Griffin Peebles managed a couple of top ten results in the Mini class at the WSK Super Master Series round 3 & 4 double header at Adria Raceway in Italy on the weekend. Here’s the Aussie wrap plus the official Finals day reports.
The post-COVID return of the NZ Goldstar Series has seen what organisers are describing as a “Nationals-level entry” as Kiwis head to Hawke’s Bay for the much delayed third round this weekend.
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Kart Globe video: Jen speaks with karting teams from around the world, including Michael Patrizi (Patrizicorse) and Tom Williamson (TWM) from Australia.
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Griffin Peebles is again running at the front of the 60 Mini field at the WSK Super Master Series double header at Adria Raceway in Italy. Aussie wrap & official report.
Aucklanders Taylor Cockerton and Zane Hills shared the glory at the first of three Tasman Karts-backed KartSport New Zealand Virtual Club Days, but it was Supercars ace Shane Van Gisbergen who starred early, before crashing.
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Australians James Wharton and Griffin Peebles are two of the 180 drivers to make it to Adria Karting Raceway in Italy for the week of practice, qualifying and racing that makes up a WSK Super Master Series double-header round.
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Always loyal to the British team RFM, 15-year-old Dutchman Thomas ten Brinke was planning to compete in OK for a full season. The coronavirus decided otherwise.
Third-generation Queensland karter Alice Buckley has been chosen by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission as Australia’s representative in the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars program.
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A former World and European Champion, Alessandro Manetti now runs Manetti Motorsport. He talks to the FIA about the challenges of running a private team and the big problems facing karting in Italy at the moment.
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Teenage Auckland karter Zach Blincoe can now add ‘Sim specialist’ to his racing CV after winning both races at the final ‘double-header’ round of KartSport New Zealand’s iKartSport Racing ‘Virtual Club Day’ at two very different circuits during the week.
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has confirmed the 2021 FIA Karting calendar.
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LeCont is the tyre supplier for a number of this years FIA Karting Championships. The company’s Paolo Bombara tells us of the factory closure and how things are shaping up for later in the year.
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The 4th edition of Kart Globe looks at how the karting industry is coping and attempting recovery from the COVID-19 lockdowns. This weeks guests include Danilo Rossi, Cash van Belle, Daniil Kvyat, Dino Chiesa and many more…
With the FIA Karting calendar now reconfigured, the CRG Racing Team is ready to go, but initially it won’t be the full line up.
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Sandro Lorandi created the Babyrace team to support his sons Alessio and Leonardo in their debut in kart racing. Today, his passion continues with the Babyrace Driver Academy.
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Bathurst winner Scott McLaughlin and Aussie kart & sim racing ace Jackson Souslin-Harlow contested the Kartsport NZ virtual club day on Tuesday night. Can you guess who won?
Kart racing has returned to New Zealand, 270+ drivers taking to the track in Auckland, Rotorua, Palmerston North, Christchurch and Dunedin – though those at Dunedin had to clear the ice first!
Karl Janda is an engine enthusiast who has held the position of CIK-FIA Technical Delegate since 2017. He gives an international karting update from Germany.
Charles Leclerc participated in a test with the Lennox Racing Team at Lonato during the week, the F1 star mixing it with the team’s regular drivers aboard Birel ART manufactured CL Karts.
CPB Sport is a private French team that competes against the factories. Founder Paul Bizalion talks about the challenges of the team being inactive since February, and the road to recovery.
Kiwi drivers were again dominant across two of the biggest e-racing Sim series categories across the Tasman this week, including the latest Kartsport New Zealand ‘club day’.
Scuderia Ferrari has partnered with the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission to detect and nurture 12-16 year old female drivers to help them develop a professional career in motorsport.
BRP-Rotax has moved the 2020 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals into next year, and the event will now be held in Europe instead of Bahrain.
The famous kart circuit at Lonato is close to the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Luca Corberi discusses the challenges of the business that runs competition and rental karts at the venue.
A regular visitor to Australia, and managed by Michael Patrizi, Dutchman Marijn Kremers won the 2019 KZ World Championship with Birel ART. He then won Jacques Villeneuve’s Feed Racing F4 scholarship – but with COVID-19, he’s been doing iRacing instead of the real thing, and is tempted to defend his KZ World Championship.