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The 24 Hours Karting of Italy 2026 will...

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The memorial Carlo Fabi in the history of the Trofeo delle Industrie Read more

Edition 2019 of the Trofeo delle Industrie saw Lorenzo Giannoni being added to the Hall of Fame of the event as he won the prestigious Memorial Carlo Fabi of the event organized by Parma Motorsport since 1971.

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Some tough luck prevented Maranello Kart to get the win at the Trofeo delle Industrie Read more

Rosati was involved in an incident, due also to the heavy rain, while Federer kicked off to a good start, but was then slowed down by a spin and ended the Final in P6 after a good comeback race. La Martina, Fetzer and Bernardotto obtained good results, as Rieberer in OKJ.

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All the “Rain Masters” of the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato Read more

A very wet edition has been dominated by Giannoni in KZ2, who also won the overall Memorial Carlo Fabi. The Dutch Vanthoff won OK, Cenedese OK-Junior, the Russian Kutskov Minikart and Carenini X30 Senior. The 48th Trofeo delle Industrie has lived a very difficult edition due to the rain that made things tricky in qualifying practice and heats on Saturday and on Sunday, November 3rd, when the track was soaked for the final stages of the event organized by Parma Motorsport at the South Garda Karting Circuit in Lonato.

Livestream of the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato

Livestream of the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato Read more

The 48th edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie organized by Parma Motorsport is underway at the South Garda Karting Circuit of Lonato with 253 entered drivers. Qualifying practice and heats on Saturday, November 2nd. Finals in Live Streaming on Sunday, November 3rd.
 

Rain made some new protagonists shine at the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato

Rain made some new protagonists shine at the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato Read more

In KZ2, Giannoni delivered “driving lessons” on the wet. In OK-Junior, Bertuca came to the fore in qualifying, as the Russian Kutskov in Minikart, Carenini in X30 Senior and Vanthoff in OK. Finals in Live Streaming on Sunday, November 3rd. Drizzling rain has made the second day of the 48th edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie, event organized by Parma Motorsport, more complicated.

Live timing of the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato

Live timing of the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato Read more

The 48th edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie organized by Parma Motorsport is underway at the South Garda Karting Circuit of Lonato with 253 entered drivers. Qualifying practice and heats on Saturday, November 2nd. Finals in Live Streaming on Sunday, November 3rd.
 

The first protagonists of the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato

The first protagonists of the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie in Lonato Read more

The 48th edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie organized by Parma Motorsport is underway at the South Garda Karting Circuit of Lonato with 253 entered drivers. Qualifying practice and heats on Saturday, November 2nd. Finals in Live Streaming on Sunday, November 3rd.
 

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Two-day test on kart for the FDA drivers who, within the cooperation with the Tony Kart Racing Team, carried out intense race sessions on the track together with our official drivers.

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OW Karting proved last weekend on a wet circuit of Spa-Francorchamps that they are a top team. The riders of Ricardo Oude Weernink’s squad managed to finish on the podium in three different classes. Jesse Smeets won the day’s classification in the IAME X30 Senior class, Jordi Verhagen finished third in the Open Shifter class and Mitchell van Dijk finished second in the Mini Parilla class. The Praga chassis was bullet-proof in all weather conditions.

The 48th Trofeo delle Industrie goes beyond level 250 entries

The 48th Trofeo delle Industrie goes beyond level 250 entries Read more

The oldest race in the world keeps growing. A total of 253 drivers entered the race organized by Parma Motorsport for categories 60 Mini, KZ2, OK, OK-Junior and Iame X30 Senior  that will take place at the South Garda Karting Circuit in Lonato from November 1st to 3rd.

Energy Corse continues its presence at the major international events

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From Lonato to Le Mans, the Energy Corse brand has gained victories and podiums in particularly difficult and challenging events. Indeed, both the Rok Cup Superfinal and the IAME International Final each brought together entries of more than 400 drivers! This did not prevent the Energy Corse team from achieving the double in Mini Rok with Alex Powell and Dmitry Matveev in Italy or from taking a magnificent 2nd place in X30 Junior in France with Robert De Haan, also awarded the German Championship in OK-Junior a few days earlier. 

Rok Superfinal, The Video

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419 drivers, 7 categories, 5 continents and 49 Countries represented. These are the record numbers of the 17th edition of the ROK Superfinal you can see again through the video summarizing the race highlights.

Federico Diana and Maranello Kart win the ACI Karting Italian Cup

Federico Diana and Maranello Kart win the ACI Karting Italian Cup Read more

Maranello Kart displayed a good competitiveness with Federico Diana that claimed the victory in KZN Under at the ACI Karting Italian Cup held in Arce.

LINE-UP: Travisanutto, Hiltbrand and Neate new drivers Tony Kart

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In view of the WSK Open Cup in Lonato, Tony Kart Racing Team is being enriched by three new drivers: Lorenzo Travisanutto and Pedro Hiltbrand, who conquered 3 World Titles in OK, and the young Aiden Neate.

Richard Mille Young Talent Academy - 18 drivers selected for the 2nd edition

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The very first initiative for detecting young talent launched by Richard Mille last year, in close collaboration with Birel ART, was a true success. The Richard Mille Young Talent Academy is already preparing for its second edition, which will take place on 3rd, 4th and 5th December 2019 at the Bugatti Le Mans circuit with 18 young drivers from all over the world.

Abbasse attack nets second Race of Stars win

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Frenchman Anthony Abbasse has taken out his second consecutive Gold Coast 600 Race of Stars at the Xtreme Karting Complex for the SodiKart factory team after a remarkable series of events that saw the race decided after the chequered flag.

Trofeo Delle Industrie ready for another successful edition

Trofeo Delle Industrie ready for another successful edition Read more

More than 230 drivers entered the 48th Trofeo delle Industrie, race organized by Parma Motorsport and scheduled for next November 1st-3rd at the South Garda Karting Circuit in Lonato. Entry deadline on Tuesday October 22nd. The 48th edition of the Trofeo delle Industrie is getting ready with all what it takes to score another participation success in the forthcoming appointment of November 1st-3rd at the South Garda Karting circuit in Lonato.

New Zealand teenager sets the pace at Race of Stars

New Zealand teenager sets the pace at Race of Stars Read more

Emerging New Zealand karting star, Matthew Payne has upstaged some of the world’s finest exponents of kart racing on the opening days of the 2019 Gold Coast 600 Race of Stars on Queensland’s Gold Coast - the first official off track event of the Vodafone Gold Coast 600 Supercars event next weekend.

Livestream of the 2019 Race of Stars on Queensland’s Gold Coast

Livestream of the 2019 Race of Stars on Queensland’s Gold Coast Read more

The Race of Stars karting event has been locked in to be held on Queensland’s Gold Coast for a seventh consecutive year. The prestigious event will once again be contested at the Xtreme Karting Facility on Queensland’s glitter strip.

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2018 VORTEX triumphs
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2018 VORTEX triumphs

The 2018 season will be remembered for the World Title in KZ. Besides the World Championship in the master class, other two great successes stand out, the one in the CIK-FIA International KZ2 Super Cup and the CIK-FIA European Championship in OKJ.

OKJ – DDJ ENGINE
The presence of the DDJ in the cadet class has been important throughout the whole season and in the CIK-FIA European Championship, a driver powered by Vortex conquered the Title. The future European Champion, Paul Aron (Ricky Flynn Motorsport), made his début on the International Circuit of Naples (Italy) with a brilliant success, continuing his climb to the continental Title centering another victory, on the occasion of the third round, in Ampfing (Germany). The consecration for DDJ and Aron was in France, with a great performance that allowed the young Estonian to conquer the prestigious title. In addition to the victory in the European Championship, the DDJ engines reached the upper positions of the rankings in each round and they have been actually chosen by the 36% (average value on the four tests) of drivers. Besides Aron, other drivers brilliantly stood out throughout the European Championship, stepping onto the podium, such as Askey (Ricky Flynn Motorsport), Griggs (Lennox Racing Team) and Smal (Ward Racing), without forgetting the pole positions conquered by Bedrin (Tony Kart Racing Team) in Essay and by the already mentioned Smal at PFI. On the occasion of the World Championship in Kristianstad (Sweden), even though they did not manage to reach the podium due to some unlucky events, the Vortex drivers showed the DDJ engines’ potential. The best lap obtained in the Final by Smal proved this and the trust of teams and drivers placed in Vortex engines reached an important result, with the 42% of DDJ engines at the beginning of the event. The great season was completed by the victories achieved in other important International events, such as the WSK Series. At the beginning of the season, Aron won two prestigious one-shot races, the WSK Championsh Cup (Adria Karting Raceway) and the Winter Cup (South Garda Karting). Still in the WSK series, during the Open series in the South Garda appointment, the podium was completely Vortex with Smal, Ten Brinke and Bedrin, ending the race in this order.

OK – DDS ENGINE
In the OK category, the DDS engines obtained good results with Stanek, who opened the CIK-FIA Europena Championship winning the Title on the Neaples Circuit (Italy). On the European championship, Vidales (Tony Kart Racing Team) and Thompson (Ricky Flynn Motorsport) reached the second step of the podium in England and France, respectively. With the second place in France, Essay, Thompson also obtained the second place in the overall rating of the European Championship. Just a few of unlucky circumstances prevented the drivers powered by Vortex to stand out also in the CIK-FIA World Championship in Kristianstad (Sweden), which however recorded the amazing record of DDS engines at the start, with the 49% of drivers branded Vortex. In the WSK series, Nielsen (Schumacher Racing Team) won the Champions Cup race-event at Adria and reached the second position in the WSK Super Master, obtaining three victories.

KZ2 – RKZ ENGINE
The 2018 season ends with a fantastic result, the third World Title within the whole Vortex history, won in the shifter category. The incredible victory of RKZ arrived with Hajek (Kosmic Kart Racing Dep.) on the Belgian circuit in Genk in a successful weekend fot the Vortex engines. Besides the World Championship, the RKZ won the CIK-FIA International KZ2 Super Cup with Viganò (Tony kart Racing Team), conquering also the third step of the podium with Vidales (Tony Kart Racing Team). In the European Championship, Ardigò (Tony Kart Racing Team) centered the third position in the opening race in Salbris (France), fighting for the Title until the end. Ardigò obtained also the first victories of the season, with the WSK Super Master Title (3 partial victories) and the victory at the enf of the season in the Macao Grand Prix of KZ.

ACADEMY TROPHY
Also this year, Vortex (DDJ engines) was supplier, together with Exprit (chassis) of the Academy CIK-FIA Trophy. The CIK-FIA Trophy, reserved for young emerging drivers, with the single supply system, proved to be a technical and organizational success, thanks also to the incredible work carried out on the tracks and in the factory by Vortex technicians.

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