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Races
20/09/22
Gunskirchen/Wackersdorf, 18th September, 2022 – The season results in the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy have been decided. In Wackersdorf, Bavaria, challenging conditions over the last weekend made for a particularly exciting final phase.
Eventful races on mostly wet asphalt resulted in four new winners of the day. With Ethan Jeff-Hall (Junior MAX), Sean Butcher (Senior MAX), Mark Kimber (DD2) and Denis Thum (DD2 Masters), the new...
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Races
13/09/22
Gunskirchen/Wackersdorf September 13th, 2022 – This weekend, things will get serious at the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy
In Wackersdorf, Bavaria, the international championship is looking forward to its last two races of the 2022 season. The state-of-the-art Prokart Raceland with its 1,197-meter track length...
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Races
02/09/22
Gunskirchen, Austria, September 02, 2022 – The first ever Swedish E-Kart Championship took place at the GTR Motorpark (Green Track Resort) in Eskilstuna over the weekend to crown the 2022 champions in the Rotax E20 Junior and Senior classes, Joel Bergström and Jesper Sjöberg respectively, where the competitors battled for the victory in some torrential and windy conditions at times during the racing.
The debut of the national E-Kart event was a new addition to the program at the annual Prince Carl Philip’s Racing Trophy and Swedish Rotax MAX Challenge series.
Following a successful...
Races
23/08/22
The Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Festival was held at the Erftlandring in Kerpen over the weekend, bringing together an enthusiastic line up of new generation Rotax karters to compete at the German circuit rich in racing history the past decades. Two British drivers, Albert Friend in Micro MAX and Jacob Ashcroft in Mini MAX, have come away with the 2022 title.
Renowned for being the breeding ground of Formula One’s Schumacher brothers and Sebastian Vettel, as well as the venue that has witnessed many former motorsport champions in competition, the...
Events
06/08/22
The Rotax Max Challenge Grand Festival 2022 for the Micro MAX and Mini MAX classes has been rescheduled one week earlier to August 20-21 and will now take place at the famous Erftlandring circuit at Kerpen in Germany – with two RMC Grand Finals tickets to be won.
With a number of national and regional Rotax series’ sharing the same weekend on the season calendar at the end of the summer holiday break, the organiser and promoter of the RMC Grand Festival...
Races
13/07/22
Finals Day Sunday brought the action coming thick and fast at the Karting des Fagnes circuit in Belgium for the penultimate round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy – where several classes concluded after three events, while the others began the second half of the season.
Wednesday, July 13 th , 2022
Mariembourg, Belgium
The Rotax Mini MAX and both Project E20 categories confirmed their champions and awarded five
RMC Grand Finals tickets, RMCIT Le Mans entry...
Races
11/07/22
The Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy celebrated the 2022 champions in three of the seven Rotax classes on Finals day Sunday at the Karting des Fagnes circuit, Mariembourg. The remaining four titles are yet to be confirmed, so the showdown will play out at the closing round in September.
Sunday, July 10 th , 2022
Mariembourg, Belgium
The winners of the weekend were not necessarily the leaders in the overall standings coming into
the third round event, where the growing pressure of...
Races
10/07/22
Saturday’s on-track program at Karting des Fagnes in Belgium saw 24 qualifying heats contested into the summer evening at the round 3 edition of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy 2022.
The lengthy Mariembourg circuit lived up to its reputation, giving RMCET competitors yet another new challenge. As expected, the racing was closely-fought and not without its share of action.
Toms...
Races
09/07/22
The starting line-up is now set for the qualifying heats Saturday, following today’s official timed practice at the Karting des Fagnes circuit in Mariembourg, for the third round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy. The entries total 165 for the event beginning the second half of the season where the drivers at the top of the timesheets include some of the current championship leaders.
Friday, April 8th, 2022
The pole-sitters in the seven Rotax classes on the program confirmed the level of the competition is going to be close in the fight for vital positions when it comes...
Races
08/07/22
The largest outdoor circuit in Belgium will host round 3 of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy this week, as the international series begins the second half of the season.
The 1,366 metre track of Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg is renowned for being one of the famous locations on the European race calendar over the years that has seen many successful drivers...
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News and Previews
01/07/22
Gunskirchen, July 01, 2022 – The Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Festival is back on track! From August 27-28, 2022 the international Micro and Mini MAX drivers meet in Landsard, The Netherlands at this remarkable event specially initiated for our youngest Rotax racers.
Once a year Chrono Karting BV is organizing and promoting the RMC Grand Festival in collaboration with BRP-Rotax and with their vast experience and perfect combination of racing and leisure, Chrono...
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29/06/22
Although it’s a big country with only 26 million people, Australia has a racing heart for Motorsport. They’re competitive and play hard, and they travel a long way to go karting. It’s a lifestyle they love. Jen Wade was trackside for Vroom International Magazine and caught up with some of the familiar faces ever-present at the Rotax racing events Down Under, sharing their thoughts about the sport of karting and how it has developed over the past seasons, based on their own position in the industry (by J.Wade/Pictures RaceMax mark Wicks/KartSportNews & Media)
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Mark Wicks won the RMCGF in Egypt almost two decades ago and has been responsible for telling the news about karting and karters on the long-running web portal - www....
Interview
15/06/22
Racing has played a major part in Corinna Kamper’s life since she was just 6 years old. Today, the 27-year-old Austrian ‘racer at heart’ leads a busy life travelling, manages her own boat license school and can regularly be seen on the ORF TV F1 Motorhome program during the Formula One coverage. When the opportunity came along for Corinna to race the Rotax Project E20 electric kart last season, she didn’t think twice of doing (J.Wade)
We recently caught up with Corinna in Belgium when she lined-up on the grid once more in the Project E20 at the opening round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy in her first appearance since she...
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24/05/22
The success story of Club100 in the UK continues to build momentum with every season, having had a record number of drivers participating in 2021 in the increasingly popular ‘Arrive & Drive’ championships powered by BRP-Rotax 125 MAX engines. In addition to this, the British Universities Karting Championship (BUKC) celebrates 21 years and the new generation of Club100 drivers has just joined the ranks in the two cadet categories (J. Wade - Photo J. Patterson)
John Vigor, Managing Director of Club100 Racing Ltd, shares an insight into the encouraging growth of the Club100 classes and explains what is planned in an exciting season ahead now, as the...
Vroom Academy
05/05/22
For 25 years, Rotax has been offering the karting market a product designed for long-term use “out of passion”. A winning and long-lived recipe, whose main ingredients are simplicity of use and cost containment. The Trophy organized with the Rotax Max for those with competitive ambitions is now a classic all over the world.
When it comes to Motorsport, the ideal scenario is one in which "only driving skills count". This seems to be exactly what Rotax had in mind when it launched, about 25 years ago, the Rotax...
Races
21/02/22
With no real surprises, the winners of the RMCET Winter Cup titles shone through when it counted most and the racing brought out some deserving accolades too. The champions: Albert Friend (Mini MAX), Ethan Jeff-Hall (Junior MAX), Callum Bradshaw (Senior MAX), Martijn van Leeuwen (DD2) & Martynas Tankevicius (DD2 Masters). (J.W. & Photos Hellofoto)
It was back to sunny skies with a chilly breeze in the Andalusian region of Spain Sunday for the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy Winter Cup finals. Highlighted by the competition being closely-fought...
Races
20/02/22
The track action continued with qualifying heats Saturday and literally provided a ‘wake-up’ call for many competitors, that they will have to work to be at the top (J.W. Credits: © HelloPhoto)
The first outing of the season on the International calendar of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy has seen a welcome return of the Winter Cup at picturesque Circuito Karting Campillos this weekend...
News and Previews
08/02/22
The Rotax Max Winter Trophy has issued its verdicts by assigning the first passes for the Rotax Grand Final in Portimao, including the former F1 driver Antonio Pizzonia.
The Rotax Winter Trophy competition has held its own in this first part of the year with four hard-fought rounds for all present, in the name of the competition for the most important prize: the...
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Races
25/01/22
Gunskirchen, Austria, JANUARY 25, 2022 – The RMC International Trophy is one of the biggest international events of the Rotax racing season and we are glad to announce that the date for the 2022 RMC International Trophy is fixed.
As in the previous years, BRP-Rotax is partnering with 3MK Events and LeMans Karting International/ACO Automobile Club de l’Ouest, who are organizing the exceptional event in LeMans for the...
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Races
20/01/22
This 2022 Winter, ROTAX WINTER TROPHY is back and going with 2 events, both of them doublé with heats and races both Saturday and Sunday. It is an OPEN EVENT, meaning that anybody around the world can participate!
Orlando Kart Center, Florida, USA 2022
January 22nd and 23rd - February 5th and 6th
More than U$S 50.000 in prizes awaits for drivers and teams! Besides, Grand Finals 2022 Tickets to...
