media.guide 08-10 . 07 . 2011 Ortona( ITA) contents U18 Key points of the Championship 5 The Circuits 6 U18 Entry List 9 Event Time Table 13 U18 Statistics 15 Participating Makes 17 U18 Drivers’ Profiles 45 aca Academy Entry List 120 Academy Drivers’ Profiles 122 - 3 - key points WHAT ? CIK-FIA « U18 » World Karting Championship, 2nd edition. WHO ? For any Driver holding an int’l licence and born between 1.1.93 and 31.12.96. WHERE ? WHEN ? Events at Ortona (ITA) on 7-10 July 2011, Essay (FRA) on 26-28 August 2011 and Barhain (BHR) on 3-5 October 2011. WITH WHAT ? KF engines (WKE/FIM) and tyres (LaCont) of single-make, supplied free of charge and distributed by drawing lots to all the Drivers. Chassis chosen by the Competitor amongst the following makes: Energy, Haase-Corsa, Intrepid, Jesolo, Mach 1, Maranello, MS Kart, Parolin, PCR, Righetti Ridolfi, Sodi, Swiss Hutless, Tecno, Top Kart and Zanardi. « E10 » single-fuel of ecological type supplied by Panta. HOW ? Event format comprising : 5 non-qualifying practice sessions, 1 qualifying practice session (8 minutes), 10 qualifying heats of 15km each (4 per Driver), 2 Prefinals of 15km each (incl. one with reverse grid), 1 Final of 30km. AND WHAT ELSE ? Official CIK-FIA World Champion title at the end of the championship, with awarding of the world trophy at the annual Gala of the FIA which gathers all the other FIA disciplines (F1, WRC, WTCC, GT1 World Championship, F2, etc.). Big media coverage. Exclusive educational programme. 24,000 € in prizes to the award winners (incl. 13,000 € in prize money and 11,000 € worth of equipment) + 1 test in a single-seater for the «U18» World Champion. - 5 - circuit Circuito Internazionale d’Abruzzo, Ortona ( ITA ) Round 1 – 08-10 . 07 . 2011 Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3 organiser : Karting Club Ortona Sport [email protected] circuit data : 1’600m www.circuitointernazionaledabruzzo.com race distance : U18 Heats & Prefinals : 10 laps • U18 Final : 19 laps Academy Heats : 7 laps • Academy Race 1/ Race 2 : 13 laps - 6 - circuit Circuit du Grand Ouest - Pays d’Essay ( FRA ) Round 2 – 26-28 . 08 . 2011 Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3 organiser : ASK 61, « La Fuie », 61200 AUNOU LE FAUCON, France [email protected] circuit data : 1’210m www.ouest-karting.fr race distance : U18 Heats & Prefinals : 13 laps • U18 Final : 25 laps Academy Heats : 9 laps • Academy Race 1/ Race 2 : 17 laps - 7 - circuit Bahrain International Kart Circuit ( BHR ) Round 3 – 03-05 . 11 . 2011 Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3 organiser : Bahrain Motor Federation [email protected] circuit data : 1’414m www.bahraingp.com race distance : U18 Heats & Prefinals : 11 laps • U18 Final : 22 laps Academy Heats : 8 laps • Academy Race 1/ Race 2 : 15 laps - 8 - time table à Friday 08 . 07 . 2011 08.30-10.30 Technical Checks 10.35-12.00 ACA Technical Checks 13.00-18.15 Non-qualifying Practice à Saturday 09 . 07 . 2011 08.00-10.35 Non-qualifying Practice 10.50-10.58 U18 Qualifying Practice (Series 1) 11.05-11.13 ACA Qualifying Practice (Series 1) 11.20-11.28 U18 Qualifying Practice (Series 2) 11.35-11.43 ACA Qualifying Practice (Series 2) 11.50-11.58 U18 Qualifying Practice (Series 3) 13.30-13.45 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-C) 13.50-14.05 U18 Qualifying Heat (B-D) 14.10-14.25 ACA Qualifying Heat (A-C) 14.30.14.45 ACA Qualifying Heat (B-D) 14.50-15.05 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-E) 15.10-15.25 U18 Qualifying Heat (B-C) 15.30-15.45 ACA Qualifying Heat (A-D) 16.15-16.30 ACA Qualifying Heat (B-C) 16.35-16.50 U18 Qualifying Heat (D-E) 16.55-17.10 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-B) 17.15-17.30 ACA Qualifying Heat (C-D) 17.35-17.50 ACA Qualifying Heat (A-B) 17.55-18.10 U18 Qualifying Heat (C-D) - 13 - time table à Sunday 10 . 07 . 2011 08.30-08.55 U18 Warm-up 09.20-09.35 U18 Qualifying Heat (C-E) 09.40-09.55 U18 Qualifying Heat (A-D) 10.00-10.15 ACA Warm-up (Finalists B) 10.20-10.35 ACA Warm-up (Finalists A) 10.40-10.55 U18 Qualifying Heat (B-E) 11.25-12.00 Presentation of Drivers 13.15-13.30 U18 Prefinal 1 13.35-13.55 ACA Race 1 14.00-14.10 ACA Top 3 Podium 14.40-14.55 ACA Final B 15.00-15.15 U18 Prefinal 2 15.20-15.35 U18 Final B 15.50-16.20 ACA Race 2 (with Pre-Grid on the track) 16.25-17.00 U18 Final (A with Pre-Grid on the track) 17.05 ACA + U18 Tops 3 Podiums 17.20 ACA + U18 Tops 3 Press conference - 14 - driver's representation IRL(2), NLD(2), SWE(2), ZAF(2), AUS, AUT, BEL, BGR, BHR, BLR, DEU, GRC, HRV, MEX, OMN, PRT, SGP, USA 13 9 22 others 3 7 3 4 7 4 5 6 Total number of drivers : 83 Total number of represented nationalities : 28 - 15 - Material representation g Chassis representation Maranello (3), Energy (1) 4 others 4 PCR 4 Mach 1 4 Haase-Corsa 11 Intrepid 5 Swiss hutless 11 Righetti 5 Tecno 9 Sodi 6 Parolin 7 Top Kart 7 Zanardi 6 MS Kart Total number of Drivers : 83 - 16 - participating makes Maranello. The very name is evocative: it has the sweet perfume of Italy and, for anyone interested at all in automobiles, the place is synonymous with Ferrari. The small town close to Modena is the epicentre of the passion for the red racing cars with the prancing horse, laden with prestige, elegance and performance. In Maranello, cars and motor sport are granted the status of religions, of those religions which arouse vocations. As Italy is also the land of Karting, Maranello was inevitably bound to inspire kart lovers. And the headquarters of the engine Manufacturer SGM, mainly renowned for its KZ gearbox engines, are indeed located a stone’s throw from the Ferrari plants. In 1996, Maranello Kart was born and the small enterprise started manufacturing chassis… recognisable thanks to their red colour. After three years of development, the make Maranello Kart had the CIK-FIA proceed to the first official homologation of its chassis. Without giving up its name, the make nonetheless left the town of Maranello to settle at Lonato, near the well-known South Garda Karting circuit. A man was to transform the make and give it the international - 17 - participating makes dimension that we know today : Armando Fillini. His Karting expertise associated to his passion was to enable Maranello to become a major protagonist on the scene of international competitions. In 2008 and 2009, the Maranello Racing Team is even the team which entered the largest number of Drivers in the CIK-FIA Championships ! The make also reaps success as it won in particular a World Cup for KF1 in Japan (Davide Foré, 2008), several European titles (Junior in 2006 with Miquel Monras, Super KF in 2009 with Aaro Vainio). Maranello Kart often distinguished itself by its will to promote young talents, such as Ben Hanley, Jules Bianchi and Aaro Vainio. To its extended range of “ racing ” type chassis, the make has recently added engines specifically homologated in KF & KZ and called “ Maranello ”. - 18 - participating makes Energy Corse was created in 1997, i.e. only three years after Michele Panigada, its creator and now director and team-manager, landed a Driver’s CIK-FIA European ICA Vice-Champion. The first karts to bear the “ Energy ” label were obviously developed and experienced in competition by Michele Panigada himself as he competed in several World Championships in the top category of these days, Formula Super A. As the years 2000 went by, the presence of Energy Corse in major international and national championships was considerably developed, so much so that Energy Corse is now part of the great reference teams with the best structures. Very active in the gearbox kart category where it has made a name for itself, Energy Corse won in that category several CIK-FIA European titles (2004 with Holland’s Ricardo Van der Ende, 2006 with Germany’s Ernst Behrens, 2008 with France’s Tony Lavanant and 2010 with Paolo De Conto) and has just perpetuated this kind of tradition by taking its very first European crown in KZ1, on last 12 June in Germany, with Paolo De Conto. - 19 - participating makes More recently, Energy Corse has extended its official involvement to the KF2 and KF3 categories, thus playing the card of the promotion of young Drivers. Their talent associated to the professional follow-up ensured at the circuits and in the development of the equipment by the Racing Team, has enabled the make to win two CIK-FIA Viking Trophies (2008 with the Swede Joel Johansson in KF2 and 2011 with Norway’s Dennis Olsen in KF3) as well as a Vice-World Champion title in 2010 with the Dane Nicolaj Moller Madsen. Energy Corse is based in the north of Italy, at Seriate (Bergamo) and employs 8 people. - 20 - participating makes Former European Karting Champion (1986), former Formula 1 and IndyCar Driver, Alessandro Zanardi made a point of retaining a link with the sport which thrust him to the tremendous career he has made for himself. He has thus given his name to a kart brand, the running of which he has partly entrusted CRG (which manufactures the chassis) with, and its management is entirely in Dino Chiesa’s hands.