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Key points of the Championship 5
The Circuits 6
U18 Entry List 9
Event Time Table 13
U18 Statistics 15
Participating Makes 17
U18 Drivers’ Profiles 45
Academy Entry List 120
Academy Drivers’ Profiles 122
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WHAT ? CIK-FIA « U18 » World Karting Championship, 2nd edition.
WHO ?For any Driver holding an int’l licence and born between 1.1.93 and 31.12.96.
WHERE ? WHEN ?Events at Ortona (ITA) on 7-10 July 2011, Essay (FRA) on 26-28 August 2011 and Barhain (BHR) on 3-5 October 2011.
WITH WHAT ?KF engines (WKE/FIM) and tyres (LaCont) of single-make, supplied free of charge and distributed by drawing lots to all the Drivers. Chassis chosen by the Competitor amongst the following makes: Energy, Haase-Corsa, Intrepid, Jesolo, Mach 1, Maranello, MS Kart, Parolin, PCR, Righetti Ridolfi, Sodi, Swiss Hutless, Tecno, Top Kart and Zanardi. « E10 » single-fuel of ecological type supplied by Panta.
HOW ?Event format comprising : 5 non-qualifying practice sessions, 1 qualifying practice session (8 minutes), 10 qualifying heats of 15km each (4 per Driver), 2 Prefinals of 15km each (incl. one with reverse grid), 1 Final of 30km.
AND WHAT ELSE ? Official CIK-FIA World Champion title at the end of the championship, with awarding of the world trophy at the annual Gala of the FIA which gathers all the other FIA disciplines (F1, WRC, WTCC, GT1 World Championship, F2, etc.). Big media coverage. Exclusive educational programme. 24,000 € in prizes to the award winners (incl. 13,000 € in prize money and 11,000 € worth of equipment) + 1 test in a single-seater for the «U18» World Champion.
key points
Sector 1Sector 2Sector 3
Karting Club Ortona [email protected]
1’600mwww.circuitointernazionaledabruzzo.com
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U18 Heats & Prefinals : 10 laps • U18 Final : 19 lapsAcademy Heats : 7 laps • Academy Race 1/ Race 2 : 13 laps
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Circuito Internazionale d’Abruzzo, Ortona ( ITA )Round 1 – 08-10 . 07 . 2011
Sector 1Sector 2Sector 3
ASK 61, « La Fuie », 61200 AUNOU LE FAUCON, [email protected]
1’210mwww.ouest-karting.fr
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U18 Heats & Prefinals : 13 laps • U18 Final : 25 lapsAcademy Heats : 9 laps • Academy Race 1/ Race 2 : 17 laps
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Circuit du Grand Ouest - Pays d’Essay ( FRA )Round 2 – 26-28 . 08 . 2011
Sector 1Sector 2Sector 3
Bahrain Motor [email protected]
1’414mwww.bahraingp.com
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U18 Heats & Prefinals : 11 laps • U18 Final : 22 lapsAcademy Heats : 8 laps • Academy Race 1/ Race 2 : 15 laps
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Bahrain International Kart Circuit ( BHR )Round 3 – 03-05 . 11 . 2011
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entry list U18 1. Collard, Ricky GBR Top Kart FIM LeCont2. Webster, Sam GBR Top Kart FIM LeCont3. Dalgleish, Robbie GBR Top Kart FIM LeCont4. Martinez, Raquel ITA Top Kart FIM LeCont5. Beccaria, Michele ITA Top Kart FIM LeCont6. Speedy, (A. Fuoco) ITA Top Kart FIM LeCont7. Savona, Federico ITA Top Kart FIM LeCont10. Nylund, Niclas FIN Maranello FIM LeCont11. Ovaska, Pyry FIN Maranello FIM LeCont12. Katajamäki, Tomi FIN Maranello FIM LeCont15. Pym, Hannah GBR Intrepid FIM LeCont16. Latif, Alessandro GBR Intrepid FIM LeCont17. Sherlock, Aaron GBR Intrepid FIM LeCont20. Tang, Andrew GBR Intrepid FIM LeCont21. Riener, Stefan AUT Intrepid FIM LeCont22. Blom, Dave NLD Intrepid FIM LeCont23. Belohradski, Nikola HRY Intrepid FIM LeCont24. Kolarov, Vasil BGR Intrepid FIM LeCont25. Maxa, Radim CZE Intrepid FIM LeCont26. Niceta, Giuliano Maria ITA Intrepid FIM LeCont27. Amaral, Jorge PRT Intrepid FIM LeCont30. Ranzini, Giacomo ITA PCR FIM LeCont31. Giovinazzi, Antonio Maria ITA PCR FIM LeCont
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entry list U1832. Dell’aquila, Stefano ITA PCR FIM LeCont33. Maestranzi, Marco ITA PCR FIM LeCont35. Al-Thawadi, Abdulla BHR Swiss Hutless FIM LeCont36. Hartmann, Daniel Gaetano CHE Swiss Hutless FIM LeCont37. Valente, Alain CHE Swiss Hutless FIM LeCont38. Von Aesch, Yves CHE Swiss Hutless FIM LeCont39. Von Lerber, Isabelle CHE Swiss Hutless FIM LeCont41. Barbe, John FRA Tecno FIM LeCont42. Midali, Luca FRA Tecno FIM LeCont43. Bracotti, Francesco ITA Tecno FIM LeCont44. Moreno Moya, Aaron ESP Tecno FIM LeCont45. Vinolo Zalduegui, Jorge ESP Tecno FIM LeCont48. Dzialtuvas, Evaldas LTU Righetti FIM LeCont49. Aniunas, Tomas LTU Righetti FIM LeCont50. Paskevicius, Paulius LTU Righetti FIM LeCont51. Urbonas, Benediktas LTU Righetti FIM LeCont52. Janusis, Narvydas LTU Righetti FIM LeCont53. Maciver, Chad ZAF Righetti FIM LeCont54. D’Abramo, Mattia ITA Righetti FIM LeCont55. Zemin, Andrea ITA Righetti FIM LeCont56. Alarcón, Toni A. ESP Righetti FIM LeCont57. Horr, Pascal FRA Righetti FIM LeCont58. Rymasheuski, Dzmitry RUS Righetti FIM LeCont59. Stepánová, Barbora CZE MS Kart FIM LeCont
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entry list U1860. Forman, Jiri CZE MS Kart FIM Dunlop61. Bezel, Petr CZE MS Kart FIM LeCont62. Jilkova, Gabriela CZE MS Kart FIM LeCont63. Shershun, Evgeny RUS MS Kart FIM LeCont64. Ruud Kjaer, Magnus DNK MS Kart FIM LeCont65. Berckhan R., Sebastian MEX Haase-Corsa FIM LeCont66. Lindblad, Jakob SWE Haase-Corsa FIM LeCont67. Larsen, Kasper SWE Haase-Corsa FIM LeCont68. Nielsen, Jacob Gram DNK Haase-Corsa FIM LeCont70. Mortensen, Martin Henchel DNK Mach 1 FIM LeCont71. Flygenring, Jannick DNK Mach 1 FIM LeCont72. Nielsen, Nicolai DNK Mach 1 FIM LeCont73. Speck, Lucas DEU Mach 1 FIM LeCont74. Mäntylä, Ville FIN Energy FIM LeCont76. Back, Emil SWE Sodi FIM LeCont77. Easthope, Henry G. GBR Sodi FIM LeCont78. Baron, Alexandre C. FRA Sodi FIM LeCont79. Hubert, Anthoine FRA Sodi FIM LeCont80. Roussel, Leo FRA Sodi FIM LeCont81. Gounon, Jules FRA Sodi FIM LeCont82. Lepesqueux, Antoine FRA Sodi FIM LeCont83. Bedoret, Sébastien BEL Sodi FIM LeCont84. Affolter, Joel NLD Sodi FIM LeCont87. Dunne, Conor IRL Parolin FIM LeCont
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entry list U1888. Dlougy, Dmitry RUS Parolin FIM LeCont89. Shapoval, Vadim LTU Parolin FIM LeCont90. Pangonis, Justas LTU Parolin FIM LeCont91. Mironova, Anastasia RUS Parolin FIM LeCont93. Favaro, Simone ITA Parolin FIM LeCont94. Marchesan, Damiano OTA Zanardi FIM LeCont95. Tirman, Simon FRA Zanardi FIM LeCont96. Vasileris, Dimitrios GRC Zanardi FIM LeCont97. Graham, Matthew GBR Zanardi FIM LeCont98. Rawahi, Sanad Suleiman GBR Zanardi FIM LeCont99. Wright, Aidan AUS Zanardi FIM LeCont100. Schiff, Naomi ZAF Zanardi FIM LeCon
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Friday 08 . 07 . 201108.30-10.30 Technical Checks10.35-12.00 ACA Technical Checks13.00-18.15 Non-qualifying Practice Saturday 09 . 07 . 201108.00-10.35 Non-qualifying Practice10.50-10.58 U18 Qualifying Practice (Series 1)11.05-11.13 ACA Qualifying Practice (Series 1)11.20-11.28 U18 Qualifying Practice (Series 2)11.35-11.43 ACA Qualifying Practice (Series 2)11.50-11.58 U18 Qualifying Practice (Series 3)13.30-13.45 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-C)13.50-14.05 U18 Qualifying Heat (B-D)14.10-14.25 ACA Qualifying Heat (A-C)14.30.14.45 ACA Qualifying Heat (B-D)14.50-15.05 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-E)15.10-15.25 U18 Qualifying Heat (B-C)15.30-15.45 ACA Qualifying Heat (A-D)16.15-16.30 ACA Qualifying Heat (B-C)16.35-16.50 U18 Qualifying Heat (D-E)16.55-17.10 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-B)17.15-17.30 ACA Qualifying Heat (C-D)17.35-17.50 ACA Qualifying Heat (A-B)17.55-18.10 U18 Qualifying Heat (C-D)
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Sunday 10 . 07 . 201108.30-08.55 U18 Warm-up09.20-09.35 U18 Qualifying Heat (C-E)09.40-09.55 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-D)10.00-10.15 ACA Warm-up (Finalists B)10.20-10.35 ACA Warm-up (Finalists A)10.40-10.55 U18 Qualifying Heat (B-E)11.25-12.00 Presentation of Drivers13.15-13.30 U18 Prefinal 113.35-13.55 ACA Race 1 14.00-14.10 ACA Top 3 Podium14.40-14.55 ACA Final B 15.00-15.15 U18 Prefinal 2 15.20-15.35 U18 Final B 15.50-16.20 ACA Race 2 (with Pre-Grid on the track)16.25-17.00 U18 Final (A with Pre-Grid on the track)17.05 ACA + U18 Tops 3 Podiums17.20 ACA + U18 Tops 3 Press conference
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Total number of drivers : 83Total number of represented nationalities : 28
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driver's representation
22 others
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IRL(2), NLD(2), SWE(2), ZAF(2), AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, BHR, BLR, DEU, GRC, HRV, MEX, OMN, PRT, SGP, USA
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Total number of Drivers : 83
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Material representation
4 others11
Intrepi
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11 Righetti
9 Sodi7 Top Kart
7 Zanardi
6 MS K
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6 Parolin
5 Tecno
5 Swiss hutless
4 Haase-Corsa
4 Mach 1
4 PCR
Maranello (3), Energy (1)
Maranello. The very name is evocative: it has the sweet perfume of Italy and, for anyone interested at all in automobiles, the place is synonymous with Ferrari. The small town close to Modena is the epicentre of the passion for the red racing cars with the prancing horse, laden with prestige, elegance and performance.
In Maranello, cars and motor sport are granted the status of religions, of those religions which arouse vocations. As Italy is also the land of Karting, Maranello was inevitably bound to inspire kart lovers. And the headquarters of the engine Manufacturer SGM, mainly renowned for its KZ gearbox engines, are indeed located a stone’s throw from the Ferrari plants.
In 1996, Maranello Kart was born and the small enterprise started manufacturing chassis… recognisable thanks to their red colour. After three years of development, the make Maranello Kart had the CIK-FIA proceed to the first official homologation of its chassis.
Without giving up its name, the make nonetheless left the town of Maranello to settle at Lonato, near the well-known South Garda Karting circuit. A man was to transform the make and give it the international
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dimension that we know today : Armando Fillini. His Karting expertise associated to his passion was to enable Maranello to become a major protagonist on the scene of international competitions. In 2008 and 2009, the Maranello Racing Team is even the team which entered the largest number of Drivers in the CIK-FIA Championships !
The make also reaps success as it won in particular a World Cup for KF1 in Japan (Davide Foré, 2008), several European titles (Junior in 2006 with Miquel Monras, Super KF in 2009 with Aaro Vainio). Maranello Kart often distinguished itself by its will to promote young talents, such as Ben Hanley, Jules Bianchi and Aaro Vainio.
To its extended range of “ racing ” type chassis, the make has recently added engines specifically homologated in KF & KZ and called “ Maranello ”.
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Energy Corse was created in 1997, i.e. only three years after Michele Panigada, its creator and now director and team-manager, landed a Driver’s CIK-FIA European ICA Vice-Champion.
The first karts to bear the “ Energy ” label were obviously developed and experienced in competition by Michele Panigada himself as he competed in several World Championships in the top category of these days, Formula Super A.
As the years 2000 went by, the presence of Energy Corse in major international and national championships was considerably developed, so much so that Energy Corse is now part of the great reference teams with the best structures.
Very active in the gearbox kart category where it has made a name for itself, Energy Corse won in that category several CIK-FIA European titles (2004 with Holland’s Ricardo Van der Ende, 2006 with Germany’s Ernst Behrens, 2008 with France’s Tony Lavanant and 2010 with Paolo De Conto) and has just perpetuated this kind of tradition by taking its very first European crown in KZ1, on last 12 June in Germany, with Paolo De Conto.
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More recently, Energy Corse has extended its official involvement to the KF2 and KF3 categories, thus playing the card of the promotion of young Drivers. Their talent associated to the professional follow-up ensured at the circuits and in the development of the equipment by the Racing Team, has enabled the make to win two CIK-FIA Viking Trophies (2008 with the Swede Joel Johansson in KF2 and 2011 with Norway’s Dennis Olsen in KF3) as well as a Vice-World Champion title in 2010 with the Dane Nicolaj Moller Madsen.
Energy Corse is based in the north of Italy, at Seriate (Bergamo) and employs 8 people.
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Former European Karting Champion (1986), former Formula 1 and IndyCar Driver, Alessandro Zanardi made a point of retaining a link with the sport which thrust him to the tremendous career he has made for himself. He has thus given his name to a kart brand, the running of which he has partly entrusted CRG (which manufactures the chassis) with, and its management is entirely in Dino Chiesa’s hands. Zanardi’s interest for this programme has coincided with his definitive return to Padua, in Italy, after the years he spent in the United States. He has had more and more meetings with the Karting community and he naturally turned to Dino Chiesa to carry through his project to a successful conclusion. His involvement was announced within the framework of the 2004 World Championship, and in 2005 Team Zanardi entered CRG chassis. It was only in 2006 that Zanardi became a make homologated as such. The white and blue make is now mainly renowned for its association with the successes of the little Dutch prodigy Nyck de Vries. Without the contribution of its Team Manager, Dino Chiesa, Zanardi would certainly not be the make that it has become. Mechanic of Zanardi himself in 1987 (together they won the prestigious Hong Kong GP) and then of Mike Wilson in the 1980’s, Dino Chiesa managed CRG’s racing Team throughout the 90’s, taking in particular under its umbrella such Drivers as Danilo Rossi,
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Vitantonio Liuzzi, Giorgio Pantano, Jan Magnussen, Ryan Briscoe, Patrick Long and Ennio Gandolfi. Approached by Keke Rosberg, he then founded Team MBM (Mercedes Benz McLaren), fully dedicated in the early 2000’s to Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, first with CRG chassis, then with MBM ones manufactured by Parolin. Zanardi is one of the two new makes which have joined the bosom of the brands officially entered in the CIK-FIA “ U18 ” World Championship and will be represented on the track by seven Drivers of as many nationalities, with an Australian (Aidan Wright), a South-African lady Driver (Naomi Schiff ), a Briton (Matthew Graham), a Greek (Dimitrios Vasileris), a Frenchman (Simon Tirman), an Italian (Damiano Marchesan) and a Driver from the Sultanate of Oman (Sanad Al Rawahi).
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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 confrontation 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 inno-vate, to optimise, to master. At each new homologation session, i.e. every three years, Tecno reserves at least one surprise and presents, always with discre-tion 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, revo-lutionised Karting in the 1960’s by creating the architecture of kart
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frames which still 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 production 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.
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Logo Mskart
MS Kart, from the initials of its creator and director Milan Simak, is one of the few major Manufacturers who are not based in Italy.
The headquarters and production plant of MS Kart are located in Prachatice, in the Czech Republic. The company employs some 26 persons and produces as an average 800 to 1,000 chassis per year. It was created in 1992.
The Czech Manufacturer is a unique case on the scene of Karting industrial-ists : he is the only one who proposes in his range of products a type of karts for every CIK-FIA category, from KF chassis to Superkarts, not forgetting KZs. And MS Kart obviously also has Minikarts, leisure karts and rent karts on his price-list.
A large number of accessories which equip the karts are designed and manu-factured in-house, which further enhances the Manufacturer status of MS Kart.
On the international scene, MS Kart has often shown a predilection for gearbox categories, probably as a legacy of the boss’ sporting past.
During his career as a Driver, Milan Simak indeed landed a European 125cc
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title in 1980 at Olomouc (CZE) on an artisanal chassis of his own making.
Its major modern successes, MS Kart owes them to the German Peter Elkmann, CIK-FIA European Superkart Champion in 2008 and winner of many international Superkart events, like the famous British Superkart GP.
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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 Mor-bidelli. 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 subcontract-ing 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.
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Parolin has never systematically entered the major competitions. Racing against his own customers 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 possible 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 CIK-FIA Academy Trophy as well as the engines (with WKE marking) for the 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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Born from Piero Cavaciuti’s will and engine expertise, PCR is one of these makes which have written the history of Karting.
PCR (for Piero Cavaciuti Racing) started by using 2-stroke engines dedicated to competition Karting. After having worked to the development and tuning of engines of the make BM, Piero Cavaciuti decided to stand on his own two feet in 1974.
It was only eleven years later that PCR also undertook to manufacture its own chassis. While a Manufacturer mastering the building and selling of his own chassis and engines is now a widespread practice, PCR’s undertaking in the middle of the 1980’ s, was rather unusual if not pioneering. This being said, the risky gamble was won two years later when PCR managed to land the World Championship at Jesolo (Italy) with its official Driver Gianpiero Simoni! PCR’s destiny was subsequently taken over by the sons of Piero Cavaciuti.
Amongst the notorious Drivers who were part of the team – and who have remained remarkably faithful to it – there were the former Formula One Driver Giancarlo Fisichella, the Finn Tom Vilander (now very present in GT), and, of course, the Dane Gert Munkholm, World Champion with PCR in 1989 at Valence (France).
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Yesterday’s PCR has however gone and has now been replaced by the “ Scuderia PCR ”, under the direction of Cesare Speranza, already known on the Karting scene as being the owner of the circuit of Busca, near Cuneo, in the north of Italy.
The activities of the make are now exclusively focused on chassis.
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The Righetti-Ridolfi company was born in 1969 in the Verona region. In those days, it was a small family business specialised in the moulding of plastic. Karting did not yet constitute their main market but was soon to become so. Enzo Righetti was such a Karting lover right from the beginning of the 1960’ s that he built his own kart. He then started to import from the United States some components in order to meet the demand of the Italian market.
The production of plastic parts for Karting was to follow from the early 70’ s, and his move in 1972 to a new headquarter, in Sona, was accompanied by the specialisation of the company in the manufacturing of accessories for competition Karting.
In 1984, the company continued its expansion, and Mrs Ida Ridolfi (Enzo Ri-ghetti’s wife) and her two sons, Maurizio and Gianpaolo, joined the firm. This new impetus allowed a development of the production, with a price-list of over 200 items. As years went by, Righetti Ridolfi modernised its tooling and completed its range of plastic products with aluminium accessories.
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With 700 sales outlets throughout 87 countries in the five continents, Righet-ti Ridolfi is today one of the main companies in the world for the production of Karting accessories. It proposes approximately 2,700 different articles, mostly manufactured by the company itself.
In addition to the production of its own chassis under the company name Righetti Ridolfi, over the last few years it has acquired the makes Gold Kart, All Kart and Mac Minarelli, as well as the makes Aviomac and Mac Marine in the field of model building of planes and boats.
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Top Kart is the make of the chassis produced by Comer, the well-known Manu-facturer of engines with a small cylinder capacity which monopolised most markets of “ minime ” and cadet categories for such a long time. And in fact a lot of Comer engines are still used throughout the world, even though many ASNs have now opened these categories for 8 to 12 year-olds to other com-petitor makes. One way or another, even if it was indirectly, Comer more than any other Manufacturer has accompanied the motor sport débuts of almost every current notorious Driver.
Not unlike the fate of the different varieties of 4-stroke Honda engines in rent Karting, both indoor and outdoor, it is ironical that these Comer engines, suc-cessful in the “ minimes ” and cadet classes, were not originally aimed at being fitted to karts because they were actually industrial engines!
In spite of never constituting the company’s main activity, Karting has been an integral part of Comer’s history since the 1980’ s. Based at Bagnolo in Piano, in the region of Reggio Emilia, Comer is one of those Manufacturers who make it a point of honour to design, develop and produce themselves their karts and components, without sub-contracting too much.
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Very present on certain national markets, Top Kart and/or Comer products also boast a fine list of international results. Their most important wins were the one achieved in 2010 with UK’S Jake Dennis, who took the very first “ U18 ” World Championship crown and the one achieved at Braga (Portugal) in the year 2000 when the Briton Colin Brown landed the Drivers’ World Champion title in Formula A, at the wheel of a Top Kart chassis. In 1994, Sweden’s Fredrik Wallberg had also placed a Top Kart on the third step of a World Championship podium, this time in Formula C (which was then the top category of gearbox karts). Many other successes have been conquered, in particular two titles in the ICA category, in 1997 with Bressan and in 1999 with Téo Fabi’s son. In 2009, a Top Kart worked its way up to the second place of the CIK-FIA World Cup for KF3 thanks to the British Driver Jake Dennis.
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Intrepid is the story of a small parts producer, SKM, that grew up – the story of how a small-scale wheel hub manufacturer was transformed into one of the biggest teams in international Karting. It all began in 1992, with the modest production of parts for Karting, a sport practised at the time by Mirko Sguer-zoni as an amateur driver. The small firm grew very quickly, to the point of becoming a supplier of spare parts for the major makes. Then, by dint of fre-quenting the Karting world and acquiring increasingly sophisticated tools, SKM had the bright idea of becoming a manufacturer in its own right. In fact, the company was already producing everything for karts except for the frames. It took the plunge in two stages : first by assembling frames for its clients, and then, in 2003, by launching its own make, which it named Intrepid.
The team had lofty ambitions. Spurred on by its young boss, Intrepid im-pressed people with its dynamism, paying great attention to the image of its karts and, right from the start, recruiting famous racing drivers, includ-ing several former World Champions such as Alessandro Manetti, Alessandro Piccini and Ruben Carrapatoso. From its very first year as a manufacturer of homologated chassis, Intrepid played a highly visible part in the World Cham-pionship with Hector Pineiro, though his momentum was halted by an
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engine problem. In 2006, the first major international consecration came in Ja-pan, where Arnaud Kozlinski won the coveted World Cup. In these last two sea-sons (2009 and 2010), the predominantly orange make showed itself to be uncompromising in the KZ1 category, placing its two drivers, Bas Lammers and Jérémy Iglesias, right at the top of the European and World Cup hierarchies.
In 2010, Intrepid also helped UK’S Red Bull Bracked Alexander Albon to win both the European KF3 Championship and the World Cup for KF3.
Although Intrepid built its reputation with experienced drivers, today it is also harvesting the fruits of a policy that is resolutely focussed on the youngest racers. Two of the current Formula One drivers, Sébastien Buémi and Jaime Alguersuari, given a place in the Torro Rosso team by Red Bull, learned the ropes in Karting within the Intrepid team. This policy of nurturing young tal-ent continues today, with the creation of the Intrepid Driver Program and the substantial involvement of the make in the CIK-FIA « U18 » World Karting Championship.
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The greatest football players often end up continuing their careers as coach-es. As for the greatest kart champions, when they have not switched over to motor sport they stay on the Karting scene and sometimes become Manufac-turers or kart dealers, sometimes Drivers’ managers.
There are many examples: Mike Wilson, Danilo Rossi, Peter de Bruijn, Gianluca Beggio, Milan Simak, Harm Schuurman, Gianfranco Baroni, etc.
Jorn Haase is one of them. In the 1980’ s, the most Italian of Danish kart-men travelled throughout the world as an official Driver and conquered many victories in Europe, Australia and Hong Kong. The most prestigious of these trophies is obviously the one he landed in 1984 at Liedolsheim (DEU) in the World Formula K Championship.
In 1989, Jorn put an end to his Driver’s career and launched his own kart make. The Haase chassis were soon to distinguish themselves. In 1993, Haase aligned an extraordinary series of titles with his official Driver Nicola Giannib-erti : the Haase-Gianniberti duo clinched the World Formula Super A Champion-ship, the European Formula Super A Championship and the World Cup in Japan ! The following year, a Haase chassis took yet another world title, in Formula A this time, thanks to the Italian Marco Barindelli.
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In 1995, his company extended its activities and, under the name of Titan, Haase started manufacturing his own engines.
Although his Racing Team is now less involved in major international com-petitions, Haase nonetheless remains very present on some world markets, particularly Asian and American, with his eponymous chassis as well as those bearing the name “ Corsa ”.
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Hetschel, Mach 1, KZH: the three are one. Hetschel is the Manufacturer – the family which has given its name to one of the oldest Karting plants. Mach 1 is the make of chassis produced by the company. And KZH, the make of its engines.
One must go back to 1968 for the genesis of the family business. Lothar and Wilhelm Hetschel manufactured their first kart 42 years ago in the cellar of their father’s house, in Zuffenhausen/Stuttgart – the Porsche city. In order to design a vehicle properly and control its development, there is nothing better than also to carry out its tests. And what is the best testing ground ? Com-petition, of course ! Wilhelm Hetschel fain sat behind the steering wheel and, with the contribution of his technician brother, conquered several national titles in Germany. As results and experience came, the Hetschel brothers started developing a series production in 1972. From Stuttgart, they then moved to Brackenheim-Meimsheim, where the headquarters of the company still are.
With all his German seriousness and rigour, Hetschel has built for himself a solid reputation by manufacturing both his own chassis and engines, in categories with or without a gearbox. The fashion of “ full ” Manufacturers was only developed much later so Hetschel played a pioneer’s part in this field.
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Although the Mach 1 and KZH products have been exported to a large ex-tent, they almost always owed their most spectacular successes to German Drivers. Before their well-known motor sport careers, Drivers such as Heinz Harald Frenzen, Jörg van Ommen and even Michael Schumacher used Karting equipment “ made in Hetschel ”. The make won its latest international title thanks to yet another Germanic Driver, David Hemkemeyer, European Formula A Champion in 2002.
Lothar and Wilhelm Hetschel – and their spouses – are still at the head of the company some 42 years after their first creation – and as a good self-respecting family business, the children – led by Martin Hetschel – are fully part of the adventure and quite decided to perpetuate the tradition.
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Created in 1981 by Gildas Mérian, its current President, Sodikart, in what will soon be 30 years, has become a major protagonist on the world Karting market. Out of all the Manufacturers, it is undoubtedly the one who has devel-oped the largest industrial organisation and now generates the largest world production of both competition and rent karts.
All the Sodikart departments – commercial, administrative, production, re-search & development – operate from an ultramodern plant on 8,000 m located in Nantes, France, which was inaugurated in 1998. Sodikart employs 80 to 110 persons, according to seasons, and proposes a vast range of products and services (various equipments and accessories, organisation of events and e-trade website).
Mainly focused on competition in the 1980’ s – initially as an importer and then with the first competition chassis of its own production under the make name Sodi – Sodikart then anticipated the emergence of a rent and leisure market in full growth by dedicating most of its development to the optimi-sation and manufacturing of such karts by thus limiting its involvement in competition. Particularly groundbreaking on this specific leisure ready market, Sodikart has developed a range of specifically adapted and innovative karts
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(technology, design and safety), and it has naturally positioned itself as the world leader. Its capacity to innovate and develop its products has since al-lowed it to maintain its dominating position.
As a man who is keen on competition, but also because racing remains a stimulating experimentation ground, both for technological developments and for his make’s image, Gildas Mérian has gone back with a vengeance to his first love. He has revived Sodikart’s “ Racing Team ”, and the make was very quickly successful again from the beginning of the 1990’ s – with his first World Formula A title in 1993 as an apotheosis. In 2004, Sodikart landed the World Cup for Teams, while additionally collecting titles, victories and podiums both in France and abroad, as well as in official international competitions of the CIK-FIA – namely a list of results which now makes of Sodikart one of the most successful Manufacturers on all the circuits in the world.
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Originally a German make created in 1969, Hutless became Swiss Hutless when it was taken over in 1971 by the Swiss Dieter Vokinger. This was not the début of Vokinger in Karting as three years before he had acquired the Kappelen track. Subsequently, in 1992, Group Vokinger also built the Karting circuit of Lyss, near Bern in Switzerland, which still exists today and is close to the company’s headquarters. Swiss Hutless Karts has always maintained a varied Karting activity, using high-level competition to strengthen its position on the market of national competitions on every continent, but also in the field of rent karts, with equipment specifically aimed at leisure Karting, both indoor and outdoor, and also aimed at small children. Its commercial approach has long been looked on as that of a trail-blazer and as a reference, its catalogue and its distribution network being among the most developed and modern ones. In 2007 the status of the company changed when Swiss Hutless Karts became New Swiss Hutless International AG. Today, Niklaus Gurtner manages the com-pany, which employs 14 persons. Put on the back burner for a few years, Swiss Hutless’ “ competition ” branch
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has been revived this season and is managed by France’s Manuel Renaudie, who recently put an end to his brilliant career as a professional Driver. Re-naudie in particular finished second in the 2009 World Cup for Super KF, was Vice-European Champion that year, and his titles of winner of the German (2010) and Italian Championships (2003), as well as Vice-French Champion (2002) bespeak a long presence at the highest level. To reaffirm its international involvement Swiss Hutless has chosen to enter the CIK-FIA “ U18 ” World Championship as a make. It will be represented therein by three Swiss Drivers (Alain Valente, Yves Von Aesch and Isabelle Von Lerber) and a Bahraini (Abdulla Al-Thawadi), who will have the difficult task of restor-ing the Swiss Team’s prestige of yesteryear, especially marked by the World titles conquered by Peter de Bruijn in 1980 and Massimiliano Orsini in 1995.
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Entrant : Racing Step Foundation (GBR)
D.O.B : 30.07.1996
Lives in Hook (GBR)
i R i c ky COL LARD
2011 : Racing KF3 for Racing Steps Foundation ZIP Young Guns Team No race in 2010 due to a broken arm 2009 : 4th in the British Cadet Championship 2008 : 11th in the British Cadet Championship
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First experience in a kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 8 at Blackbushe Kart Track (GBR)Ricky is the son of British & European Touring Car driver Rob Collard
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Entrant : Racing Step Foundation (GBR)
D.O.B : 23.07.1996
Lives in Weymouth (GBR)
i S am WEBSTER
2011 : Currently 7th in the British KF3 Championship2009 : 3rd in the National Cadet Championship2008 : 9th in the British Cadet Championship
2
First experience in a kart at the age of 10First race at the age of 10 at Clay Pigeon Raceway (GBR)
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Entrant : Racing Step Foundation (GBR)
D.O.B : 05.12.1994
Lives in Peebles (GBR)
i Robb i e DALGL E I SH
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Entrant : Emilia Kart Srl (ITA)
D.O.B : 16.06.1995
Lives in Whittier (USA)
i R aque l MART INEZ
Multi time IKF Grand National Champion • Participate in the Lyn St. James Program • Winner of the 2010 WSK KF3 North American Series
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First experience in a kart at the age of 5 First race at the age of 5 at the Adams Kart Circuit – Riverside, California
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Entrant : Emilia Kart Srl (ITA)
D.O.B : 28.10.1995
Lives in Calascibetta (ITA)
i M i che l e B E CCAR IA
2010 : 7th in the CIK-FIA European KF3 Championship, Central Region Qualification • 21st in the WSK Euro Series; 2nd in the “Torneo Industrie”
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First experience in a kart at the age of 7First race at the age of 7 in Sicilia (ITA)
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Entrant : Emilia Kart Srl (ITA)
D.O.B : 20.05.1996
Lives in Cagliati Marina (ITA)
i «SPE EDY» (An ton i o FUOCO)
2010 : 2nd in the KF3 Italian Open Masters2009 : 3rd in the KF3 Italian Open Masters
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Entrant : Emilia Kart Srl (ITA)
D.O.B : 16.01.1996
Lives in Castelnovo Monti (ITA)
i
2010 : 17th in the CIK-FIA European KF3 Championship 4th in the KF3 Trofeo Andrea Margutti2009 : 5th in the KF3 Italian Open Masters2007 : Winner of the Italian Minikart Championship
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Fede r i co SAVONA
First experience in kart at the age of 4First race at the age of 7
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Entrant : Redstep (FIN)
D.O.B : 07.09.1995
Lives in Masku (FIN)
i
2011 : 11th in the CIK-FIA KF2 Northern European Trophy2010 : 8th in the CIK-FIA KF3 Monaco Kart Cup 8th in the Finnish KF3 Championship
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First experience in kart at the age of 7First race at the age of 7 at Turku (FIN)
N i c l a s NY LUND
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Entrant : Redstep (FIN)
D.O.B : 08.03.1995
Lives in Seinajoki (FIN)
i
2010 : 3rd in the KF3 Finnish Championship 18th in the CIK-FIA KF3 European Championship 10th in the CIK-FIA KF3 Monaco Kart Cup
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P yr y OVASKA
First experience in a kart at the age of 4 First race at the age of 8 in Ylivieska (FIN)
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Entrant : Redstep (FIN)
D.O.B : 20.09.1994
Lives in Härmä (FIN)
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First experience in kart at the age of 10First race at the age of 12 at Lapua (FIN)
Tom i KATAJAMäK I
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Entrant : Millennium Motorsport (GBR)
D.O.B : 26.06.1996
Lives in Middlesex (GBR)
i
2010 : 20th in the French KF3 Championship2009 : 2nd in the Kartmasters GP, UK
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Hannah PYM
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Entrant : Millennium Motorsport (GBR)
D.O.B : 11.04.1996
Lives in London (GBR)
i
2011 : Currently 13th in the British Rotax Max Junior series 4th in the Rotax Winter Cup Took part in 4 rounds (out of 6) of the Florida Winter Tour (2 Top 3 finishes)2010 : 4th in the Rotax International Open
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First experience in a kart at the age of 11First race at the age of 11 at Whilton Mill (GBR)
A l e ssand ro LAT I F
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Entrant : Kartronix (GBR)
D.O.B : 11.02.1993
Lives in Co. Silgo (IRL)
i
2nd in the 2006 Irish Mini Max series2009 Junior All Ireland Karting Champion (KF3)
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First experience in a kart at the age of 12First race at the age of 12 in Nutts Corner Circuit (Northern Ireland)
Aa ron SHERLOCK
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Entrant : Kartronix (GBR)
D.O.B : 13.11.1994
Lives in Singapore (SGP)
i
2009 : 11th in the CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific KF3 Championship (Macau)
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And rew TANG
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Entrant : Team VPD Racing (AUT)
D.O.B : 24.04.1995
Lives in Micheldorf (AUT)
i
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S te f an R I ENER
2010 : 7th in the CIK-FIA “ U18 ” World Championship • 15th at the KF3 Winter Cup (KF3) • 12th in the 3rd round of the KF3 WSK Euro series • 2008 : 10th in the Italian KF3 Open Masters Championship
First experience in a kart at the age of 4 First race at the age of 8
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Entrant : Formula K Holland (NLD)
D.O.B : 26.09.1995
Lives in Lochem (NLD)
i
2010 : Winner of the Rotax Max Jr BNL Series
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Dave B LOM
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First experience in a kart at the age of 12 First race at the age of 12
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Entrant : AKK Zanatlija (HRV)
D.O.B : 15.06.1994
Lives in Zagreb (HRV)
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N i ko l a B E LOHRADSK I
2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Croatian Karting Champion
First experience in a kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 8 at Micevac / Zagreb
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Entrant : TFR Motorsport (BGR)
D.O.B : 19.10.1995
Lives in Sofia (BGR)
i
2011 : 3rd in Round 1 of the KF2 South-East European Zone Championship2010 : Winner of the Bulgarian Rotax Max series
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First experience in kart at the age of 14First race at the age 14 in Haskovo (BUL)
Vas i l KOLAROV
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Entrant : Praga Sumako Team (CZE)
D.O.B : 06.12.1994
Lives in Chodov (CZE)
i
2010 : 1st in the Czech KF2 Championship2008 : Winner of the Easy Kart 100cc European Final 1st in the Italian Easy Kart 100cc Series 2nd in the Italian KF3 Masters
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First experience in kart at the age of 7First race at the age of 7 at Vysoké Mýto (CZE)
R ad im MAXA
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Entrant : Niceta Angelo (ITA)
D.O.B : 21.05.1996
Lives in Palermo (ITA)
i
2010 : 3rd in the KF3 WSK Master Series 3rd in the KF3 Italian Open Masters2009 : 1st in the CIK-FIA KF3 World Cup 3rd in the CIK-FIA KF3 Asia-Pacific Championship
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First experience in kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 7 at Lascari (ITA)
G i u l i a no N I C ETA
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Entrant : Sousa, José (PRT)
D.O.B : 24.11.1994
Lives in Sao Joao de Ver (PRT)
i
2011 : Currently 2nd in Portugese Rotax Series2010 : 3rd in Portuguese Rotax Series 3rd overall and 1st Portugese in the Rotax Max Iberica Trophy2009 : 1 Win in Portuguese Rotax Junior Series
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First experience in kart at the age of 12First race at the age of 12 at Braga (PRT)
J o rge AMARAL
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Entrant : Ranzini Gianluca (ITA)
D.O.B : 24.02.1995
Lives in Milano (ITA)
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G i a como RANZ IN I
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Entrant : SCS Srl (ITA)
D.O.B : 14.12.1993
Lives in Martina Franca (ITA)
i
2009 : 3rd in the KF2 Trofeo Andrea Margutti2008 : 2nd in the KF3 Torneo Industrie
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An ton i o G I OV INAZZ I
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Entrant : SCS Srl (ITA)
D.O.B : 08.07.1996
Lives in Brescia (ITA)
i
2010 : 15th in the KF3 Winter Cup
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S te f ano D E L L’AQU I LA
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Entrant : SCS Srl (ITA)
D.O.B : 25.02.1996
Lives in Rovereto (ITA)
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Ma rco MAESTRANZ I
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Entrant :Al-Thawadi Abdulla (BHR)
D.O.B : 26.06.1996
Lives in Manama (BHR)
i
2011 : Currently 2nd in Bahrain Rotax Junior Championship (7 rounds/14)
35
First experience in kart at the age of 7First race at the age of 13 at Bahrain (BHR)
Abdu l l a A L-THAWAD I
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Entrant : Berner Kart Racing Club (CHE)
D.O.B : 29.11.1996
Lives in Ittigen (CHE)
i
2011 : Winner of the Trofeo Andrea Margutti (KF2)2010 : Swiss KF3 Champion2009 : 2nd in the Swiss KF3 Championship2008 : 2nd in the Swiss Super-Mini Championship
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First experience in a kart at the age of 3 1/2First race at the age of 9 at Lyss (CHE)
A l a i n VALENTE
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Entrant : Berner Kart Racing Club (CHE)
D.O.B : 31.01.1993
Lives in Lyss (CHE)
i
2010 : Swiss KF2 Champion2008 : Swiss KF3 Champion
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First experience in kart at the age of 4First race at the age of 4 at Lugano (CHE)
Yves VON AESCH
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Entrant : Berner Kart Racing Club (CHE)
D.O.B : 01.02.1994
Lives in Busswill B. Büren (CHE)
i
2010 : 1st in the Swiss Rotax Bridgedstone Cup 3th in the Swiss Rotax Series2009 : 4th in the Swiss Rotax Junior Series2008 : 5th in the Swiss Rotax Junior Series
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First experience in kart at the age of 9First race at the age of 10 at Lyss (CHE)
I s abe l l e VON L ERBER
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Entrant : Barbe John (FRA)
D.O.B : 02.02.1993
Lives in St Romain de Jalionas (FRA)
i
2011 : 7th in the X30 French Cup 11th in the 1st Race of the X30 European TAG Challenge2006 : 3rd in the Cadets Regional Qualification for Bridgestone Cup2005 : 1st in the Rhônes-Alpes Regional Minimes Championship
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First experience in kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 10 at Valence (FRA)
J ohn BARBE
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Entrant : Midali Stephan (FRA)
D.O.B : 11.11.1995
Lives in La Terrasse (FRA)
i
2011 : 3rd in Rhônes-Alpes Regional Championship (National category)
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First experience in kart at the age of 12First race at the age of 13 at Crolles (FRA)
Lu ca M I DAL I
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Entrant : Midali Stephan (FRA)
D.O.B : 16.01.1995
Lives in Condove (ITA)
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Fede r i co BRACOTT I
2008 : Piemonta Regional 100cc Junior Champion
First experience in a kart at the age of 11 First race at the age of 11 in Viverone (ITA)
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Entrant : Moreno, Francisco (ESP)
D.O.B : 09.05.1995
Lives in San Vicente del Raspeig (ESP)
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Aa ron MORENO
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Participates in the 2010 Spanish KF3 Championship and KF3 Copa Profiltek
First experience in a kart at the age of 4 First race at the age of 13 in the Mediterranean Cup.
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Entrant : Vinolo Albione Andres (ESP)
D.O.B : 05.06.1995
Lives in Madrid (ESP)
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J o rge V INOLO
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main results2010 : 1st in the Valencia Regional KF3 Championship2009 : 2 podiums in Spanish Cadet Championship2008 : 1 podium in Spanish Cadet Championship 1st in the Madrid Regional Cadet championship2007 : 2nd in Madrid Regional Cadet Championship 1st in the Murcico Regional Cadet Championship
First experience in kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 9 at Los Santos de la Humosa (Madrid-ESP)
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Entrant : Rotena Racing (LTU)
D.O.B : 22.02.1996
Lives in Kaunas (LTU)
i
2010 : 4th in the Lithuanian Racket 120 Championship 2007 : 1st in the Lithuanian Honda 160 Championship2006-2007 : 1st in the Honda 160 Lithuanian Winter Cup
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First experience in kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 8 at Siauliai (LTU)
E va l das DZ IA LTUVAS
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Entrant : Artikarta (LTU)
D.O.B : 04.01.1995
Lives in Vilnius (LTU)
i
2010 : 2nd in the Lithuanian ARTkart Cup (Championkart class)2009 : Lithuanian Champion (RAKET class)
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First experience in a kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 10 in Vilnius (LTU)
Tomas AN IUNAS
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Entrant : Kartingo klubas MsKart (LTU)
D.O.B : 07.10.1994
Lives in Kaunas (LTU)
i
3rd International Final Rok Senior
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First experience in kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 6 at Sakiai (LTU)
Pau l i u s PASKEV I C IUS
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Entrant : Kauno sporto klubas Juta (LTU)
D.O.B : 07.07.1994
Lives in Ukmerge (LTU)
i
2011 : Winner of the ARTkart Cup (ART-120 class)2009 : Winner of the ARTkart Cup (ART-120 class)
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First experience in a kart at the age of 11First race at the age of 11
B ened i k t as URBONAS
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Entrant : Kauno sporto klubas Juta (LTU)
D.O.B : 08.11.1993
Lives in Ukmerge (LTU)
i
2011 : Winner of the Lithuanian Winter Cup (Raket 120 class) • 3rd place in the Lithuanian Karting Federation series (Rok class)2010 : 1st place in Lithuanian ART Kart Cup (ART-120 class)
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First experience in a kart at the age of 14 First race at the age of 15 in Vilnius (LTU)
Na r vydas JANUS I S
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Entrant : Maciver Kenneth (ZAF)
D.O.B : 30.08.1995
Lives in Johannesburg (ZAF)
i
2010 : 2nd in the Rok Junior International Final 1st in South-African GP Junior Championship 3rd in the South-African Rok and Max Championship
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First experience in kart at the age of 9First race at the age of 9 at Zwartkops (ZAF)
C had MAC IV ER
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Entrant : D’abramo Angelo (ITA)
D.O.B : 19.04.1994
Lives in Bergamo (ITA)
i
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First experience in kart at the age of 13First race at the age of 13 at Lonato (ITA)
Matt i a D’ABRAMO
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2009 : 7th in the Super-Rok International Final2008 : 3rd in the Lombardie 100-Junior Championship
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Entrant : Zemin Rodolfo (ITA)
D.O.B : 25.07.1994
Lives in Monteviale (ITA)
i
2007 : 1 win in the Italian Open Master (Junior)
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First experience in kart at the age of 5First race at the age of 7 at Lonato (ITA)
And rea Z EM IN
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Entrant : Zemin Rodolfo (ITA)
D.O.B : 15.06.1993
Lives in Palma de Mallorca (ESP)
i
2008 : 2nd in the Euro Max Junior Championship2007 : 3rd in the Spanish KF3 Championship
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First experience in kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 7 at Magalluf (ESP)
Ton i A LARCON
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Entrant : Horr Vincent (FRA)
D.O.B : 11.05.1993
Lives in Strasbourg (FRA)
i
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First experience in kart at the age of 9First race at the age of 17
V i n cen t HORR
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Entrant : Kuzmin Alexander (RUS)
D.O.B : 17.11.1994
Lives in Minsk (RUS)
i
2010 : Belarus Karting Champion 3rd in the Baltic Cup Took part in the Rotax MJax Challenge Grand Final2009 : Took part in the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Final Belarus Junior Champion
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First experience in a kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 14
D zm i t r y RYMASHEUSK I
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Entrant : Ceskoslovensky Motorsport (CZE)
D.O.B : 03.12.1993
Lives in Plzen-jih (CZE)
i
2010 : 3rd in the Czech Rok Junior Series2009 : 3rd in the Czech Rok Junior Series
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First experience in kart at the age of 9First race at the age of 9 at Sosnova
B a rbo r a S T EPANOVA
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Entrant : Ceskoslovensky Motorsport (CZE)
D.O.B : 03.10.1993
Lives in Uvaly (CZE)
i
2011 : 10th in the Rotax Winter Cup Currently 8th in the Rotax Euro Challenge (2 rounds/4) Currently leading Rotax Czech Series (3 rounds/7)2009 : 1st in the Czech Rotax Max Series2006 : 6th in the Easy Kart (100) Grand Final
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First experience in kart at the age of 10First race at the age of 10 at Vysoké Mýto (CZE)
J i r i FORMAN
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Entrant : Ceskoslovensky Motorsport (CZE)
D.O.B : 31.12.1995
Lives in Tremosna (CZE)
i
2010 : Winner of the Rotax Max Challenge CZ (Jr) • 8th in the Rotax Euro Challenge (Jr) • 9th in the Rotax Max Gd Finals (Jr) • 2009 : Winner of the Rotax Max Challenge CZ (Jr) • 14th in the Rotax Euro Challenge (Jr) • 2008 :Czech Cadet Champion; Winner of the Rotax Max Challenge CZ (Jr) • 2007 :Czech & Slovakian Cadet Champion • 2006 : Czech Cadet Vice-Champion
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First experience in a kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 7 at Pisek (CZE)
Pe t r B EZ E L
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Entrant : Ceskoslovensky Motorsport (CZE)
D.O.B : 02.04.1995
Lives in Roztoky u Prahy (CZE)
i
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G ab r i e l a J I L KOVA
2010 : 1st in the Czech Rok Junior Series 3rd in the International Rok Junior Final Czech driver in the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy 2009 : 1st in the Czech Rok Junior Series2007 : 2nd in the Czech Cadet Championship
First experience in kart at the age of 5First race at the age of 7 at Sosnova
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Entrant : Shershun Kirill (RUS)
D.O.B : 21.12.1995
Lives in Moscow (RUS)
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2010 : 6th in the Russian KF3 Central Region Championship 3rd in Russian Rok Cup Series
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First experience in kart at the age of 10First race at the age of 12 at Iksha (RUS)
E vgeny SHERSHUN
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Entrant : Ruud Hansen Jan (DNK)
D.O.B : 22.04.1996
Lives in Helsingoer (DNK)
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Magnus RUUD KJAER
2010 : 10th in the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy2009 : 2nd in the Sealand Junior Championship (DNK)
First experience in a kart at the age of 11First race at the age of 12 at Rotthalmünster (DEU)
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Entrant : Berckan Ralf (MEX)
D.O.B : 16.08.1994
Lives in Esens (DEU)
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2010 : 2nd in the Mexican Formula A (100cc) Championship • Mexican Rotax Sr Champion • 2009 : Mexican Rotax Jr Champion • 2008 : Mexican Junior (ICAJ/100cc) Champion • 2007 : 3rd in the Mexican Junior (ICAJ/100cc) Championship
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First exeprience in a kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 13 at Cuernavaca/Mexico (MEX)
S ebas t i an B ERCKHAN
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Entrant : A Promotion Motorsport (SWE)
D.O.B : 14.01.1995
Lives in Valla (SWE)
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2009 : 3rd of the Holliday Race (Hedemora) in Rotax Junior2006 : 10th in Micro MRK Series
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First experience in kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 9 at Valla (SWE)
J akob L I NDBLAD
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Entrant : Italsport / PTN Racing (SWE)
D.O.B : 23.11.1995
Lives in Aalborg Sö (DNK)
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2010 : 11th in the KF3 Andrea Margutti Trophy2009 : 13th in the CIK-FIA KF3 Monaco Kart Cup
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First experience in kart at the age of 5First race at the age of 8 at Thy (DNK)
Kaspe r LARSEN
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Entrant : DMT Racing (DNK)
D.O.B : 30.09.1996
Lives in Aabenraa (DNK)
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2011 : 3rd in the CIK-FIA Viking Trophy for KF22009 : 13th in the CIK-FIA Viking Trophy for KF3 6th in the KF3 Göteborg Storm pris (SWE)
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J a cob G r am N I E LS EN
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Entrant : PB Kart Race (DNK)
D.O.B : 05.06.1995
Lives in Ega (DNK)
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2011 : 2nd in the CIK-FIA Viking Trophy for KF22010 : 1st in the KF3 Göteborg Trophy 5th in the CIK-FIA KF3 Viking Trophy
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First experience in kart at the age of 7First race at the age of 8 at Grindsted (DNK)
Ma r t i n MORTENSEN
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Entrant : Husted Racing (DNK)
D.O.B : 25.02.1996
Lives in Frederiksberg (DNK)
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2010 : Danish KF3 Champion 2nd in the CIK-FIA KF3 Viking Trophy 2008 : Danish National Junior Champion
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First experience in kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 8 at Grindsted (DNK)
J ann i ck F LYGENR ING
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Entrant : Schluenssen Robert (DNK)
D.O.B : 07.02.1995
Lives in Roende (DNK)
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2010 : 1st in the Danish Rotax Junior Series 1st in the Nordic Rotax Junior Series
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First experience in kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 9 at Vojens (DNK)
N i co l a i N I E LS EN
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Entrant : ADAC Motorsport (DEU)
D.O.B : 22.11.1993
Lives in Haan-Gruiten (DEU)
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2009 : 18th in the KF2 German Kart Challenge 21st in the KF2 ADAC Kart Masters
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Lu cas S P E CK
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Entrant : Mäntylä Teppo (FIN)
D.O.B : 16.03.1995
Lives in Mänttä (FIN)
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V i l l e MäNTYLä
2010 : 9th in the CIK-FIA U18 World Championship • 4th in the CIK-FIA Viking Trophy for KF3 • 4th in the Finnish KF3 Championship 2009 : 11th in the Finnish KF3 Championship
First experience in a kart at the age of 3 First race at the age of 7 in Jämsä (FIN)
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Entrant : Wallberg Motorsport (SWE)
D.O.B : 10.05.1994
Lives in Jönköping (SWE)
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2010 : 4th in the Swedish Rotax Max Series 2009 : Winner of the Swedish Kart Festival in Rotax Max Jr 2008 : 2nd in the Swedish Junior Festival in Mini60
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First experience in a kart at the age of 10First race at the age of 10 in Växjö (SWE)
Em i l BACK
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Entrant : Taylor Inhternational Motorsport (GBR)
D.O.B : 16.11.1994
Lives in Weybridge (GBR)
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Hen ry G . EASTHOPE
2009 : 6th in the French KF3 Championship, Angerville2008 : 8th in the CIK-FIA Monaco Kart Cup for KF3 2007 : 8th in the KF3 Champions Cup, El Vendrell (ESP)
First experience in a kart at the age of 11 First race at the age of 11 at Kimbolton (GBR)
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Entrant : De Cola Nicolas (FRA)
D.O.B : 06.12.1994
Lives in Nantes (FRA)
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A l exand re C . BARON
2010 : 3rd in the French KF2 Championship2009 : 2nd in the French KF3 Championship 2008 : 5th in the French Cadet Championship
First experience in a kart at the age of 5First race at the age of 9 at Lavelanet (FRA)
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Entrant : De Cola Nicolas (FRA)
D.O.B : 22.09.1996
Lives in Jouy (FRA)
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An tho i ne HUBERT
2010 : 3rd in the French KF3 Championship • 2nd in the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy • 16th in the CIK-FIA World Cup for KF32009 : Cadets’ French Cup Winner2008 & 2009 : 2nd in the French Cadet Championship2007 : Winner of the Minimes Bridgestone Cup
Member of the FFSA Karting “Equipe de France”First experience in a kart at the age of 3 First race at the age of 7 at Angerville (FRA)
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Entrant : Roussel Yannick (FRA)
D.O.B : 31.08.1995
Lives in Marcoussis (FRA)
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Leo ROUSSE L
2011 : Pole-position in qualifying practice of the CIK-FIA World KF1 Championship, Round 12010 : 6th in the CIK-FIA World Cup for KF3 • 4th in the French KF3 Championship
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Entrant : Gounon Jean Marc (FRA)
D.O.B : 31.12.1994
Lives in St Julien du Serre (FRA)
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2011 : Winner of the Prem’s Kart Mag Trophy (FRA) in the National class2010 : 9th in the French Final of the (National) Rotax Max Challenge 9th in the FFSA “ Coupe de France ” in the National class Winner of the “ Trophée Valentinois ” (Valence/FRA) in the National class
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First experience in a kart at the age of 15First race at the age of 15 at Valence (FRA)Son of former Foprmula 1 driver Jean-Marc Gounon (minardi, Symtek)
J u l e s GOUNON
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Entrant : Lepesqueux Antoine (FRA)
D.O.B : 14.02.1993
Lives in Saint julien les villas (FRA)
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2010 : 16th in the French Bridgestone Cup 17th in the French Rotax Max Series
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An to i ne L E P ESQUEUX
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Entrant : Eurokarting.be (BEL)
D.O.B : 26.09.1995
Lives in Erquelinnes (BEL)
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2010 : Belgian KF3 Champion
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S ébas t i en B EDORET
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Entrant : R.C Affolter (NLD)
D.O.B : 15.10.1996
Lives in Andijk (NLD)
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2010 : 2nd in the Rotax Max Challenge Gd Final (Junior) 2nd in the Rotax Max Jr BNL Series2009 : Winner of the Dutch Rotax Max Jr Series Winner of the Rotax Max Jr BNL Series2008 : Winner of the Dutch MiniMax Series
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J oe l A F FOLTER
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Entrant : Dunne Martin (IRL)
D.O.B : 13.07.1995
Lives in Country louth (IRL)
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Cono r DUNNE
2008 : Irish Cadet Champion • Ulster Cadet Grand Prix Winner
First experience in a kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 7 at Galway (IRL)
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Entrant : Kuzmin Alexander (RUS)
D.O.B : 01.06.1995
Lives in Novorossiysk (RUS)
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2011 : 10th in the CIK-FIA Viking Trophy for KF2
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Dm i t r y D LOUGY
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First experience in a kart at the age of 7First race at the age of 7
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Entrant : IJ Racing (LTU)
D.O.B : 09.05.1996
Lives in Vilnius (LTU)
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Vad im SHAPOVAL
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Entrant :Artikarta (LTU)
D.O.B : 10.02.1994
Lives in Vilnius (LTU)
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Championship & race winner in Lithuanian Karting Federation Championships (Raket Micro, Raket Mini & Championkart classes)
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First experience in a kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 6 in Vilnius (LTU)
J us tas PANGON I S
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Entrant : Kuzmin Alexander (RUS)
D.O.B : 04.08.1995
Lives in Krasnodar (RUS)
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2010 : 23rd in the Rotax Max Wintercup
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Anas tas i a M I RONOVA
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Entrant : Scuderia Bassano Corse Karting (ITA)
D.O.B : 04.11.1993
Lives in Morgano (ITA)
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2010 : 5th in the CIK-FIA European Championship Regional Qualification 2009 : Winner of the Champion Kart Grand Final2008 : 3rd in the Euro Rotax Max Challenge round in Genk2007 : 6th in the KF3 WSK series (2 podiums) 2004 : Veneto Region Mini-Kart Champion
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First experience in kart at the age of 6First race at the age of 8 at Jesolo (ITA)
S imone FAVARO
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Entrant : Marchesan Gianni (ITA)
D.O.B : 03.01.1994
Lives in Castello di Godego (ITA)
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2010 : 5th in Round 3 of the U18 World Karting Championship 1st in the U18 Italian Champion Kart Series2009 : 1st in the Junior Italian Champion Kart Series
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First experience in kart at the age of 5First race at the age of 7 at Jesolo (ITA)
Dam i ano MARCHESAN
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Entrant : Mercier Emeric (FRA)
D.O.B : 18.04.1996
Lives in Louveciennes (FRA)
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2011 : 7th in the KF3 Winter Cup in Lonato2010 : 7th in the French KF3 Championship
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First experience in kart at the age of 12First race at the age of 12 at Loheac
S imon T I RMAN
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Entrant : Zanardi Hellas (GRC)
D.O.B : 08.08.1995
Lives in Athens (GRC)
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2009 : KF3 GRC Champion • 2009 participation in Sarno World Cup KF32010 : 7th KF2 GRC Championship.
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First experience in a kart at the age of 8First race at the age of 11 in Greek Junior Championship
D im i t r i o s VAS I L ER I S
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Entrant : Msport Karting (GBR)
D.O.B : 14.05.1996
Lives in Country Durham (GBR)
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2010 : CIK-FIA Asia-Pacific KF3 Champion 6th in the British KF3 Championship 3rd in the British KF3 Formula Kart Stars series 2009 : 2nd in the British Cadet Championship
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First experience in a kart at the age of 9First Race at the age of 10 at Rowrah, Cumbria (GBR)
Matthew GRAHAM
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Entrant : Msport Karting (GBR)
D.O.B : 08.04.1995
Lives in Muscat (OMN)
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Oman Championship 2005 3rd overall • UAE RMC 2009-2010 2nd Junior class overall and 2010-2011 2nd in Senior class • DAMC Dubai 2009-2010 4th in junior class and 2010-2011 2nd senior class and in 2010/2011 Damac Championship he received the rookie of the year award • Al-Ain Raceway Ramadhan championship 2009 2nd overall and 2010 2nd overall
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S anad A L RAWAH I
First experience in kart at the age of 10First race at the age of 10 at Oman
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Entrant : Wright Greg (AUS)
D.O.B : 23.11.1994
Lives in Cairns, Queensland (AUS)
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2010 : 5th in the Australian Junior Clubman Championship2009 : 5th in the Australian KF3/CIK Championship Queensland Closed (State) Champion in Junior Clubman
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First experience in a kart at the age of 5First race at the age of 10 at Cairns Kart Club (AUS)
A i dan WR IGHT
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Entrant : Naomi Schiff Racing CC (ZAF)
D.O.B : 18.05.1994
Lives in Johannesburg (ZAF)
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Selected to represent South Africa in the Rok International finals in 2009 and 2010 • Qualified to represent South Africa in the 2008 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals • 2nd in the 2008 South African Rotax Max Championship
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First experience in a kart at the age of 11First race at the age of 12, at Zwart (ZWE)
Naom i S CH I F F
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