Press Release about Karting
Birel ART
18/05/22
With each new CIK-FIA homologation, the Birel ART brand uses all the expertise of its factory and the immense experience of its Racing Team to develop extremely high quality chassis, capable of winning in all categories, whatever the type of tyres. This was again the case in Genk, at the first round of the European KZ and KZ2 Championships. This time, the honours went to the Birel ART-TM Racing karts in the colours of the Charles Leclerc by Lennox Racing team. Tom Leuillet dominated the KZ2 Final, while Matteo Vigano crossed the finish line in 3rd place in KZ. Pedro Hiltbrand kept all his chances in the Championship by entering the top five.
Once again, Birel ART chassis were the best represented in the KZ and KZ2 categories in Belgium, equipping 30% of the grid. In the premier KZ category, Pedro Hiltbrand had a magnificent run to...
Rotax Kart
14/05/22
Gunskirchen, Austria, May 12 th , 2022 – BRP-Rotax together with EIKO Motorsport, the Rotax authorized distributor for the territories JAPAN, TAIWAN, CHINA, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, BRUNEI, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, LAOS, HONGKONG, MACAU and PHILIPPINES would like to inform that they have decided to hand-over the distributorship for the territory of Philippines by May 01 st, 2022.
The subsequent transfer of the business and the network to the new partner has been agreed and BRP-Rotax is pleased to inform that Sunstate Machinery Corporation will be the new partner for...
Birel ART
04/05/22
For the second time in a row, Kirill Kutskov joined the top 10 of an FIA Karting European Championship event in OK-Junior.
Already very successful in Portugal, he played an important role again on the international circuit of Zuera by climbing energetically to 7th position. In OK, Cristian Bertuca and Harley Keeble were...
Rotax Kart
03/05/22
The Corona pandemic has already made life difficult for motorsport for the last two years, now there are additional global circumstances that complicate the current situation.
Unfortunately, this is also noticeable in the DEKM. Despite a high level of commitment, the championship does not have an adequate field of participants for this year and is sitting out the coming...
Sodi Kart Racing Team
02/05/22
Nathan Tye has just dominated the second round of the FIA Karting European Championship in OK-Junior! Already making a brilliant start to the 2022 season with four podiums to his credit, the British driver from the Sodi Racing Team showed himself to be impressive on the Spanish circuit of Zuera by winning against the biggest international teams. Leader of the Champions of the Future Euro Series, Tye also took the lead of the European Championship with his Sodi-TM Racing kart.
After its recent successes in KZ and KZ2, the French factory is also winning in the non-gearbox formulae. Sodikart's technology is making its way to the top of the podium in international events...
Rotax Kart
29/04/22
Gunskirchen, Austria, April 29, 2022 – The annual highlight of the Rotax karting season, the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals will take place this year in Portimão, Portugal from November 19th – 26th, 2022 and the Rotax Team is already in full progress for the preparation of the event.
As already announced at the prize giving ceremony at the RMCGF 2021 in Bahrain, this year’s biggest karting challenge, the RMC Grand Finals 2022, will take place the 4th time at the Kartodromo...
Rotax Euro Challenge
26/04/22
Gunskirchen/Genk, April 26th 2022 – The first decisions have been made in the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy. More than 200 drivers started in Genk, Belgium last weekend and kicked-off the racing season of the highly-competitive karting championship. In the best weather, the numerous spectators en-joyed lots of racing action and the first winners of the year were celebrated in the seven Rotax catego-ries. Four drivers achieved double victories in Sunday’s Finals.
The ‘Home of Champions’, Karting Genk, stayed true to its name once again last weekend. On the 1.360m-long track, the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy got the 2022 season up and running....
Rotax Project E20
22/04/22
Gunskirchen, Austria, April 22, 2022 – The Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy is on track for the highly-anticipated return to the famous Le Mans Karting International circuit from July 26th to 30th, 2022. Around 300 drivers from all over the world will compete for victory in the Rotax categories and this year will also see the premiere of the Rotax Project E20 Senior class, where the winner will be awarded their invitation ticket for the annual Rotax Racing highlight, the RMC Grand Finals 2022.
For the Rotax Project E20 Senior category, BRP-Rotax offers a special ‘Arrive & Drive’ race package to make it very easy to experience competition E-Karting and allows more time to...
Anatoly Khavalkin
20/04/22
Another race another podium for Anatoly Khavalkin, busy in Zuera for the second Champions Of The Future round,
After a great start in the FIA European Championship, the Parolin driver returned again to the podium, this time in third position, in the preparation race for the European Championship. This was an...
Birel ART
20/04/22
Immediately after the start of the European OK and OK-Junior Championship in Portimão, the Birel ART Racing team headed to Spain to participate in the second round of the Champions of the Future Euro Series in Zuera.
The Birel ART / TM Racing packages from the Red Army showed an excellent level of performance. In OK, Cristian Bertuca was very fast in the top three of the heats before finishing 10th in the Final...
BNL karting series
20/04/22
With a very healthy 193 entries at Karting Genk for the first round of the 2022 BNL Karting Series season, the Easter sunshine over the course of the weekend saw plenty of racing action at the world-renowned Limburg circuit, with drivers looking to cement their place in the championship standings.
In Micro MAX, there were plenty of surprises including a maiden international pole position for Jack Freeman (GBR)on Saturday, along with some brilliant close quarter racing. However, ...
RMCET
20/04/22
Gunskirchen/Genk, April 20, 2022 – The start of the fifth season of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy is imminent: Next weekend, the engines will be revving again on track in Genk, Belgium. More than 225 names make up the list of participants in a total of seven categories, promising some eventful racing action for the beginning of the international series.
The upcoming weekend of April 22nd to 24th will see the duel for the first points in this year's Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy at Karting Genk – ‘...
Anatoly Khavalkin
13/04/22
Anatoly Khavalkin finished one step away from victory in the first race of the OKJ European Championship in Portimao (Portugal).
A very good start to the season for the Parolin driver, who came within a step of the overall victory and firmly in second position in the Junior class. Anatoly proved to be even more competitive...
Birel ART
12/04/22
The Birel ART Racing Team was looking forward to the start of the FIA Karting European Championships. They arrived in Portimao with a particularly sharp technical package, both in the OK class and in OK-Junior.
Kirill Kutskov was constantly at the top of the rankings and could certainly have aimed for better than 8th place in the Junior Final, if he hadn't had a retirement in a Qualifying Heat. And in...
Anatoly Khavalkin
07/04/22
The drivers who will take part in the inaugural round of the FIA European Championship, which will take place at the Kartódromo Internacional do Agarve, in the Portuguese city of Portimão, are buzzing.
Anatoly Khavalkin, Parolin driver, after having consecrated himself among the aegis of the big names with his victory in the last round of the WSK Super Master Series at Sarno, at the Circuito...
Parma Karting ASD
04/04/22
The victory of the 33rd edition of the Andrea Margutti Trophy went to Giuseppe Palomba (KZ2), Mark Dubnitski (OK-Junior), Dries Van Langendonck (MINI), Riccardo Cirelli (X30 Junior) and Danny Carenini (X30 Senior).
Lonato del Garda, April 3, 2022. The final stages of the 33rd Andrea Margutti Trophy did not lack surprising results when a rain shower made things trickier at the South Garda Karting of Lonato for...
Parma Karting ASD
02/04/22
The 33rd edition of the Andrea Margutti Trophy is getting ready for its final stages with categories KZ2, MINI Gr.3, OKJ, X30 Junior and X30 Senior making it onto the track after 28 qualifying heats. Live streaming from www.trofeomargutti.com on April 3rd.
Lonato del Garda, April 2nd, 2022. The second qualifying day at the South Garda Karting circuit of Lonato has been quite intense and hard-fought as all the drivers challenged each other to define the...
Birel ART
29/03/22
RGMMC organised the first round of the Champions of the Future Euro Series on the last weekend of March in Portugal. Its scheduling two weeks before the start of the FIA Karting European Championship - OK and OK-Junior made it a must-attend event. Birel ART Racing took the opportunity to gather as much data as possible for the upcoming European confrontation. Thanks to Bertuca and Pasiewicz in OK and the tireless fighting spirit of Kutskov in OK-Junior, the weekend was very fruitful for the work of the whole team.
The 1531m long Portimão circuit has some interesting features that need to be mastered before anyone can play a major role in the European Championship. The Champions of the Future Euro Series...
Anatoly Khavalkin
29/03/22
Anatoly Khavalkin familiarised himself with the Portuguese circuit for the first time, achieving a seventh position in a comeback.
In the first Euro Series Champions Of The Future round, the Parolin team driver was able to put himself to the test on a circuit which he had never actually tried but which he was able to learn and...
Champions of the Future
28/03/22
128 drivers, 48 nationalities, four days of racing, 34 Qualifying Heats and two suspenseful Finals! Four weeks after the opening of the season in Italy with the Winter Series in Franciacorta, the 2022 season of Champions of the Future has just experienced another exciting meeting in Portugal. The first of the four Euro Series events lived up to its promise. The top drivers of the OK-Senior and OK-Junior categories, accompanied by the biggest international teams, have delivered intense races on the Portimao karting circuit, which has crowned Artem Severiukhin, and Kirill Dzitiev in the youngest category.
Created in 2020 by promoter RGMMC, the Champions of the Future events have become increasingly popular over the seasons, thanks to a rigorous organisation, an appropriate choice of circuits, an...
