Category: CIK

122 drivers descended on Lonato for the KZ2 Supercup, a support race to the KZ World Championship. All the top drivers were present on the grid, including most of the factory teams. Despite the huge amount of drivers there was one name that rose to the top. That being Sodikart’s Emilien Denner. The Frenchman topped the time sheets in qualifying, lapping the Italian circuit in 46.185 seconds. 2nd was FormulaK’s Giacomo Pollini less than half a tenth behind. Emil Skaras powered his Energy kart to 3rd ahead of Senna Van…

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The final round of the FIA Karting Academy trophy supported the KZ World Championships at Lonato this weekend. It would see 46 drivers from around the globe competing on identical karts. Qualifying was headed up by Lithuania’s Kajus Siksnelis, setting a benchmark time of around the Italian circuit. Singapore’s Christian Ho was 2nd fastest, less than a tenth behind. It was an impressive 3rd for Max Dodds with a 50.285 with New Zealand’s Jacob Douglas 4th. Robert De Haan rounded out the top 5. The Heats Saw Ho take a…

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The final of the World Championship took place in drying conditions in Finland after a late down poor before the Junior final took place. By the time the Seniors took to the track, most of the circuit was dry. One section of the circuit was extremely greasy, which caused some big names to fall out of the running, namely Gabriel Bortoleto, Mathias Salonen and Dilano Vant’hoff on the opening laps, with Luigi Coluccio also joining them on the side lines. With just over 8 laps to go, Dino Beganovic lost…

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The first full day of competition at the world championships was rounded off by qualifying for the heats, taking place tomorrow and Sunday. With mixed weather already having an effect on proceedings, being on track at the right time can be crucial. Bedrin steals pole on the last lap A total of 4 sessions took place for the juniors, with big names littered throughout each of them. Session 1 was topped by Ugo Ugochukwu with a time of 45.061, just 0.016 seconds faster than Cristian Bertuca. Notably, Tuukka Taponen was…

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The final round of the CIK FIA European karting championship looked like it was going to be a straight fight between 2017 Junior world champion Dexter Patterson and Reigning Senior World Champion Lorenzo Travisanutto as well as reigning Junior European Champions Gabriele Mini. It would be Travisanutto’s team mate Kobe Pauwels who set the fastest time in qualifying. Dino Beganovic was 2nd fastest with Kirill Smal 3rd. Mini was the fastest of the title rivals in 4th with Patterson 7th and Travisanutto in 9th. Up the order was Joeseph Turney…

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The final round of the CIK FIA European championship had come down to a 3 way battle between VDK Racing’s Marcus Amand, Ricky Fylnn Motorsport’s Thomas Ten Brinke. Things wouldn’t start well for Ten Brinke, as he struggled in qualifying, over 9 tenths behind pole sitter Martinius Stenshorne. That left the Dutchman down in 63rd. By contrast, Marcus Amand was just 0.04s behind the pole man, 3rd fastest overall. Ugo Ugochukwu managed to split Amand and Stenshorne while Antonelli was 4th. Further down the order was Nikita Bedrin in 9th…

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The penultimate round of the CIK European Championship would see 66 drivers on track over 3 days of racing at Kristianstad, Sweden. Last year this track saw the world champion crowned, this year it would set up the fight for the European Championship. Dominant this year has been Dexter Patterson, who again topped the qualifying times with a 50.328s lap. However, he was chased closely by Lorenzo Travisanutto, who won the World title here last year. Just 0.011s would separate the pair. 3rd was Parolin’s Gabriele Mini’, just half a…

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The penultimate round of the Junior European Championship saw the drivers descend on Kristianstad, Sweden. Qualifing saw Rosberg’s Andrea Antonelli return to the top of the time sheets, setting a time of 52.247, just 0.062s faster than round 1 winner Tuukka Taponen. 3rd fastest was Karol Pasieqicz on the Luxor/LKE package. Theo Wernersson was 4th fastest while Kajus Siksnelis rounded out the top 5. Nikita Bedrin was 6th while Marcus Amand was down in 9th. Championship leader Thomas Ten Brinke had a lot of work to do, having qualified 24th…

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