CIK-FIA Press Release: Although we have not yet reached the closing date of entries, the first chassis makes which have already entered leads us to expect that the CIK-FIA U18 World Karting Championship will achieve an even higher level in …
Category Archive: Europe
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James Pull's First Top 5 Finish in Europe
Singapore, 10 August 2011 – Just a month after achieving his best European finish of 13th place, James Pull bettered himself with a top five finish at Round 4 of the Italian CSAI Karting Championship. Held at the South Garda …
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Tanart Sathienthirakul 2nd in WSK Euro Series
The final round of the WSK Euro Series was held at Zuera in Spain last weekend. Thai driver Tanart Sathienthirakul finished 2nd in KF2 making partial amends for his “win” in the European Championship a week earlier where he was …
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Sathienthirakul wins European KF2 Championship, Penalised
Tanart Sathienthirakul of Thailand started the CIK-FIA European KF2 Championship final on pole position and took the chequered flag in first place but was dropped to 10th place after a 10 second penalty was handed to him for exceeding the …
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Pull Has Best European Results (james-pull.com)
James pull had his best European race meeting earlier this month in the Italian CSAI Karting Championship held at the Vitebro International Circuit North of Rome. After qualifying in 20th of 44 drivers James made it through to the final …
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WSK Euro Series – La Conca
A host of Asian drivers took part in the latest round of the WSK Euro Series held at the La Conca Circuit in Italy. Thai driver Tanart Sathienthirakul kept on with his impressive results in Europe finishing in 4th place …
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James Pull's First 2011 Euro Race
Singapore, 6 April 2011 – After kicking off the Asian karting season, James Pull travelled to Italy for his first European stint of this season, the first round of the Italian CSAI Karting Championship last weekend. Racing in the 60 Mini category at the 1.8-kilometre International Circuit Napoli of Sarno, this was the longest track that he had ever competed in. However, Pull delivered a fantastic performance despite facing stiff competition from a strong European field.
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Pictures From WSK Masters
In our earlier article we mentioned that a bunch of Singaporean and Malaysian karters made their way over to the WSK Master series in Italy about a week ago. We’ve received pictures of the event from Cheryl Tay.
For Cheryl’s reports on the event visit www.cheryl-tay.com. Also visit James Pull’s website for his thoughts on the race at www.james-pull.com.
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Mitchell Gilbert Impresses in Rd 1 of the WSK Master Series
Kosmic Kart Racing driver Mitchell Gilbert achieved a respectable fifth place finish in round one of the WSK Master Series in Siena, Italy between 26-29 August, despite suffering some engine troubles during the course of the weekend.
With fierce competition from 46 international competitors in the KF2 class, Mitchell was able to achieve two exceptional first place finishes during two of the weekends’ heats. An engine issue in the remaining heat left Mitchell with a twelfth place finish, putting the young Australian driver in seventh spot on the grid for the pre-final.
Starting from the dirty side of the track meant Mitchell was in a vulnerable position for the start of the pre-final, though he was able to gain one place through the course of the race finishing in sixth. Mitchell again performed well in the Siena final, gaining one position and finishing the race in fifth place, handing the 16 year old 19 valuable championship points. <--!more-->
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WSK Master Series 2010
The WSK Master Series 2010 kicked off last weekend at the Siena Karting Circuit in Italy. The Master Series is a 3-round championship that runs from August to October at 3 tracks in Italy running the 60mini, KF2, KF3, and KZ2 (shifters) categories. The first round had several drivers familiar to the South-East-Asian region in the KF2 and Mini 60 categories.
Australian driver Mitchell Gilbert who started his karting career in Malaysia put in a good performance in the KF2 category finishing the final in 5th place, with enough pace to go a few places higher.
The mini 60 category saw a bunch of drivers from Malaysia/Singapore. James Pull, Daim Hishammudin, and Max Fewtrell all made the trip to Italy to take part in the competitive field of 66 drivers! None of the 3 managed to make the final (34 out of the 66 drivers make it to the final stage), but all gained tremendously from the experience. Fewtrell was the closest to to getting into the final having missed out on a possible top 34 placing because of carb problems forcing him to sit out a heat. After the heats the 3 drivers were classified in 45th (Hishammudin), 48th (Fewtrell), and 62nd (Pull). Fewtrell had the best single heat finish with a 14th, while Hishamuddin and Pull both managed a 16th place.
For full results and more information on the series go to www.wskarting.it
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Euro Challenge Competition not Dampened by Stormy Weather
Round 1 of the Rotax Euro Challenge for 2010 returned to the popular “drivers’” circuit of Sologne Karting, Salbris, France last weekend where the weather played a very significant role in the results, but failed to affect the spirit of the highly competitive racing.
At almost 1.5km in length, the rather technical track that’s been a selected venue for the series on a handful of occasions now played host once again for 180 competitors coming from five continents of the globe including several new nations being represented in 31.
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Gilbert ninth at PF International Kart Circuit
JRP Energy Racing Team driver Mitchell Gilbert competed in his first British event this weekend, finishing ninth in the fourth round of the TVKC Club Championship at the PF International Kart Circuit on Sunday 4 April.
Over 120 drivers competed during the weekend in a three heat – one final format with Mitchell going head to head with scores of British drivers who have spent their lives competing at the Lincolnshire based circuit. Despite struggling with a lack of grip on a slippery track surface and a completely different race format the Australian driver was still able to lap within two tenths of a second of the race leaders.
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