The first round of the CIK-FIA ‘U18′ World Championship, held on 25 July at Wackersdorf in Germany has demonstrated the validity of the orientations that the CIK and FIA have wanted to attach to this competition: promotion of the young, cost control, educational programme, enhancing of driving abilities, equal treatment of participants thanks both to the distribution of engines & tyres by drawing lots and to the standardisation of the paddock, not forgetting the first world use of a more ecological bio-fuel in a high-level Karting competition.
“This Championship was a major challenge for the CIK & FIA and I think we can conclude that we fully made our contract at this first event”, explained Nicolas Deschaux, President of the CIK-FIA. “This World Championship, just like the Academy Trophy, conveys new values for Karting, and in Wackersdorf it was pleasing to see that participants, Drivers, Drivers’ parents, Manufacturers, teams, Organisers and spectators were very enthusiastic. It was also a pleasure to behold the conviviality that reigned in the paddock, which fully reflects the spirit of this Championship. A good many ASNs had sent a delegation to Germany, not only to accompany their Academicians but also to evaluate the concept of these competitions and consider whether they can be ‘imported’ into their countries. In addition to being groundbreaking, these new ‘U18′ World Championship and Academy Trophy are proving to be federative. It is an eminently positive sign.”
Amounting to 70 Drivers, the entry list for the ‘U18′ World Championship can be enriched with further entries for the two forthcoming events scheduled for Alcañiz (ESP) on 29 August and Val d’Argenton (FRA) on 3 October 2010 as ‘race-by-race’ entries are accepted for these two meetings, provided that Drivers get equipment from one of the 13 entered Manufacturers who had a chassis identified by the CIK-FIA in June.
“We have felt that it was important to enable extra Drivers to enter during the course of this Championship, Nicolas Deschaux continued. The good running of the first event can encourage several Competitors to enter just for the Spanish and French events. It would have been wrong to deprive them of this possibility and to deprive the Manufacturers and Organisers concerned.”
Drivers wishing to participate in the Alcañiz event in Spain (27-29 August) can send an entry application until 9 August at midnight (Swiss time) via www.cikfia.com
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