Interview about Karting
Interview
03/12/21
The Finnish driver surprised all the competition in the recent OK World Championship in Campillos, dominating the most important race of the year.
Tuukka Taponen's story starts far back, from that first European victory in Angerville in 2019, then with the colors of Kohtala Motorsport. A success that was already the result of the hard work...
Interview
25/11/21
Given the ever-hot topic of safety in karting, and the fact that vehicle performance must be assessed in the context of the circuits where such performance is possible, we have involved an expert in the field in the debate. (f.m.)
In order to be as objective as possible on the subject of safety in the design and homologation phase of a circuit, we asked one of the best known and most appreciated technicians on the subject,...
Close Up
18/11/21
A karting team semi-trailer
Given that Francesco Turatello is a former kart driver (who also moved on to cars), it is not surprising that he dedicates special care when his company, founded over 50 years ago, presents new...
Interview
14/10/21
After a dominant performance at the “Home of Champions,” Karting Genk at the BNL Karting Series finale this past weekend, KR-Sport’s Sean Butcher wrapped up a successful defence of the Senior Rotax title (by Alex Goldschmidt - Pictures Of Things Going Quick)
The #301 took a perfect score at the 1,360-metre circuit based in the Limburg region of Belgium, consolidating a total of 192 points, 34 points in front of this year’s runner-up, his UAE-based...
Close Up
05/10/21
During the second and last round of the WSK Open Cup in Adria, terrible accident in the early stages of the Senior final. The three drivers involved are in good conditions.
Yesterday's was not going to be a Sunday easily forgotten by those present at Adria and by the professionals, because of a serious accident, during the first of the four scheduled finals, which...
Close Up
03/09/21
Gunskirchen, Austria, September 02, 2021 – The Rotax Project E20 eKart was demonstrated last weekend at the request of the organisation of Prince Carl Philip's Racing Trophy & com-bined Rotax MAX Challenge Sweden at GTR Motorpark in Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Prince Carl Philip took the Rotax Project E20 out for a test drive during the lunch break on Friday and was pleasantly surprised, immediately pushing the eKart to the limit on the slightly wet...
Close Up
05/08/21
The most important competition of the karting season, the World Championship race, is the subject of a clash between the FIA and the Constructors. And it's not the first time this has happened. (g.c.g.)
The FIA and the Italian karting Constructors find themselves in disagreement over the location of the World Karting Championship in Brazil, scheduled for December 5, 2021, an appointment already...
Close Up
16/07/21
In the Fia Karting 2022 calendar, an OK/OKJ European championship round is assigned to the Brescia track, which is also seen adding a race from the Champions of the Future series (M. Voltini - photo Citino Raffaele).
The Franciacorta Karting Track business is increasingly expanding and is also receiving well-deserved international recognition. Above all, we have the inclusion in the Fia Karting 2022 calendar of...
Interview
17/06/21
During the last stages of 2020 and, above all, at the beginning of 2021, it was the team of the "All Blacks" to revive the great interest in the queen class. With the European Championship just around the corner, the moment of truth has arrived.
A top-level drivers' market since the beginning of the year, until a few weeks before the debut in the FIA European Karting Championship. A change of gear - it is the case to say - for CRG to...
Stories
04/06/21
I spent two weeks in the home of Paul when I was 18 years old (J.W.)
Outstanding Italian karter formerly racing with GKS support, three times CIK-FIA World Karting Champion & five times European Champion, World Cup and twice Asia-Pacific Champion, multiple Winter...
Interview
01/06/21
Shortly before his return to racing in a few days in the Spanish championship, Jaime Alguersuari tells his story. Reflective and approachable, the Spaniard is back to enjoy and have fun, something he is already doing.
Jaime, how were the tests at Campillos with MDC Racing before the start of the Spanish Karting Championship?
«Very good. We drove all weekend, doing laps and testing a lot, which is what I need...
Close Up
29/05/21
Defending Junior MAX champ Kai Rillaerts is third in the standings after round 1 at Genk in April (Jen Wade - Pictures ©HelloFoto )
«I’m looking forward to the weekend and hope I can win to take the lead of the championship here. At the first round I made a bit of a mistake in the finals that cost me P1 after I won...
Stories
27/05/21
“I can speak for hours about Paul in my time with GKS for 10 years. I’m not coming from a racing family whatsoever, unlike lots of the kids who were around when I started karting at 7 years old" (J.W.)
Robin Frijns - Lives close by to Genk, a successful Dutch karter with GKS with podiums also in European and French Championships, a Formula BMW Europe, Eurocup FR 2.0 & FR 3.5 Series’...
Stories
26/05/21
Successful Belgian GKS karter with three national titles, winner of the Monaco Kart Cup and World Cup Formula A before winning the Belgian Formula Renault series before racing GP2 and F1. Since 2014, he competed in Formula E and is currently deputy team principal for Venturi Racing FE. (J.W.)
«A few people have an impact on you in your life, your parents and some others. I always thought of Paul as a second father figure in a way, shaping me as a driver and the person in and out of...
Stories
25/05/21
Jos Verstappen considered the most successful Dutch F1 racing driver before retiring to mentor his son Max for Formula One, he was a Le Mans LMP2 & Le Mans Series winner, race winner in A1 GP, German Formula 3 & Marlboro Masters champion, won two European karting titles & Dutch Junior champion. Here's what he told us about the good times with Paul Lemmens (J.W.)
«I still remember the first day they were building the original track in Genk, I was about 9 or 10 years of age, there was only the track and a lot of orange sand alongside it. Paul was in the...
Close Up
15/05/21
The South African motorsport TV kingpin passed away on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 aged 60 years
Jan Hartzer cut a familiar figure on race tracks, carrying his big camera on his shoulder and interviewing drivers, while risking his own safety at times to get up close to the action. He was...
Close Up
26/04/21
Andretti Autosport has announced an expansion to the team’s development efforts with the addition of brothers Sebastian and Oliver Wheldon as junior drivers (© photo Indycar.com)
Most of you will remember that in 2011, at the age of 33, the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 2005 IndyCar champion Dan Wheldon passed away tragically following an horrific crash at Las Vegas...
Close Up
25/04/21
The Champions of the Future begins the second season of their CIK Classes series in Europe next week from April 29 - May 2 at the Karting Genk – ‘Home of Champions’ circuit in Belgium (Photo: © RGMMC - Racebox/Alex Vernadis)
The first edition of the planned four round series is gearing up to welcome a total entry list close to 200, with OK Junior reaching nearly 100 drivers alone, as well as the Mini and OK fields,...
Close Up
17/04/21
If you ask someone who has worked closely with Jaime Alguersuari as a young karter, they will tell you he was definitely one of the most driven racers, with an immense desire to win and succeed (Jen Wade - © Photos Kris Okariz Circuito Internazionale Napoli, Sarno - 2009 CIK-FIA World Cup KZ1)
He became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix when he was only 19 years, 125 days and the first driver who was born in the 1990s to ever...
Interview
06/04/21
The KZ2 International Super Cup Champion is about to make his comeback in the title races of the queen class of karting!
After his last year in karts, Frenchman Emilien Denner had finished as the absolute protagonist, dominating the KZ2 International Super Cup at the World Championship weekend. From then on, Emilien...
