The ABkC have announced that the UK British Karting Championships will adopt the new CIK KF classes for 2008.

http://www.abkc.org.uk/news7_3.html

KF Classes next year & World Formula
The new KF classes will come in for 2008, Formula A and ICA will disappear from the Gold Book and the major championships but JICA remains as a CIK class. It was noted there are potential markets for the JICA engines in Ireland and the US, as Ireland will continue to offer JICA. Although the MSA had received reservations about allowing the youngest drivers in KF3, it was noted that 12 year olds would need to have held a National A licence for at least a year, and to get a National A licence will need 12 signatures (six more after being no longer a novice). Otherwise they will need to be 13. The driver will also have to be a sufficient weight so the kart is less than the maximum weight laid down in the regulations. The CIK class weight of 145kg for kart and driver is recommended. But in KF1 and KF2 the Kart Regional Committee believe the weights are too low and are proposing 160kg for KF1 (Formula A replacement) and 165kg for KF2 (ICA replacement). This is to make KF2 more accessible for the older driver in our championships, noting that in CIK events it is mostly 15 year olds who compete. KF1 will be the MSA British Championship class for 2008, and KF3 the Junior British Championship class, also offered in Stars. However drivers should be aware that because there are major engine homologation changes to designs at the end of this year, the latest engines could be in short supply at the beginning of 2008.

The meeting did not wish any changes in World Formula for 2008, despite some traders wanting the class to be restricted to CIK WF chassis.

There had been calls for JICA to be kept due to it’s growing numbers in recent years, but it was felt KF3 was a better option for the future.

The KF classes are designed to reintegrate national level karting into the club system. We would like to know how you feel about the move, and whether you will compete in the new classes yourself. Let us know your thoughts and participate in our poll here

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