Interview: Bertrand Pignolet, Sodikart
Bertrand Pignolet heads of one of the world’s leading kart manufacturers, Sodikart. Here, the Frenchman talks of how the company is coping in the COVID-19 environment.
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Interview: James Geidel, President RGMMC
James Geidel, as President of the RGMMC Group, has been the Promoter of the Karting World Championships since 2018. FIA Karting spoke with him regarding the sport and the current situation.
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Interview: Gastão Fráguas
Gastão Fráguas beat Jenson Button to the 1995 Formula A World Championship before dabbling in open wheelers and turning to driver management.
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Interview: Giancarlo Tinini
CRG President Giancarlo Tinini shares his opinion on the consequences of the Corona virus on the sport of karting, the industry and his company. Plus some suggestions for the FIA…
Interview: Esteban Ocon
Considered a young prodigy, F1 driver Esteban Ocon made his karting debut in 2004. Talent, determination and professionalism are among his great assets.
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FIA Best Of 2019: Guillaume Capietto
Former karting driver Guillaume Capietto is now Team Manager of Prema Racing in F3. He’s also the father of 13-year-old Macéo, who is racing in OK-Junior.
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Interview: Sami Heiskanen, Powerpark Alahärmä
The OK & Junior World Championship were run at the spectacular Powerpark circuit in Finland in 2019. Sami Heiskanen was in charge of the preparation and running of the event.
AKC: Saturday Videos
Video interviews from Saturday at The Bend, Australian Kart Championship round 1. Hear from Nick Percat, Tyler Greenbury, Jai Brown, Leigh Nicolaou, Cadel Ambrose and Tim Slade.
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Best of 2019: Franco Drudi, TM Racing
Franco Drudi has been responsible for the development of TM Racing engines in karting for some thirty years. In this interview he talks about TM’s involvement in KZ, Mini class and endurance racing.
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Best Of 2019: Luca Filini, Birel ART Team Manager
The Team Manager of the Birel ART Racing Team since the beginning of the 2019 season, Luca Filini had the honour of leading the famous Italian brand to victory at the KZ World Championship last September.
Best Of 2019: Ardigo Retires
Until 2019, he was the most successful of the drivers still competing. But the Italian Marco Ardigo has chosen to end his career at the age of 36, after more than two decades at the highest level of competition.
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Behind The Scenes of GO!
The Aussie-made movie GO! was based around our favourite sport. We got to interview the film’s Motorsport Consultant and lead character stunt double, BD Soutar-Dawson.
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Interview: Mike Wilson
Mike Wilson is a record breaking 6-time World Champion. James Wharton is one of the young karters he’s been coaching.
FIA Best-Of: James Geidel, RGMMC
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.
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Interview: Peter Bayer
FIA Sport Secretary General Peter Bayer answers questions about karting within the International Automobile Federation.
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CIK-FIA Best Of: Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa, President of the CIK-FIA since the end of 2017, looks back at the 2019 FIA Karting season and the future directions for international karting.
Vale – Greg Selwood
(EDITOR’S NOTE: post has been updated with statement from DPE and words from Drew Price) It is with a heavy heart we learn of the passing of former National champion Greg Selwood.
Interview: Davide Fore’, Not Retired
Davide Fore’, a four-time World Champion, is a great personality in the karting world. He returned to the wheel at Lonato this year and has not ruled out further races.
Paolo de Conto Retires
Double KZ World Champion, SKUSA SuperNationals and Gold Coast Race of Stars winner Paolo de Conto has announced his retirement from driving.
Karting Quickies
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!
Interview: Rickard Kaell
Like many technicians working for a large international team, Rickard Kaell, now 45, started in karting as a driver. In 2019, he took on new responsibilities as team manager of the Sauber Karting Academy.
Upside-Down and Double-Stacked!
Wrong way, double day; Bailey Dixon’s race report & photos from Albury Wodonga Kart Club’s November race day, plus Driver Profile – the Dynamic Duo of Piper and Dylan Muller!
Interview: Harry Thompson
For the past three years, Harry Thompson, now 15, has been one of the most dedicated drivers on the international scene in the OK-Junior and then OK categories, especially in the FIA Karting Championships. He’s now off to KZ.
Interview: Joakim Ward, Ward Racing
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.
Interview: James Wharton
Throughout 2019 an Australian junior karter consistently took it to Europe’s best on the international karting stage. James Wharton speaks with the CIK-FIA.