Interview about Karting
Close Up
28/03/22
Karif is the new frame approved by Haase for the single-speed and multi-speed classes for the two-year period 2022-2023. A body designed to guarantee maximum performance and durability combined with a line of top-of-the-range magnesium accessories.
It is always a pleasure to talk about karts with Jorn Haase, one of the few to have won a World Championship both as a constructor and as a driver. For the 2022/2023 homologation he has launched the...
Close Up
19/03/22
Beyond the regulatory aspects, it is worth noting that fairings have improved safety in many ways in the event of an accident. (F.M)
"It's nothing but plastic anyway." "It's just a way to make you spend money." Fairings in karting are a divisive topic, and we're not just talking about the eternal...
Close Up
17/03/22
Ennio Gandolfi (winner of two 100 Junior world championships and the Super ICC world championship) explains the track’s features.
As anticipated on March 10th, the second round of the European KZ-KZ2 Championship scheduled for June 19th will surprisingly take place at the kart Cremona Circuit.
It must be said that the track is...
Close Up
17/03/22
The FIA has issued an informative note that reminds us of the rules regarding the use of helmet-mounted action cameras, as well as a couple of memoranda on other appendages and visors.
In many "adrenaline-powered" sports, the use of action cameras - whose accessories allow them to be mounted almost anywhere - has been part of the game for years. However, safety has often...
Interview
05/03/22
The 2021 UAE F4 Champion made his official Formula 3 debut in tests carried out on the circuit where the season’s first round is scheduled on March 20.
“This wasn't the plan for 2022, but when Carlin called, we couldn't turn down this opportunity.” After winning on his debut in an F.4 single-seater at the...
Close Up
04/03/22
A Talent Scout of undoubted fame, Chiesa is not only a discoverer of talents on commission. What considerations are behind a choice and why there is a long-term project behind the young Spaniard. (F.M.)
A few months ago Giancarlo Tinini had wished for it on these pages: someone should believe in a girl and bet on her as Ron Dennis did when he decided to bring Lewis Hamilton to professional racing,...
Close Up
22/02/22
Just a few seasons ago, the whole of British motorsport placed its hopes in a young boy who was both fast and ruthless during races: Dexter Patterson.
When one talks about motorsports, inevitably, one also talksabout the United Kingdom and the numerous phenomena and bright promises behind the steering wheel that it has churned out over time and...
Close Up
17/02/22
We met Calan Williams - a rookie in Formula 2 with Team Trident - at the "super physical" track in Borgo Ticino (one hour from Milan), during a kart training session.
The 21-year-old Australian, who now lives in around half of Europe, was on track to train together with other team drivers, supported by mechanics and by Team Manager Giacomo...
Close Up
15/02/22
The guy turning 24 today has been under the spotlight since he drove Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes almost to victory in his 1st race on a decent F1car at Sakhir GP 2020.
Bad for him, Lewis quickly recovered from Covid and came back to his seat and George had to drive his slow Williams in the latest GP of the season as he did in 2019 and 2020, his rookie seasons in F1...
Close Up
11/02/22
For those of you who think motorsport is somehow meritocratic, or if you're the kind of person who gets pissed off 'because a kid I know who's going so fast has run out of money', the story of Nick De Vries might make you very angry.
If, when you think of a Dutchman who is an unbeatable driving talent, you think of Max Verstappen, you are right. However, if you're a real fan of the sport, thinking about Holland also brings...
Close Up
04/02/22
The 2022-2023 homologation sees the debut of Pantano karts, synthesis of the experiences of the great Italian driver.
For the 2022-2023 homologation Giorgio Pantano has homologated 2 chassis: the Pantano P1 and P2. In this homologation, manufacturers have not introduced revolutionary designs and...
Close Up
04/02/22
In the karting world, he has remained in the hearts of many for his driving style. One of the first to show the “AMG” livery on karts in the late 1990s, he has won plenty in karting.
In addition to various Italian Championships, he was Junior World Champion in 1993, European and World Champion again in Junior in 1994, twice European Formula A Champion (1995, 1996...
Close Up
02/02/22
Perfect start for the Apulian driver, immediately on the highest step of the podium at his first seasonal appearance.
Exploiting only for a moment a purely football comparison, we can say that Luigi Coluccio scored at the debut with the new jersey. This is a clear and simple synthesis of the opening race with Tony...
Close Up
28/01/22
EVR slipper clutch for 125 KZ. How Edo Vigna came up with the idea of developing a slipper clutch for karts after the success of this device on motorcycles, both racing and road. (p.m)
Edo Vigna has been in the motorsport world for over 50 years, first as a motocross rider and then as a technician, starting with the preparation of motorcycles for uphill races. His curriculum also...
Close Up
28/01/22
The three-time world champion, the pride of Italian karting, talks to Vroom in the forthcoming issue of the Magazine and explains what it means to be a "pro". Here, a preview of the interview you can read in full in Vroom International Magazine.
"...saying professional driver in Karting is not saying everything; very few drivers earn only by performing the role of driver, so often you have to reinvent yourself by performing other roles...
Close Up
24/01/22
It's the turn of the two Marquez brothers, both on track with karts (KZ) at the Vendrell circuit. In addition to their fun factor, a type of on-track activity that can be considered a valid integration in preparations to a MotoGP season.
They are not, of course, the first to notice that although the driving technique for 2 and 4 wheels is clearly different, getting behind the wheel of a kart - mainly in the KZ category - forces the...
Interview
20/01/22
The 49-year-old Brazilian is back again in the karting world and this time he is aiming to get the pass to the 2022 Rotax Grand Finals.
Seeing Rubens Barrichello dabbling in karting is certainly nothing new. In fact, the former F1 driver has become accustomed to appearances and commitments of the highest level, such as the KZ World...
Close Up
19/01/22
For active drivers, appearing on the track in karts is almost routine. Jenson is one of those who, despite having left F1 years ago, still takes to the track regularly - out of pure passion and with a return to racing in mind.
Jenson, who turns 42 today, is one of those guys you mention to make a good impression with friends if you raced in those years. He's the one every young motorsports enthusiast has had a crush on...
Stories
04/01/22
We have retrieved from our archives, on the occasion of Michael Schumacher's 53rd birthday, the article by Vroom in memory of the last round of the 2001 FSA World Championship held at Kerpen, in which the German, former F1 champion with Benetton and Ferrari, appeared to dispute the round with Tony Kart.
Making a comparison, it is like imagining today a starting grid of the next OK World Championship with Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen. It seems unthinkable, but something similar happened in 2001,...
Close Up
02/01/22
For some, the parallel with Lewis Hamilton is all too easy. But times and ways are different, and because today Formula 1 is much more present in karting than in Lewis' time.
Romanticism aside, the agreement that links the very young and crystalline talent of Ugo Ugochukwu to McLaren is something that recalls the historic Dennis-Hamilton agreement only perhaps because of...
