The brand by Vortex Engines renovates its look, staying true to its 20-year history but also embracing modernity at the same time, with a dynamic and original style combined with the iconic red and blue colours.

Karting Australia has confirmed the opening round of the 2022 SP Tools Australian Kart Championship presented by Castrol EDGE will be hosted by the Go-Kart Club of Victoria in Melbourne on February 25-27.

The time has come for a summary of the record season of WSK Promotion in Karting Series and in the Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth.

Troy Loeskow has successfully defended his Australian KZ2 Championship at the final round of the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship, presented by Castrol EDGE in South Australia, while Brad Jenner also went back-to-back in X30 and Brendan Nelson secured his seventh career Australian Karting Title on Sunday afternoon when the nine Champions on offer were crowned.

Officially unveiled the top model for the single-speed, shifter and DD2 Mini classes. Redspeed Kart celebrates the arrival of 2022 with the launch of a renewed product range that adopts the latest technical solutions of the OTK Kart Group R&D department. Now available are the new RX RR (reserved for the single-speed, shifter and DD2 categories) and the Rookie EVS and EVH (for the Mini class).

With the 2022 World Karting Association (WKA) season on the horizon, series officials are pleased to confirm the Road Racing Championship dates. Set to commence at the annual WKA Daytona Kartweek in late December, the schedule will see stops at Roebling Road, the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and the Pittsburgh International Race Complex.

Officially unveiled the new top-of-the-range Kosmic chassis for the single speed, shifter and DD2 categories. Kosmic Kart projects into 2022 with some impatiently awaited news, concerning the chassis range: the Mercury RR is born and it is joined by a couple of chassis reserved for the Mini class, they are the Rookie EVH and the Rookie EVS.

Officially unveiled the top model for the single-speed, shifter and DD2 Mini classes. EOS Kart celebrates the arrival of 2022 with the launch of a renewed product range that adopts the latest technical solutions of the OTK Kart Group R&D department. Now available are the new Typhoon (reserved for the single-speed, shifter and DD2 categories) and the Rookie EVS and EVH (for the Mini class).

Officially unveiled the new flagship chassis, for the single-speed, shifter and DD2 classes, signed by Lando Norris and OTK Kart Group. The range is completed by a pair of chassis reserved for the Mini class: the Rookie EVH and the Rookie EVS.

Racer 401 RR, Rookie EVH and Rookie EVS: these are the names of the latest evolutions of Tony Kart chassis. For more than 20 years, the Racer has been embodying the winning spirit of Tony Kart and it’s the key point of the whole range: born in 2000, it has collected 10 world championships - including the very recent two 2021 titles, in both the KZ classes and in OK as well – other than several international victories in all categories.

Headlined by the five-round SP Tools Australian Kart Championship, the National Karting Calendar for 2022 will also incorporate a new National Series and the Ultimate Club Racer event. The opening round of the Australian Kart Championship will be contested in Victoria on the final weekend of February ahead of a return to the Bolivar Raceway for round two across the Easter weekend of April 15-17.

Even if the CRG team will take part in the XX Copa de Campeones in Zuera next December, the long competitive season of international meetings for the Mini, OK-Junior, OK and KZ classes has essentially ended with the WSK Final in Adria.

Michelle Gatting, part of the Iron Dames project, has written her name into the history books today, becoming the first female to be crowned the overall champion of Ferrari Challenge Europe Trofeo Pirelli. Starting the race with a 29-point lead, Gatting managed to battle through a challenging race, much of it under safety car conditions, to bring her Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo home in P4 securing the championship despite the fact that there’s still one race left in the series this season.

The last racing weekend of the year for International Karting has already begun with the first free practice of the WSK Final. The event scheduled in Adria will be the last competitive match for the drivers of the Mini, Junior, OK and KZ2 classes, after a long season structured on over 20 meetings which include FIA, WSK and Trophy events.

British teenager Tom Lebbon will remain with Elite Motorsport for the 2022 GB3 Championship partnered by the BRDC season, with the 16 year-old eyeing a title challenge in his second season with the team.

In the last act of the 2021 racing season, Jan Przyrowski obtains, with the official colours of the Tony Kart Racing Team, the third place in OKJ class in a wet edition of the classic competition of the South Garda Karting in Lonato.

The 26th edition of the Winter Cup was not held in February as usual, but in November on the South Garda Karting circuit in Lonato. The rain, which was getting heavier and heavier, made the Final stages more difficult. Dutchman Marijn Kremers, who comes from a seafaring background, won the KZ2 race thanks to his fighting spirit and impressive control in the downpour, a week after Alessandro Buran and the Renda Motorsport team won the 49th Trofeo delle Industrie in KZ2 at Lonato.

The team did an excellent job at the South Garda Karting circuit and took bronze medal in KZ2 with Pedro Hiltbrand. The Leclerc by Lennox Racing team put the icing on the cake in Lonato to end the European season. The CL chassis produced by Birel ART and powered by TM Racing proved to be extremely competitive in KZ2 as well as in OKJ, both in dry and wet conditions.