2017 CIK-FIA Best-Of: Presentation of the Season
The 2017 season of the CIK-FIA Championships, Cups and Trophies was organised around 12 Competitions in six categories in nine countries in Europe; Italy, Belgium, Spain, Great Britain, France, Finland, Sweden, Holland and Germany. New regulations Access to the Junior categories is now open to drivers aged between 12 to 14 during the […]
The 2017 season of the CIK-FIA Championships, Cups and Trophies was organised around 12 Competitions in six categories in nine countries in Europe; Italy, Belgium, Spain, Great Britain, France, Finland, Sweden, Holland and Germany.
New regulations
Access to the Junior categories is now open to drivers aged between 12 to 14 during the year, the senior categories without gearboxes being accessible from 14 years of age during the year.
The minimum weight of the KZ category has been reduced by 5 kg, from 175 to 170 kg, including the Driver.
The Prefinals and Repechage Heats have been removed. The qualifying stages are now limited to the Qualifying Heats, the number of which has been increased. The Finals have taken on a decisive importance.
Calendar
The CIK-FIA European Championship and CIK-FIA European Junior Championship took place together over five Competitions, the CIK-FIA European KZ Championship had four Competitions, one more than in 2016. The CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the CIK-FIA European KZ2 Championship did not change with a season of three Competitions. The World Championships have been decided over single Competitions since 2014.
The Fernando Alonso circuit at Ovideo (ESP) made its debut on the calendar, while that of Mika Salo at Alahärmä (FIN) returned after 14 years of absence. With the CIK-FIA World KZ Championship held at Wackersdorf (DEU), Germany hosted its first World Competition for 40 years.
Entries
The CIK-FIA fields grew globally in 2017. The OK category recorded a very strong increase compared to 2016, while OK-Junior maintained its usual figures. The KZ2 category also registered a rise in entries.
The Le Mans (FRA) Competition held from 29th June to 2nd July brought together the largest number of Drivers with 245 participants in four categories.
Five continents and 57 countries were represented over all of the Competitions.
CIK-FIA Best of 2017 / © Photo KSP
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