Karting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Karting exhibition at the Green Park before the start of the Games. FIA Seguridad Vial YOG18 (17).jpg
Karting exhibition at the Green Park before the start of the Games.

Karting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 13 October. The events took place at the Kartodromo in the Autodromo Juan y Oscar Galvez in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The exhibition event was part of the Youth Olympics with the intention that the activity is part of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. All electric karting were piloted by men and women.

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Six teams - each run by a boy and girl - participated in the event with a practice and qualifying session scheduled ahead of the race. The pair of Franco Colapinto and María García Puig won the race from pole position. [1] [2]

Event

The karting event was presented at the Green Park, by the president of FIA Jean Todt, the president of the IOC Thomas Bach, on October 4, the president of Argentine Olympic Committee Gerardo Werthein, and 2018 Youth Olympic Games CEO Leandro Larrosa, hosted by Argentine bilingual motorsport and football commentator Francisco Aure. [3] The event was presented within the program 3500LIVES of the FIA.

Results

PositionDrivers
1 Flag of Argentina.svg Franco Colapinto
Flag of Argentina.svg María García Puig
2 Flag of Chile.svg Nico Pino
Flag of Argentina.svg Camila Almada
3 Flag of Argentina.svg Kevin Pilo
Flag of Argentina.svg Maria Dolores Inghiotti
4 Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Moggia
Flag of Argentina.svg Valentina Funes
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Longhi
Flag of Argentina.svg Ana Laura Arlan
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme de Figuereido
Flag of Argentina.svg María José Lambertucci

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