The Super One National Kart Championships, also known as S1 or Super One, is a karting championship based in the United Kingdom. It has been in operation since 1983 and is regarded as the premier karting championship in the UK, producing professional drivers including

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, Alexander Albon,

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and more.

History

The first Super 1 meeting was held in 1983 at

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where only four classes were run as part of the championship. At the time, the championship was not officially recognised as being the "British Championship" as the RAC national titles were decided over a one-weekend event. This continued up till 1990 when Super 1 secured the rights to decide the British champion over the course of the series. Over the years, the Super 1 series has produced champions that have gone on to race in Formula 1 such as

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and

. Other drivers who have won a Super 1 championship and who have gone on to professional motor racing include

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and

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became the first ever profoundly deaf driver to take a podium finish in 2019, finishing 2nd at Rowrah. He went on to finish the season in first place in the championship, winning the Honda Cadet class Another Notable driver who now competes in the Formula E Championship after a controversial racing career is

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, who won the Bamford Kart Club Winter Series in 2008 while also competeing in the Super 1 National kart Championship, coming in 11th place against the likes of

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who came in 2nd that year, (91 points ahead of 11th place

) who in 2012 won the Super 1 National Minimax Kart Championship, narrowly beating F1 driver

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Classes

Originally, there were only four classes in the Super 1 series. In 2017, 11 different classes ran within the series over 11 different race weekends.

Bambino classes

For drivers from 6 years of age up to the year of their 8th birthday. *Bambino

Cadet classes

For drivers from 8 years of age up to and including the year of their 13th birthday. *IAME Cadet *Honda Cadet *Mini Rok

Junior classes

For drivers from 12 years of age up to and including the year of their 17th birthday. *Minimax *Junior

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*Junior TKM *Junior X30 *Junior OK *Rok

Senior classes

For drivers over 16 years of age. *

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177 * TKM Extreme *Senior X30 *Senior OK *KZ *Rok

References

External links

Official website for the Super 1 Serieslist of all S1 champions since 1983
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