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.
Here’s the latest episode of Kart Globe, the Karting Global News Network. Host Jenni Wade chats with a range of special guests from around the world.
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The Swedish round of the European Championship for the OK and OK Junior categories will not be run in 2020 – and it’s for the same reason a number of significant local events will not run this year – a lack of time in the back-half of the season.
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Jaden Ransley enjoyed two more wins in the latest Kartsport New Zealand ‘virtual Club Day’ event.
Despite some State Governments now allowing competitive sporting events to take place, Karting Australia has announced June 12 is the earliest any competition under its watch can take place.
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The Lismore Kart Club held its first ‘Out of Iso’ race meeting last Sunday, and Kev ‘The Noise’ Davies was there doing his thing! Race wrap, photos, videos and results.
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Giuseppe Sorrentino runs the famous Circuito Internazionale Napoli in Sarno. In this FIA interview he talks of activities at the circuit and COVID-19.
Karting NSW has issued a statement after returning to racing at Lismore and Orange today, the first kart race meetings since the COVID-19 lockdowns began.
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Heading to the race track for the first time? Here are some of the things you need to make the day run smoothly, by Power Republic.
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The Australian Independent Dirt Kart Association has communicated its standing regarding returning to racing across the various states in which it operates.
Karting NSW Inc has confirmed it has written confirmation from the NSW Police Operational Legal Unit to run racing events this Sunday at Lismore and Orange.
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Karting Australia has confirmed racing will resume on a state-by-state basis as the individual State Government restrictions allow. And while KA will not allow racing in NSW just yet, KNSW is going green this Sunday at two venues.
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2019 European Junior Champion Marcus Amand has enjoyed parts of lockdown, and reckons people drive too aggressively in sim racing. The 14-year-old Finn is looking forward to racing the Euro and Worlds in OK later this year.
The FIA has opened an ethics and compliance hotline. It gives anyone the opportunity to report breaches relating to regulations, misconduct, manipulation of results, drug use plus a whole lot more.
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He came, he saw and this time young Christchurch-based racing driver Jaden Ransley conquered the latest Kartsport New Zealand virtual club day.
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How’s this for a deal? It’s basically a brand new Praga/Rotax package as it came off the track at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals.
Still looking for something to do? How about spending some time listening to David Sera’s Swapping Paint podcasts? Over the past couple of months, Dave has been chatting with friends who happen to be stars of motorsport.
A former top-level driver, Joakim Ward has diversified his activities and manages the import and distribution of several brands in Sweden and neighbouring countries, has developed his own range of rental karts, and runs Ward Racing, one of the big private teams that can take on the factories. FIA Karting spoke with him about karting in Sweden and COVID-19.
The second edition of Kart Globe has been released. Host Jenni Wade catches up with karting media from around the world to discuss the sport and it’s recovery, plus an interview with RGMMC Group’s James Geidel (promoter of the FIA Karting Championship).
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.
The Australian-made Arrow X5 has a unique cam-adjuster to control the rear ride-height. In this video, Derek at Power Republic shows how the system works – plus a bunch of other build/adjustment tips.
Sam Dunstall and young Wellington karter Ben Stewart dominated the latest KartSport New Zealand iKartSport Racing ‘Virtual Club Day’ on Tuesday night.
Tony Kart Australia is offering a special price on remaining stock of the 2019 model Rookie EV 950 cadet kart – a chassis that’s identical to the current model.
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.
As the numbers continue to build for clubs re-opening their circuits across the country, Karting Australia has released an ‘Attendee Guide’ to ensure a clear understanding of the requirements for all attendees at KA events in the COVID-19 environment.