Once he landed the top job in karting, CIK President Felipe Massa moved the Karting World Championship to his home country of Brazil. Covid made that plan unworkable, so he’s shown full support by making appearances at FIA karting events in Europe.
His status as a professional karting driver makes him happy, aware that many others would like to take his place. Now, Adrien Renaudin hopes to take up many more challenges at the highest level.
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Melbourne karter Hugh Barter has taken out the 2020 Richard Mille Young Talent Academy Shootout in France.
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Ten-year-old Victorian karter Mathew Basso is putting a smile on karter’s faces, especially those in Melbourne’s Stage 4 restrictions, through his entertaining posts and videos on social media.
Australian karters James Wharton and Marcos Flack will head to Fiorano, Italy, later this month to take part in the 2020 Ferrari Driver Academy camp.
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A range of karting related news snippets from here and abroad – Sera’s Protégés, FWT dates, Marcos Ambrose teaches, Crashtag app, tyre rule tweak, KA COVID latest.
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Oliver Gray can already be considered one of the revelations of 2020 in the OK category. With with the Leclerc by Lennox Racing team, the young Briton has found the perfect environment to blossom.
Griffin Peebles enjoyed a fantastic qualifying session to take pole in the Mini class at Lonato last weekend for the 30th annual Trofeo D’Autunno.
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Glenn Keyaert began as a young champion driver from Belgium, but after crossing to the other side of the fence, started as a mechanic for the official CRG team, and is now the CRG Team Manger.
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Swede Douglas Lundberg is about to turn 29 and reckons people can still be very competitive in karting and the KZ class until at least 40.
As the manager, along with his brother Narciso, of three circuits in Spain, Zuera, Vendrell and Tenerife, Carlos Gil has been involved in karting for 45 years.
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Now 15 years old, Kajus Siksnelis comes from Lithuania where basketball is much more popular than motorsport! So the young kart racer did not hesitate to travel across Europe to make progress and build his reputation.
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At just 14 years of age, James Wharton is competing in his first season of racing the OK category in Europe. Covid-19 shut down his race program for several months, but he’s now back competing at the top level in WSK and FIA karting. Kartcom.com recently posted a summary of his season so far, and a bit of history of where he’s come from.
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Claudio Flenghi, co-founder of TM Racing, passed away on Sunday 12th July at the age of 79.
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Now that the outlook for international kart racing is becoming clearer, Executive Secretary of the CIK-FIA, Kay Oberheide, talks about the last few months and what the season ahead looks like.
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.
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.
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.
COVID-19 has impacted people and commerce around the globe. We had a chat with Bart Price about how it’s affecting DPE and the Australian karting industry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
