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.
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.
SWRD Ltd / Wright Karts is an English company founded by Simon Wright in 1978, manufacturing and racing racing kart chassis.
Armando Parente is a Portuguese racing driver. He won the 2008 ADAC Formel Masters season. Currently, he races in the Portuguese Championship of Sport Prototypes, teaming with Francisco Abreu, driving a Tattus PY 012 of Team Nova Driver.
Meindert van Buuren, Jr. is a Dutch former racing driver, who currently resides in Rockanje.
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 returns for a second season with Lexus and Vasser Sullivan Racing, and kicked off the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship with a podium finish at the 24 Hours of Daytona.
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.
Arjun Maini is an Indian professional racing driver, currently competing in the DTM. He has previously also competed in FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident Racing and Campos Racing.
Amna Al Qubaisi is an Emirati racing driver, currently racing in F1 Academy for MP Motorsport. 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.
Dev Gore is an American professional racing driver competing in international motorsport.
Madeline Stewart is a New Zealand racing driver competing in the Porsche Sprint Challenge North America series in 2023.
Reece Ushijima is a Japanese-American racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with Jay Howard Driver Development. He previously competed in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing.
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.
Adam Smalley is a British racing driver currently competing in the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain with Team Parker Racing.
Matías Zagazeta is a Peruvian racing driver who is racing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Jenzer Motorsport. He is the 2021 F4 British Championship runner-up.
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.
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.
