People & Perspectives
Interview
31/12/2025
CRG's Patron sat down for the traditional year-end interview, stressing that a manufacturer can't dodge the market's challenges—from packed FIA calendars with...
We kick off with a review of the 2025 racing season.
In the one-make categories, we started with fairly young drivers who matured over the year, like Bottaro and Nouguèyrede. Viktor (...
Close Up
24/12/2025
In the international karting landscape, the boundary between KZ and KZ2 appears increasingly thin: we discussed it trackside with some Top Class drivers. (ms)
It's not uncommon to witness race weekends (check the Franciacorta World Championship results, for example) where KZ2 drivers post lap times equal to—or even better than—those in the...
From Kart to F1
23/12/2025
Choosing the right category in karting carries significant weight for those aiming for a genuine path to Formula Racing. It's not just about when to start, but...
The stories current active drivers tell about their 'first time' are roughly the same: a kart gifted for Christmas, or a rental kart spin at the local track nearby home—from there, the...
Interview
16/12/2025
Senna Van Walstijn has achieved this year the goals he just missed out on in previous years, confirming himself as one of the strongest KZ drivers in recent...
When your name is "Senna", you don't have much choice: either you become a racer, or people will spend their whole lives asking why you didn't race with a name like that.
Tell me...
Editorials
11/12/2025
The FIA single-event World Championship, be it OK or KZ, has been subject to criticism for some time, but past attempts to change this format have had limited...
It’s that time of the year again: following the FIA single-event World Championships for OK and KZ categories, usually held in early autumn, the calendar for the World Finals of the most famous...
Interview
05/12/2025
At 34 years old, from Bordeaux, he has turned his passion into a profession since he’s now running his own team and tuning engines for living but you can spot...
Tell me about you and karting: how did it all start and when.
I started karting at the age of 7, when I got my first kart for Christmas right after my birthday. Back then, there weren't any races...
From Kart to F1
02/12/2025
The Italian, Champion in his first year in F2 after the 2024 F3 title, shows that the peak is reached through long, steady, and serious growth in the key...
If you were looking for the meaning of the term ‘Underdog’, often used in recent years, you wouldn’t have trouble grasping the concept by thinking of the career of Leonardo...
Close Up
29/11/2025
The system created by Rotax for access to the Grand Finals is truly in the name of a global series and must be explained well to those who do not know the...
The first impression when arriving under the tent of the Grand Finals is indeed that of being at the Olympics: the number of countries present, even the smallest and most remote, gives an idea of the...
Close Up
28/11/2025
Here we go: for the 26th time, the karts are about to be lined up for that iconic image that everyone has somehow copied from Rotax: the karts lined up by the...
If credit has to be given to the one-make series for saving karting from one of its most complex transitional phases, Rotax deserves recognition for practically inventing one-make karting. At the...
Interview
24/11/2025
Marcus Armstrong, IndyCar driver, takes advantage of the long winter break in the Series to train by racing in KZ in the WSK, contrary to drivers who prefer to...
The IndyCar Championship ended in late August, and during the long break before the first Round of 2026 (in March), the 25-year-old driver from Team Meyer Shank Racing keeps himself in shape by...
Close Up
22/11/2025
Tires are a key factor in the performance of a racing vehicle. The single tire supplier rule, now common practice in virtually every national championship—...
During the tyre war era, performance peaked at record levels and drove driver skills to new heights. Understanding what has changed technically can help us get a clear picture of the current...
Close Up
17/11/2025
Many focused on his considerations regarding Karting e SIM in a driver's preparation, sometimes misunderstanding his words. Equally noteworthy is what the...
Once there were Press Conferences, with journalists, notebooks, and drivers giving "official" statements. Today there are podcasts and video podcasts, more informal settings where...
Interview
12/11/2025
The two-time KZ World Champion, who returned to racing with Birel Art (Team KCS) in Lonato in the Trofeo d’Autunno, spoke to us about his plans for 2026. No,...
We haven’t seen him in FIA races because he works full-time, and it’s not always easy to balance racing commitments with a job. But in more “accessible” events, like those...
From Kart to F1
09/11/2025
Spoiler: the Papaya duo wouldn’t stand a chance. Son of a different, now long-buried karting era, Max has a completely different path in his veins compared to...
Think of any regular OK driver, maybe even a winner, one of those paying Academy contract youngsters with neatly styled hair waiting for their fifteenth birthday to race in F4—with a lineup of...
Interview
07/11/2025
In motorsport, often winning is the only thing that matters, especially when you need to get noticed and stand out from the crowd. However, in the driver’s...
You race to win, that is clear. However, there is a phase in a driver's development where results must be evaluated in a broader context: we discussed this with Giovanni Minardi, who experiences...
Close Up
05/11/2025
The initiative brought to the track by the former F1 World Champion aimed at preparing very young drivers for competition proved successful, complete with a...
It is called Rotax Max Mini Racing School, a two-day school organized by Kimi Raikkonen and launched with the support of Kartshop Italia (Rotax importer for Italy and organizer of the Rotax Max...
From Kart to F1
30/10/2025
The Formula Regional 2026 will use the Toyota 3-cylinder turbo engine from the Yaris GR. This is an interesting unit in a world increasingly short of high-...
Among the many questionable and illogical decisions made over the years by the European Commission, the ban on thermal engines in the automotive sector has brought European manufacturers to the brink...
Close Up
24/10/2025
At the beginning of 1960 Jimmie Yamane was synonymous with karting activities the world over. At that time, the young Japanese-American from North Hollywood,...
Jimmie who started back in 14th position that night (actually it was the wee hours of Sunday morning) won the fifty miles International Trophy race (100 laps of a ½ mile course) by 2 laps, a...
Interview
23/10/2025
This year he won (almost) everything, managing to beat world-class drivers in a category that – despite age and weight limits – once again offered thrilling...
Better ask right away, since Angelo Lombardo’s iconic beard is the first thing you notice and the answer is no, he will not cut his beard after winning the World Championship. Quite simply...
Editorials
20/10/2025
The FIA announced it has created two categories, Junior and Senior e-karting, although the terms of the announcement and the possible boundaries of these “...
We have dealt with electric karts on several occasions, tested them, and published detailed reports in our magazine, regularly expressing both doubts and strengths of what has so far been an...