The South Garda Karting is ready to face the challenge of another karting season in 2019 after closing successfully its 30th year of activity.

The CRG Racing Team announced two important drivers for the 2019 line-up and the race program for the next season.

In 2018, the launch of the Rosberg Racing Academy was successful, with the title of FIA Karting World Champion won by Lorenzo Travisanutto in OK and Taylor Barnard's victory in Junior in the WSK Final Cup series. Now the 2019 season is in view... The organisation already supported by Petronas, Arexons and Kart Republic will welcome new partners.

The Tony Kart Racing Team is closing the 2018 season with great success. At the Macao International Grand Prix of KZ, Marco Ardigò gained the victory and Corberi got the third position.

France is fortunate to host two competitions of the FIA ​​Karting European Championship - OK and OK-Junior in 2019. The opening round will take place on 20th and 21st April at Angerville, while the fourth and final event will take place at Le Mans on 20th and 21st July.

All Road Management is pleased to announce the arrival of the young Italian karting driver Gabriele Mini. After many successes in the 60 Mini category, Gabriele succeeded remarkably this year on his debut in OK-Junior, fighting for victory in the main championships in his first international season. He has been crowned European Vice-Champion and World Vice-Champion FIA Karting - Junior.

Jorrit Pex, Fabian Federer and Gabriel Bortoleto have been rewarded for their results in season 2018 at the prize ceremony of the FIA Karting Champions in Geneva.

The 2018 FIA ​​Karting Champions were celebrated on Saturday, 1st December, 2018 in the halls of the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva (CHE) during an awards ceremony organised by the CIK-FIA in the presence of Jean Todt, FIA President, Peter Bayer, FIA Secretary General for ​​Sport, Felipe Massa, CIK-FIA President, outgoing Vice-President Kees van de Grint, Promoter James Geidel and many guests.

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The 18 year-old from Locorotondo, Alex Irlando, joins Davide Forè and Ronni Sala as Birel ART Racing Team official driver in KZ and OK classes.

Both Luyet brothers will be racing in the KZ2 class in the most important CIK-FIA international races The CRG Racing Team is pleased to announce the collaboration agreement with Samuel Luyet for the 2019 karting season. The young Swiss driver, born in Savièse in January 2002, will join his brother Jean, who was already in CRG in the KZ2 class this year and who also confirmed for 2019.

The conclusion of the FIA ​​Karting European Championship - Superkart was held on the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans on 27th and 28th October 2018. It was consistent with the predictions and lively between the protagonists with the highest entry of the year (29 Drivers), while a few dropouts were missed.

The CRG Racing Team is pleased to announce the collaboration agreement for the 2019 season with the young French driver Théophile Naël, that will be committed in the OK Junior category in a full program including all the CIK-FIA races (European and World Championships), the WSK events and most prestigious trophies, starting from Lonato’s Winter Cup.

The third and final Competition of the 2018 FIA Karting European Championship - Superkart will take place as in previous years on the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans from 26th to 28th October. The entry promises to be higher in France than in the two previous rounds with 29 entries, because of a healthy French delegation - eight Drivers - ahead of that of the British who are also well represented with seven Drivers.

A federally accredited coach (DE JEPS), Didier André has participated in the training and development of several drivers since he founded his DADD (Didier André Driver Development) organisation. At the end of September, he was in Sweden alongside Lorenzo Travisanutto, who reached his ultimate goal by becoming FIA Karting World Champion in OK on the Kristianstad circuit. A title that Didier André experienced with great emotion, more than 25 years after himself coming very close to the feat.

The dream team made by Paolo De Conto, Pedro Hiltbrand, Callum Bradshaw and Andrea Rosso secured the pole position and the third place in the race that named the winner of the FIA Karting Endurance Championship 2018.

Since last year, the CIK-FIA has made a specific classification for Drivers up to the age of 16, participating in the FIA ​​Karting World Championship and the FIA ​​Karting European Championship for the first time in the OK category, in order to highlight the emergence of young talents at the highest level of racing.

Sodikart is again part of the history of endurance karting after winning the 33rd edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans. It was the first time that an factory team from a major manufacturer has won the FIA ​​Karting Endurance Championship since the first edition in 2016. The success of the French brand was completed by the presence of the JFJ Performance team and its Sodi chassis on the second step of the podium.

In its third year, the FIA ​​Karting Endurance Champion title was won by a factory team, that of the French manufacturer Sodikart, while the official CRG SpA team was once again on the podium. At Le Mans, the 33rd edition of the 24 Hours Karting also confirmed the internationalisation of this Competition at the same time as it affirmed the potential and the attraction of OK engines.

After several Free Practice sessions, the 33rd edition of the 24 Hours Karting got under way on Friday afternoon with four Qualifying sessions. The Italian team No. 2 CRG SpA progressively increased their dominance to take a superb pole position while their main opponent had to throw in the towel. In GP2, an X30 engine enabled the No. 41 RSD Karting to set the fastest time.