The Commission Internationale de Karting (CIK or CIK-FIA) is the primary international sanctioning body for

kart racing Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are als ...

. It was founded in 1962, and is headquartered in Paris, France. In 2000, it joined with the

FIA FIA is the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (English: International Automobile Federation), the world's governing body for all forms of motor sport where four or more wheels are used. Fia or FIA may also refer to: People * Fia Backst ...

. Its most important event is the

Karting World Championship The Karting World Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. It is held annually since 1964, and is karting's flagship event. The FIA (International Automobile Federation) created the CIK (International Karting Commissi ...

. CIK's current president, former Formula One driver

Felipe Massa Felipe Massa (, born 25 April 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver. He competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 2002 and 2017, where he scored 11 Grand Prix victories, 41 podiums and finished as championship runner-up in 2008 by one poin ...

, took office in December 2017. His predecessors were

Luigi Macaluso Luigi Macaluso, also known as ''Gino'' (Turin, 9 June 1948 – La Chaux-de-Fonds, 27 October 2010) was an Italian rally navigator and manager. Together with Raffaele Pinto, he won the European Rally Championship in 1972 and the Italian Rally Ch ...

(October 2005 – October 2009), Nicolas Deschaux (October 2009 – October 2010). and Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa.

CIK-FIA kart racing categories

* OK, the top level of karting *

KF2 KF2, is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 14 and up. This class used to be called Intercontinental A (ICA) and has changed since January 2007 when Commission Internationale de Karting, CIK-Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA de ...

, a KF1 feeder series * OKJ, an OK feeder series * KZ1, the fastest KZ karting racing category *

KZ2 KZ2 is a kart racing class using 125 cc water-cooled two-stroke engines yielding about . The engines are equipped with a 6-speed gearbox. Z2 is the second fastest of the KZ karting racing categories, and technical regulations are similar to faster ...

, the second fastest KZ karting racing category

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* Kart racing organizations Sports organizations established in 1962 {{Motorsport-stub