Lotus Racing Formula 1 drivers Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, and Fairuz Fauzy were at the Speedway PLUS Karting Circuit today. Some of Malaysia’s young karters were at the track to meet the drivers and ask questions about the Lotus Racing drivers’ road to F1. Kovalainen, Fauzy, and AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes all took to the track in karts for a bit of fun.
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“The KZ2 podium is a very good result – said Peter de Bruijn after the race -. We are very motivated by the quality of our equipment, which will be a surprise to many during the season. We will be concentrating a lot of efforts in the gearbox category with Jack Hawksworth, and I promise you will be amazed by the development we have done with Iame. I can openly say that in 2010 we aim at the European and World Championships titles.”
Maddox grabbed a 2nd place in KZ2 with Jack Hawksworth. They also had a presence in KF3 with Lucas Auer and Tanart Sathienthirakul in KF2.
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Peter de Bruijn’s PDB Racing Team took on the grids of the 21st Margutti Trophy with a team of six drivers in KF2, KF3 and KZ2.
Download the full PDB Press Release. (pdf)
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The second round of the WSK Euro Series was held last weekend at the South Garda Karting Track in Lonato, Italy. In KF2 Australian driver Mitchell Gilbert and Indonesian driver Kevin Susilo made the final, while Thai driver Tanart Sathienthirakul had a tough weekend being classified only 65th after the heats. Kevin Susilo drove solidly in the heats starting 14th in the pre-final, but then his luck ran out with a DNF in both the pre-final and final. Mitch had 1 bad heat making it really close as he was the last (34th) driver to make the final phase. From there he worked his way to a 20th place finish in the final.
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Rahul Raj Mayer took on the Senior category at the opening round of the PLUS Yamaha SL Cup Malaysia series held at the Sepang Karting Circuit last weekend. Following his win in the Junior category at the Rotax Max Malaysia Challenge held a few weeks earlier at the same track Rahul took 1st place at the Yamaha event as well. James Pull was the only double-race winner taking 1st in cadets, while Daniel Woodroof converted a 4th place in race 1 to a win in race 2 for the overall win.
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Rotax has announced that the 2010 Rotax Grand Finals will return to the La Conca karting circuit in Muro Leccese, Italy from 14/11/2010 – 21/11/2010.
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We’ve added a Facebook page for karters to keep in touch with KartingAsia.com through Facebook! View and join our page here!
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The CIK-FIA Super KF European Championships have been cancelled after only 14 entries were received. The championship was to be a 3-round series, but won’t be run. The World Championships which are to be held in September in Spain are still going to go ahead as planned. The CIK-FIA is looking at the possibility of making the World Championships based on the KF2 category.
Full CIK-FIA release:
Having registered just 14 requests for entry to the Super KF European Championship, the CIK-FIA has had to take the decision to cancel it. This Championship should, in principle, have been run over three events. The European events in which the Super KF should have been run will, nevertheless, be retained as their programme includes other categories in which the number of entries has not suffered any shortfall.
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PLUS YAMAHA SL CUP (MALAYSIAN SERIES) 2010 START THIS SUNDAY
Petaling Jaya, Wednesday: – Come this Sunday, 50 go-kart racers from all over Asia will be pitting their driving skills against each other in the inaugural PLUS Yamaha SL Cup (Malaysian Series) 2010 at the Sepang International Go-Kart Circuit.
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Australian driver Mitchell Gilbert (Energy/TM/Vega) took a podium finish after a great performance in the wet at the 21st Andrea Margutti Trophy held at the Parma Karting Circuit last weekend.
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The content just keeps coming from the first round of the Rotax Asia Zone/Malaysia Challenge. To add to the vast array of pictures already available, now we’ve got video as well! BlackDog has put together 3 to 4 minute professional video productions of the Masters, MicroMax, Senior, and DD2 categories. Links will be updated here as the rest of the categories become available. Comment on the videos in the KartingAsia.com forums in this thread.
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NABIL JEFFRI is taking a huge step closer to the Formula1 but thankfully he has Malaysia’s only Formula 1 driver Alex Yoong for guidance.
The 16-year-old Kuala Lumpur born go-karter has confirmed his participation in the 2010 Formula BMW Pacific season, his maiden single seater season.
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