CIK-FIA

The FIA and the CIK celebrate their 2011 Karting Champions

The International Karting Commission of the FIA (CIK-FIA) started the year 2012 in dignified fashion by rewarding its Champion Drivers of the 2011 season on Saturday 7 January in Paris, at the Pavillon Gabriel, near the FIA headquarters and just off the famous Champs Élysées and Place de la Concorde. Opened in the presence of the FIA President, Jean Todt, the ceremony has honoured nearly 30 award-winners.

The President of the CIK-FIA, Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa, stated: “2011 was a great season which revealed very worthy Champions. In some Championships, including the World KF1 Championship, the Drivers tipped as favourites were the winners, but several others saw private and non-official team Drivers create pleasant and sometimes resounding surprises. ...

Results of the invitations to tender issued by the FIA for Karting

Within the framework of the invitations to tender conducted by the FIA for Karting matters and on decision of the FIA World Motor Sport Council which met on 7 December 2011 in New Delhi (IND), the following tenderers have been retained: ...

KF1, WKC, Day 2: De Vries retains gis World title



Dutchman Nyck De Vries was in no mood to relax the grip which he tightened on the CIK-FIA World Karting Championship 2011 in the first two races on Saturday.

Second place behind Ignacio D’Agosto in the race 3 was good enough to clinch the Crown, but as a good champion should, the Dutchman went out of karting with all guns blazing when he won a superbly contested race 4 to close his kart racing career with not only the world championship but a Farewell race win.
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KF1 WKC, Suzuka: Crunch time for De Vries and Albon



Only one week after it revealed the season’s first World Champions (Matthew Graham for Drivers and Zanardi for chassis in the “U18” category), the CIK-FIA is preparing to celebrate the competitor who will land the supreme title in the KF1 category, further to a long course comprising five events and twenty races!

Having visited Germany, Spain, Belgium and Italy, the World KF1 Championship is about to end in Japan on 10-13 November at the circuit of Suzuka, which many Drivers rate as one of their favourite tracks. And quite recently, recalling his Karting memories Jenson Button described the Suzuka course as the best one. The current McLaren F1 Driver ...

Sarno, Day 3: Leclerc takes the Academy Trophy



There was a major drama at the start of the Academy Trophy Race One. Pole man and championship leader Charles Leclerc suddenly went from first to a long way last on the formation lap! Two more formation laps were signalled but Leclerc could not reach the pack and had to start last. He later explained that someone had crashed into him and his chain had come off. He had to stop and put the chain back on!

His main rival Ben Barnicoat took a big lead but was eventually overtaken by the impressive Dutchman Marijn Kremers. ...

U18 WKC, Sarno: Champion Graham wins battle of fluctuating fortunes



Matthew Graham (Zanardi) followed fellow Englishman Jake Dennis as the 2011 CIK-FIA “U18” World Champion in the second staging of the Event. It was a day of changing fortune for both of the top 2 contenders. Finland’s Pyry Ovaska (Maranello) the championship leader had a most disappointing Saturday but went into the Final with every opportunity to win the title. He started on the front row but made a slow start. Both Graham and Frenchman Anthoine Hubert (Sodi) made better starts and Ovaska was soon seen to be struggling.
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BRIDGESTONE CUP EUROPEAN FINAL 2011 – LONATO (BS) 21-23 OTTOBRE 2011
NELLA BRIDGESTONE CUP DI LONATO VINCONO CORBERI (KF3), IL DANESE MOLLER-MADSEN (KF2) E L’OLANDESE PEX (KZ2)



OLTRE 160 I PILOTI PRESENTI NELL’ULTIMO APPUNTAMENTO DELLA STAGIONE A LONATO. NEL TROFEO CHAMPIONKART VINCONO FAVARO (U18) E TORMEN (ACADEMY).

Lonato (Brescia), 24 ottobre 2011. Con uno straordinario successo di partecipanti si è disputata al South Garda Karting di Lonato la “Bridgestone Cup European Final 2011”, con oltre 160 verificati provenienti da gran parte d’Europa nelle tre categorie internazionali KF3, KF2 e KZ2, oltre alle due classi del Trofeo Championkart “FIM Open U18” e “Academy”.

Ad arricchire questo classico appuntamento di fine stagione e ultima prova della stagione per il circuitobresciano, ...

BRIDGESTONE CUP EUROPEAN FINAL - Pista South Garda Karting Lonato (Bs), 23.10.2011

• - ENTRY FORM 2011

(KF2 - KF3 - KZ2)

• - ENTRY FORM 2011

(Open U18 & Academy)


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Karting - Decisioni del Consiglio Mondiale FIA
LATEST DECISIONS OF THE FIA WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL CONCERNING KARTING



At its meeting on 23 September 2011 in Singapore (SGP) and on proposals of the International Karting Commission Members, the FIA World Motor Sport Council took in particular the following decisions concerning Karting:

• Sporting Regulations

Within the framework of the 2012 CIK-FIA World KF1 Championship, it has been decided to introduce the allocation of engines to the Drivers by drawing lots, as agreed with the most involved engine Manufacturers in the category concerned. These Manufacturers shall expressly enter the Championship by stating that they are engine suppliers, and they must place at the disposal of Drivers a set of identical and sealed engines at each event. ...

Thomas Knopper Memorial: De Conto wins, Schumacher 4th



Tragically cut down during a round of the German Championship at Liedolsheim in 2009, the Dutchman Thomas Knopper is still present in the memories of the followers of international Karting. He had in particular been crowned CIK-FIA European KZ2 Champion in 2007. On the initiative of his parents and friends, a race is henceforth dedicated to him each season, and the “Ciao Thomas Knopper Memorial” is directly related to another event established for many years on the track of Kerpen in Germany, the Graf Berghe von Trips Memorial. Kerpen means Schumacher… As keen on Karting as ever and originating from Kerpen, Michael Schumacher often indulges in the pleasures of driving a KZ, while unhesitatingly entering official competitions and crossing swords with the category’s specialists. ...

Thomas Knopper Memorial



Un grande evento e' alle porte. Il primo weekend di ottobre (1-2) avra' luogo a Kerpen, il Von Trips Memorial per la cfategoria KF2 e la seconda edizione della Gara Thomas Knopper Ciao Memorial per la categoria KZ2. Piloti, spettatori e fan possono aspettarsi giorni di gara unici.

Proprio l'anno scorso il Ciao Thomas Knopper Race Memorial è stato un punto culminante per il karting tedesco e non solo. Insieme al Club Kart di Kerpen-Manheim nel 2009, la famiglia dello sfortunato pilota olandese ha voluto dare inizio ad una manifestazione che ricordasse Thomas e i suoi sogni di pilota.
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Che spettacolo il mondiale Karting a Sarno!



Tre giorni entusiasmanti che hanno eletto Sarno a capitale mondiale dei motori con i migliori kartisti ed ospiti di rilievo internazionale. Per il Campionato del Mondo, finali che consolidano con enorme sforzo la leadership dell’olandese De Vries mentre nelle Coppe del Mondo, i campioni sono: l’Italiano di Pescara L. Spinelli (Tony/Vortex) in KF2 ed il Monegasco C. Leclerc (Intrepid/Tm) per la KF3 Circuito Internazionale Napoli in Sarno è stato teatro del: Campionato Mondiale Karting CIK FIA classe KF1 e Coppe del Mondo CIK FIA classi KF2 e KF3.

What a show for Sarno’s Karting events!
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World Cup for KF3: Leclerc in style



The most prestigious event amongst the Juniors (13-15 years) of the KF3 category, the 2011 CIK-FIA World Cup version should remain as a grand cru in everyone’s memory. Because the number of candidates out for victory, not forgetting the young drivers all with an excellent potential future ahead of them, was especially important. And yet one of them was to excel above all the others throughout the weekend. Having set best lap time during the qualifying heats Charles Leclerc (Intrepid-TM) was only stopped from victory in all his qualifying heats as the result of being penalised twice for excessive speed at the start. And so for the Pre-Final he set off from 3rd place … and winning same, which entitled him to grabbing pole position for the decisive Final. ...

World Cup for KF2: all glory for Loris Spinelli



Winner of the CIK-FIA World Cup for KF2 following a Final over a hard battle of some 30 kilometres Loris Spinelli (Tony Kart-Vortex) fully deserved hearing his national anthem played in his honour at Sarno. Already leading after the qualifying heats, the Italian took full advantage of his pole position to lead the Prefinal from lights to the chequered flag, which allowed him to be at the front of the grid for the start of the Final, the sole decisive race. Having taken the best start Loris was unable to build up a gap. Not only was he rejoined but even overtaken by Antonio Maria Giovinazzi (PCR-Parilla) and by the Thai driver (competing with an Irish licence) Tanart Sathienthirakul (Tony Kart-TM). ...

KF1 WKC, Day 2 at Sarno: Good deal for De Vries and Camponeschi



The fourth round of the CIK-FIA World KF1 Championship at Sarno boasted its usual surprises and loads of suspense. Winner of the two Races on Saturday, Nyck De Vries (Zanardi-Parilla) appeared to be going out for a perfect weekend having clinched another pole position on Sunday morning. However, this time around the Dutchman missed his start and only came through the first bend in 6th place. Having climbed back into 3rd spot after three laps, he was then let down by his engine and had to throw in the towel. Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart-Vortex) could not have asked for more. Having got the better of the Pole Karol Basz (RK-BMB), he took off for his second win of the season. ...

A Nick De Vries le due finali in programma sabato



Nick De Vries cannibalizza le prime due finali in programma per questo, quarto, appuntamento del World Championship KF1 in Sarno.

Senza lasciare nulla al caso, il pilota olandese porta a casa il risultato massimo con due vittorie su due.

Alle sue spalle, in Race1, chiude l'italiano Ignazio D'Agosto e in terza posizione finir​arol Basz.

Per Race2, ancora Nick De Vries, con Alexander Albon sul secondo gradino del podio conquistato proprio sotto la bandiera a scacchi soffiandolo ad un eccezionale Ignazio D'Agosto.

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A Sarno è iniziato il mondiale karting



A Sarno, presso il Circuito Internazionale Napoli è iniziata la lunga maratona mondiale del Karting. Giornata interamente dedicata alle verifiche tecniche sportive dei mezzi e per i 254 piloti iscritti alle tre competizioni che porteranno ancora una volta il Circuito Campano alla ribalta mondiale del motorsport. Le attività in pista inizieranno dalla giornata di giovedì per concludersi domenica 18 settembre con la fase finale dell’evento. Circuito Internazionale Napoli in Sarno è teatro del: Campionato Mondiale Karting CIK FIA classe KF1 e Coppe del Mondo CIK FIA classi KF2 e KF3.

In Sarno begin the Cik Fia World Karting Event
In Sarno (Sa,IT) begin the Cik Fia World Karting event. Present day for the Sportive-Technical Checks to the vehicles and for the 254 drivers on the entry list. For the track, it will be open on Thursday till next Sunday 18 (Sept. 011) with Finale phase of the entire event. Circuito Internazionale Napoli is the home of CIK –FIA World Karting Championship and CIK-FIA World Cup on single event for KF2 and KF3.
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CIK-FIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR KF1 + WORLD CUP FOR KF2 / KF3
CIRCUITO INTERNAZIONALE NAPOLI - Sarno (Sa), 18.09.2011

• EVENT GUIDE
• ENTRY LIST KF1
• ENTRY LIST KF2
• ENTRY LIST KF3

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OTTIMA PRESTAZIONE DI MIRKO TORSELLINI CON CRG IN BELGIO: 6° NELLA COPPA DEL MONDO KZ2, MA AVREBBE POTUTO VINCERE



CON LA SQUADRA UFFICIALE DELLA CRG, MIRKO ALLA FINE SI E' DOVUTO ACCONTENTARE DEL SESTO POSTO DOPO UNA RIMONTA CON 24 SORPASSI IN 22 GIRI. LA CRG IN PREMIO LO FARA' PARTECIPARE ALLA GARA DI LAS VEGAS NEGLI USA IL PROSSIMO 20 NOVEMBRE.

Genk (Belgio). Questa volta la trasferta di Mirko Torsellini in Belgio per la Coppa del Mondo KZ2 è stata proprio segnata dalla sfortuna, dopo che il pilota senese con il suo CRG-Maxter della squadra ufficiale si era rivelato fra i maggiori protagonisti fin dalle prove ufficiali, dove era riuscito a ottenere una spettacolare pole position mettendosi alle spalle 73 rivali provenienti da tutto il mondo.

Nelle tre manches del sabato due vittorie e un secondo posto lo aveva proiettato nella ristretta lista dei maggiori candidati al titolo, ma in agguato c' erano le condizioni mutevoli del meteo.
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