Varennes-sur-Allier

September 17, 2008 Mission accomplished for Fore at Varennes

When he arrived at Varennes sur Allier on the first weekend of September for the World Cup for KZ1 2008, Davide Fore could not help thinking about the podium he lost in 2007, after a collision from behind in the final. He owed it to the Maranello Team, this is why the Italian driver really did his best to reach the top 3 despite a missed heat.

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September 11, 2008 Gutsy Hawksworth races to podium flourish against the odds

Jack Hawksworth had to dig deep in his latest karting appearance – the final meeting on the prestigious 2008 CIK-FIA European Championship calendar – but his efforts would prove to be more than worthwhile, as he ended the campaign with a rostrum flourish.

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September 9, 2008 Thonon renews his KZ1 World Cup title, Lavanant (KZ2) and Vainio (KF3) European Champions

This weekend the French circuit of Varennes-sur-Allier hosted the Karting World Cup for KZ1 (the top category of gearbox karts) and the European KZ2 (second division of gearbox karts) and KF3 (Juniors) Championship finals. In an unexpected sunshine and before several thousand spectators, the Belgian Jonathan Thonon (CRG-Maxter) renewed his world KZ1 title while the Frenchman Tony Lavanant (Energy-TM) in KZ2 and the young ...

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September 9, 2008 Unfortunate circumstances for De Vries

Nyck De Vries had a hard time during the European KF3 Championship held in France, on the fast circuit of Varennes sur Allier. On his first attempt at this level of competition, the Dutch driver showed he had the potential to achieve a good result. Unfortunately, he was very unlucky during the weekend…

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September 8, 2008 Thonon, Vainio, Jansen and Lavanant win at Varennes

Title-holder Jonathan Thonon (BE, CRG/Maxter) won the KZ1 World Cup from Marco Ardigo (IT, Tonykart/Vortex); Tony Lavanant (FR, Energy/TM) won the KZ2 European Championship with both race wins going to Kevin Jansen (NL, Energy/TM); and Aaro Vainio (FI, Maranello/Maxter) is now the European KF3 Champion.

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September 6, 2008 Ardigo cruises to pole for the World Cup

Marco Ardigo (Tony Kart-Vortex) secured pole position for the final stage of the KZ1 World Cup but his closest rivals all failed to make the most of their chances. As a result, they are all now outsiders looking to ambush their way back in to title contention. However, several drivers not normally expected to mount a challenge are now in contention.

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September 5, 2008 Ardigo (KZ1), Goudant (KZ2) and Moller Madsen (KF3) in pole position

In spite of threatening weather throughout the day, it was a dry track on which this afternoon’s qualifying practice sessions were held at Varennes-sur-Allier in France where 3 major karting titles were being contested. These were the KZ1 World Cup (the principal class of gearbox kart racing), the KZ2 European Championship (the second division of gearbox karting) and the finale of the KF3 European ...

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September 4, 2008 Equipe de France preview for Varennes

This year again, the CIK (International karting commission) has decided to gather the KZ1, KZ2 and KF3 categories on the same wee- kend, for the most important competition of the year. After organising the last Grand Prix FFSA of the season, now ASK Varennes faces the challenge of the World Cup. Although Jean-Jacques Pendanx’s team was already well prepared, the club has made a few improvements for the occasion, in order to improve even more ...

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September 3, 2008 Varennes (F): CIK-FIA World Cup for KZ1 + European KF3 & KZ2 Champs, 5-7/9/2008

The entry lists of the Varennes sur Allier event scheduled for 5-7 September cut a fine figure, with no fewer than 224 drivers, hailing from different backgrounds and with different levels of experience and ages.

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June 23, 2008 420 PILOTES AUX CHAMPIONNATS D’EUROPE CIK-FIA DE KF2 ET KF3!

La CIK-FIA a enregistré pas moins de 420 inscriptions pour les Qualifications à ses Championnats d’Europe CIK-FIA de KF2 et KF3, ce qui constitue une augmentation de plus de 10% par rapport au nombre d’engagés d’il y a douze mois et témoigne du succès du changement de règlementation technique introduit début 2007 avec les moteurs «KF». Les Championnats d’Europe de KF2 (ex-ICA) et KF3 (ex-ICA/Junior) ont toujours été très fréquentés, raison pour laquelle la CIK-FIA avait ...

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