Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motorsport circuits. Karting is commonly perceived as the stepping stone to the higher ranks of motorsports, with most Formula One drivers—including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, and Max Verstappen—having begun their careers in karting.
OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 11 to 15.
KF2, is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 14 and up.
The Karting World Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. It is held annually since 1964, and is karting's flagship event. The FIA created the CIK in 1962. The Current President of the Championship is former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa.
Oliver "Oli" Oakes is a British former racing driver, entrepreneur and team principal and director of Hitech GP. He was the 2005 World Karting champion, and was once a part of the Red Bull Junior Team.
The European KF1 Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA.
KZ2 is a kart racing class using 125 cc water-cooled two-stroke engines yielding about 52 hp (39 kW). The engines are equipped with a 6-speed gearbox. Z2 is the second fastest of the KZ karting racing categories, and technical regulations are similar to faster KZ1 except that in KZ2 the gearbox must be "hand-operated and exclusively mechanical without a servo system", as well as the use of medium tires. Both the engine and chassis must be approved by the CIK-FIA racing governing commission. The class is open to drivers aged 15 years and up with the minimum weight being 175 kg, this includes the kart and driver.
Sami Worship Taoufik is a Spanish-born Moroccan racing driver.
Marta García López is a Spanish professional racing driver who is set to compete in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Racing. She most recently competed in F1 Academy for the team in 2023, becoming the inaugural champion of the series with two races to spare. She is a race winner in the W Series and won titles including the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and the Trofeo delle Industrie in 2015, the oldest kart race in the world.
David Vidales Ajenjo is a Spanish racing driver set to race in the 2023 Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing. He was a race winner in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Campos Racing.
The CIK-FIA Karting European Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Its inaugural season took place in 1972. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KZ, KF2, OK and OKJ. Notable champions have been Alex Zanardi, Jos Verstappen, Giorgio Pantano, Jarno Trulli, Sébastien Buemi, Alexander Albon, George Russell, Lando Norris and Formula One World Champions Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, and Max Verstappen.
Filip-Ioan Ugran is a Romanian race car driver who is set to compete in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with United Autosports. He previously competed in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship with Prema Racing.
Sami Meguetounif is a French racing driver who is set to compete in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Trident. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for two seasons in 2022 and 2023 with MP Motorsport.
The 2014 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy was the 5th season of the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy, an international karting championship. Richard Verschoor clinched the title in the final race ahead of Kakunoshin Ohta and Rinus VeeKay.
Christian Ho is a Singaporean-Korean racing driver who is set to compete in the 2024 Eurocup-3 season for Campos Racing. He is the 2023 F4 Spanish vice-champion.
Lorenzo Patrese is an Italian racing driver and horse rider, currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe with Tresor Attempto Racing. He participated in the 2021 and 2020 Italian F4 Championship.
Rokas Baciuška is a professional rally driver from Lithuania. He has won the Lithuania Kart racing championship, the European Rallycross Championship in the Super1600 class, and the World Rally-Raid Championship in the T4 SSV class.
The 2011 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy was the 2nd season of the CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy, an international karting championship. Charles Leclerc clinched the title ahead of Ben Barnicoat and Juho Valtanen.
Oleksandr Bondarev is a Ukrainian karting driver competing in the OK class representing Prema Racing team. He is a member of the Williams Driver Academy. He is a winner of the 2022 WSK Super Master Series and the 2023 CIK-FIA European Championship, both in the OKJ class.
Tuukka Taponen is a Finnish racing driver who is currently competing in the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with R-ace GP. He finished runner up in the 2023 F4 UAE Championship, and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Niklas Tiihonen 
Anthoine Hubert 
Filippos Kalesis 
Charles Leclerc 
Ben Barnicoat 
Javier Cobián 
Maxime Potty [3] 
Berkay Besler 
Richard Verschoor [4] 
Kakunoshin Ohta 
Alfred Nilsson 
Francisco Melo D. Porto 
Kajus Siksnelis [9] 
Christian Ho 
Connor Zilisch [10] 
Maxime Furon-Castelain 
Maciej Gladysz [11] 
David Walther 
Oleksandr Bondarev 
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