Jan 22, 2016

Entries opened on 1st January and, since then, the WSK Champions Cup has gathered 170 entrants. The event is in two weeks’ time and it will be the 2016 season-opener: the growing number of participants proves that there are great expectations for the oncoming WSK Promotion’s events. The venue, the Adria Karting Raceway, is ready […]

Jan 20, 2016

IKA Kart 2000, the largest show in the world devoted exclusively to karting has been held in Germany for 24 years, at Offenbach. This year, the public, as passionate as they were numerous, were able to discover the newly homologated engines, including the new OK and OK-Junior, exhibited for the first time. Regarding the new […]

Jan 18, 2016

Thanks to the high financial contributions obtained by the CIK-FIA for the various tenders concerning the 2016 season, WSK Promotion is able to offer significant rewards to those drivers classified among the first 15 in the Championship ranking of the four CIK-FIA European Championships, providing that those drivers will also participate in the CIK-FIA World […]

Jan 14, 2016

The promoter of most of the CIK-FIA Competitions for three years, Luca De Donno, Chairman of WSK Promotion, is also knowledgable about the current situation in kart racing, both in his country, Italy, in Europe and throughout the world. He has been able to get a clear idea of the expectations of professionals and Drivers […]

Jan 13, 2016

2016 karting season starts with an important partnership between two of the most prestigious brands in the motorsport world: OTK Kart Group and OMP Racing. The deal states that, for the upcoming seasons, OMP Racing will be the sole supplier of racewear for all OTK brands and racing teams. Tony Kart, Kosmic Kart, FA Kart, […]

Jan 12, 2016

The CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy begins its 7th season in 2016 with several very interesting innovations on the programme: a new type of engine, a new chassis and engine supplier, new tyres and, for the first time, a very significant prize for the winner. More than ever, the one-make formula of CIK-FIA designed to make […]

Jan 11, 2016

Seven are the Kosmic Kart Racing Department’s drivers World Champion Basz and the experienced driver Hajek will drive the “Blue” patrol made up of Backman, Weerts, Milell, Pourchaire and Chappard. The world champions Mercury MY15 and Lynx MY15 chassis powered by Vortex will be the key points to aim for the top The race calendar […]

Jan 07, 2016

We are pleased to announce that our new driver for 2016 season in KZ category is Patrik Hajek. We have reached a positive agreement with the fast driver of the Czech Republic that includes Patrik in all CIK-FIA and WSK Series competitions reserved to the master class. Hajek will enrich the already talented list of […]

Jan 06, 2016

The talent scout and real karting guru Dino Chiesa is going to be 2016 team principal of CRG Racing Team. This is a comeback at CRG for Chiesa, as he was professionally born and bred at the factory led by Giancarlo Tinini in the 90s. Dino Chiesa had then decided to move on and start […]

Dec 23, 2015

The annual gala event closed in Paris the 2015 CIK-FIA kart racing season. During the ceremony, which took place last Saturday 19th December, all the 2015 Champions were welcomed by the FIA President Jean Todt, the CIK-FIA President Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa and the Vice President Kees van de Grint. The WSK President and […]

Dec 16, 2015

Once again Vega Tyres will be the supplier of the WSK Promotion season. The partnership of the manufacturer from Saronno (Italy) with WSK will continue in 2016 too: teams and drivers will use their tyres since the tests on schedule in the last two weeks of January at the Italian circuit of Adria (Rovigo). Vega […]

Dec 15, 2015

The working relationship between CRG and Davide Forè ended  as the two parts do not share future objectives. This intense collaboration period started back in 2009 and satisfactorily continued until now. CRG would like to thank Davide Forè for the important contribution given to the team by the Italian driver and for the results he […]

Dec 15, 2015

The Danish engine specialist Ole Haugard won another world title this season with Logan Sargeant, the World Champion in KF-Junior after a historic double in 2014: Lando Norris crowned in KF and Enaam Ahmed in KF-Junior. One Engines provides greatly appreciated Vortex engines to several top teams in international competition. Therefore this is the opinion […]

Dec 08, 2015

A top level driver in the 80s and 90s, the Dutchman Michel Vacirca has also enjoyed success as the team manager of CRG Holland. With his vision of competition, 100% oriented towards racing, he is enthusiastically contemplating the future of karting with the forthcoming introduction of OK engines. Michel Vacirca, firstly can you recap your […]

Dec 07, 2015

Opening round class winners Brad Still, Rianna O’Meara-Hunt and Jackson Rooney continued on their winning way at the second round of the 2015/16 Bayley’s WPKA Goldstar karting series at Palmerston North’s Manawatu Toyota Kart Raceway on Sunday. Still, from New Plymouth, pipped Rotax Max Challenge class winner Daniel Connor from Auckland by one point to […]

Dec 04, 2015

At its meeting of December 2nd, 2015 in Paris, France, the FIA World Motor Sport Council took the following decisions on the basis of proposals from the International Karting Commission. Superkart As part of the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship, a specific classification for drivers using an eligible single cylinder engine will be implemented from 2016. […]

Dec 01, 2015

Founded by Claudio Flenghi and Francesco Battistelli, TM Racing is most of all involved in the field of off-road motorcycles, but their competitive spirit has also been exercised with great success in karting for several decades, under the supervision of its specialist technician Franco Drudi. TM Racing has been actively involved in the genesis of […]

Nov 23, 2015

The current Team Manager of Kosmic Kart Racing, the team that won the 2015 CIK-FIA World KF Championship with Karol Basz using a Vortex engine, the Belgian Olivier Maréchal is also known for his talents as an engine tuner. He welcomes the introduction of the new OK and OK-Junior engines in 2016 from both points […]

Nov 16, 2015

The Briton Jordon Lennox-Lamb has extensive experience of high-level karting. The Vice-World Champion in KF in 2015, he has actively participated in the development of the new OK engines with the IAME factory. He has delivered a highly relevant analysis of the new generation of direct-drive kart engines which will come into use from 2016. […]

Nov 14, 2015

Good morning and welcome to the final day of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2015! Saturday’s weather forecast called for 22° C and sun. Saturday’s race schedule consisted of one morning warm-up session, a pre-final and a final, as well as a driver’s party at the restaurant the Centro De Congressos Do Arade. 125 […]