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Elias Seppänen
Elias Seppänen (born 31 October 2003) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in the ADAC GT Masters with Team Landgraf, for whom he won the 2023 and the 2024 ADAC GT Masters Early career Karting Born in Tammela, Seppänen started his karting career in 2014. His best result was winning the Finnish Junior Championship in the Raket class in 2016. Lower formulae In 2019 Seppänen made his single-seater racing debut in the F4 South East Asia Championship. The Finnish driver won eleven races and with 617 points he finished second in the standings to Irish driver Lucca Allen. He also made two guest appearances in the SMP F4 Championship and competed in the Formula Academy Finland, where he finished third in the championship. The next year the Finn moved over to race in the ADAC F4 Championship with US Racing. He achieved a race victory at the Lausitzring, and with nine further podiums Seppänen finished third in the standings, only behind Red Bull juniors Jak Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to 2015. Renault Sport offered a prize of €500,000 to the winner of the Eurocup until 2015. Following the 2020 season, the Formula Renault Eurocup merged with the Formula Regional European Championship due to COVID-19 pandemic. History The series was established in 1991, as the "Rencontres Internationales de Formule Renault", before switching to the "Eurocup Formula Renault" name in 1993. In 2000, renamed to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 since 2005 used up to now, excludes the 2003 season named Formula Renault 2000 Masters. While a support series of the Formula Renault 3.5 many drivers stepped up to the senior category, for example the 2006 champion Filipe Albuquerque, fourth-place finisher Bertrand Baguette and 13th-pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jak Crawford
Carlton Jakston "Jak" Crawford (born 2 May 2005) is an American racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS as part of the AMF1 Driver Development Programme, and serves as a reserve driver in Formula E for Andretti Global#Formula E, Andretti. A member of the Aston Martin Driver Development Programme since 2024, he previously raced for Hitech Grand Prix, Hitech in 2023 Formula 2 Championship, 2023. Before that, he competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for two years, finishing the latter year seventh in 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, 2022 with Prema Racing, Prema. He finished runner-up in the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship. Career Karting Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Crawford started his karting career in 2011 after he moved to the Houston, Texas area. He competed in multiple championships, predominantly in North America, winning the Challenge of the Americas - Junior Rotax Series among others. In Crawford's first overseas karting race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karting World Championship
The FIA Karting World Championship, officially known as the Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Hosted annually since 1964, it is widely regarded as the most prestigious karting competition in the world. Alongside the Karting European Championship, it is one of two major karting competitions sanctioned by the FIA. In recent years, the World Championship has been hosted as a single event, where the European Championship is contested across a season. The championship is notable for being the only FIA World Championship with a female champion: Italian driver Susanna Raganelli in 1966. Max Verstappen (2013, KZ) is the only past World Champion to progress to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. As of 2024, the World Championship is held across three direct-drive and three gearbox classes. The primary direct-drive class is OK, and the primary gearbox class is KZ. Secondary c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OK (karting)
Original Kart (OK) is a kart racing class for drivers aged 14 and over, sanctioned by the CIK-FIA. OK is the primary direct-drive class in FIA championships. The class was originally called Intercontinental A (ICA), first introduced in 1981 at the European Championship as a secondary direct-drive class to Formula K. The class was first contested at the World Cup in 2006. In 2007—after 26 seasons of racing—ICA was replaced by KF2 and became the primary class in 2010, replacing KF1 at the World Championship. The KF2 class was renamed to KF upon the demise of KF1 in 2013, and was replaced by OK regulations in 2016. OK is contested as the primary direct-drive class at the Karting World Championship and the Karting European Championship. History Intercontinental A (1981–2006) In 1981, Intercontinental A (ICA) was introduced alongside Formula K as a secondary direct-drive class for the European Championship. Stefano Modena completed back-to-back ICA European Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSK Final Cup
The WSK Final Cup is a kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2011. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KZ2, OK, OKJ and 60 Mini. Notable champions have been Formula 2 race winners Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman. KZ2 Champions KF2 Class/KF Class/OK Class Champions KF3/KF Junior/OK Junior Class Champions 60 Mini/Mini Gr3 Champions Mini U10 See also * WSK Champions Cup * WSK Euro Series * WSK Super Master Series The WSK Super Master Series is a kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2010. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KZ2, OK, OKJ and 60 Mini. Notable champions have been Fo ... References {{Kart racing European auto racing series Recurring sporting events established in 2011 Kart racing series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OKJ (karting)
OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 11 to 15 (drivers must reach the age of 12 within the first semester of calendar year). This class used to be called Junior Intercontinental A (JICA or ICA-J) and has changed since January 2007 when CIK- FIA decided to replace the 100 cc air-cooled two-stroke engines with 125 cc Touch-and-Go (TaG) water-cooled two-stroke engines (KF type).The engines produce . The chassis and engines must be approved by the CIK-FIA. Minimum weight is 145 kg, including kart and driver. Karts are equipped with an electric starter and clutch. The engine rpm is limited to 14,000 rpm. It is one of the highest kart classes with national championships (perhaps with different tyre rules). There is a European championship, a World Cup, as well as Oceania and Asia-Pacific championships. The Junior Monaco Kart Cup is taking place each year in this format. For 2013 the class was renamed KF-Junior. In 2016, the karts were completely re-desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kalender
Tom Kalender (born 27 March 2008 in Hamm (Sieg), Hamm) is a Germans, German racing driver currently competing in 2025 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, DTM for Landgraf Motorsport. He is the youngest champion in ADAC GT Masters history at 16 years, six months and 23 days old. Early career Formula 4 At the start of 2023, Kalender was named as one of three drivers in ADAC's Formula Junior Team. A few months later, it was announced that Kalender would race in the 2023 French F4 Championship. In the first round of the season at Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro he finished 12th on debut, feeling "a little disappointed" as he missed out on reverse-grid pole for race two. In race two he gained one position to finish 11th, but his promising form ended in race three where he retired following a collision. Following a difficult weekend at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours where he was only able to finish 13th in race three, Kalender scored his first points of the season at Circuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
