Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2022
Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2022
2022
26
November
Kartódromo Int. de Portimao
Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals
Interview
29/11/22
Claudio Pagliarani, a very experienced driver who spent a good part of his twenty-year career in the Rotax Trophy, has finally brought the Italian colors back to the podium. Today the owner of a team (Squadra Corse 54), he raced his eighth Grand Final in the DD2 Masters in Portimao, bringing home a result that he often missed in the past by a whisker. (f.m.)
Tell us a little about your Portimao
Since I've managed my Team, having made my passion my job, I race less. This year I staked everything on this race, I came here with the aim of winning it, I...
Races
27/11/22
The finals held, the Rotax movement is about to celebrate the event’s epilogue with the awarding of trophies. The British contingent confirms being the best by winning three categories. The Swedes excelled in the two electric-powered categories. An Italian returns to the podium.
The finals provided some exciting moments. Especially in the initial stages, there was no lack of close, tight-knit battles, and the victories stemmed from the skill of the drivers who were best able...
Races
27/11/22
Portimão, Portugal, November 26, 2022 – We can‘t believe that the week is over already. Today we crowned the new champions of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2022 and witnessed so much incredible racing on track.
394 competitors from 60 nations accepted the invitation to the 22nd RMC Grand Finals and competed for one week for the victory. After mixed weather conditions at the beginning of this week, we had...
Races
26/11/22
Portimão, Portugal, November 25,2022 – What a lovely sunny day in the mountains of Portimao at the Kartodromo Internacional Algarve. The sun was shining the whole day and gave us beautiful weather for the traditional Drivers picture before the pre-finals of the RMCGF 2022 started.
394 Rotax racers came along the main straight, walking in their race suits for the drivers parade followed by the teams of BRP-Rotax and the Chassis Partners for the drivers picture at the Grand...
Close Up
26/11/22
Rotax presents the new powertrain for Minikart: the goal is the new generations.
In a world that is changing before our eyes, a player of absolute importance in the karting world like Rotax cannot escape the challenges that the market lets emerge, while a new generation of guys...
On Track
25/11/22
A New World Unfolds with the First 48V Powerpack
Gunskirchen, Austria – November 25, 2022 – BRP Inc. (TSX:DOO; NASDAQ:DOOO) is proud to announce the launch of a new e-powertrain, the Rotax E10, bolstering its electric offering for...
Races
25/11/22
RMCGF 2022 - DAY 5 KARTDROMO INTERNACIONAL DO ALGARVE (KIA)
Portimão, Portugal, November 24,2022 – Today the Kartodromo Internacional Algarve welcomed us in the morning shrouded in fog what prompted a fifteen-minute delay to the start of our on-...
Amarcord
24/11/22
This is the fourth time the RMC has landed in Portimao for the highlight event of the season, the Grand Finals. The first time was in December 2012, at its 13th edition. As we wait for the RMCGF 2022 to roar to life we want to look back at the events that have taken place on the Portuguese circuit starting with the one in 2012.
Staggering numbers
A total of 279 participants in the four official categories (Junior, Senior, DD2, DD2 Masters) did battle in Portimao. In addition, to promote the Micro Max category, 34 mini...
Races
24/11/22
Portimão, Portugal, November 23,2022 – Yesterday saw the first real part of the full-throttle action that was experienced by the whole paddock, as all 394 drivers would brave the changeable weather conditions that saw the final part of Non-Qualifying Practice and the first five of eight classes go out for Qualifying.
With the sunshine in the skies in the morning, Junior MAX got the on-track activities underway with Morning Warm-Up on the circuit that would evolve over the course of the day’s running.
This...
Races
23/11/22
Portimão, Portugal - November 22, 2022 – After very changeable conditions during yesterday’s first on track action with a hint of sunshine from time to time, all 394 competitors from the 60 nations represented here this week would head out onto the circuit to be challenged during the first set of Non-Qualifying Practices.
It may not have been the best way for the drivers in all eight classes to get used to their brand chassis supplied by Sodikart, Praga by IPK and BirelART, but there was a lot of hard work to get...
Races
21/11/22
Portimão, Portugal - November 21, 2022 – We look back at yesterday, when the 2022 RMC Grand Finals were truly opened via the Welcome Briefing in the morning. 394 drivers received their brand new karts through the customary raffle on the main start-finish straight underneath the beautifully sunlit Portuguese skyline.
Along with that, drivers would also head to the nearby Autodromo Internacional do Algarve for the mandatory briefings that afternoon, with the paddock tent being a busy hive of activity all day long...
Editorials
21/11/22
The Trophy centered on the liquid-cooled Rotax Max 125 has given birth and fostered - for over 25 years - the single-make philosophy: 'competition with the same means'. In the history of its formula, Sunday amateurs and F1 World Champions coexist (f.m.)
We will perhaps never stop talking about single-brand karts and motorsports: on the one hand, because single-brands represent, at least on paper, the zero or starting point of any motorsport...
Races
20/11/22
Portimão, Portugal, November 20, 2022 – Bem vindo and welcome to the 22nd edition of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals (RMCGF) being hosted at the Kartodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão.
Once again, the bond that stretches across the global Rotax family is continued with this highlight of the racing season, where we will witness 394 drivers from across the world compete over the next...
Close Up
20/11/22
Face to Face! And the difference between the Russ and Shaun is only 3 "
Saturday featured the usual challenge of the Tyre Changing Contest for mechanics. A long series of heats that were especially selective until the number of participants in the pre-finals was reduced...
Events
20/11/22
Nearly 400 drivers representing over 60 nations divided into 8 categories (including the E20 Junior and Senior electric-powered) are here to race.
After the always captivating welcome party on Saturday, complete with barbecue, when the final round of the Tyre Changing Contest was held, today Sunday, November 20, the curtain officially opened on...
Events
18/11/22
Starting this weekend, the spotlight turns onto the Rotax Grand Finals in Portimão.
The season finale has featured the spectacular event by Rotax for 23 years now. The stage for the world's most famous and copied format is well and truly set and ready in Portimao. Already this...
