Freddie Slater tops second collective test at Paul Ricard

Freddie Slater tops second collective test at Paul Ricard Read more

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine completed its second and final Collective Test of the day at Circuit Paul Ricard, with Freddie Slater emerging as the fastest driver on track. The Briton set the benchmark early on with a best lap of 1:57.782, confirming the competitive pace shown by the Prema Racing squad throughout the day.

Mülsen celebrates its first Pole Position Winners in FIA Karting

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Fast and popular with the drivers, the Mülsen circuit in Germany hosted some highly competitive Qualifying sessions on its debut in an international FIA Karting event. For Dutchman Jayden Thien, competing in the Mondokart.com European Championship - KZ2, and Frenchman Maël Le Marchand in the Academy-Junior Trophy, it was also a first pole position. Mattéo Spirgel, also from France, repeated his performance from the previous event in Italy, once again proving himself the fastest in KZ.

Enzo Deligny tops the timesheets in opening Collective Test at Paul Ricard

Enzo Deligny tops the timesheets in opening Collective Test at Paul Ricard Read more

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine fired into life at Circuit Paul Ricard this morning with the opening Collective Test of the weekend, held under dry and warm conditions. It was Enzo Deligny (R-ace GP) who set the pace, clocking a best time of 1:58.862, leading a tightly packed field with 12 drivers covered by less than a second.

Results: FIA Karting European Championship - KZ & KZ2 and Academy Junior at the Motorsport Arena-E in Mülsen

Results: FIA Karting European Championship - KZ & KZ2 and Academy Junior at the Motorsport Arena-E in Mülsen Read more

Located near the major German cities of Dresden and Leipzig, the Motorsport Arena-E circuit in Mülsen host an FIA Karting event for the first time in its history from 17th to 20th July 2025. This complex in the Saxony region, opened in 2019, is set to award the Mondokart.com European Champion titles in KZ and KZ2. The second of three FIA Karting Academy Trophy - Junior competitions will round off the programme.

Live timing: FIA Karting European Championship - KZ & KZ2 and Academy Junior at the Motorsport Arena-E in Mülsen

Live timing: FIA Karting European Championship - KZ & KZ2 and Academy Junior at the Motorsport Arena-E in Mülsen Read more

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Livestream Friday Heats: Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy 2025 at Le Mans

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No fewer than 354 drivers are expected at the Le Mans International Circuit this year, confirming the immense appeal of the Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy. 3MK Events, in collaboration with BRP-Rotax, promises a top-level event in 2025, with proven organisational quality, a high-calibre field, intense racing and generous prize money, all of which have built the RMCIT's reputation over the years.

Close qualifying at the 2025 RMCIT in Le Mans

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After familiarising themselves with the Le Mans International Circuit during Free Practice, the 343 participants in the 2025 Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy competed with great energy during Qualifying on Thursday morning on a dry track under partly cloudy skies. Ava Lawrence (UAE) in Micro Max, Emerson Macandrew-Uren (GBR) in Mini Max, Eva Morris (GBR) in Junior Max, Simon Périgny (FRA) in Senior Max, Sem Knopjes (NLD) in DD2 Max and Gabriel Zughella (ARG) in DD2 Max Masters took pole positions in this 7th edition.
 

The Rotax Electric Kart Cup Italy 2025 doubles the race action in Sarno

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Results: Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy 2025 at Le Mans

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Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine arrives at Paul Ricard for the fifth round of the year

Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine arrives at Paul Ricard for the fifth round of the year Read more

Following an action-packed weekend at the Hungaroring, the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine now moves to the iconic Circuit Paul Ricard for Round 5 of the 2025 season. The title fight remains wide open, with Matteo De Palo (Trident Motorsport) and Freddie Slater (Prema Racing) separated by just four points at the top of the standings: 122 to 118.
 

KZ and KZ2 European Championships conclude in Mülsen, Germany

KZ and KZ2 European Championships conclude in Mülsen, Germany Read more

Third and final round of the FIA European Championship KZ and KZ2 this week at the German circuit of Mülsen. From Thursday, July 17 to Sunday, July 20, the continental titles for 2025 will be awarded on this technical track in Saxony, even though the sporting value of this season has been heavily compromised by the well-known tire issues.
 

Live timing: Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy 2024 at Le Mans

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Modena Kart P1 and P2 in the Italian Championship

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Modena Kart Racing Team continues to dominate the podium! Whatever the competition, the Italian team confirms its expertise. A week after their double podium finish in the WSK Euro Series, Gioele Girardello and Albert Tamm achieved the same performance, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Final of the fourth round of the ACI Italian Karting Championship in Cremona. In OK-N Junior, the Italian and Swiss drivers now occupy the top two places in the overall standings, with only one event left to go. Once again, the competitiveness of the Modena Kart team's Parolin-TM Kart combinations was clearly established.

Rocco Coronel and Fred Green continued their title challenges in the Ginetta Junior Championship

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Fred Green (Elite Motorsport) produced a blistering pace in the summer heatwave on his way to a double pole position in qualifying. The 2025 Ginetta Junior Scholarship winner lapped seven tenths of a second faster than anyone else, the biggest pole margin of the season to date. Behind, Alfie Slater edged out his R Racing team-mate Rocco Coronel by just five thousandths of a second to secure a front-row slot for race one. Max Cuthbert (R Racing) and Elite Motorsport duo Ethan Carney and Joseph Smith rounded out the top six overall in the session.

Superkarts! USA Supernationals 28 entry opens July 31

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Italian F4: Memorable Mugello for Alex Powell: second win comes in Race 3

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The fourth round of the Italian F.4 Championship came to a close with a standout weekend for Alex Powell. The American-Jamaican driver from R-ace GP, part of the Mercedes junior program, had already impressed in qualifying by securing two pole positions. In Race 1, he climbed to the podium from fourth on the grid, finishing third, and then capped off the weekend with a double win in Race 2 and Race 3. The final race saw him cross the line with over five seconds of margin on his closest rival.

Italian F4: Alex Powell celebrates at Mugello: victory in Race 2

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Alex Powell claimed victory in Race 2 at Mugello, securing his first-ever win in the Italian F.4 Championship. In a weekend that is rewarding the hard work put in since the start of the season, Powell added to his third place in Race 1 by taking the win in the second race of the weekend, making the most of the first of his two pole positions earned in qualifying. He will start from pole again tomorrow in the final race of Round 4 of the Championship, promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion.

GB4: Red hot Bansal blasts to victory at Snetterton to close championship gap

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Elite Motorsport’s Ary Bansal enjoyed his best day of the GB4 Championship season so far as he claimed both pole positions on offer in qualifying, and then led every lap of race one to clinch his second win of the campaign. The Indian driver held off teammate Isaac Phelps during the 10 lap contest on Saturday afternoon, with championship leader Dan Guinchard finishing third to maintain his standings lead. 

Kean Nakamura-Berta wins Race 1 at Mugello and extends Italian F.4 Championship lead

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Kean Nakamura-Berta claimed victory in Race 1 of Round 4 of the Italian F.4 Championship, promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion. The Prema Racing driver delivered a commanding lights-to-flag performance from pole position, managing two race restarts following safety car interventions. With 190 points collected so far, Nakamura-Berta further extends his lead in the overall standings, now holding a 48-point advantage over teammate Sebastian Wheldon, who finished seventh today.

Italian F4: Kean Nakamura-Berta pole position in Race 1 and Alex Powell in the remaining two

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Scarperia e San Piero (FI) - At the Mugello Circuit, 38 drivers competing in the Italian F.4 Championship took to the track for official qualifying, pushing against the clock to secure the best possible starting position for the weekend’s races. Pole position for Race 1 went to Prema Racing’s Kean Nakamura-Berta, while Mercedes junior Alex Powell of R-ace GP will start from the front in both Race 2 and Race 3, a positive turnaround after a challenging start to the season.

Flame Airikkala to make GB4 debut with Pace Performance at Snetterton

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A big first for Mülsen in a decisive FIA Karting event

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Ninovic extends championship lead before Seewooruthun romps clear in race three

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The Finals of the second round at the Cremona Circuit awarded the titles to Hedfors (MINI Gr.3), Godschalk (MINI U10), Xie (OK-NJ), Zulfikari (OKJ), Scognamiglio (OK-N) and Costoya (OK).     

Freddie Slater is the new Italian F.4 Champion

Published on Sunday, September 29, 2024

Freddie Slater is the new Italian F.4 Champion

It’s a Sunday to remember for Team Prema Racing in Barcelona. Freddie Slater claimed his 13th win of the season in the Italian F.4 Championship, starting from pole position and securing the title: the British driver from Stratford-upon-Avon is the new Italian F.4 Champion.
 

Slater’s season has been extraordinary, beginning with a triple win at Misano, followed by another victory in the final race at Imola, which kicked off a positive streak of 7 consecutive wins, completely dominating the rounds at Vallelunga and Mugello. Another victory came in the fifth round at Paul Ricard, followed by yesterday’s win in Race 1 in Barcelona, and today’s victory in Race 2. He still has one more race to go, starting from pole position, and then the final round in Monza. The British driver has now equalled the record of wins in the Italian Championship, held by Andrea Kimi Antonelli with 13 wins in 2022, and he now has four more opportunities to break it.
 

Freddie Slater: “It has been an amazing year so far. We had a few setbacks, but we always bounced back. 12 months ago, when I was here in Barcelona [in the 2023 Euro 4 Championship], I certainly wasn’t fighting with the frontrunners, and here I am today, winning races and winning the Championship here in Barcelona. We’ve come a long way in 12 months, and I couldn’t have done it without my team, ADD Management and Craig Boyd, as well as my family, who have supported me. Prema gave me an incredible car all year, we faced different conditions, rain, dry, and many different temperatures. Vincent, my engineer, did an incredible job, and the whole Prema team has been fantastic. Hopefully, there are a few more wins to add to the list. I still want more wins; I want to add to that record if I can. There’s another race later today and three at Monza. Also, there’s another championship next week that I can win, so we also need to focus on the Euro 4 next weekend. A huge thank you to René and Angelo, Prema – yes, I couldn’t have done it without them.”
 


With the victory in Race 2, Prema Racing also mathematically secured the Team title, marking a memorable day for the Grisignano di Zocco-based team, led by Angelo and René Rosin.
 

Race 2 at the Montmeló circuit was full of emotions and twists, starting right from the grid. From the front row, Jack Beeton (US Racing) stalled, losing P2, while another car stalled further back, triggering an incident at the start involving Enea Frey (Jenzer Motorsport), Enzo Yeh (R-ace GP), Everett Stack (PHM AIX Racing), and Nathaniel Berreby (Maffi Racing). All the drivers are okay, and after a few laps behind the Safety Car, the race resumed without issue. Freddie Slater had no problems at the restart, leading the race from start to finish with no real threats to his leadership. In second place was Hiyu Yamakoshi from Van Amersfoort Racing, Slater’s main rival throughout the year. The Japanese driver took second place in Race 2, holding off a late charge from Akshay Bohra, the American-Indian driver from US Racing, who completed the podium in third. Bohra, who started from the fifth grid slot, managed to recover positions at the start, getting back on track after the misfortunes of Race 1, where he stalled from pole position.
 

Alpine Academy driver Kean Nakamura-Berta from Prema Racing finished in fourth place, securing the Rookie win, the last of the standings still to be determined. Gianmarco Pradel, the Australian driver from US Racing, followed in fifth, holding off repeated attacks from behind in an exceptionally thrilling battle for the top 10. The major players in this fight were the drivers just behind him: Sweden’s Gustav Jonsson from Van Amersfoort Racing, who finished sixth, followed by Mercedes Junior driver Alex Powell from Prema Racing in seventh. Powell took second place on the Rookie podium and currently leads the Rookie standings, although the title has yet to be mathematically secured.
 

Eighth place went to the determined Latvian driver from Prema Racing, Tomass Stolcermanis, the third-best Rookie in Race 2. Rounding out the top 10 were Rashid Al Dhaheri from Prema Racing and Maksimilian Popov from PHM AIX Racing. Both were key players in the points battle, along with Emanuele Olivieri from AKM Motorsport and Maxim Rehm from US Racing, who finished 11th and 12th respectively.



 

There’s still Race 3 to go before the sixth round of the Italian F.4 Championship at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit comes to a close. Freddie Slater will start from pole position, with his first chance to set a new record for victories.
 

Hiyu Yamakoshi: “That’s it, I have nothing to say, just that he is very strong! Especially in this race I had pace after the start, but unfortunately, we had a safety car, it was a very difficult race. We have a good pace and if we have a good start in Race 3, we can race for a podium, or even a win. I would be very happy!”
 

Akshay Bohra: “Yesterday was pretty disappointing. We poled it in the first qualifying, but then started from P1, in Race 1, we stalled of the line. It’s part of the learning journey, mistakes happen. I think I didn’t let it affect my performance today. Race 2 is definitely positive, we maximize our start, and then I tried to do whatever I could do to make a position, but it’s really difficult to follow at this circuit. Race 3 it will be one row ahead, starting P3, a lot to play for. I’m just going to keep my head down and do the best I can.”
 

Kean Nakamura-Berta: “Coming into this year, with a very strong winter season, I was looking to see if I could win the overall title. Well done to Freddy, who did a very good year. Yesterday wasn’t that great of day for us, I started in the front, made some errors and costed us a possible very good finish. Today I just tried to amend my mistakes, just get the car home. In the race we looked strong at the start, I thought I could tackle the driver in front for the podium, but mid-race to the end, I struggled a little bit with the pace. I will look into it with the engineer, and see how we can improve for the next race, later today. We are definitely in the hunt for the Rookie Championship, especially with my other competitors starting a bit further back, we’ll just see how Race 3 goes, we still have Monza in a month time, it’s probably going to be settled there.”

 

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