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.
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.
There will be no more JC Karts coming to Australia. James Courtney and Jon Target have confirmed the brand will transform from an importer to a race team and be renamed JC Sport.
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…
The provisional homologation list of bodywork, brakes and chassis for the International Mini class that commences next year makes for some interesting reading.
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!
Now 50 years old, Sweden’s Joakim Ward is a respected team manager in the international karting paddocks, where he has a strong presence, particularly in OK and Junior.
Nelson Piquet Jnr is yet another F1 racer to launch their own brand of kart. The Miami-based Piquet Kart is manufactured in Brazil and will be promoted at the upcoming SKUSA SuperNationals. But there’s a good reason it won’t be racing at the Vegas event.
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.
