Dec 18, 2021

The welcoming morning breeze in Sakhir not only provided a cooling sensation to the already hot temperatures around the 1.414-km circuit, but also brought along the air of heightened anticipation for what was to transpire today, amidst the sands of the Persian Gulf. After a week-long adventure for all the 378 drivers from around 60 […]

Dec 17, 2021

A ‘Frantic Friday’ indeed for a number of competitors at the 2021 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. Day five of competition at the Bahrain International Karting Circuit was completed on Friday, December 17 with the Prefinal action held to determine the 36-driver main event grids for the seven categories. Not all 376 drivers from countries […]

Dec 17, 2021

The 2021 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals moved into the Pre-Final stages of the event here in Bahrain, as further excitement lay in store for all the drivers around the challenging and fast-flowing 1.414-km circuit. Not only was the surrounding temperature courtesy of the sunshine beating down from up above just as intense as it […]

Dec 17, 2021

After roughly 110 weeks, the Superkarts! USA returned to host the SuperNationals following the postponement of the 24th edition in 2020. A new location of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and host hotel at Resorts World Las Vegas welcomed nearly 500 entries over the December 1-5 period. Nine categories were contested over the five days, […]

Dec 17, 2021

Max Verstappen won the F1 World Championship title at the age of 24 years only, after one of the most exciting seasons of all time. His duel against Lewis Hamilton was exciting indeed, sometimes hard too, but always on very high levels of performance. High enough to completely cut off their teammates and take the F1 fans following to […]

Dec 16, 2021

On this 5th Day of the RMC Grand Finals in Bahrain we saw a lot of exciting action on the track and very motivated racers throughout the whole event area. Yesterday’s racing was very crucial to see where drivers would place for today’s Pre-Finals, as the combination from the intense 27-degree heat at its highest, the […]

Dec 16, 2021

After roughly 110 weeks, the Superkarts! USA returned to host the SuperNationals following the postponement of the 24th edition in 2020. A new location of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and host hotel at Resorts World Las Vegas welcomed nearly 500 entries over the December 1-5 period. Nine categories were contested over the five days, […]

Dec 16, 2021

Day four of the 2021 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals were held at the Bahrain International Karting Circuit on Thursday, December 16. It was the second day of wheel-to-wheel racing for the seven divisions competing, featuring 376 drivers from all over the globe. Every category contested their second heat race, with those categories with 72 […]

Dec 15, 2021

The third day of competition was completed at the Bahrain International Karting Circuit at the 2021 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. Monday and Tuesday provided practice rounds for all 376 drivers on hand for the ‘Olympics of Karting’ with Wednesday, December 15 providing the first day of racing following the timed qualifying sessions to set […]

Dec 15, 2021

Following on from two days of Non-Qualifying Practice at the circuit, it was time to get the racing action underway amidst the sandy surroundings, with an increase in the air temperature at the track providing a perfect backdrop to the excitement of Qualifying Practice and the first set of Qualifying Heats for all competitors. Once […]

Dec 15, 2021

The following is a statement from Superkarts! USA regarding weight changes to the Swift and X30 divisions. EKN confirmed with SKUSA that weights for the Junior divisions along with the KA100 Senior class will remain unchanged for 2022. For the past couple of years, there has been much discussion about class weights and how much […]

Dec 14, 2021

Day 2 of competition went into the books on Tuesday at the 2021 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals from the Bahrain International Karting Circuit. Following Monday’s first three rounds of practice, the 376 drivers on hand for the ‘Olympics of Karting’ completed the final three sessions of practice on Tuesday, December 14. It was a […]

Dec 14, 2021

After a very windy day yesterday, today the track greeted  us with bright sunshine with no real breeze apparent. We take a short look back to yesterday, where Non-Qualifying practice started, and the first action took place under the floodlights and the night sky. Today, the action started with the first NQ-practice sessions at 08:30 […]

Dec 13, 2021

The 376 drivers that make up the 2021 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals took to the Bahrain International Karting Circuit on Monday for the opening laps of the event. Today was about getting accustomed to learning the spec karts and Rotax engines they received on Sunday, and the 1.4km circuit. It was also a momentous […]

Dec 13, 2021

Let’s take a look back to the Welcome GetTogether which took place yesterday evening at the spacious Formula 1 paddock and let’s review this second day on which our motivated racers had their first time on track with their brand new karts for the non-qualifying practices. The beginning of these NQ-practices have been scheduled very […]

Dec 13, 2021

Team Canada Scholarship is excited to announce the launch of a new era in Canadian Motorsport with our new 2022 Team Canada Scholarship Shootout. Set to take place in late summer 2022, the Team Canada Scholarship Shootout will evaluate six (6) young Canadian driver hopefuls by a prestigious panel of judges, with the winning two […]

Dec 13, 2021

Troy Loeskow has successfully defended his Australian KZ2 Championship at the final round of the SP Tools Australian Kart Championship, presented by Castrol EDGE in South Australia, while Brad Jenner also went back-to-back in X30 and Brendan Nelson secured his seventh career Australian Karting Title on Sunday afternoon when the nine Champions on offer were […]

Dec 13, 2021

As of December 8, registration and room blocks for the 2022 ROK Cup Challenge of the Americas opener are now available. The upcoming season is the 15th edition of the program, set to begin on January 28-30 at the very fast and technical Musselman Honda Circuit in Tucson, Arizona. “We are less than 50 days […]

Dec 12, 2021

Marhaba and Welcome to the 21st edition of the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals (RMCGF) being hosted at the Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC) in Sakhir. We are glad the worldwide Rotax Family followed our invitation and we look forward to a week full of thrilling action on the track, friendship, team-spirit and fun during […]

Dec 10, 2021

One of the most prestigious events for the sport of karting is the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. It began in 2000 with a gather of Rotax racers to Puerto Rico and has grown to be one of the toughest karting titles to win around the world, named as the ‘Olympics of Karting’. A total […]