Gilbert, Mehta, Seibl Win at Yamaha Cup Malaysia Rd.3
Gilbert, Mehta, Seibl Win at Yamaha Cup Malaysia Rd.3
The 3rd round of the Yamaha SL Cup Malaysia Series was held at Sepang last weekend. Mitchell Gilbert made his debut in the series holding off a late challenge from Ryan Mumford to win the Senior category. This results puts Mumford a very healty lead in the championship battle with Melvin Moh only finishing in 8th.
Ardigo Takes 2nd Karting World Championship
Italian driver Marco Ardigo (TonyKart/Vortex/B'stone) has been crowned the 2008 CIK-FIA Karting World Champion. This makes it two in a row for the Italian, and three in a row for TonyKart and Vortex. The last time a driver has won two Karting World Championships in a row was Mike Wilson in the late '80s!
Mojo D3 and W2 Tyres to be Introduced
More Rotax News: Mojo have developed a new dry "D3" tyre which is intended for the Rotax Max DD2 category. It is supposed to be similar in grip levels to the medium compound Bridgestone (YKB) and Vega (Blue) dry tyres. Rotax has confirmed that this tyre will be used at the 2008 Grand Finals and the 2009 Grand Finals as well. They have also confirmed that the tyres used for 2008 and 2009 Grand Finals for Juniors will be D1, and Seniors will be on D2.
They have also developed a new "W2" wet tyre (finally!), which will hopefully be a big improvement over the W1. From my experience the W1 worked very well in monsoon-weather, but on a normal wet or damp track they were very difficult. This will also be used at the Grand Finals in case of rain.
Onboard Video Coming to KartingAsia.com!
Edge Cameras, an On onboard digital video recording company developed for racers, has come on board as an advertiser on KartingAsia.com. They will be sending over a unit for KartingAsia.com for our use so you can expect to see a lot of onboard karting action once the camera arrives! To view and purchase what Edge Cameras has to offer visit their website www.edgecameras.com.
Zanardi Replaces Intrepid for Rotax Grand Finals
In a surprise announcement from BRP Rotax, Intrepid will no longer be the Junior category chassis supplier for the Rotax Max Grand Finals. On the Max Challenge website Rotax state that "due to unforeseeable reasons we have decided to change our chassis partner for thejunior category at the Rotax MAX Challenge GRAND FINALS 2008."Zanardi karts will replace the Intrepid karts for the Junior category, and Rotax also mentions that they hope to have Alex Zanardi present at the Grand Finals to honor the event.The current lineup of chassis suppliers will be CRG for DD2, Maranello for Seniors, and Zanardi for Juniors. The CRG factory must be almost ready to split at the seams working in overtime to get the karts on the grid! Maranello and Zanardi karts are both manufactured at the CRG factory effectively making it an all-CRG event!
Indonesia and Asia Rotax Max Challenges Finale!
The Indonesian and Asian Rotax Max Challenges came to a close at the Sentul International Karting circuit today. On the Indonesian side Alexandra Asmasoebrata (Senior) and Rio Haryanto (Junior) both arrived at their final National round with healthy leads in the championships and both kept hold of their leads to take the championships.Mikko Nassi (Senior), John King (Masters), and Muhammad Nabil (Junior) took the Asia Max Challenge championship titles. Ooi Fei Hoong has already earlier secured the DD2 title.More results to follow.
