Williams Racing is pleased to welcome Alessandro Giusti and Sara Matsui to the Williams Racing Driver Academy.

The factory team will compete in all 4 major classes: KZ, KZ2, OK, and OKJ. Introducing you to our Drivers Lineup for season 2024. These drivers will represent Birel ART, VAR by Birel, and Richard Mille Young Talent Program in the most prestigious international competitions.

The informal chat with CRG owner Giancarlo Tinini is a classic end-of-year event, a meeting in which it is time to take stock of the season that has just ended, looking at the year that is about to begin by talking about objectives, both sporting and commercial. This is also a very interesting chance for dealing with general topics concerning karting, thanks to authoritative opinions and points of view, consolidated in over 40 years of experience in high-level karting.

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has appointed Maxxis, one of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers, as the exclusive tyre supplier for the FIA Karting European and World Championships in OK and OKJ categories, as well as for the OK-N World Cup and Academy Trophy in 2024-2026.

The Tony Kart Racing Team anticipates next season with the announcement of the 22 official drivers (divided in the categories MINI, OKJ, OK and KZ/KZ2) who will be involved in the main international competitions.

The new Champions of the future Academy Program series by RGMMC, launched between the 20th and 22nd of November at the kart circuit of the Al Forsan International Sports Resort in Abu Dhabi, UAE. As an exciting change to the traditional weekend format the event took place between Monday and Wednesday just before, and only a few kilometers distance from the final round of Formula1 even, facilitated F1 Academy members and junior scouts to be present and keep an eye for new talents. In addition, it allowed the karting drivers and contributors to continue their week with a visit to the Formula1 race.

At its meeting on 19th October 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, the FIA World Motor Sport Council took the following decisions based on the proposals of the International Karting Commission.

The high point of the season, the 2023 FIA OK and Junior World Karting Championship lived up to its promise in terms of difficulty and selectivity. With over 100 drivers in each category, the challenge was worthy of the event. Parolin Motorsport demonstrated its top-class competitiveness by regularly battling for victory. René Lammers in OK and Christian Costoya in OK-Junior both managed to finish 2nd in this formidable competition.

There was undeniable potential for the Birel ART / TM Kart drivers at Franciacorta during the 2023 OK and OK-Junior World Championship. The previous events had shown a positive evolution, but the course of the FIA Karting event was not favourable to the Birel ART Racing team.

At the FIA Karting World Championship in Franciacorta, Italy, the Exprit Noesis RR chassis once again wins the title in the "Junior" category, duplicating the successes achieved in 2017 and 2021.

On the occasion of the FIA Karting World Championship OK-OKJ in Franciacorta, the Tony Kart Racing Team gains the Top 3 in the "Junior" category with official driver Scott Kin Lindblom, running in contention for victory until the very end.

The most important event of the season for the international direct drive classes (OK Junior and OK Senior) saw the CRG chassis and drivers as great protagonists. During Qualifying Practices in the OK top class Mark Dubnitski took the Pole Position and in the top 6 general classifications, 4 out of 6, were CRG drivers with the 3rd place of Gabriel Gomez, the 5th position of Louis Iglesias and the 5th one of Olin Galli.

The Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship - OK and Junior at Franciacorta will go down in history as one of the most spectacular ever. All the predictions were thwarted by a series of twists and turns before witnessing the crowning of Dries van Langendonck (BEL) in Junior and Kirill Kutskov in OK.

The Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship - OK & Junior has an exceptional field of 241 entrants from 57 nations breaking all previous records. The Franciacorta circuit, which has been part of the FIA Karting calendar since 2022, has made a name for itself in the sport in just a few short years. With a length of 1,300 meters, its fast and demanding layout presents a unique challenge.

The 42 Qualifying Heats contested since Friday afternoon have resulted in a drastic selection among the participants in the Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship - OK and Junior at Franciacorta. On Saturday evening, Christian Costoya (ESP) maintained his lead in the OK-Junior category, while Kean Nakamura-Berta (JPN) took the lead in OK.

The Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship - OK & Junior has an exceptional field of 241 entrants from 57 nations breaking all previous records. The Franciacorta circuit, which has been part of the FIA Karting calendar since 2022, has made a name for itself in the sport in just a few short years. With a length of 1,300 meters, its fast and demanding layout presents a unique challenge.

The tension was already high at Franciacorta on Friday morning during Qualifying Practice for the Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship - OK & Junior. There had already been a number of surprises, with new names coming to the fore and some top drivers performing relatively poorly. Apparently, it wasn't easy to get the right setup during Qualifying. While the pole position for Spaniard Christian Costoya (ESP) in OK-Junior was in line with expectations, that of Estonian Mark Dubnitski in OK was more surprising.

The first and highly anticipated international event for the two new categories, OK-N and OK-N Junior, will take place from October 4th to October 8th, 2023 as support races to the FIA Karting World Championship at the Franciacorta Karting Track.

The Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship - OK & Junior has an exceptional field of 241 entrants from 57 nations breaking all previous records. The Franciacorta circuit, which has been part of the FIA Karting calendar since 2022, has made a name for itself in the sport in just a few short years. With a length of 1,300 meters, its fast and demanding layout presents a unique challenge.

The Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship - OK & Junior has an exceptional field of 241 entrants from 57 nations breaking all previous records. The Franciacorta circuit, which has been part of the FIA Karting calendar since 2022, has made a name for itself in the sport in just a few short years. With a length of 1,300 meters, its fast and demanding layout presents a unique challenge.