Competition

Superkart: Return to Hockenheim

For the first time since its revival in 2002, the CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship will comprise 4 events. The last ten editions were always structured on 3 rounds – except in 2003, when only 2 stages had been scheduled.

The menu proposed in 2012 is attractive, with a selection of circuits that should please 250cc karts enthusiasts. The first rendezvous, set at 20, 21 and 22 April, will mark the return of the European Championship to the circuit of Hockenheim (DEU), which was last visited in 2006. In July, all the Drivers – except a few Englishmen who raced there in April 2011 – will discover Snetterton (GBR) and its new 5.2km course. And the more traditional events of Assen (NLD) and Le Mans (FRA) will be held in August and September.

Superkart Drivers still have three weeks to enter the Hockenheim event. The reigning Champion en Emmanuel Vinualès and the runner-up Gavin Bennett, who were neck and neck until the last race of 2011, will continue their intense duel.

The first entries announce some changes as the Czech Adam Kout’s MS Kart chassis will be powered by a DEA engine (twice European Champion make with Vinualès and Bennett) instead of a VM. The Finn Vesa Lehtinen has also opted for an Italian engine. As for Germany’s Guido Kleinemeyer, he has replaced his Anderson-BRC unit by a PVP-DEA combination. Amongst the other validated entries are those of Lee Harpham, who is back after two sabbatical seasons, Stefan Malm, Daniel Hentschel, Henrik Lilja, Jürgen Reinke and James O’reilly.

Download the temporary schedules and the particular regulation below.

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