U18: D-27 Tecno

Tecno is the very expression of noble home-made crafts. The love to see a job well done, the overall control of production, the commitment to human values in one’s work and in sport, all brought to the highest level.

Tecno reflects the permanent confrontati on between mechanical cleverness and a belonging to another world, a world where passion has not been replaced by the modern economical models or by obsessive mass production. This is what Graziano Cerino, Mr Tecno, is made of : he belongs to the old school.

Tecno makes it a point of honour to be a major Manufacturer while remaining a small one. For the boss, greatness is indeed in the capacity to create, to innovate, to optimise, to master. At each new homologation session, i.e. every three years, Tecno reserves at least one surprise and presents, always with discreti on and modesty, a technological novelty or a new mechanical refinement…

Based in Strambino, near Turin, the make dear to Graziano Cerino was born in the 1970’s. It has no connections with the other Tecno, that of the Pederzani brothers, who, before manufacturing Formula 3 and even Formula 1 cars, revolutionised Karting in the 1960’s by creating the architecture of kart frames which sti ll prevails today.

The Tecno di Graziano Cerino is getting through its fourth decade of Karting and has touched the production of every kart component except tyres. Chassis, brakes, engines, ignitions, bodywork, hubs, rims, various accessories, etc. In its will to master everything, Tecno has even gone as far as including in its producti on chain a paint workshop for the frames!

While originality is its trademark, some sporting results have also enhanced the image of Tecno. In the days when the Manufacturer was very involved in the biggest competitions – directly or via the GKS structure of Paul Lemmens, who was in the past his importer for Belgium – Tecno collected victories and international titles. And out of all the successes achieved, the 1997 European title probably remains the one that is most engraved in people’s memories as it was conquered in the top category of those days – Formula Super A – and also, not to say mainly, because the co-author of the performance was a future World Formula 1 Champion : Jenson Button.

Drivers entered in the CIK-FIA U18 World Championship du Monde with Tecno:
John Barbe (F), Francesco Bracotti (I), Aaron Moreno Moya (E)

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