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The second round of ROK Cup Namibia took place in Namibia on the 11th of March. 

There were 4 Kid Rok karts and 3 Mini Rok karts on the grid, despite the incedible heat everyone was ready for a good day of racing!

At its meeting on 3rd March 2023 in Manama, Bahrain, the FIA World Motor Sport Council validated the following decisions on the basis of the proposals of the International Karting Commission.

The first race of the MSA ROK Northern Regions season took place at Formula K in Benoni this weekend! It was an exciting day for karting enthusiasts as drivers from around the region (and the country) gathered to kick off the racing season. 

The driver that wins in South Africa in 2024 will represent the country in the first karting world cup and will be able to showcase their skills in a prestigious event, the FIA Karting World Championship in the presence of the greatest teams in the sport and under the watchful eye of influential motorsport observers. There will be no shortage of opportunities to get noticed!

After months of rigorous testing, the Vortex VTS engine has proven its worth and is ready to compete in the inaugural OK-N Championship introduced by the FIA. The engine has shown exceptional performance, and with the help of FTW Motorsport, South Africa is proudly hosting the second race in the world!

The first race of the Namibian Championship took place on February 11th, 2023, and it was also the first race for ROK in Namibia.

Saturday’s race was a huge milestone for the WPMC Karting Club as the 2023 season kicked off in style. To see the pits so full of life and the grids stacked with so much talent is a true joy to see. 

The hard-fought finals went to Bertuca (KZ2), Egozi (OK), Aksoy (OKJ), Zulfikari (MINI Gr.3) and Venant (MINI Gr.3 U10).

Ntiyiso Mabunda, a young and talented kart racer from South Africa, is set to represent his country in the upcoming FIA Karting Academy. The FIA Karting Academy is an international program aimed at identifying and nurturing young racing talent from around the world.

The FIA Karting Academy Trophy is important for anyone looking for a career in motorsport because it provides young drivers with an opportunity to race at a high level and gain valuable experience. The competition attracts top-level talent from around the world and provides a platform for young drivers to showcase their skills and make a name for themselves in the motorsport community.

As part of his preparation for the upcoming Formula 1 season, the Scuderia Ferrari driver participated in three days of rigorous testing with the Tony Kart official team.

Nyck de Vries has been compared to 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg in how he drives a car, by his former karting coach.

The tenth WSK Champions Cup, which kicked off the 2023 WSK season, featured a number of exciting Finals.

For the first appointment of 2023, WSK Promotion's karting events at the South Garda Karting circuit in Lonato are going to have a fantastic season start. The WSK Champions Cup will be the first event of the season. 

The decision is due to ongoing tests by the teams for the technical preparation.

The annual FIA Karting World Championship - KZ will take place at Wackersdorf (DEU) from September 9 to 10, 2023, at the same time as the eighth edition of the FIA Karting Historic Super Cup.

It has taken months of speculation for Fittipaldi's acceptance into the junior squad and his transfer to Carlin in F2 to be finalized, and Red Bull's confirmation of Tarnvanichkul also brings an end to that. The driver had previously made the news himself.

Sebastián Montoya, the son of Juan Pablo Montoya, revealed that he will join the Red Bull Junior Team for the 2023 season after participating in the Red Bull Athletes program, indicating a bright future. Like his father, the 17-year-old rider joined the team as an official driver with the intention of making it to Formula 1

Karting is a vital step for drivers who want to gain experience at a young age with the intention of developing later in motor sport, as well as a discipline in its own right that is widely practiced by many drivers around the world, as President of the FIA Karting Commission Akbar Ebrahim pointed out during the awards ceremony for the 2022 FIA season.

Anyone who wants to follow that trajectory needs to start in a top F4 team, realistically get picked up by an F1 team, and then be placed in a top team in F3 after bypassing Formula Regional. The same is true of moving on to F2 after only one season, regardless of performance.

The newborn VTS-N unit, designed for the new OK-N category conceived by the FIA Karting for national championships starting from 2023, has the same shape as the VTS model, but lacks - as per regulations - the exhaust valve and has a rev limiter set at 15,000 rpm. 

The second iteration of the FIA Motorsport Games, which were held in Marseille in October of this year, broke the previous record for the most number of countries or FIA ASNs to take part in an FIA-sanctioned event.

After Sebastian Vettel ended his incredible 16-year Formula 1 career, which included four world championships, F1 Correspondent Lawrence Barretto spoke with his father Norbert for a look back at the past....

The ROK CUP EURO TROPHY will return in 2023 with a new venue: on June 30 and July 1–2, the well-liked and renowned Wackersdorf track will serve as the venue for the Rok competition for all European Rokkers and beyond.

On Saturday, December 10, the FIA Karting Awards Ceremony took held in Bologna, Italy, following the World Motor Sport Council, the FIA Awards, and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual General Assembly. In the elegant surroundings of Palazzo Re Enzo, the 2022 FIA Karting Champions were honored.

At the Killarney 9-Hour in Cape Town, which was a part of the Cape Motorsport Festival and featured the final two rounds of the SAGT National Championship and a nine-artist music concert as the Southern African Endurance Series came to a dramatic and exciting conclusion, Kwanda Mokena drove flawlessly to become the youngest-ever SA Endurance Champion.

The FIA champions were honoured at the annual Prize Giving Ceremony at the Fiera di Bologna in the heart of Italy’s stunning Emilia-Romagna region.

The following FIA sporting calendars for 2023 have been approved by the World Motor Sport Council when it convened in Bologna today, Wednesday 7 December, or earlier during the year by e-vote.

With a total of 137 drivers competing over two days at the Franciacorta Karting Track in Castrezzato, Italy, the ROK Cup Festival concludes the 2022 single-brand season by Vortex with more than positive driver feedback. The rainy conditions added to the challenge. Pietro Bagutti (Mini ROK), Tiziano Kuzhnini (Junior ROK), Riccardo Cirelli (Senior ROK), Davide Gherardi (Expert ROK), Sergio Koch (Super ROK), and Marco Vannini were crowned in the finals (Shifter ROK).

The goal of the FIA President's EDI Award is to honor exceptional dedication to diverse and inclusive policies and initiatives that promote equitable, long-lasting, and quantifiable change.

Vega, LeCont, MG, Panta and Sparco are the official suppliers for the forthcoming WSK season.
Maglie (ITA), 25.11.2022
The WSK 2023 racing calendar confirmed a total of 14 races with the substitution of the venue of the fourth round of WSK Super Master Series on April 30th. The race will be held in Cremona instead of Castelletto, while the third round of the WSK Open Series has been anticipated from May 7th to April 16th in Castelletto.

Enzo Tarnvanichkul, a young karting prodigy, has moved closer to becoming a famous F1 driver after being the first Thai to sign up for Red Bull's Junior Team driver development program.

"KARTING IS CLEARLY ON THE RISE IN BRAZIL."

On September 18th in Italy on the Sarno circuit, Brazil was honoured with the crowning of Matheus Morgatto, brilliant winner of the FIA Karting World Championship - OK. This victory confirms the dynamism of this South American country in the field of karting for many years, as Giovanni Guerra, President of the "Confederação Brasileira de Automobilismo ", explains in this interview...

The first finance and sponsorship marketplace created by racers exclusively for racers is called OpenFender. This platform is crowd- and fan-funded and is aware of the requirements and difficulties faced by racers across all disciplines. Whether you race on two, three, four wheels, tracks, skis, or an internet connection; whether you're just getting started in karting or an experienced racer searching for the next level; OpenFender is your source for performance funding.

The final four Junior drivers today embark on the decisive phase of the programme at the renowned Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) in Maranello and at the Autodromo di Franciacorta race track to compete in karting, the real grassroots level of motor sport.

The MINI ROK category has already sold out in the few days after the ROK CUP FESTIVAL registrations opened!
The final race of the 2022 Rok season, which is solely for the ROK categories, will feature 36 MINI ROK drivers.
During a two-day event at Franciacorta, Mini, Junior, Senior, Super, Shifter, and Expert Rok drivers will be on the track for competitions, challenges, and heats.

It has been talked about since the beginning of the OK-N project, and the OKN-Junior is now a reality. Full-scale tests have enabled the CIK-FIA to validate the definition of the OKN-Junior engine to extend the OKN's field of action to younger drivers as easily as possible, with a simple exhaust flange. A single engine unit can therefore power drivers in both categories of the most accessible competition offered by the CIK-FIA for national markets.

While we are winding down the racing here in South Africa, there are still some races left in the international Rok Cup.

ROK FESTIVAL 2022

The ROK FESTIVAL, the final event of the Rok season to be held on December 3rd and 4th at the Franciacorta karting track, is a two-day event race, exclusively dedicated to the six Rok categories: Mini Rok, Junior Rok, Senior Rok, Super Rok, Shifter Rok, Expert Rok.

Joseph Turney wins the OK CLASS championship with our Tony Kart Racer 401 RR during the second and final round of the WSK Promotion series at the South Garda Karting of Lonato. Success was also achieved with Enzo Tarnvanichkul in the OKJ final.

The young Finnish driver, who competed in training with our official racing team and won the OK world championship in 2021 while wearing our logos, has joined the esteemed Maranello driving academy.

Noah Milell takes first position in the KZ2 class with our Racer 401 RR during the opening competition at the International Naples Circuit. In the OK final, Joseph Turney battles for the win. There were drivers racing in the OKJ and MINI divisions as well.

500 drivers competed in the final two rounds of the 11th WSK Final Cup at Sarno and Lonato, with the latter awarding today's winners the titles of MINI, OKJ, OK, and KZ2.

No potholes, cobblestones, or unfinished bridges could stop the team from Stellenbosch from winning the Red Bull Box Cart Race. Here's how they cooked up their victory...

The FIA's annual Volunteers Weekend will honor the selfless efforts of our men and women volunteers at championship events throughout the world (November 12-13).

 The South Garda Karting circuit will host the second round of the series, which will determine the winners, from November 9 to November 13. Yuanpu Cui (OK), a driver from China, and Gianmatteo Rousseau, a driver from Panama, both celebrate their maiden victories with WSK (MINI).