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. Most modern Formula One drivers, including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, and Max Verstappen, have begun their racing careers in karting.
The Super One National Kart Championships, also known as S1 or Super One, is a karting championship based in the United Kingdom. It has been in operation since 1983 and is regarded as the premier karting championship in the UK, producing professional drivers including Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, David Coulthard, Alexander Albon, Dan Wheldon, Anthony Davidson, Jason Plato, Zhou Guanyu and more.
The Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals (RMC) is a kart racing series owned and organized worldwide by BRP-Rotax and its distributors, approved and in compliance with CIK-FIA. Competition takes place on a club, national and international level which culminates in the Grand Finals once a year.
Hamza Dirani حمزة ديراني is a Jordanian race car and kart racing driver. In addition to competing successfully in karting in Jordan, Lebanon, Dubai and Egypt, in 2005, he joined Meritus Racing to race in the Formula BMW Asia racing series and be the first Jordanian to participate in Formula Racing. He finished all his races in the top ten. He is also an entrepreneur, having established his own karting business in 2006.
Ben George Barnicoat is a British racing driver. He is a Lexus Racing USA factory racing driver, making his IMSA Sportscar Championship debut in 2022. He claimed the GTD Pro championship title when he returned for a second season with Lexus and Vasser Sullivan Racing, scoring nine podium finishes on his way to securing a maiden IMSA title for him and Lexus.
Rahul Raj Mayer, is a Malaysian racing driver.
Shahan Ali Mohsin is an Indian racing driver from India, an Asia Max Karting Champion and two-time JK Tyre Rotax Max Championship in the Micro Max category.
Amna Al Qubaisi is an Emirati racing driver. On 16 December 2018, she became the first Middle Eastern woman to take part in a motorsport test program for Formula E after the Diriyah ePrix in Saudi Arabia.
Madeline Stewart is a New Zealand racing driver competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America series in 2024.
Josh Green is an American racing driver. He currently competes in the 2023 INDY NXT driving for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing. Green previously competed with Turn 3 Motorsport in the 2022 Indy Pro 2000 Championship.
Ai Miura is a Japanese female racing driver who last raced in the Formula Regional Japanese Championship.
Valentin Kluss is a German racing driver who last competed in the Eurocup-3 series for Campos Racing. He previously competed in the 2023 Italian F4 Championship with PHM Racing.
Kanato Le is a Japanese racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix, having most recently competed in the series in 2024 for G4 Racing. He previously raced in the 2023 F4 British Championship, placing seventh in the standings.
Evan Giltaire is a French racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix. He is the winner of the 2023 French F4 Championship.
Kean Nakamura-Berta is a Japanese and Slovakian racing driver, who most recently competed under the British flag in the 2024 Italian F4 Championship with Prema.
Keanu Al Azhari is an Emirati racing driver based in Dubai, who is set to race in the 2025 GB3 Championship with Hitech Pulse-Eight. He finished third in the 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship and was the 2024 F4 Spanish runner-up.
Sebastian Murray is a Scottish racing driver. He most recently competed for Chris Dittmann Racing in the 2024 GB3 Championship. He is set to contest the 2025 Indy NXT season with Andretti Cape Indy NXT.
Federico Al Rifai is an Emirati-Italian racing driver who was born in Italy. He is the 2024 Saudi Arabian F4 champion. He most recently contested the 2024 GT Cup Open Europe, driving for GDL Racing.
Fionn McLaughlin is an Irish racing driver, who is set to compete in the F4 British Championship in 2025 for Hitech Pulse-Eight.
Jules Caranta is a French racing driver who is set to drive for Campos Racing in the Eurocup-3. He most recently competed in the 2024 French F4 Championship, finishing third in the standings.
