The long-awaited week has finally arrived: this weekend, the 2025 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy kicks off at the Prokart Raceland in Wackersdorf. The European Rotax season, which already saw the conclusion of the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Series now lands at one of the sport’s most iconic championship venues: Wackersdorf.

The long-awaited week has finally arrived: this weekend, the 2025 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy kicks off at the Prokart Raceland in Wackersdorf. The European Rotax season, which already saw the conclusion of the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Series now lands at one of the sport’s most iconic championship venues: Wackersdorf.

The long-awaited week has finally arrived: this weekend, the 2025 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy kicks off at the Prokart Raceland in Wackersdorf. The European Rotax season, which already saw the conclusion of the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Series now lands at one of the sport’s most iconic championship venues: Wackersdorf.

The long-awaited week has finally arrived: this weekend, the 2025 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy kicks off at the Prokart Raceland in Wackersdorf.

An emblematic player in world karting and an active partner of BRP-Rotax since 2012, Birel ART brilliantly highlighted the quality of its chassis and its know-how at the prestigious Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. Involved in the Mini Max, Max DD2 and also DD2 Masters categories with its products in the colours of Charles Leclerc, the Italian factory supplied more than 180 karts for this key event of the season organised in 2024 in Italy, on the Naples International Circuit in Sarno.

The day started under cool and calm conditions at the Circuito Internazionale di Napoli in Sarno, Italy, but the track action heated up throughout the day, concluding with three Qualifying Practice sessions. Setting the grids in Micro MAX, Mini MAX, and MAX DD2 Masters, the remaining classes will qualify tomorrow, with wheel-to-wheel action to follow. Of note, Non-Qualifying Practice 6 for Junior MAX Even, Senior MAX Odd and Even, MAX DD2 Odd and Even were cancelled today due to heavy rain, as those classes still have Non-Qualifying Practice 7 tomorrow morning.

The RMC Grand Finals 2024 roared to life today at 09:00 with the Non-Qualifying Practice Sessions for all categories, held at the legendary Circuito Internazionale di Napoli. Under perfect weather conditions, all drivers were seen fine-tuning their skills on the track, setting the stage for an exciting week of racing action.

Mixed weather conditions impacted the finals Sunday of round 3 of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy, turning the finals into a real lottery.

The Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy show arrives in Italy. The famous Franciacorta Karting Track will host the 3rd round of the RMCET, which already promises a great show. The Franciacorta Karting Track inherits the sporting legacy of the Castrezzato Motorsport Arena. CIK-FIA-approved, the 1300-meter track stands out with its long straights, technical sections, and, most notably, variations in track elevation, making it a unique facility capable of challenging all drivers.

The first heats of Round 3 of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy at Franciacorta are just finished.

The Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy show arrives in Italy. The famous Franciacorta Karting Track will host the 3rd round of the RMCET, which already promises a great show. The Franciacorta Karting Track inherits the sporting legacy of the Castrezzato Motorsport Arena. CIK-FIA-approved, the 1300-meter track stands out with its long straights, technical sections, and, most notably, variations in track elevation, making it a unique facility capable of challenging all drivers.

The Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy show arrives in Italy. The famous Franciacorta Karting Track will host the 3rd round of the RMCET, which already promises a great show. The Franciacorta Karting Track inherits the sporting legacy of the Castrezzato Motorsport Arena. CIK-FIA-approved, the 1300-meter track stands out with its long straights, technical sections, and, most notably, variations in track elevation, making it a unique facility capable of challenging all drivers.

The Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy show arrives in Italy. The famous Franciacorta Karting Track will host the 3rd round of the RMCET, which already promises a great show.

The 10 Qualifying Practices sessions officially kick off the first round of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy. Over the 1360 meters of Karting Genk: The Home of Champions, the traditional opening round venue of the RMCET, 239 drivers vied for pole position in the 5 classes involved in the event.

The 2024 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy starts this weekend at Karting Genk: The Home of Champions with the first round of four. More than 240 drivers are enrolled from over 40 countries.

Last weekend, KartCenter Campillos hosted the first edition of the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Cup organized by WSK Promotion. The mixed weather conditions added an extra layer of excitement to the already thrilling racing spectacle, with rain and sunshine alternating throughout the weekend, providing a true test of the drivers’ skills.

Saturday was a bustling day at the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Cup held at the Campillos circuit in Spain, with 17 heats placed under the heavy rain. The heavy rain changed a lot of things compared to the Qualifying Practices.

The rain persists at the KartCenter in Campillos, Spain, on the 1580-meter circuit for the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Cup, keeping drivers tense and uncertain.

And once again, another Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals comes to a close here, amidst the sands of the Persian Gulf in 2023, with the intense competition front and centre, with the drivers that had made it to Finals Day being the stars of the show and treating everyone to great racing.

What a sight to see at the Bahrain International Karting Circuit, as warm sunshine and blue skies from up above provided welcoming and fantastic weather for what would be a great day of celebration and action-packed racing under the floodlights for the Pre-Finals.