Vortex

August 3, 2008 Ardigo wins fourth European Championship

Marco Ardigo (IT, Tonykart/Vortex) has won the European Championship again after both his rivals, Arnaud Kozlinski (FR, CRG/Maxter) and Gary Catt (GB, Tonykart/Vortex) had problems in Race 2. In KF2 Flavio Camponeschi's (IT, Tonykart/Vortex) European KF2 Championship made it a perfect day for the Italian manufacturer.

August 2, 2008 The battle begins in earnest at Braga

Under the glorious Portuguese sunshine, this weekend the Braga circuit hosts the third and final round of the European KF1 championship as well as the final of the KF2 championship. As soon as the qualifying practice sessions commenced, the tension and suspense began in both classes.

October 24, 2007 Vortex KF1 Track Test

Karting1 tests the dominant KF1 engine - winner of all six rounds of the European Championship.

September 23, 2007 UPDATED: KF1 World Championship thoughts

As they have been for most of the year, the Vortex drivers have almost completely swept the board during the heats. The only Parilla driver to win a heat has been Sauro Cesetti while the rest have gone to Gary Catt (3 wins), Marco Ardigo (1 win) and Kosmic's Nikolaj Bollingtoft (1 win). Now Ardigo has taken the title with both Prefinal and Final wins. Not only does the Vortex have better top-end, the Tonykart drivers ...

September 23, 2007 Ardigo is World Champion!

Marco Ardigo (Tony/Vortex) got away from the field from pole and won by 1.368s. Gary Catt (Tony/Vortex) was catching Ardigo for first ten laps. Nikolaj Bollingtoft (Kosmic/Vortex) Anthony Abbasse (Sodi/Parilla) started 29th after going out early on in the Prefinal, therefore had some decent tyres. Benjamin Bailly (Kosmic/Vortex) Alban Varutti (Sodi/Parilla) was very sstrong at the start. Davide Fore (Maranello/Parilla) also started a way down. Sauro Cesetti (Birel/Parilla) possibly had a trick new chassis. Alessandro Bressan (Kosmic/Vortex) Jason Parrott (Birel/Parilla) was running sixth but ...