22nd July, 2021Thursday 22nd July, 2021

Lachlan Robinson enjoyed another strong performance at the latest Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy round, finishing first on the road in both Senior MAX finals in Germany.

Reader Poll: Karters & COVID Vaccination

Friday 16th July, 2021

There are new lockdowns, border and travel restrictions, race meetings postponed, Government promoting vaccination, dissidents promoting the opposite. Regardless of where you sit in the political/ethical/medical/logical landscape, we’d like to know where you, the karter, sits regarding COVID vaccination.