International Magazine – KARTCOM News #45 – Free download

FIA International karting goes from strength to strength; While the CIK is integrating more than ever the FIA, the results of the 2018 World Championships are already very positive. Records were broken in Sweden with 215 pilots entered at Kristianstad. The most significant gain concerns the OK category, which has been steadily improving since its launch in 2016. A vital link in this roll-out, several national championships support the new CIK categories like Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Japan, etc.

An essential gateway to the single-seater, OK-Junior now leads almost automatically through to OK where there are also drivers en route to a 100% karting career. The presence of these stars is an essential element to the image of this sport. Between a school for young drivers and a discipline in itself, karting has a strong potential for development. The foundations of this renewal put in place the CIK-FIA over eight years demonstrate a pragmatic and passionate analysis whose merit is largely due to Kees Van De Grint, the visionary and determined Vice-President. The involvement of the FIA will be felt more and more clearly in the years to come and new major projects are already beginning under the aegis of Felipe Massa, the new President, and his team.

The organisation of the 2018 World Championships showed that karting can attract many spectators, while its presence on social networks became more important than ever. In Belgium as much as in Sweden, the two major events of the year offered a high quality show thanks to a constant effort to improve the organisation down to the smallest detail.

Although the KZ category is still looking for a place at the top of the performance with its specialists, OK and OK-Junior completely fulfilled their mission at Kristianstad. The competition proved to be very selective because of the changing weather which tested the experience of the teams as much as the versatility of the drivers. In the end, some great champions were crowned in Sweden. The Frenchman Victor Bernier demonstrated the power of his young talent in full bloom by winning the world title with the VDK Racing team, two years after that of another Frenchman, Victor Martins, on the same equipment within the same team, so two Victors and two victories.

In its first year of existence, the brand Kart Republic created a sensation by disrupting the hierarchy in OK, as well as a great reward for the manufacturer IAME whose Parilla engines won the two world titles. Dino Chiesa confirmed his genius with KR by winning both the European title and the world title. It was a long awaited title for Lorenzo Travisanutto, a pure karting driver with professional status and a very pleasant personality.

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