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Archive for June, 2007

Ardigo Takes Double Win at KF1 European Championships!

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Marco Ardigo and his TonyKart/Vortex package have continued their domination of the European Championship with a double win at Varennes. Gary Catt completed the one-two for TonyKart/Vortex by finishing second in both finals. According to TonyKart this would make Ardigo the European Champion with 2 races still to run!

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Jason Parrot continued his good form in [...]

Hamilton Drives JICA – We Were There!

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Lewis Hamilton was back in a JICA kart today to show off the kart auctioned for charity that raised £42,000. We were there to take a few snaps and witness his first crash for a long while.

More info and pics here

Michael Schumacher KF1 Test Video!

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Many of you will remember Michael Schumacher took part in some TonyKart tests before the 2007 season. Much speculation arose from this, and there were suggestions he would compete in the European KF1 Karting Championship. However that has not materialised albeit hot rumours he might race at the Monaco Kart GP.

Many pictures were released of [...]

Lewis Hamilton’s Kart Is For Sale!

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

A specially created JICA Vodafone Lewis Hamilton kart (apparently his own) has gone for sale on ebay as part of a Vodafone promotion. Bidding is currently at around £16,000 (expect to rise even more) and the proceeds will go to Tommy’s, the baby charity

The kart will definitely be fast enough for anyone lucky enough to [...]

Terry Fullerton, and Paul Fletcher to Race At UK KartMasters GP?

Friday, June 15th, 2007

There are moves in place to have a feature race at this years KartMasters GP, held at the PFi Circuit annually. The race is planned to include many ‘oldskool’ karters including ex-Karting World Champion Terry Fullerton, and Paul Fletcher. Junior Rotax karts are the suggested karts for the event. If it happens it could be [...]

Michael Schumacher to Race In Monaco Kart Cup?

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Rumours are starting to surface that Michael Schumacher may be making an appearance at the Monaco Kart Cup. Michael Schumacher has already performed many tests with the TonyKart team, which he owns shares with, and has previously reportedly set a new lap record at the Monaco kart circuit using the Aixro XR50. So driving [...]

Lewis Hamilton Karting – Stunning Last to First JICA Win!

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

It’s hard not to get swept along the Lewis Hamilton wave at the moment after he destroyed the F1 field to take his first ever F1 GP win in Canada.
But, as many in the karting world has always known, he has always been ‘that’ good. We have found, yet again, another video showing off Hamilton’s [...]

Mclaren Boss Ron Dennis Speaks Out About Karting Star Oliver Rowland!

Monday, June 11th, 2007

Mclaren boss Ron Dennis has spoken publicly about karter, and new member of the Mclaren Young Driver Programme, Oliver Rowland for the first time on the BBC 5 Live’s ‘Chequered Flag’ podcast.

Oliver Rowland – Karting1 Media Photo

Ron was replying to a question regarding the preparation his team gave Lewis Hamilton throughout his career to [...]