EKN Driver Diary: Gage Korn – 2025 FIA Karting Academy Trophy-Junior – Valencia

Tough start in Spain to international championship for Colorado driver

Jun 20, 2025
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The EKN Driver Diary is back for 2025, surrounding the FIA Karting Academy Trophy program that now is into its 16th season. The driver representing the United States of America in the Junior program is Gage Korn. The driver from Aurora, Colorado is part of the 49 driver roster from around the world competing in […]

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Jun 09, 2025
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A warm, sunny day celebrated the success of the Viterbo event. For its baptism of fire, the Leopard circuit proved a great success, with lively and indecisive races. In the Mondokart.com FIA European Karting Championship, Spaniard Christian Costoya extended his lead over his rivals in OK after a second consecutive victory. In OK-Junior, young Frenchman […]

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Jun 09, 2025
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A Historic Day at the Steel Ring – Round 2 of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy ends with thrilling battles and standout performances in front of a passionate crowd. Despite the changing weather and the late-afternoon rain, fans filled the grandstands at the Steel Ring in Třinec for what became an unforgettable Sunday. For […]

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Jun 02, 2025
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The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, is pleased to announce that safety in karting took a significant step at the recent first round of the 2025 FIA Karting Academy Trophy in Portugal, as all competing karts carried an Impact Data Recorder […]

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Jun 02, 2025
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In Italy, all the indicators were green for the third of five rounds of the Champions of the Future Euro Series: a superb field of 173 drivers (92 in OK-Junior and 81 in OK), exciting racing, ideal weather conditions and a new circuit. In OK-Junior, Swiss driver Dan Allemann’s victory boosted him in the series […]

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May 19, 2025
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From pole position to Final victory, Spain’s Pedro Hiltbrand in KZ and Maksim Orlov in KZ2 dominated their rivals in Spain at the first Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship event dedicated to gearbox categories. In the FIA Karting Academy-Junior Trophy (12-14 year-olds), Frenchman Maël Le Marchand took the lead of the Final from the very […]

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The Winners of the Opening Round of the WSK Euro Series

Hedfors (MINI Gr.3), Godschalk (MINI U10), Xie (OK-NJ), Domain (OKJ), Scognamiglio (OK-N) and Costoya (OK) among winners

May 19, 2025
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The Leopard Circuit Viterbo has named the first winners of the WSK Euro Series in the opening round, which kicked off the two-event edition of 2025. This weekend once again highlighted the major protagonists of international karting, with drivers coming from 50 nations and many of the most qualified teams. In the first round at […]

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Behind the Laptop: KZ Drivers Taking a Stand

Boycott of Dunlop tire in Valencia sparks attention ahead of FIA Karting European Championship opener

May 12, 2025
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This past weekend, the Champions of the Future hosted the opening round of its Shifters 2025 program, competing at the International Kartodromo Lucas Guerrero in Valencia, Spain. The May 7-10 event welcomed 23 drivers in KZ and 53 in KZ2 category. The event served as a ‘warm-up’ for the upcoming FIA Karting European Championship race, […]

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May 12, 2025
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BRP-Rotax announces the official chassis partners for the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2025 taking place in the Kingdom of Bahrain from November 29th to December 6th: BirelART, IPK and Sodikart – three of the world’s leading manufacturers in the karting industry. Each brand is well-renowned for their quality, workmanship and commitment to providing nearly […]

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May 12, 2025
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After the success of the first edition of the Champions of the Future Shifter in Portugal in 2024, the RGMMC group made the decision to organise another edition of the international competition for 125cc gearbox karts, which is very popular with drivers, but this time over two separate rounds. Before the big event in Franciacorta, […]

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May 05, 2025
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The debut of the new FIA Karting Academy Trophy – Senior lived up to all its promises. On the Algarve International Circuit, the races were both close and open and Italy’s Riccardo Ferrari became the first winner in the category. The drivers had to contend with changing weather conditions over three days, but the Finals […]

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Apr 30, 2025
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On the Algarve international circuit in southern Portugal, excellent weather conditions accompanied the large number of entrants in Round 2 of the Champions of the Future Euro Series. 92 drivers in OK and 88 in OK-Junior, making a magnificent field of 180 entrants, put in an incredible performance over three days, guaranteeing a long and […]

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Apr 14, 2025
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After an exciting first round in Portugal, the second round of the Champions of the Future Academy Program held in Spain proved just as interesting and exciting to follow. The Valencia circuit promised plenty of action, and there was no shortage of it in the three Mini 60, OK-N Junior and OK-N Senior categories, on […]

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Apr 07, 2025
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Almost four years after the previous FIA Karting Championship at Campillos, the Andalusian circuit was perfectly suited to the eagerly-awaited European opener, contributing to the success of the first 2025 competition. The Finals lived up to their promise in both categories. Britain’s Noah Baglin made the difference in OK-Junior, while Australian James Anagnostiadis emerged victorious […]

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Apr 01, 2025
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Over the years, the Champions of the Future Euro Series has established itself as an essential series at the highest level of international karting. Launched in 2020, it has seen many of the top drivers who currently shine in the most important single-seater championships, including Formula 1 in the case of Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The […]

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FIA Karting Academy Trophy USA Representative Selected for 2025

Korn to carry the Red, White, and Blue on the international stage

Mar 21, 2025
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The 16th season of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy program is set for 2025, focused on cost-effective international competition for young drivers. Countries from around the world, through their respective ASN organizations association with the FIA, select drivers to represent their nation in the program. For 2025, the Junior category featured at three events will […]

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Mar 18, 2025
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The WSK Super Master Series 2025 ended with a spectacular epilogue at the renewed Leopard Circuit in Viterbo, where the last weekend of the championship offered a succession of emotions until crowning the champions of this 16th edition in the MINI, OK-NJ, OKJ, OK and KZ2 categories. The final day was also conditioned by the […]

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Mar 11, 2025
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Melbourne’s Grand Prix week started off with a bang with the Stars of Karting Event at Port Melbourne’s Todd Road facility on Monday. The short and sharp format saw qualifying followed up by a Sprint race and Feature race for the four feature categories. The star of the show was in the youngest category, Cadet […]

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Mar 10, 2025
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The fourth round of the WSK Super Master Series at the Franciacorta Karting Track kicked off the final rush of the championship with a series of results that raised the spectacularity of the event even further, already extraordinary for the presence of drivers from all over the world: 405 participants from 56 nations in the […]

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Mar 03, 2025
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In terms of quality, quantity and organisation, the first of the six events in the Champions of the Future Academy Program produced some very intense racing. The changing weather conditions, with rain during the day on Saturday and the sun returning on Sunday, pushed the drivers to give their all, whatever the grip of the […]

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