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Archive for March, 2009

Vital Secure Formula Kart Stars Sole Race Support Specialist

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Vital Motor Sport headed by Gary Rolfe have been awarded Sole Race Support Specialist status by Formula Kart Stars in both the domestic and international championships.

Formula Kart Stars really seem to be ‘upping the ante’ when it comes to professionalism and building strategic relationships with big hitters in karting and F1. Gary from Vital [...]

S1 Round 1 21/22 March- MSA British Junior & Senior Karting Championship Gallery + Results!

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Unofficial Results
KF1 Final 1
1. Jordan Lennox-Lamb
2. Robert Foster-Jones
3. Richard Bradley
KF2 Final 1
1. Jake Ball
2. Josh Fielding
3. Charles Bonsey
KF3 Final 1

1. Senna Fielding
2. Jake Dennis
3. Macauley Walsh
Cadet Final 1

1. Alex Gill
2. George Russell
3. Josh White
KF1 Final 2
1. Jordan Lennox-Lamb
2. Ben Cooper
3. Richard Bradley
KF2 Final 2
1. Jake Ball
2. Ashley Sutton
3. Steven Napier
KF3 Final 2
1. Alex Albon
2. Jake [...]

S1 Round 1 – MSA British Junior & Senior Karting Championship Saturday

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

The first day of the Round 1 saw Junior, and Senior title favourites Alex Albon, and Mark Litchfield take the honours as both won their respective heats. Albon completely dominated the KF3 field which included topping the qualifying time table.

Litchfield got off to a slow start with his title defence as he struggled for pace [...]

FIA – High Back Kart Seats ‘On the Agenda in the Near Future’!

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

A hugely relevant bi-monthly release from the FIA Institute – FIA In Safety – has largely gone unnoticed in karting until now. The FIA have revealed that in conjunction with the CIK, MSA and the Deutsche Motor Sport Bund they looking into the introduction of high back kart seats as well as full body protection, [...]

CIK Hint At New Plan As SKF/KF1 Entry Figures Disappoint!

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

The CIK announced today that there are only 24 entries for the SKF/KF1 European Kart Championships to be broadcast on Eurosport. With the economy obviously a factor the CIK have recognised rising costs are a major issue forcing them to to re-think the current situation. From the press release today -
When he left the World [...]

Video – Tyre Changing Battle!

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

A video has popped up on YouTube of Dave “The Guvnor” Litchfield, and Nick “The Mechanic” Jepson going toe to toe in a tyre changing battle! So if you want to know what mechanics do after a days spannering check this out

They changed a set of TKM Maxxis Greens! If you think you can do [...]

Karting1 Podcast #2 – McLaren’s Young Driver Oliver Rowland Talks Karting!

Friday, March 6th, 2009

We dubbed Oliver Rowland the best young driver in the world. Shortly after Mclaren seemed to agree and signed him up to their young driver development driver program. He’s the current KF2 World Cup Champion.
Alan asks
- How he deals with the added pressure of being signed to McLaren
- What it takes to go from [...]