Oct 22, 2016

Welcome back to Day 6 of the RMCGF! Today is a new day, and the track action is about to get so much better in terms of tactful passing maneuvers and the nail-biting uncertainty of who will end up proceeding to the final and who will be eliminated. Unlike last year, however, we will be […]

Oct 21, 2016

Welcome back to the last day of heat races! What a surprise for drivers as they headed on to track today, for their morning warm-up practice session – it was 16°C / 61°F, raining and fairly cold. The clouds hung deep over the mountainous region, with the picturesque backdrop of Mount Vesuvio completely covered by […]

Oct 20, 2016

Welcome back to qualifying day and the first heat race of the week! Last night, the clouds opened up, with rain pouring onto the track, partially flooding the driver paddock as well. Consequently, the fifth and final non-qualifying practice for drivers proved to be a little tricky, as track conditions were slick, but not wet […]

Oct 19, 2016

Hello and welcome back to the on-track action for the second non-qualifying practice day of the 2016 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals! Today competitors had two more chances to continue testing new chassis set-up strategies. Pilots had two, 15-minute practice sessions before the end of the day. Live timing is available on the RMCGF homepage, […]

Oct 18, 2016

Astonishing figures with 430 Rokkers at the start. An uninterrupted show of races and color that from Wednesday (19th) to Saturday (22nd) will move the renewed Italian South Garda circuit, ending with the unforgettable Rok Party. The Rok Final charm involves renowned names such as Doohan, Fittipaldi, Trulli, Montoya, Badoer and Barrichello, present in the […]

Oct 17, 2016

World Karting Champion Paolo De Conto continued his winning ways by taking out the Race of Stars powered by SuperFest at the Xtreme Karting Complex on the Gold Coast on Sunday afternoon. In his first drive since winning the Title in Sweden last month, De Conto was clinical in what was arguably the best KZ2 […]

Oct 14, 2016

It is neither the Amalfi coast nor the Naples wood fired pizza that ranks first in the province of Salerno from October 15-22, 2016. It is the world’s biggest kart racing event: the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals (RMCGF). “We are proud to be back in Italy, the country of motorsports where the audience can […]

Oct 13, 2016

World Karting Champions Paolo De Conto and Davide Forè have been welcomed to the Gold Coast during a visit to one of the regions most famous attractions – Dreamworld. The Italian pair, who have secured six World Championships between them, are in Australia for this weekend’s Race of Stars International Karting event as a part […]

Oct 10, 2016

MYLAPS Sports Timing and ADAC Rotax Max Challenge took a new step in Wackersdorf last weekend to bring more safety and fair play to the track. All karts in the Mini Class were equipped with a GPS device, which allowed race control to watch and replay the positions of all vehicles and improve regulation decisions. […]

Oct 10, 2016

The Race of Stars International karting event at the Gold Coast Motorsport Training Centre kickstarts the Gold Coast’s SuperFest this weekend. SuperFest – an initiative of the Queensland Government, City of Gold Coast and Supercars Australia – is a community events program that provides support to organisations and groups wishing to host events and projects […]

Oct 05, 2016

The 2016 ROTAX MAX Euro Challenge looks back on a great season: four events, 20 track days, 1.188 laps, about 400 entries and competitors from all around the world are only some impressive facts and figures of a remarkable year. But the season is not over yet. There is one more major event on the […]

Oct 03, 2016

It was the grandstand finale that everybody was expecting. The WSK Final Cup of Adria didn’t fall short of expectations and the Adria Karting Raceway hosted a weekend to be remembered. WSK Promotion organised an event which attracted 176 drivers coming from 32 Countries and from 5 Continents. Impressive figures that affected positively the quality […]

Oct 02, 2016

It was an eventful day, full of gripping heats: 24 were the races which were run at the Adria Karting Raceway to establish the starting grids of tomorrow’s WSK Final Cup Pre-finals and their six pole-sitters. All the races took place with summerlike weather: heated climate also on track, with breath-taking battles which are only […]

Oct 01, 2016

The weekend in Adria (Rovigo, Italy) opened in the best way possible: 176 drivers met for the first racing day of the WSK Final Cup at the Adria Karting Raceway. The single round event represents a golden opportunity to finish the season with a bang. On the 1,302 metres of the northern Italian circuit, this […]

Sep 30, 2016

Eleven classes and 280 competitors set the scene for an exciting Super One finalé at the UK’s best appointed circuit, PF International.  Three titles had been settled prior to this last round, the rest would be fought out through three long days.  Some big prizes were on offer, OTK factory supported free entries for the […]

Sep 29, 2016

At its meeting on September 28th, 2016 in Paris, France, the FIA World Motor Sport Council took the following decisions on the basis of proposals from the International Karting Commission. The pyramid is now in place from Karting to Formula 1 The WMSC approved the one-year reduction of the minimum age of Drivers that can […]

Sep 29, 2016

Ryan Urban is New Zealand’s new SuperKart king, the Aucklander making light of streaming wet weather and track conditions to claim the premier International class crown at the 2016 KartSport NZ National Superkart Championship and Grand Prix meeting at Hampton Downs on Sunday. For the past five years the annual SuperKart championship meeting has been […]

Sep 28, 2016

The exciting season of the German Kart Championship couldn’t have ended any better. Under best conditions, 112 drivers started into the final ranked races. There were numerous new winners. In the evening, Max Tubben (DSKC), Dennis Hauger (DJKM), Jorrit Pex (DSKM) and Paavo Tonteri (DKM) were honored as champions. After four exciting racing weekends in […]

Sep 27, 2016

David Sera has cemented his position as Australia’s greatest karting champion securing his 18th Australian Title and first KZ2 Championship at Port Melbourne’s Todd Road Karting facility on Sunday. Sera had enough of a points advantage over Dutchman Marijn Kremers after the fourth heat race on Sunday morning to win the Championship in his Deadly […]

Sep 22, 2016

One of the biggest fields of SuperKarts assembled in New Zealand in recent years is set to impress at the 2016 KartSport New Zealand National SuperKart Championships and Grand Prix meeting at Hampton Downs this weekend. The blue riband International class has attracted 10 entries – including those of former NZ title holders Paul Dunlop […]