The ADAC Kart Academy ready to start in 2017

Cost-effective, simple and manageable: this is the new ADAC Kart Academy. With the new generation, ADAC expands its concept to an uncomplicated start into a motor sport career from 2017 on to kartsport. The ADAC is launching its latest project for the promotion of young drivers in the motor sport together with the former Formula 1 and DTM driver Ralf Schumacher. In the ADAC Kart Academy young young talents between 12 and 14 years old compete against each other on identical karts. With the ADAC Kart Academy, there is a direct jumping board in the formulas, such as the ADAC Formula 4. In the premier season of the ADAC Kart Academy there are five events within the ADAC Kart Masters, the German Kart Championship (DKM) World Cup run in Wackersdorf.

"Through our Academy concept, we enable young talents to have easy and uncomplicated access to the motorsport, I am delighted that we are now extending this idea to kart racing with the new ADAC Kart Academy," says ADAC Sportpräsident Herrmann Tomczyk. "The ADAC Kart Academy allows the participants from the ADAC Kart regional series to leap into a higher class, with the emphasis on talent and not the financial aspect."

"We are very pleased to have won a partnership with Ralf Schumacher for the ADAC Kart Academy, which is committed to the sport of motor sport, and I am sure the ADAC Kart Academy will benefit from its extensive experience" says Thomas Voss, ADAC Head of Motorsport and Klassik.

"From my own past I know very well how important early support is for a future career in motorsport," says Ralf Schumacher. "I started my own career in the ADAC junior series and I am delighted to be able to realize this exciting project together with the ADAC."

The uniform karts are provided by OTK Germany and transported to the racetracks. Before the start of the season the karts are allocated according to the random principle, the chassis are adjusted individually to the drivers. The care of the race track can be done by the team or by OTK Germany. Karts from the class OK Junior of type Exprit with engines of Vortex are used. The number of participants is limited to 34 drivers. Registration is possible from January 2017, the registration fee and the registration fee correspond to the ADAC Kart Masters.

Calendar ADAC Kart Academy 2017

• 29/30. April 2017 - Ampfing (ADAC Kart Masters)
• 27/28. May 2017 - Kerpen (DKM)
• 08./09. Juli 2017 - Hahn or Oschersleben (DKM)
• 12./13. August 2017 - Oschersleben (ADAC Kart Masters)
• 09/10 September 2017 - Wackersdorf (CIK-FIA World Championship)