U18: D-29, Parolin

Like many other Manufacturers, Albino Parolin inherited a passion for motor sports from his father, who was a motocross engine tuner. As like many other factory bosses active in Karting, Albino Parolin used to be a Driver and then a Mechanic.

From 1981 to 1990, he took part in a lot of national and international events, even directly competing against such Drivers as Hakkinen, Schumacher or Morbidelli. Then came the time to put his passion for Karting into practice, and he became a very high-level Mechanic. It gave him the opportunity to accompany the rise of a future Formula One Driver, Giancarlo Fisichella. He subsequently had the idea of manufacturing his own chassis. And then that of subcontracting for other makes.

Parolin may not be the most famous Manufacturer of the day but appearances can be deceiving as the company based in Romano d’Ezzelino, in the Italian Venetia, is perhaps the one which uses the largest number of tubes for the manufacturing of frames every year! The reason is that very many makes have recourse to the services of Parolin to get their karts produced, and the plant is accordingly equipped.
Parolin has never systematically entered the major competitions. Racing against his own cus- tomers is a moral obstacle that the boss refuses to ignore too much. However, as high-level competition nevertheless remains the best experimentation ground and the best conveyor for technological development, Albino Parolin selects his Racing Team’s entries according to possi- ble challenges or to the motivation and curiosity that they can generate.

Thus, in 2002, Parolin supplied chassis to Team MBM, which was specifically created to have Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg compete in the World Championship before they switched over to automobiles. And, quite recently, Parolin has focussed on the challenging undertaking to introduce more affordable and balanced Karting by supplying his complete karts for the new CIK-FIA Academy Trophy as well as the engines (with WKE marking) for the new CIK-FIA “U18” World Championship, and by entering its chassis make in the latter Championship reserved for Drivers under 18 years old.

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