The second round of the Champions of the Future Academy Program is scheduled for 11th-13th April on the Spanish circuit of Valencia. An initial hierarchy has already emerged, but many drivers will be keen to upset the odds by taking advantage of the ‘arrive and drive’ concept, which places all drivers on an equal footing in the Mini, OK-N Junior and OK-N Senior categories.

Since its creation in 2010, the IPK factory has rapidly established itself as one of the leading companies in the global karting market, thanks to its innovative technology and the quality of the products it sells. In 2025, IPKarting will rely on its extremely competitive chassis brands - Formula K, Praga, OK1, RS Kart and Tillotson - but also on a renowned Racing Team which has been reorganised during the off-season and which its managers are pleased to officially present.

The Birelart Racing Team got the FIA Karting European OK and OK-Junior Championship off to a flying start at Campillos. Although the final results did not fully reflect the potential seen on track, the performances nevertheless highlighted the quality of the preparation and the cohesion of the team.

With the Prema Racing team and IAME engines, KR chassis dominated the first of four rounds of the FIA Karting European Championships in OK and OK-Junior. At Campillos in Spain, the results of the two Finals spoke for themselves: Noah Baglin won brilliantly in the youngest category ahead of his team-mate Dean Hoogendoorn and James Anagnostiadis triumphed in OK, while Dries Van Langendonck secured a second double for the Kart Republic factory.

On the Spanish circuit of Campillos, the Racer 401 T is fast and competitive in both categories. After the strong performances shown throughout the weekend, in the two finals the Racing Team down not gain the results within its reach.

Round 1 of the FIA European Championship ended with results below expectations and potential for the CRG Racing Team drivers. On the one hand, the rain on Thursday and part of Friday complicated the work plans and, at the same time, a bit of bad luck in some key moments of the weekend did not allow them to fight in the upper parts of the standings in this 1st of the 4 scheduled seasonal appointments.

Almost four years after the previous FIA Karting Championship at Campillos, the Andalusian circuit was perfectly suited to the eagerly-awaited European opener, contributing to the success of the first 2025 competition. The Finals lived up to their promise in both categories. Britain's Noah Baglin made the difference in OK-Junior, while Australian James Anagnostiadis emerged victorious from an intense duel in OK. Several of the drivers in the top three were already wearing the colours of academies set up by Formula 1 teams, including Baglin with Ferrari and Anagnostiadis with Mercedes.

The 2025 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championships - OK and OK-Junior - are about to get underway in southern Spain. The entry list includes almost 190 drivers, divided between 98 OK and 89 OK-Junior, confirming the appeal of the international categories. 43 nationalities from five continents will be represented at this eagerly-awaited event.

Before the Super Heats and Finals gave their verdict on the Spanish circuit of Campillos, the Qualifying Heats rearranged the rankings. A new leader emerged in OK-Junior in the form of Britain's Noah Baglin, while Switzerland's Chiara Battig proved herself unbeatable in the intermediate rankings, following her superb pole position on Friday.

The 2025 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championships - OK and OK-Junior - are about to get underway in southern Spain. The entry list includes almost 190 drivers, divided between 98 OK and 89 OK-Junior, confirming the appeal of the international categories. 43 nationalities from five continents will be represented at this eagerly-awaited event.

As the 2025 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship - OK & Junior got underway on Friday 4th April at the Campillos International Kart Center, the Qualifying sessions were eagerly awaited to provide an initial overview of the season’s talents. Despite threatening skies, with an occasional few drops of rain, the 173 drivers were able to use slick tyres from the first to the last session. In southern Spain, Chiara Battig (SUI) took pole position in the OK class, while Iskender Zulfikari (TUR) was fastest in the OK-Junior class.

The 2025 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championships - OK and OK-Junior - are about to get underway in southern Spain. The entry list includes almost 190 drivers, divided between 98 OK and 89 OK-Junior, confirming the appeal of the international categories. 43 nationalities from five continents will be represented at this eagerly-awaited event.

The 2025 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championships - OK and OK-Junior - are about to get underway in southern Spain. The entry list includes almost 190 drivers, divided between 98 OK and 89 OK-Junior, confirming the appeal of the international categories. 43 nationalities from five continents will be represented at this eagerly-awaited event.

This week, from 3 to 6 April, the Campillos circuit in Spain will open the FIA ​​Karting season, with the OK and OK Junior European Championship over 4 rounds, the KZ and KZ2 European Championship over 3 rounds and the two World Championships, one for the OK categories and one for the KZ classes, in two separate events both in a single round. The FIA ​​events program will be completed by the World Cup for the OKN categories in September in Italy.

In Campillos, home of the first round of the Euro Series, their Racer 401 T finishes in front of everyone in the final reserved for the OKJ category, with the official driver Ilie Tristan Crisan.

Christian Costoya of Parolin Motorsport won the first round of the Champions of the Future Euro Series in OK after a hard fought weekend. Drivers had to contend with the warmest temperatures of the year and a different tyre compound to those that they have raced on so far but they were well supported by the entire Parolin team.

The Birelart Racing team was on track at Campillos (Spain) from March 26th-29th for the first round of the Champions of the Future Euro Series. The event served as a dress rehearsal before the opening round of the FIA Karting European Championship - OK and OK-Junior, which will be held this weekend on the same track.

With 96 drivers entered in OK and 91 in OK-Junior in the first of five rounds of the Champions of the Future Euro Series, top 10 places in the Final were extremely hard to come by. The teams using KR chassis and IAME engines clearly worked in the right direction, as the rankings showed seven OK and six OK-Junior drivers in the top 10 of the Finals. In 2025, the aim will be to retain the OK title in this RGMMC series and to win back the OK-Junior crown. In addition, valuable information has been gathered a week before the start of the FIA Karting European Championships.

The Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championships - OK and OK-Junior - are about to get underway in southern Spain. The entry list includes almost 190 drivers, divided between 98 OK and 89 OK-Junior, confirming the appeal of the international categories. 43 nationalities from five continents will be represented at this eagerly-awaited event.
 

Over the years, the Champions of the Future Euro Series has established itself as an essential series at the highest level of international karting. Launched in 2020, it has seen many of the top drivers who currently shine in the most important single-seater championships, including Formula 1 in the case of Andrea Kimi Antonelli.