In the nature of karting
Here we are. As always at this time of the year, with the end of year celebrations over, reward for what seemed a never-ending season, in the coldest time of the year, karting starts to pulse. It seems a contradiction, maybe it is, because we cannot imagine a vision that would promise God knows what aims. Expectations are always the same: that karting picks up, brings back the numbers and springs to life.
To tell the truth, you can feel something stirring, maybe because as always, it is at this time that the attention increases and we are all hoping that this year things will change. Maybe it is because it is at times like these more than others that you do feel the fermentation, like water about to boil, like an object in movement, as seen in Lonato, where every day wheels are craving to spin as they prepare for the new season, which is about to start.
So, as I have already said in the editorial for the Italian edition of Vroom, at this time of the year, one always makes guesses as to what regards expectations for this motorsport. On this occasion, I’d like to underline that in making forecasts, and/or giving some futuristic vision, the usual comments might seem futile and therefore not appropriate. You see, today, year 2013, hope – the anchor to which everyone has been holding on to in one way or another (wishing) over these past 3 years – can no longer be a moral support, it is no longer plausible. The fact that karting is once again producing interest, first and foremost for fans, simply cannot depend on fate: it is like believing in a blessing falling from the sky. We are all aware of the reason why we have got to this stage, and Italy, for example, as reference light house that once was, it has now been reduced as a rear light of the international movement. However, I have the feeling that something is happening in Italy, in Europe or in the world. Maybe, who knows where, there is the magma, which is boiling and ready to explode, surprising everyone like when you watch a volcano erupting.
The time has come to change the tune. To look ahead proving to be ready and participate to a rebirth. Because the success of this motorsport depends mainly on people who can see its potentiality. Like those at Rotax, for example. They have seen it first, and for a long time they have seen what karts could offer. It is thanks to them if karting fans today can make the most of this opportunity. Fifteen years have passed and this formula is still very important to allow karting to maintain its breeding role and its ability to promote karting and kart racing throughout the world..
This is why we must look ahead with good hopes. When a project is well done, with clear goal and intent like the Rotax Max project, no crises can disturb such enthusiasm. The international breeding ground keeps on boiling and when we least expect it, it will explode … It is in its nature.
Giuliano Ciucci Giuliani
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