News Related to CRG Racing Team
25/05/26
Incidents in motorsport are always open to debate, especially when they involve teammates and happen in the closing stages of a race, as was the case at Genk. We spoke about the situation — with a cooler head 24 hours later — to the person who arguably has the most difficult role in moments like these: team manager Jeremy Iglesias, himself a former driver.
Perhaps the hardest job in motorsport is not being the driver. One step above may well be the role of team manager, particularly when situations like the final-lap clash at Genk unfold. With an...
11/03/25
Back in KZ — the class he says gives him the most satisfaction — after often alternating (as he will do next weekend) between the OK class and the Shifter, 2022 KZ World Champion Viktor Gustavsson shared his thoughts on how top-level karting is missing a single-speed category for elite drivers who don't move on to cars — or at least for those who reach a professional level in karting.
"The big difference between KZ and OK is the racecraft," says Viktor. "In OK they are still very young, they lack experience, and you can see it in the way they handle racing in that...
09/12/24
In a short video shared on CRG's social media, Jeremy Iglesias announced his retirement from racing while simultaneously confirming his appointment as the team principal of the CRG racing team.
The decision to promote Iglesias as the head of the CRG racing department was a natural progression for the French driver. He joined CRG three years ago as a driver with the goal of bringing his...
26/03/24
Gabriel Gomez dominates the first round of the OK European Championship in Valencia, and it was certainly not a surprise. But this year, even more so and in light of this performance, it will be difficult to keep up with the Brazilian from CRG (cgg – photo Fotocar13)
The first races of the OK and OKJ European Championship, which kicked off the FIA Karting season, presents certainties from a purely competitive standpoint: Gabriel Gomez in OK and Dries Van...
07/02/24
Natalia Balbo has started the new season as CRG co-team manager, a new challenge that the Italian driver faces with the same spirit she has always shown on the track. (sc)
It must not have been easy for Natalia Balbo to start a new year "on the other side of the fence". Something you don't see every day, or rather, see given the recent tendency of factory...
24/01/24
With 33 confirmed drivers, the official CRG Team promises to be one of the biggest and most competitive for the 2024 international karting season. The CRG Racing Team, which as announced last December, will be coordinated from a technical and organizational point of view by Natalia Balbo and Brandon Nilsson, will be able to count on a mix of experienced drivers and ambitious young ones in all categories.
In the wake of the successes and competitiveness of the past season, 2024 begins with great expectations and promises to be an exciting racing season, in which the FIA Karting events (...
08/11/23
Giancarlo Tinini granted us a bombshell interview, from which his integrity as a man and entrepreneur emerges, as well as his being a great connoisseur of karting. What arose was a profound critical analysis full of human, technical, and sporting insights, often beyond his own economic interests. (p. mancini)
Chapeau is a French expression with which, by miming the gesture of taking off your hat, you show your respect towards a person. Today the world of karting should unite in a similar gesture in...
02/02/23
An almost complete line-up for the CRG Racing Team in Lonato where the 1st Round of the WSK Super Master Series is scheduled for this weekend.
There will be 19 official drivers in the race split into the 4 categories, with the largest squad in the KZ class, where 7 drivers will get on track: the two 2022 Champions Viktor Gustafsson and...
06/10/22
Swedish, 18 years old, Viktor Gustafsson is the new KZ World Champion, the top shifter class of international karting. He started racing in karting at the age of 5 and like many children who dream of becoming the best in this sport, he followed a path of sporting growth that soon took him outside the borders of Sweden, to face international competitions and this year, in his first season as a CRG official driver, on September 4th he has won the most important race of his career up to now at Le Mans: the FIA World Championship KZ.
We have met him at the CRG Factory a few days after this great sporting result and we have asked him some questions to get to know him better and to go back over the fantastic Le Mans weekend with...
19/09/22
The CRG drivers missed out on podium but there was no lack of speed for them while competing in the FIA World Championship OK & OK Junior in Sarno
The most important weekend of the year for the direct drive classes confirmed the competitiveness of the CRG chassis and only a series of unfortunate episodes, decisive in a single round event,...
15/09/22
September is the month of the Karting World Championships and after the amazing Le Mans weekend at the beginning of the month, in which CRG won the FIA World Championship KZ and the KZ2 World Cup, this week from 14th to 18th September on the Sarno track will take place the FIA World Championship for the OK & OK Junior direct drive classes.
All the best international karting drivers will compete for the titles that can open the doors to motorsport for them and guarantee a very important showcase from a sporting and commercial point of...
06/09/22
CRG gets back on top of the world of international karting and does it in the most beautiful and clear way ever, winning both the most important titles in the shifter categories: the FIA Karting World Championship KZ and the FIA Karting World Cup KZ2.
A perfect weekend for the CRG drivers at Le Mans in France, where the two most important titles were awarded in a single round.
Viktor Gustafsson has won the title in the KZ top class, starting...
02/09/22
From 2nd to 4th September the iconic Le Mans track in France will be the capital of International Karting, hosting the most important event for the Shifter categories: the FIA World Championship KZ and the World Cup KZ2.
The CRG Racing Team will be there with an important line up, both from a qualitative point of view and in terms of the high number of drivers taking part in the race. There will be 16 official CRG...
11/03/22
The "Livery Contest" ends with the wonderful head-to-head CRG vs CL Kart. A battle to the sound of fans' votes and final triumph for the "All Blacks".
The first edition of the Livery Contest by Vroom Kart has just ended. An "event" that attracted a lot of appreciation and interest from Vroom readers, staged entirely on the official...
24/01/22
It's the turn of the two Marquez brothers, both on track with karts (KZ) at the Vendrell circuit. In addition to their fun factor, a type of on-track activity that can be considered a valid integration in preparations to a MotoGP season.
They are not, of course, the first to notice that although the driving technique for 2 and 4 wheels is clearly different, getting behind the wheel of a kart - mainly in the KZ category - forces the...
13/12/21
Today it is easy to give space to a new F1 world champion, thanks to his exploits, has brought fans closer to F1.
The Dutch driver, (son of Jos who raced in F1, and his mother Sophie Kumpen who left her mark already in 1989 at the karting world championship in Zaragoza in Spain to later win the Margutti on the...
16/06/21
Unfortunately, the persistence of rib pains that had stopped him for 2 weeks during the Spanish Championship race shall affect his participation in the Continental KZ event
The Spanish driver of the CRG works team was unable to recover after suffering a cracked rib in the free practice of the Campillos race in which he took part to alternate in view of the first...
03/03/21
The new driver of CRG Team immediately scored an excellent third place during the Super Master Series of Adria.
The big name for the new 60 Mini branded CRG is Gerasim Skulanov, a Russian talent with a long experience in a 60 Mini which keeps on changing and raising its bar.
In the weekend just gone, the All...
31/01/19
The analysis and perspectives of CRG’s president on sporting, sales and technical topics. (us crg - photo cuna)
As is usual at this time of the year, Giancarlo Tinini draws up a review of the season, in this case 2018. An important analysis precisely because he is one of the main protagonists of the karting...
21/07/18
The final round of the KZ and KZ2 European Championship had an exciting finale at South Garda Karting in Lonato. CRG colors have been the absolute protagonists.
Jorrit Pex, the new KZ European Champion. The victory for CRG at the KZ European Championship came with Jorrit Pex, who won his second title with the Italian outfit, after winning it back in 2012....