People & Perspectives
Interview
08/05/2026
The young Italian divides his time between Porsche commitments in Asia and a seat in the ELMS series, with the dream of becoming a Porsche Factory Driver. In...
On Sunday, April 13, Enzo Trulli claimed his first ELMS victory, a series in which he has been competing this year as a professional driver, signed by Team Algarve Pro Racing. The following weekend...
Close Up
02/05/2026
Zanardi is not someone you can tell in a single article, because he lived many lives—so many that no single story could ever contain them all. The protagonist...
He first got into a kart because his parents—who had tragically lost a daughter in a road accident—considered a moped “too dangerous.” He experienced it alongside his father,...
Close Up
20/04/2026
It's not just about nostalgia; it's a way of living the sport, and above all, promotion, with karting entering small towns, on the streets, and especially...
In Sicily, it's normal to distinguish, at times, between the "track driver" and the "street driver"—as Gaspare Anastasi, patron of street karting in Sicily and organizer...
Close Up
10/04/2026
The "official" debut of the anti-launch system went relatively well overall, considering that drivers are adapting to a slightly different style of racing and...
Luigi Coluccio is no longer a full-time kart racer, as he now competes successfully in GT cars. He chose to enter as a Wild Card in the first round of the Champions of the Future at La Conca, as well...
Interview
08/04/2026
Being fast on the track is just the beginning of the work. Once the helmet is off, there's the communication and PR work, perhaps more demanding than that at...
Social media haven't transformed the track, social media have transformed the world: born almost as a whim, communication has taken on an increasingly important role until it has become an...
Close Up
01/04/2026
Social media is full of videos, and even in streams of “official” races, on-board video contributions are sometimes included via action cameras fixed to the...
The quickest answer we can give to the question that our readers and followers often ask us after the promoter has asked them to remove the camera from the helmet or kart is “NO”, action...
Close Up
21/03/2026
Beyond all the philosophy on danger, the dramatic accident in which a 48-year-old driver lost his life brings back to the forefront the issue of circuit safety...
On Friday, March 20, at the Idéal Kart track in Juvaincourt (northeast France), a fatal accident unfortunately occurred. A 48-year-old driver in the KZ category, following a contact apparently...
Interview
18/03/2026
For his final season in karting, the Italian driver takes on the two hottest fronts of FIA Karting. He will race as an official Birel Art driver with CL colors...
Filippo Sala, born in 2011, already possesses the poise and communication skills of a seasoned athlete, which he effectively is if we consider his long journey in karting despite his young age. He...
Editorials
16/03/2026
The very young Italian enters history by consecrating a path from karting to F1 that is as linear as it is solid, and his story is the first of a new and...
For practically 100% of those in the know, Kimi Antonelli's first win (but more generally his entire path to here in F1) in F1 is an absolutely normal fact. He's the kind of driver who's...
Close Up
09/03/2026
The Italian manufacturer launches an even more ‘Racing’ formula to compete with the Formula Arrive and Drive, R-EVO: things get real with racing chassis and...
That the entire karting world is increasingly turning to “Arrive and Drive” solutions is no longer news. For years, not only Rental, which represents the absolute entry level of karting,...
Interview
07/03/2026
We met Vittoria Sala, a key figure in the on-track activities of the Birel Art Racing Team - and beyond. The challenges and opportunities in the sector, seen...
When Ronni, her father, founded the Birel racing team in the second half of the 1990s, Vittoria hadn't even been born yet. Born in 1999 with a degree in Economics and Management, she has witnessed...
Close Up
25/02/2026
If we want to keep it simple, it's trivially a matter of numbers: there are 22 seats in F1 and the number of drivers who every year approach single-seaters...
As long as the Motorsport narrative feeds exclusively on F1, it's possible that some even rather broad areas of motorsport remain in a corner, little illuminated by a light that currently seems...
Close Up
21/02/2026
Bodywork in karting was introduced in the 1980s not for safety reasons, as one might think, but to beautify the vehicle, which until then had been quite...
The initial phase, free of rules and limited to 135-class karts, was followed in the early 1990s by one that identified its potential function in reducing the risk of "wheel-to-wheel"...
Close Up
05/02/2026
The FIA-mandated system officially comes into force, with the stated aim of mitigating wheel-to-wheel contact effects and improving karting safety. After...
It's hard to have heard positive things about it. Even harder if you've seen them up close. If watching karts on track with the 2026 regulation-mandated parts didn't convince you, here we...
Opinion
25/01/2026
For many years now, small engine builders have vanished from the competitive karting scene. What regulatory changes drove this shift? (by Pierluigi Mancini)
Karting mirrors Formula 1 on a smaller scale. From the heroic era when drivers took excessive risks and "garage guys" British teams — as Enzo Ferrari dubbed his rivals from England...
Interview
15/01/2026
Considered a charismatic figure in world karting, Mauro Pozzi grew up alongside Mike Wilson both inside and outside the paddock, becoming one of his dearest...
Professionally partnered at IAME for over a decade, Pozzi - once a mechanic and later founder of the MGM team - is among the few who can share with us some insights into Mike Wilson as a driver,...
Close Up
13/01/2026
Karting in China - which, let's not forget, has a land area equal to that of the USA - sees particularly strong development in three main zones: the first in...
Starting from kart tracks, we have 5 circuits in China with CIK-FIA homologation, plus around 20 smaller tracks where club, regional, or National Championship activities take place.
As in...
Interview
08/01/2026
Italian OK-N Champion and World Cup OK-N winner, the 18-year-old from around Naples opens up about his beginnings and how karting now fully absorbs him—as a...
Born in 2007 and a contemporary of Kimi Antonelli—against whom he even raced in the Mini days—Manuel is a full-time karter. Invited to the 22nd Acisport Federal Supercorso directly from...
Close Up
06/01/2026
The Italian driver, winner of the OK-N World Cup in Cremona, claims the end-of-year title from our magazine, selected by our readers through on-line vote. Soon...
If further proof was needed that OK-N is a category achieving its planned popularity among grassroots karting fans, the outcome of the Vroom Awards 2025 televoto confirms this trend. Jokes aside, if...
Close Up
05/01/2026
Mike Wilson passed away overnight on January 5th. With him goes another vital piece of karting history, boasting six world titles won through his crystalline...
The news hits hard, like all bad news does, striking when least expected—on a quiet day when everyone is home resting. Mike Wilson has left us, and we lose not just a good, friendly person, but...