Interview about Karting
Interview
18/09/23
Alessandro Pier Guidi, together with James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi, drove the Ferrari 499P number 51 to win the Centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, Alessandro is not a new face for us at Vroom, given that we were writing in the 90’s about his "stockpile" of victories on the legendary Parma track. (mb)
Alessandro Pier Guidi (1983), with a degree in mechanical engineering, was a kart driver at the time of Hamilton and Alonso, winning the 1995 Trofeo delle Industrie with the 60 Minikart and in 1996-...
Interview
15/09/23
In Wackersdorf Paolo Ippolito became KZ World Champion after winning the European Championship last year. The Tuscan KR driver spoke with us about this success and how it was possible. (mb)
Paolo tell us about this super weekend in Wackersdorf. You've been strong since qualifying, do you have a special feeling with the track or did you feel particularly comfortable with the material...
Close Up
12/09/23
The record-setting electric kart achieved a top speed of 163 km/h (101,3 mph), solidifying its position as the fastest commercially available electric racing kart in the world.
Gotlandring in Sweden, the world's first sustainable race track, celebrated its 20th anniversary on September 2-3, 2023. This landmark event brought together celebrities, exclusive cars, TOP GEAR...
Interview
24/08/23
Karting icon Alessandro Manetti, born in 1972, in addition to a couple of World titles won in Formula A and Super A and a long, victorious career in practically every category, with and without gearbox, is back on track to compete in the World Championship in Wackersdorf in the KZ Master with Team Crg. He won't go to make an appearance, told us, but to win that race (fm)
«I got back on a go kart for the first time in almost ten years, in October 2022 - Alessandro tells us, who in fact, after the 2013 season, in which he had competed with Praga Kart, quit racing...
Close Up
02/08/23
The young Ukrainian driver becomes Champion at the end of a year spent largely in the hospital recovering from a very bad accident. Here is an excerpt from the long interview he gave exclusively to Vroom for the next issue of the Magazine…(fm)
Primarily, the weekend you became Champion: it might seem like a formality but Ramaekers at one point was scary. What happened in qualifying?
«In qualifying we were just at the wrong place at...
Close Up
31/07/23
Personality and class, the qualities expressed by Lammers that, returning to the present, are finally decisive for him exactly as in the Cadet classes but, this time, at stake is the FIA Karting European title. In Cremona he was expected to take the most important exam, where it was forbidden to make mistakes. And he didn't commit any, bordering on perfection.
It is undoubtedly the season of truth for the Dutchman, finally among the greats of the premier class after a long but necessary apprenticeship. The first signs of immense growth had emerged at the...
Interview
20/07/23
The 18-year-old scored his first double win in Super Formula Lights at Fuji last weekend. Stable presence in the Top 5, Enzo has found an excellent feeling with the Dallara 320 and aims to become a professional in Japan: he told us about his experience so far from home in this exclusive interview. (fm)
First, tell us about the last weekend, how was it at Fuji?
«The first qualifying went very well, we only have 2 at most 3 laps available to set the time in 10 minutes but as soon as I entered I...
Close Up
13/07/23
It rarely happens that, in sports that have seen a technical evolution, the past is regretted like in karting. Making this video we tried to understand why, with the help of two protagonists of the past and present of high profile karting. (fm)
Try to imagine tennis, or skiing: in these sports, a contemporary champion could hardly find "something good" in a tool dating back thirty years or more. It will be said that motorsport is...
Interview
11/07/23
We interviewed one of the toughest and purest drivers in professional motorsport, the German André Lotterer, a driver born in 1981 who currently races with Porsche in the WEC and with Andretti in Formula E. (mb/fm)
Lotterer has won three Le Mans (2011-2012-2014) and a World Endurance Championship in 2012. We also remember his Junior Karting World Championship won in front of a certain Alonso, in addition to his...
Close Up
06/07/23
Sandro Marra and the 3 times World Champion Lorenzo Travisanutto took to the track exclusively for Vroom exchanging karts: a Formula Super A with a rotary valve engine (1997) and an OK Senior identical to those with which the reference World Championship is raced today for the non-shifter classes: we have seen (and heard) some good ones…..(fm)
Vroom is back on the track for a slightly out of the ordinary test: how many times in the paddock, on social media or at the circuit bar have we found ourselves regretting the good old days,...
Close Up
28/06/23
For many young drivers, the inspiration is very often the idols of Formula 1. This is not the case of Vera Jurland, 13-year-old Swedish-Danish girl who sees in the unforgettable Lotta Helberg, a karting star loved by all, her model to follow. Because girls on the track are no longer a rarity (fm)
Vera began her karting journey with the esteemed Swedish karting team Ward Racing in 2020, which bolstered her desire for the sport. Throughout her first full karting season in 2021, she demonstrated...
Close Up
09/06/23
The superb timelap recorded by Antonio Fuoco which earned Team Ferrari the Pole Position of the most iconic race in the world brought back to mind those who followed the beginnings of the young Italian driver in karting and his nickname….that’s been prophetic
It is an endurance race and there will be many factors in play for victory. However, the monster-lap of 3:22.982 set by Antonio Fuoco in the Centenary edition of Le Mans 24hrs is no small...
Close Up
03/06/23
The Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy is one of the most important events of the year in the Rotax world: in the epic setting of Le Mans, it is a special race in the calendar – and for many drivers it can be 'once in a lifetime race'. (fm)
Kart-Shop Italia, importer of Rotax engines for Italy, has created a service dedicated to all those drivers who are already competing in the Trophy and who wish, on a special occasion, to show up at...
Close Up
28/04/23
News of the first podium finish at the first championship race has already spread in our social era, but we try to go beyond the gossip thanks to a nice chat with Nico Carigiet, Rotax Switzerland manager. (mb)
"Raikkonen lives right near our store," Nico explains, "and his son is in his second year of 'racing.' Last year he did a couple of club races in Switzerland and this year he...
Close Up
06/04/23
Frankfurt am Main: The highest German kart series DKM is about to start. In two weeks, the starting signal will be given in the modern Arena E in Mülsen. Once again, a lot of action with an attractive program awaits the participants. Registration is even possible after the start of the season. The Mini 60 will also be taking part for the first time, with up to €70,000 in prize money in the team championship.
This season, the German Kart Championship is once again part of the international FIA karting calendar and consists of five race weekends. After the start in Mülsen, events in Genk (Belgium),...
Stories
10/03/23
Met at a vintage karting event in the USA, in 2011, Jack Spitler, (died October 12, 2017, aged 83) recalled his trip to Europe in September 1961 as a member of the Grand Prix Kart team Club of America run by "Red" Crise, then president of the now defunct GPKCA. Then races in England, Italy and Nassau made up the 1961 World Championship for single and twin engine karts. (by Frank Weir-Photos: Jack Spitler Collection
Jack recalled how he was awarded one of the two all expenses paid GPKCA European tour team positions by winning the Hoffco Kart Prix at Tipp Raceway, a one quarter mile banked road course near Tipp...
Close Up
27/02/23
The young lady who practically stole the show at the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2021 in Bahrain when she blitzed the Rotax Senior MAX field, was back on track last week in a new category. Tereza Babickova showed up in Spain at the first event on the international calendar for Rotax in Europe, the RMCET Winter Cup, driving the DD2 - Direct Drive 2-speed gearbox. (jw)
Once again, the incredibly fast Czech driver was impressive! In her debut in the Rotax premier class up against some of the most experienced guys and also the young drivers moving up this year,...
Close Up
24/02/23
The FIA International Karting Ranking has started, as preannounced in late 2022. The world ranking that ranks drivers based on their performance in competitions deemed eligible is finally taking shape
Defined in its unveiling last October as a "computerised ranking system," it will be a digital ranking that aggregates results from competitions held on different continents and deemed...
Close Up
11/01/23
A truly great 2023 season looms ahead for the Franciacorta Karting Track, in its third official season and a resounding 2022.
The year 2023 promises to be a really challenging year and, we hope, worthy of great success for the Franciacorta Karting Track. The famous and extremely fast track is already at work to face the new...
Interview
05/01/23
Mirko Sguerzoni needs no introduction: founder of Intrepid, chassis manufacturer and talent scout of many drivers who have landed in Formula 1 and professional motorsport in general, he talked to us about how high-level karting should be rethought from the ground up. The starting point in a concept that generates discussions even in the topmost board rooms: budget cap and a clear distinction between titled and non-titled races. (f.m.)
What do you think is the state of health of karting today, 2023?
«Let's start in order: the health status of karting is the health status of competition, primarily. I personally think that...
