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Karting1 Podcast FeedWhile enjoying a decent run of form, despite some bad luck, in his return to F1 against the so-called ‘world’s best drivers’ in 2012, Michael Schumacher in a recent interview with F1 Racing revealed that he is proud that he can still keep up with karters.
“I managed to come fourth – for me that was [...]
While karts can work pretty well on car circuits, the same can’t be said for cars working on kart circuits. Here’s a clip of a Porsche GT racer doing some demo laps at the Kerpen kart track last year in Germany which ends in disaster as it plows into a marshall post. Thankfully it looks [...]
All eyes are on Callum in 2012 – pic by KSP Photo Agency
At just 13 years old British driver Callum Ilott has already bagged the WSK Masters title in KF3, and currently sits a comfortable 3rd in the WSK Euro Series title chase. He continues the legacy of successful British drivers to dominate on [...]
The Australian and New Zealand karting scenes have a remarkable amount of freedom to allow such creations to race. This time we’ve discovered a twin DD2 build ready to race in the open class in Australia. It joins a number of incredible creations which include twin 100cc, twin X30s, KZ+FA (yes, 100cc and KZ on the same kart) and [...]
It would be seen as somewhat of a revolution in karting to see major manufacturers to invest in TV/Video style marketing for their products, but in the 60s it appeared to be common place. This amazing video promotes the McCulloch range of karts and engines from 1961. It includes some brilliant manufacturer process footage, information about magnesium wheels, ‘new tech’ like ackerman steering and [...]
PFi extended their track and Varennes had invested in launching a massive promotional campaign in preperation for hosting the 2012 world Karting Championship. Unfortunately their monumental effort has come to nothing as the CIK confirm they are ditching the European based rounds of the 2012 World Karting Championship, in a bid to save it.
“However, when [...]
Vortex have presented their new 4-stroke engine on their website. They recently announced a tie-up with engine manufacturer Tech-F1 and Vortex’s latest engine resembles the Tech-F1 engine very closely. It has three power ranges from 21hp, 35.5hp and 38hp. It also weighs 16.3kg.
The engine as standard doesn’t have any particular new or innovative features but Vortex [...]
It’s pretty hard to get bored with just one 100cc engine bolted onto your kart chassis, but ‘down-under’ the Kiwis prefer to have two of them bolted on. Australia and New Zealand, rather uniquely, have a fabulous class called Open which states the only limit is a capacity of 250cc, everything thing else is pretty [...]
