Auckland karters Bond Roby and Marco Manson spearheaded a strong showing from the large contingent of Kiwi karters who contested the opening round of Australia’s Sparco-backed Rotax Pro Tour in Melbourne on the weekend.
It’s hard enough winning just one race at a major kart meeting, but at the City of Sails on the weekend, four drivers won all 5 races they started.
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14-year-old Harry Thompson took out the 2018 FIA Karting Rookie of the Year award in the ‘senior’ OK category.
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SKUSA has announced a staggering US$162,000 prize purse will be awarded during its 10th Anniversary Pro Tour in 2019.
CIK-FIA Best Of: “It’s a very intense discipline that marks a lifetime” Pierre Gasly on karting.
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In this post: Australia Day honours for karters, Trulli v Targett, tech how-to video, superkart juniors rejuvenated, latest industry, politics and more.
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James Wharton has finished fifth in the OK-Junior final at the WSK Champions Cup overnight.
James Wharton is on top of the OK-Junior category in Adria having enjoyed a clean sweep of the heat races at the WSK Champions Cup overnight.
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Aussie junior James Wharton has showed his intention on the international scene for 2019 by qualifying fastest at the first WSK event in Italy for the year, the WSK Champions Cup at Adria Karting Raceway.
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Now retired from Formula 1, Jarno Trulli takes a very lucid look at today’s karting, and his son Enzo who races internationally in the OK-Junior category.
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Fresh from their own season-opening event in New Zealand, another bumper crop of ambitious young Kiwis has crossed the Tasman to contest the opening round of the Rotax Pro Tour in Melbourne this weekend.
As part of the ‘Best of 2018’ series, the CIK-FIA asks the same three questions to its three contracted tyre manufacturers.
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Rianna O’Meara-Hunt, Arie Hutton and Josh Richmond will be winging their way to Italy later this year to represent New Zealand at the annual ROK Cup International meeting.
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A legendary track in northern Italy, this year Lonato’s South Garda Karting circuit returned to the FIA Karting calendar after a long absence.
Mat Kinsman, Rianna O’Meara-Hunt and Josh Richmond were the big winners at the revived CIK Trophy of New Zealand in Hamilton on Sunday.
CIK-FIA Best of 2018: Gianfranco Galiffa (Galiffa Kart & GLine Accessories – tuner of TM engines)
What’s it like for the private teams up against the big factory outfits at international level? CPB Sport’s Paul Bizalion tells.
Another of the CIK-FIA’s “Best of 2018” articles, an interview with Birel ART co-owner and All Road Management founder, Nicolas Todt.
How’s this for a serious commitment to a race program – James Wharton’s karting schedule for 2019…
Over 90 of NZ’s top karters are making their way to Hamilton for the new-look CIK Trophy of New Zealand meeting that will incorporate the opening round of the ROK Cup series.
James Geidel, President of the RGMMC Group that promoted the European and World Championships, is the subject of the CIK-FIA’s latest “Best of 2018” articles.
Barbadian racers Calem Maloney and Adam Mallalieu have emerged as the early front-runners in the inaugural Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy after the first two rounds at Bushy Park Barbados over the weekend.
Kees van de Grint, Vice President of the CIK-FIA, talks of his achievements over the past 8 years and the challenge ahead.
