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12/06/07 The 2007 European KZ1 Champion will be crowned in Varennes

CIK - European Championship - Varennes / Allier

Having begun in Italy at Ugento, the CIK-FIA European Karting Championship will continue in France at the Varennes sur Allier circuit on next 21-24 June 2007.

11/06/07 France Europe Express

FFSA Karting - Championnat de France Grand Prix Karting - Salbris

The 3rd round of the 2007 FFSA Grand Prix Karting series will take place in Salbris, on a track that will soon be playing host to a European Championship race, as was already the case for the previous rounds in Essay and Varennes. So, after hosting the 2006 World Cup in Angerville, France remains...

31/05/07 Benjamin the Samurai

BAILLY - World Cup - Suzuka

For the very first time in his career, Benjamin Bailly has taken a top ten place in a world event. Once again Benjamin - the youngest member of the elite top eight finishers in this World Cup - impressed in his first year's racing in the top category (KF1). Over in the land of the rising sun the ...

30/05/07 Butterfly, butterfly, do you like the rain?

Julie TONELLI - Championnat de France - Angerville

On the weekend that saw "The Diving Bell and the Buttefly" win the Best Director award for Julian Schnabel at the Cannes Film Festival, the film's title would have been an apt description of Sunday's racing on the Essonne track. Indeed, a team of deep sea divers might have come in handy during th...

29/05/07 A top designer

B-DESIGN

Following a creditable racing career at national level, Grégory Brand decided to concentrate on design and set up his company, B-Design. "Once I understood that the road to becoming a professional driver was, to say the least, complicated", remarked Grégory, "and after having done some custom hel...

25/05/07 Hitting the right tempo

BAILLY - Open Masters - Jesolo

The Bailly brothers, Benjamin and Sébastien, displayed flashes of brilliant driving during the 3rd round of the Italian Open Masters in Jesolo - the temple of Italian kart racing. They showed a fine turn of speed and adapted well to the conditions on what is a difficult circuit. Benjamin certainl...

24/05/07 Julie at the heart of the action on the historic Jesolo circuit.

Julie TONELLI - Open Masters - Jesolo

Had it not been for tourism, Jesolo might have remained a sleepy town nestling on the shores of the Venetian Lagoon, bathing in the waters of the Adriatic Sea. These days it's a typical bustling Italian seaside resort, with over 350 hotels lining its 15kms of sandy beaches. Bit the mere mention o...

16/05/07 A touch of pink in the blue skies of Auvergne.

Julie TONELLI - Championnat de France Grand Prix Karting - Varennes / Allier

As always, it was a thrill-packed event at Varennes, with plenty of frantic overtaking, breathtaking climbs through the field and final laps full of surprises. Julie Tonelli's famous T-shirts wereon show there and the track was decked with pink and white banners. Lots of karts were sporting Julie...

10/05/07 The Julie Tonelli European tour starts.

Julie TONELLI - European Championship - Ugento

Just two weeks after the Open Masters, the Pista Salentina in Ugento played host this weekend to a European KF1, KZ1 and KZ2 championship meeting. It was an historic event which marked the arrival of the high endurance 125cc engine on the international stage. Julie Tonelli was there in spirit of ...

15/05/07 A driver's track takes centre stage in a season for engines

FFSA Karting - Championnat de France Grand Prix Karting - Varennes / Allier

There are no two ways about it, Varennes is a magnificent circuit ! The weekend in Auvergne was thrill-packed from start to end, with high suspense throughout the qualifying heats and the finals. On a track that provides at least four good overtaking areas the drivers showed no lack of imaginatio...

08/05/07 Varennes sur Allier, presentation.

FFSA Karting - Championnat de France Grand Prix Karting - Varennes / Allier

The second meeting of the 2007 French Karting Championships will see drivers, teams and fans make the trip down to this town in the Auvergne region, half way between Magny-Cours and Vichy. The region is famous for its health spas but the fast and furious one and a half kilometre Varennes track i...

22/05/07 Baptism of fire for the new KF engines in Japan

CIK - World Cup - Suzuka

The CIK-FIA World Cup for KF1 (former Formula A), which was revived in 2006 after a few years of interruption following prestigious editions in the 1990's, will be organised on 25-27 May 2007 in Japan, on the Karting track next to the famous Suzuka Formula One circuit.

22/05/07 PCR is banking on the future

PCR - European Championship - Ugento

The love affair between PCR and karting goes back a long way, several decades in fact. The story looks set to continue for a long time yet if we are to judge by the Italian factory's homologation in early 2007 of a brand new engine destined for the International Federation's new categories. As th...

11/05/07 Abbasse and Sodi on the big stage

SODI RACING TEAM - European Championship - Ugento

2006 ICA World Cup winner Sodi is meeting the challenge of the new KF1 category with its usual mix of skill and professionalism. Driver Anthony Abbasse, on his first outing at the highest level, gave an excellent account of himself with two top 10 finishes, including 6th spot in Race 2.

12/05/07 A new start

Davidé FORE - European Championship - Ugento

In deciding to leave Tony Kart after spending 15 years with them, Davide Forè knew he would be taking on a big and exciting new challenge when he joined the Maranello works team. But the 32-year-old, five times world champion has not lost his touch and is still up for the fight to be amongst the ...

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