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| Category | Kart racing |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe |
| Inaugural season | 2014 |
| Constructors | WSK |
| Official website | www |
The WSK Champions Cup is a European kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2014. Today, the series holds championships in four: karting categories: KZ2, OK, OKJ and 60 Mini. [1]
| Year | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Location | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Ben Hanley | ART GP | TM | B |  La Conca | KZ2 |
| 2016 | Paolo De Conto | CRG | Maxter | Vega | Adria | KZ2 |
| 2017 |  Stan Pex | CRG | TM | B | Adria | KZ2 |
| 2018 |  Daniel Vasile | DR | Modena Engines | B | Adria | KZ2 |
| 2021 |  Viktor Gustafsson | Birel ART | TM Racing | Vega | Adria | KZ2 |
| 2022 | Senna Van Walstijn | Sodi | TM | Vega | Lonato | KZ2 |
| 2023 | Cristian Bertuca | Birel | TM | Vega | Lonato | KZ2 |
| 2024 |  Markus Kajak | Maranello | TM | Vega | Lonato | KZ2 |
| Year | European Champion | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Second place | Third place | Location | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Karol Basz | Tony Kart | Vortex | D | Alessio Lorandi | Callum Ilott | La Conca | KF |
| 2015 |  Nicklas Nielsen | Tony Kart | Vortex | Vega | Richard Verschoor | Karol Basz | La Conca | KF |
| 2016 |  Logan Sargeant | FA Alonso | Vortex | Vega | Karol Basz | Christian Lundgaard | Adria | OK |
| 2017 |  Pedro Hiltbrand | Tony Kart | Vortex | B | Lorenzo Travisanutto |  Ulysse de Pauw | Adria | OK |
| 2018 | Nicklas Nielsen | Tony Kart | Vortex | B | Lorenzo Ferrari |  Zane Maloney | Adria | OK |
| 2019 | Taylor Barnard | KR | IAME | B | Gabriele Minì | Cristian Comanducci | Adria | OK |
| 2020 | Taylor Barnard | KR | IAME | B |  Kirill Smal | Harry Thompson | Adria | OK |
| 2021 |  Rafael Câmara | KR | IAME | LeCont | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Arvid Lindblad | Adria | OK |
| 2022 | Danny Carenini | KR | IAME | LeCont | Maksimilian Popov | Coskun Irfan | Lonato | OK |
| 2023 | David Walther | Tony Kart | Vortex | LeCont |  Martin Molnar |  Tomass Stolcermanis | Lonato | OK |
| 2023 |  Oleksandr Bondarev | Prema Racing KR | IAME | LeCont |  Guy Albag |  Salim Hanna | Lonato | OK |
| Year | World Champion | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Second place | Third place | Location | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Enaam Ahmed | FA Kart | Vortex | Vega | Max Fewtrell | Dan Ticktum | La Conca | KFJ |
| 2015 | Logan Sargeant | FA Alonso | Vortex | Vega | Christian Lundgaard | Felipe Drugovich | La Conca | KFJ |
| 2016 | Kiern Jewiss | Ricciardo Kart | Parilla | Vega |  Timothy Peisselon | Finn Kenneally | Adria | OKJ |
| 2017 | Ilya Morozov | Tony Kart | Vortex | Vega | Gillian Henrion | Pavel Bulantsev | Adria | OKJ |
| 2018 | Paul Aron | FA Kart | Vortex | Vega | Harry Thompson | Kirill Smal | Adria | OKJ |
| 2019 |  Alex Dunne | Exprit | TM | Vega | Arvid Lindblad | Thomas ten Brinke | Adria | OKJ |
| 2020 | Alfio Spina | KR | IAME | Vega |  Martinius Stenshorne |  Christian Ho | Adria | OKJ |
| 2021 |  Rashid Al Dhaheri | Parolin | TM | Vega |  Kean Nakamura-Berta | Harley Keeble | Adria | OKJ |
| 2022 |  Andres Cardenas | Energy | TM | Vega |  Zhenrui Chi | Nathan Tye | Lonato | OKJ |
| 2023 | Lewis Wherrell | Exprit | TM | Vega |  Niklas Schaufler |  Taym Saleh | Lonato | OKJ |
| 2024 | Niklas Schaufler | KR | IAME | Vega | Dries van Langendonck | Filippo Sala | Lonato | OKJ |
| Year | World Champion | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Second place | Third place | Location | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Muizzuddin Gafar | Hero | LKE | Vega | Giuseppe Fusco | Bogdan Fetisov | La Conca | 60 Mini |
| 2015 | Dennis Hauger | CRG | LKE | Vega | Luigi Coluccio | Giuseppe Fusco | La Conca | 60 Mini |
| 2016 | Michael Barbaro Paparo | IP Karting | TM | Vega | Francesco Pizzi | Tymoteusz Kucharczyk | Adria | 60 Mini |
| 2017 | Alfio Spina | CRG | TM | Vega | Gabriele Minì | Nikita Bedrin | Adria | 60 Mini |
| 2018 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Energy | TM | Vega | Martinius Stenshorne | Brando Badoer | Adria | 60 Mini |
| 2019 | Andrea Filaferro | Tony Kart | TM | Vega | Francesco Marenghi | Rashid Al Dhaheri | Adria | 60 Mini |
| 2020 | Anatoly Khavalkin | Parolin | TM | Vega | Gerasim Skulanov | Rashid Al Dhaheri | Adria | 60 Mini |
| 2021 | René Lammers | Parolin | IAME | Vega | Emanuele Olivieri | Tiziano Monza | Adria | 60 Mini |
| 2022 | Christian Costoya | Parolin | TM | Vega |  Jindrich Pesl | Dean Hoogendoorn | Lonato | 60 Mini |
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