Digital Magazine – KARTCOM News #15 – Free download

September opens the period of major events worldwide. The title “World Champion” is sometimes misused by one-make championship winners in classes that do not have the official status. The FIA has jealously protects its competitions and titles, and there’s nothing wrong with keeping the magic of a real World Championship.

The KZ event has just ended in France, on the new karting circuit at Le Mans. A legendary venue whose very name evokes the legend of the 24 Hour race created in 1923 by the ACO. Karting also has a great history at Le Mans is also available in the version with 6th place of Ayrton Senna in the 1978 World Championship, his first European race, the Junior World Vice Champion in 1985 for Michael Schumacher or Jarno Trulli’s memorable victory in Super A in 1991.
Is karting still as magical in 2015? This be answered by referring to the ovation at Le Mans when Kozlinski completed the first lap of the final ahead on his Sodi or where De Conto was joined on the last lap by Pex and especially Ardigo who came back from afar. But the very beautiful Le Mans International Karting track is not really conducive to battles that produce goosebumps, as the current karts are undoubtedly too complex and too heavy to promote daring moves, the tyres too delicate to allow the real geniuses of the steering wheel to express themselves and the sometimes very restrictive regulations make it hard to put on a real show. However, karting does not live in a bubble, the world changes constantly and we must make the best of it.
So we welcome the planned show – although it is no longer inevitable – and will look for the true achievements where they are and will not let it spoil our enjoyment. Especially when it is run as a single event, a karting World Championship remains an exciting show to watch live at the trackside or on a screen. Congratulations to Jorrit Pex, a Dutch driver racing with a (large) family team, which has added its name to the prestigious list World Champions, the French driver Thomas Laurent, a driver at the private Cédric Sport team, who managed a masterstroke in the KZ2 International Super Cup and to all of the other drivers who made this event a success.

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