Interview about Karting
Interview
13/01/20
Matteo Viganò is among the new faces of the Charles Leclerc project by Birel Art. The 2018 KZ2 Champion will be the team's flagship driver for the KZ adventure.
After he closing of the winter break, the 2020 season begins to come to life with the first official tests and market news. The new season's big news is the presence of the team of Charles...
Schumi 51 - Kerpen 2001: That time when Schumacher just missed the victory in the World Championship
Stories
03/01/20
On the occasion of Michael Schumacher's 51th birthday, Vroom traces the history of the 2001 FSA World Championship round in Kerpen when the German, already a multiple F1 champion with Benetton and Ferrari, showed up on board a Tony Kart.
At the time we did not talk about OK class, but about Formula Super A, which celebrated the last round of the World Championship in Kerpen, right at the home of Schumacher. And the call for the...
Stories
13/12/19
Helmut Voglsam explains us how the Grand Finals concept has born. We have to go back to 1997.
20 editions, many champions and a number of participants that has progressively increased. Today the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals is considered as one of the most famous karting competition, but...
Interview
11/12/19
After having had himself talked about, due to his recent great performances in the Rok Cup field, obviously including the victory of the Shifter Rok World Championship, Luca Bosco is ready for 2020.
After a long time between 60 Mini and Junior, the meeting between Luca Bosco and KZ2 took place only recently, thanks to the advent of Manetti Motorsport. A destiny that seemed to have already been...
Interview
08/10/19
Discover Robert De Haan, the Dutch driver who impressed at his first international year after the victory of the last Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals.
Let's get better acquainted with Robert De Haan, a promising young Dutchman who performed well in his debut in international karting.
First of all congrats for winning the DJKM title. What are...
Stories
30/08/19
What's about the worst karting race of Lando Norris? Discover this story about the current McLaren F1 driver.
Funny on social media and talented on track: despite he’s at his first year in Formula 1, the McLaren’s Lando Norris is one of the most appreciated driver on grid.
But who was...
Interview
29/07/19
The Swiss driver is preparing for her second part of the season in the Swiss Championship where she currently leads the standings!
As we have always said, training is important to achieve results and become professional drivers not only behind the wheel.
Lena Buhler talks about her season and her experience with 321 Perform...
Stories
15/05/19
The May 1961 edition of KARTs, the informative Italian karting magazine of that time featured a report on the Silvercar kart. The article was titled: New Model of Kart for the World Market.
It was evident that the Silvercar factory was intending to sell to a world market if the strapline was anything to go by. It looked like the American market had been a target the previous year for...
Stories
01/05/19
25 years after the death of the Champion, we commemorate him through the words of his rival at the time of karting, Mike Wilson.
May 1st 1994 will forever remain a milestone, as well as a black page, for motorsport. On that Italian afternoon on the Imola track, Ayrton Senna lost his life, the darkest weekend in F1 history....
Close Up
17/04/19
Max Verstappen (Crg / Tm), Charles Leclerc (Art Gp / Tm) and Jordon Lennox (Crg / Parilla), on the KZ world podium. (© photo m. nicoletti)
Of course who could have imagined that these two drivers, then aged 15, would then find themselves dueling in F1? Yet even in karting they left their mark by demonstrating their speed, their skills...
Close Up
03/04/19
Walter Allan Meyers, Master Mechanic, died of natural causes on 26 March 2019 aged 84. He was born 31 December 1934 in Cleveland Ohio.
While serving in the Army at Fort Lewis, Washington, Walt got interested in engines and was constantly trying to increase the performance of his Armoured Personnel Carrier.
In his 1980 book, 'So...
Close Up
27/03/19
Tom Braeken spoke after the end of the WSK Super Master Series.
It is time for Tom Braeken to take stock, after completing the first WSK Super Master Series of his career last weekend.
For the Baby Race driver, at his first season in Italy, it has been a...
Close Up
20/03/19
CIK-FIA Karting Academy vice-champion 2018 will join the CV Performance Group for a full campaign Euro and World Championship races.
Young Belgian Kobe Pauwels will join the reigning world champion Lorenzo Travisunutto in the OK category in the CV Performance Group.
Kobe Pauwels: “It’s great to drive in the same team...
Interview
18/03/19
Discovering the 2018 DEKM champion, Philipp Britz.
It was history in the making when Phil Britz crossed the line at the deciding round of the 2018 German Electric Kart Championship at Karting Genk in Belgium last August, securing the victory to...
Close Up
16/03/19
Is it more prestigious to win a World Championship in one single race or across more events?
The trend that CIK FIA has taken in recent years has been to reduce the number of races valid for the World Championship to one single event.
That said, the European calendar sees a more...
Interview
07/03/19
Back to donning the official colors of Sodi Kart, Dutch driver Bas Lammers is ready to return to the top levels for the current season.
At the end of a rollercoaster 2018, albeit winning with the 24h of Le Mans, one of the most popular faces of KZ is ready to make his return to the top of the standings.
"The Flying...
Interview
28/02/19
Tony Kart's Swedish driver leaves no doubt about his future: he'll be competing to win.
Noah Milell, a by now well-known face of Tony Kart, has started 2019 in the best possible way. Also competitive in the last WSK Super Master Series round, the Swede proved to be ready to carry high...
Interview
09/02/19
The new Tony Kart driver, Matheus Morgatto, is ready to run for a leading role in 2019.
After a past and victories in American races, the Brazilian of Sao Paulo will be at the starting blocks of the new European and FIA World Championships with Tony Kart colors.
Following his debut...
Stories
08/02/19
World Championship - Nivelles (B) 21 September 1980. How Senna Da Silva lost the World Cup. Gysin had just hit the Brazilian who went into a spin while Fullerton moves away
We have already mentioned the deeds of Senna in karting and the misfortune that persecuted him, leading to his failing to win what might have been at least two world titles. The duel with Terry...
Close Up
06/02/19
Last season's best rookie is once again among the protagonists of the OK season that's now started.
Despite a difficult beginning to the season, the Red Bull Academy driver Harry Thompson put on a great show in the last events at Adria.
After a 2018 as an absolute protagonist of the new OK...
