Karting Australia has celebrated National Volunteers Weeks with a big thank you to those who volunteer and contribute to the sport of karting. Here are the backgrounds of some karting volunteers from around the country.
A Belgian living in Italy for the past 15 years, Cash van Belle has worked with many great drivers in the sport and is currently the Team Manger at IPK which manufacture the Praga and Formula K brands. He spoke with the FIA about karting and life in Italy at the moment.
Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden chose a different path to its European neighbours. FIA Karting spoke with Magnus Hedman, President of Kristianstad Kart Klubb, host of many international karting events.
Max Verstappen has been voted by fans as the top CRG driver from the past 20 years. Verstappen scored 983 points, clearly ahead of Paolo De Conto and Lewis Hamilton.
A professional driver for the Formula K brand with Italian manufacturer IPK, Jeremy Iglesias has also started his own team in France. FIA Karting spoke with him about what he’s doing in the current situation.
Vega S.r.L., a leading manufacturer of tyres for competition karting, has been strongly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. FIA Karting spoke with the company’s Paolo and Stefano Mantese.
Albino Parolin founded the Parolin Racing Kart brand in 1994. Today, Marco Parolin is in charge of marketing, and talks what’s happening in the business in the current times.
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.
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.
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…
Considered a young prodigy, F1 driver Esteban Ocon made his karting debut in 2004. Talent, determination and professionalism are among his great assets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
