The new Karting Champions League is proud to present the 2024 calendar. The first race weekend will be in April at Wackersdorf in Germany. This is followed by a weekend in Rudskogen in Norway in May. Then back to Germany to Mülsen, and before the summer holidays mid-July, we will travel to Spain to Valencia. After the summer the Karting Champions League will go north to Denmark to Rødby, and in the autumn we will be in France at Angerville and then to Belgium (TBC). The eighth and last race will be in (hopefully) sunny Spain in Campillos. At the end of the 2024 season, the winner of the K2 (class will race the 2025 season in the Spanish F4 championship with MP Motorsport, the initiator of the Karting Champions League.

The prestigious Macau Grand Prix was back for its 70th time this year. The always surprising street circuit provided another exciting spectacle in 2023, with multiple safety cars, a red flag, and exciting on-track battles. Dennis Hauger had already grabbed a podium spot during the race by securing third place, but he took the second position during the race's final restart.

The chain of young drivers coming from the CRG training camp who are entering motorsport is enriched with a new name, the one of Mattia Colnaghi. After many big names of the past, including Hamilton, Verstappen and Hulkenberg, as well Gabriel Bortoleto, the new FIA F3 Champion, who recently joined the McLaren Academy or Dennis Hauger, protagonist of the FIA F2 Championship, a new potential protagonist of tomorrow’s motor racing who comes from what can be considered in all respects a full-fledged school for young karting drivers.

Dennis Hauger will prolong his stay with MP Motorsport in the FIA Formula 2 Championship after signing for a renewed assault in 2024. On the back of his two victories this season, the Norwegian driver hopes to add more wins in another season in the Formula 1 feeder series.

Williams Racing Academy Driver Zak O’Sullivan will take part in the first Free Practice session at the 2023 Formula 1® Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 2023 Formula 3 Vice Champion will get behind the wheel of Alex Albon’s FW45 at Yas Marina Circuit for the hour session. Zak’s outing, his first in the FW45, fulfills the team’s second and final mandated rookie driver session this season.

Argentinian racer Franco Colapinto will remain with MP Motorsport as he moves up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship for 2024. This year, the tight bond between the Williams Racing Driver Academy member and the Dutch team resulted in a strong run to fourth place in the FIA F3 series. Preceding his 2024 debut, Colapinto will get his first taste of F2 in the final 2023 round in Abu Dhabi.

The Karting Champions League is the new player within the karting world where its basis, arrive & drive, is unique for a championship. Everyone in each of the five classes races the same kart with the same set-up, the engines are changed every weekend and for a fixed amount per year.

MP Motorsport's Formula 2 and 3 teams travelled to Monza this weekend as support series of the Formula 1 circus. For the Formula 3 team this was the season finale, which could not have gone better for the team from the Netherlands.  The qualifying session on Friday was a tricky one, due to numerous red flags it was decided that the session would not be finished with 10 minutes to go. As a result, Jonny Edgar qualified fourth, which was his best result this season. Mari Boya and Franco Colapinto finished in 15th and 16th positions, but disqualifications promoted them to P11 and P12.

Last saturday we lost a great driver, but above all a charismatic young man that motivated and inspired so many people around him. We keep on racing, for Dilano, like he would have wanted. But before doing so, we choose to be with Dilano, his family and friends during the next days and during his funeral service.

The sad news that Dilano van 'T Hoff (18) did not survive his crash at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit came hard on the motorsport community. MP Motorsport, the team Dilano drove for in FRECA, came out with the following statement.

Title-winning single-seater team MP Motorsport has signed a multi-year deal to become the exclusive Technical Partner for the FIA-certified Indian F4 Championship (F4IC). Promoted and organised by Racing Promotions Private Limited (RPPL), the new Indian series will use halo-equipped second-generation Mygale F4 cars all run by the Dutch team.

Italian karter Alvise Rodella has chosen MP Motorsport for his full-season promotion to single-seaters. The youngster will step up from karts for a campaign in the 2023 Spanish Formula 4 Championship with the Dutch team.

Spanish youngster Bruno Del Pino Ventos will team up with MP Motorsport for his debut in the inaugural Eurocup-3 season. The 16-year-old is gearing up for his second season in single-seaters after a promising first year in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship.

Talented Danish youngster Sebastian Gravlund will remain with MP Motorsport for his promotion to the brand new Eurocup-3 series. The 18-year-old Team Denmark member hopes to build on his experience gained with MP in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship.

Mexican racing driver José Antonio ‘Joss’ Garfias Martínez Lavín has hooked up with MP Motorsport for a full-season assault on the brand new Eurocup-3 series. The 17-year-old from San Luis Potosí joins young Danish driver Sebastian Øgaard in MP’s line-up for the maiden season of the category.

Quick young Frenchman Sami Meguetounif will remain with MP Motorsport for a second full term in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA). By doubling with MP, the 18-year-old from Marseille aims to improve on the promise shown in his debut season in the category. With Meguetounif’s signing, MP has completed a three-car FRECA line-up that also includes Dilano van ’t Hoff and Victor Bernier.

Dutch racing talent Emely de Heus will return to MP Motorsport as she gears up for her first season in F1 Academy, the new all-women series that aims to prepare young female drivers for elite competition in the world’s leading motorsport categories.

2018 Junior Karting World Champion Victor Bernier has joined MP Motorsport for a second assault on the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA). With MP, the 18-year-old Frenchman is looking to make a strong impression in the highly competitive championship. In MP’s three-car FRECA line-up, Bernier will team up with Dilano van ’t Hoff and a third driver who will be announced shortly.

As the global motorsports calendar moves into the beginning of the European season, MP Motorsport have announced the addition of Emirati racing stars Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi to their academy programme for the upcoming season, with the team joining the new F1 all-female driver series introduced for 2023.

Exciting Dutch talent Dilano van ’t Hoff will remain with MP Motorsport for a second assault on the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA). The 2021 Spanish Formula 4 champion aims to bounce back from a tough rookie season cruelly interrupted by injury. The Dutchman is the first driver to be announced for MP’s three-car FRECA line-up.

On the long road from karting to Formula 1, young Moroccan driver Suleiman Zanfari has chosen to go via the Formula 3 Regional Eurocup 3. After two seasons in F4 Spain with MP Motorsport, Suleiman needed to take the next step before joining the FIA F3.

Danish youngster Sebastian Øgaard is the first driver to hook up with MP Motorsport for an assault on the inaugural Eurocup-3 series. The Dutch outfit is one of the teams providing cars for this new stepping stone in between Formula 4, the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) and FIA Formula 3.

The series is a perfect addition to the current talent ladder MP is on, as it represents a great step between Formula 4 and FRECA.

MP Motorsport has signed up Jehan Daruvala for a renewed assault on the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The 24-year-old from Mumbai joins last year’s title-winning outfit with the aim of continuing the Dutch team’s current run of success.

Williams Racing is pleased to welcome Franco Colapinto to the team’s Driver Academy. The team is also pleased to confirm that Franco will compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with MP Motorsport.

Argentinian racer Franco Colapinto has rejoined MP Motorsport for a fresh assault on the FIA Formula 3 Championship. The 19-year-old from Buenos Aires raced with MP during his years in Formula Renault and Formula Regional and will now once again team up with the Dutch outfit for his second season in FIA F3. Colapinto is also the latest addition to the Williams Racing Driver Academy.

Jonny Edgar has signed with MP Motorsport for a renewed attempt at FIA Formula 3 glory. The 18-year-old from Workington in Cumbria aims to reap the benefit of experience in the Formula 1 feeder series by hooking up with the race-winning Dutch team.

Italian youngster Valerio Rinicella will stay with MP Motorsport for a second season in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship. As a sophomore, the 15-year-old from Rome aims to improve on his sixth place in 2022’s final standings.

Brazilian rising star Pedro Clerot will make a switch to the Spanish Formula 4 Championship in 2023, having sewn up a deal with series front-runners MP Motorsport.