May 16, 2017

The fourth Super One round of the season saw some drivers consolidate their championship positions and new contenders come to the fore. The weather was overcast on Saturday with some rain showers on Sunday morning. The inspirational Billy Monger visited the Super One paddock, to the delight of everyone who knows him or who has […]

May 15, 2017

The appointment in Genk (B) was a thrilling one. Drivers and teams met in Belgium for the second round of the CIK-FIA European Championship. Today’s programme offered the Finals, which were all gripping and uncertain until the end. After the season-opener in Sarno (Italy), three weeks ago, everybody expected a great show in KZ, but […]

May 09, 2017

160 drivers started at the kick-off to the German Kart Championship in Bavarian Ampfing last weekend (May 5th – 7th 2017) and showed kart racing at the highest level. In best kart racing weather, six winners came out of the exciting and balanced races. Even before the kick-off to the German Kart Championship the field […]

May 07, 2017

The race towards the European CIK-FIA titles has already become gripping. Next week’s event, which is taking place in Belgium at the Horensbergdam Circuit in Genk, is the second event of the season. The race is scheduled from 10th to 14th May and it is the second for KZ category, after the season-opener which took […]

May 03, 2017

For the third time, the Bermuda Karting Club took to the streets of their beautiful island to bring the sport of karting to its residents and visitors. This year’s race returned to the Royal Naval Dockyards on April 29-30, where it shared the northwest point of the 20.5 square mile island with the teams preparing […]

Apr 26, 2017

The Super One Series returned to Rowrah for the second time this year after the track stepped in to run Round 3, originally scheduled for Buckmore Park which didn’t have the paddock capacity for a meeting of this size. The weather was better this time though, 10℃ but dry. The whole paddock came together in […]

Apr 24, 2017

The winners of the season-opener of the CIK-FIA European Championship were not the drivers that everybody expected after the outcome of the qualifying stage of the race. The results of the first round –hosted by the International Circuit Napoli in Sarno (Italy) – tell us that it is going to be a ratherunpredictable Championship. The three categories admitted […]

Apr 21, 2017

Australian Karting Association Ltd (Karting Australia) today released the 2016 Annual Report covering its third full year of operation since restructuring as a Company Limited by Guarantee. The 60-page report (viewable by clicking image on the right) outlines the progress made by Karting Australia throughout 2016 with highlights including: A trading surplus for the third […]

Apr 17, 2017

The European CIK-FIA Karting Championship is about to get its start. The first round is going to be hosted by the International Circuit Napoli of Sarno (near Salerno in Southern Italy), from next 19th to 23rd April, with the categories KZ, OK and OK Junior. After the Italian season-opener, the European tour will continue in […]

Apr 10, 2017

The spectacular show of international karting didn’t fall short of expectations: great final sprints at the WSK Super Master Series at its fourth and last round, hosted by the International Circuit Napoli in Sarno (I). Hajek wins the KZ2 final, Lammers wins in the WSK standings The KZ2 final was rather eventful; the Finnish Simo […]

Apr 07, 2017

Round 1 of the 2017 season of the ROTAX Max Euro Challenge was hosted by the impressive Karting Genk: Home of Champions circuit in Belgium from March 29 – April 2, where the mixed weather and the 110 drivers warmed-up for a great start to the international series. The 1500 metre track layout at Genk […]

Apr 03, 2017

Ricciardo Kart pair Troy Loeskow and Jace Matthews have continued their winning ways in the 2017 Australian Kart Championship in Geelong, Victoria. Round two of the five-event Championship, presented by Jayco and Castrol EDGE, had a strong weekend of racing throughout each category, producing outstanding racing for the big crowd on hand and the record […]

Mar 27, 2017

Australian karting icon John Pizarro was inducted to the Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame in Melbourne on Friday evening. The Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame was launched last year with an inaugural list of 30 inductees including three-time Formula 1 World champion Sir Jack Brabham and five-time MotoGP champion, Mick Doohan. The 15-time […]

Mar 22, 2017

The first round of the 2017 series for IAME Cadets, TKM, X30 and Rotax classes didn’t see a single period of dry running, and with no action until midday on Sunday due to the torrential rain the organisers at Rowrah did incredibly well to get through the entire programme. MSA British Cadet Kart Championship Taylor […]

Mar 20, 2017

The weekend which has just finished in Muro Leccese is harbinger of an unpredictable finale for the WSK Super Master Series. Everything can still happen in the last round, scheduled on next 9 April in Sarno (Italy). Hajek on target in KZ2 The Czech Patrik Hajek (Kosmic-Vortex-Bridgestone) confirmed to be a top achiever. He won […]

Mar 13, 2017

At its meeting on 9th March 2017 in Geneva, the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) took the following decisions based on the proposals of the International Karting Commission. The WMSC has validated the amendment of the Technical Regulations for an update of the engine regulations, with a view to clarifying and simplifying them. The […]

Mar 08, 2017

Today the temperature was decidedly spring-like if compared to the one we had at the beginning of the weekend of WSK Super Master Series, hosted by the International Circuit 7 Laghi in Castelletto di Branduzzo (northern Italy). The challenging series of races, made really demanding by the different conditions of the track (rain and low […]

Mar 07, 2017

For the first time the Rotax Grand Festival will take place in Austria. The authorized German Rotax kart distributor KartodroM chose the race track of Park Speedworld in Pachfurth, Austria to host the Rotax Grand Festival from August 11 to 13, 2017 on its 1,160 meters long race track. A maximum of 68 participants per […]

Mar 02, 2017

WSK Promotion provides new cutting-edge tools to control the races. Starting from the forthcoming appointment in Castelletto di Branduzzo, the second round of the WSK Super Master Series with 270 entrants, new HD cameras will be used for the video control of the competition. This is a massive enhancement of the well-tested control unit of […]

Feb 28, 2017

Karting Australia has launched a new initiative to allow even more people to experience the thrill and excitement of driving a kart through it’s ‘Bring a Mate’ program. Just as the name suggests, Bring a Mate has been designed to allow people who are interested to try karting to get behind the wheel on one […]