Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Tuukka Taponen to Continue with MP Motorsport in FIA F3 in 2026
Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Tuukka Taponen to Continue with MP Motorsport in FIA F3 in 2026

Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Tuukka...

Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Tuukka Taponen to Continue with MP Motorsport in FIA F3 in 2026

Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Tuukka Taponen to Continue with MP Motorsport in FIA F3 in 2026

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2026 IAME Euro Series Calendar Update
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Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy announces its Class of 2025
Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy announces its Class of 2025

Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy...

Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy announces its Class of 2025

Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy announces its Class of 2025

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Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine: the title fight heads to Hockenheim

Formula Regional European Championship...

Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine: the title fight heads to Hockenheim

Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine: the title fight heads to Hockenheim

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Macau welcomes Rotax Racing as host of the RMC International Trophy Asia 2026

Macau welcomes Rotax Racing as host of...

Macau welcomes Rotax Racing as host of the RMC International Trophy Asia 2026

Macau welcomes Rotax Racing as host of the RMC International Trophy Asia 2026

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World Crown for Girardello and Modena Kart in Cremona
World Crown for Girardello and Modena Kart in Cremona

World Crown for Girardello and Modena...

World Crown for Girardello and Modena Kart in Cremona

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PREMA announces Enzo Deligny for 2026 FIA Formula 3 season

PREMA announces Enzo Deligny for 2026...

PREMA announces Enzo Deligny for 2026 FIA Formula 3 season

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Results: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track
Results: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track

Results: Champions of the Future 2025...

Results: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track

Results: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track

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Live timing: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track

Live timing: Champions of the Future...

Live timing: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track

Live timing: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track

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Alfano becomes a supplier to the FIA Karting Academy Trophy

Alfano becomes a supplier to the FIA...

Alfano becomes a supplier to the FIA Karting Academy Trophy

Alfano becomes a supplier to the FIA Karting Academy Trophy

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World champion karter Lewis Wherrell joins KMR Sport for GB4 debut
World champion karter Lewis Wherrell joins KMR Sport for GB4 debut

World champion karter Lewis Wherrell...

World champion karter Lewis Wherrell joins KMR Sport for GB4 debut

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Vettenranta crowned Academy Trophy Junior Winner, double Italian victory on home soil in the World...

Vettenranta crowned Academy Trophy...

Vettenranta crowned Academy Trophy Junior Winner, double Italian victory on home soil in the World...

Vettenranta crowned Academy Trophy Junior Winner, double Italian victory on home soil in the World...

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GB3 Championship reveals provisional 2026 calendar with Red Bull Ring and Barcelona additions

GB3 Championship reveals provisional...

GB3 Championship reveals provisional 2026 calendar with Red Bull Ring and Barcelona additions

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GB4 Championship confirms provisional 2026 calendar and Winter Series plans

GB4 Championship confirms provisional...

GB4 Championship confirms provisional 2026 calendar and Winter Series plans

GB4 Championship confirms provisional 2026 calendar and Winter Series plans

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Sunday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit
Sunday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit

Sunday live stream: FIA Karting World...

Sunday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit

Sunday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit

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Exciting Qualifying Heats in all weather conditions

Exciting Qualifying Heats in all weather...

Exciting Qualifying Heats in all weather conditions

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Davide Forè Italian vice-champion! IPK Driving towards another achievement
Davide Forè Italian vice-champion! IPK Driving towards another achievement

Davide Forè Italian vice-champion! IPK...

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Noah Strømsted extends partnership with Trident Motorsport in the 2026 FIA F3 Championship
Noah Strømsted extends partnership with Trident Motorsport in the 2026 FIA F3 Championship

Noah Strømsted extends partnership with...

Noah Strømsted extends partnership with Trident Motorsport in the 2026 FIA F3 Championship

Noah Strømsted extends partnership with Trident Motorsport in the 2026 FIA F3 Championship

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Saturday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit
Saturday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit

Saturday live stream: FIA Karting World...

Saturday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit

Saturday live stream: FIA Karting World Cup and Academy Junior Trophy at the Cremona circuit

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Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Tuukka Taponen to Continue with MP Motorsport in FIA F3 in 2026

Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy’s Tuukka Taponen to Continue with MP Motorsport in FIA F3 in 2026 Read more

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2026 IAME Euro Series Calendar Update

2026 IAME Euro Series Calendar Update Read more

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Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine: the title fight heads to Hockenheim Read more

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Macau welcomes Rotax Racing as host of the RMC International Trophy Asia 2026

Macau welcomes Rotax Racing as host of the RMC International Trophy Asia 2026 Read more

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World Crown for Girardello and Modena Kart in Cremona

World Crown for Girardello and Modena Kart in Cremona Read more

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Live timing: Champions of the Future 2025 Shifters Grand Finale at the Franciacorta Karting Track Read more

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Rosberg Racing and Travisanutto Champions of the World!
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Rosberg Racing and Travisanutto Champions of the World!

The OK 2018 Karting World Championship in Kristianstad was clearly one of the big goals of the season for the Rosberg Racing team. With the technical partnership and know-how of Petronas and Kart Republic, Lorenzo Travisanutto became the new FIA Karting World Champion after a weekend he totally dominated: pole position with the absolute best lap of the meeting, leader at the end of the qualifying heats and victory in the final after a crazy race, where the Italian took the best two laps of the finish! In Sweden, the Rosberg Young Drivers Academy has also enabled Taylor Barnard to be world-renowned. The Briton was one of the fastest drivers in the Junior World Championship field and finished in 4th place out of a total of 113 drivers.

First title already for the Rosberg Young Drivers Academy

Only five months after its official launch in Italy, Rosberg Racing has reached the peak of World Karting. During three intense days of competition, the colours of the academy launched by the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion shined at the front of the pack to finish in triumph with the most coveted title of the season.

"World champion! It's fantastic," admitted Lorenzo Travisanutto, immediately congratulated by Nico Rosberg, present in Sweden, and the whole team united around the team manager Dino Chiesa. "Since the European Championship, we have incredible technical potential, which we improved further in Kristianstad. I was able to achieve a perfect start to the meeting in Qualifying. In the Final, tyre management was one of the keys to success. Hannes Janker was very fast in the middle of the race, but I was able to regain the advantage shortly before the finish to cross the line as the winner."


Two drivers, two leaders

"It was an incredible moment, validating the direction taken in 2018," said Nico Rosberg. "Karting is where everything starts in motorsport. Winning the OK World Championship has a special meaning because the discipline is so difficult, with enormous pressure resting on the shoulders of these young drivers. They represent the elite of the discipline. As for Lorenzo, he did a fantastic job, he led his race as a great champion! "

"I must also congratulate Taylor Barnard, who is still very young. For his first year in Junior, he showed his talent by leading the Qualifying Heats despite difficult weather conditions and finishing 4th in the Final, close to the podium. He will be closely followed in 2019."


"This is a wonderful moment for Rosberg Racing and the Driver Academy that I launched at the start of the season. With Dino Chiesa, who was already my team manager in my final karting seasons before I went to single-seaters, we benefited from the best equipment: our partnership with Petronas, KR (Kart Republic) chassis and Parilla engines. The IAME factory have greatly contributed to this global success."


The Rosberg Young Drivers Academy is still in its infancy and new projects are already in preparation ...

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