Practice available for Rotax S1 drivers at Buckmore Park on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May between 1000 and 1600. Contact the circuit for more details.
Rotax Series - Timed Qualifying:
Qualifying sessions will take place in MiniMax and DD2, but not in Max,
177 or Junior Max. That was the result of the postal vote.
All competitors will be officially informed.
2008 Registrations - see table below
Junior TKM Extreme: This class has been cancelled in the Super One this year to allow drivers to concentrate on the Junior TKM class. Drivers who have entered Junior Extreme will be automatically moved to Junior TKM unless they contact Sonja Game to say otherwise. Further details on Tal-Ko and UKK websites.
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals 2008
Rotax Austria and JAG have announced that the Super One Rotax Series will be used to choose the British nominations for the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals, to be held on 26-29th November 2008 at La Conca in Italy. Series promoter Neil Hann said: "We are very excited about these prizes being repeated for the Super One Series, and of course our national champion Benjy Russell became the World Champion in the UAE last year." There will be at least one nomination from Junior Max, one from Senior Max and one from DD2.
Registrations:
The 2008 Registration Form is available on the Forms page
Super One keeps MSA and ABkC Championships
Super One received a huge confidence boost when the MSA confirmed they have opted for stability in the upper echelons of the sport by offering the series a continuation of the Formula A British Kart Championship and JICA Junior Kart Championship for another three years. Promoter Neil Hann said: “We are pleased to be going into our 25th year with these championships on board. I have received many letters of support from sponsors, teams, traders and circuits and want to thank them all for writing.” And Neil Hann received more good news when the ABkC voted for a continuation of all the current classes within Super One.
New for 2006 - The Vega Rookie Cup.
The Vega Rookie Cup is a new series of prizes for any driver entering the S1
categories that are run on Vega tyres and a rookie is someone entering Super
One for the first time. Registration (free) with the Series
Co-ordinator Sonja Game is required and the category will only qualify if
three or more Rookies are registered. Register with Sonja by sending
her your name, address, class and email. Points are just the same as
the class points. The awards will be presented at the second round of
the Rotax Series in 2008 and the results for 2007 are:
MiniMax: 1 Macaulay Walsh, 2 Roy Gill, 3 Olly Morris Jones.
Junior Max: 1 Kazuki Hiramine, 2 Joseph Reilly, 3 Ross Wylie
Senior Max: 1 John Stewart, 2 Mark Morrissey, 3 Ellis Reilly Cole.
Prize winners should contact Paul Deavin for details.
The FANTASTIC PRIZES are awarded in each category:-
First Place - Gold medal and racewear along with a 3 day trip for two people
to Milan, and to the Vega factory. The trip includes flights, 2 nights
in a hotel and transfers to Vega.
Congratulations to all the 2007 Super 1 champions. The S1 organisers thanks all those who have supported the series; competitors, traders, officials, clubs and sponsors. A special 25th anniversary dinner was held at the Hilton Hotel, Coventry on 12th January 2008 where prizes amounting to nearly £80,000 were handed over. Below is a picture of most of the prize winners present at the dinner.
Picture of the 2007 Super One prize-winners attending the 25th
anniversary dinnner by www.kartpix.net
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| MSA Series Champions 2006 | Rotax Series Champions 2006 | 'TKM Series' Champions 2006 |
Images by: TSR Productions
Registrations as at the end of 9th February 2008:
|
MSA Series |
|
Rotax Series |
|
TKM Series* |
|
|
Cadets |
48 |
MiniMax |
38 |
Junior TKM |
26 |
|
KF3 |
55 |
Junior Max |
53 |
Extreme |
33 |
|
KF2 Heavy or 100 National |
None |
Senior Max |
77 |
Junior 4-stroke |
16 |
|
KF2 |
42 |
Senior Max 177 |
29 |
Senior 4-stroke |
18 |
|
KF1 |
17 |
DD2 |
16 |
Honda Cadet |
18 |
| TOTAL | 162 | 213 | 111 |
*TKM Series registrations plus KF1 and DD2 are being held open until the middle of February
For all the latest Renault news visit the official Renault UK Motorsport website www.renaultsport.co.uk
Regulation changes for 2008 and 2005 onwards
The main change for 2008 is that a new champion, or indeed anyone else with a position who can prove he or she cannot be beaten after the penultimate round, is expected to race at the last round. If they then are penalised for a serious technical or driving offence they can count the round as their dropped round. Additionally from 2008 the entry fees for the last three rounds (instead of two as previous) must be lodged by March. There will be a vote in the Rotax series whether or not to have timed qualifying, two heats and two points scoring finals, or keep the three heats and a final system.
The main changes for 2005 onwards are that in Formula A, ICA
and JICA, the Super One (and ABkC O Plates) will follow the CIK in
restricting drivers to one chassis and two engines for racing. As in the
other classes, if a chassis is written off beyond repair, the driver may be
able to continue with a spare kart at the discretion of the Chief
Scrutineer. Also more points will be given for the timed practice sessions
in Rotax (and TKM if sufficient entries to trigger timed qualifying), in
effect counting as a fourth heat. The use of the tyre tester has been
ratified in the regulations and fuel will be available in 10 litre cans. (ATOL can keep fuel for competitors between events if desired.)