Latest Decisions For International Karting

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The CIK-FIA will relax a number of engine rules for the international KF classes in 2013. Regulations governing transfer duct volume, exhaust duct length, internal profile of the exhaust duct outlet, chord widths of the ports and of the lower gasket plane of the cylinder will all be deleted from next year’s engine rules.

The controversial engine distribution draw for the 2012 KF1 World Championship, which drew complaints from several teams (such as Dino Chiesa's HERE) has been approved.

These and many other decisions concerning international karting, were made at the FIA World Motor Sport Council last week.

Technical Regulations

• Effective immediately, only batteries with "EC" and "RoHS" markings will be authorised in karting.
• Batteries must be placed on the chassis in an area located to the left of the seat behind the central strut or behind the seat.
• As from 2013, the following controls will be deleted regarding KF engines: transfer duct volume, exhaust duct length, internal profile of the exhaust duct outlet, chord widths of the ports and of the lower gasket plane of the cylinder.
• The maximum value of the exhaust angle in KF2 will be set at 194°, irrespective of what appears on the Homologation Forms of the engines.
• New technical prescriptions have been validated for ignitions to be homologated as from 1/1/2013 for KF engines, which consist of standardising the principle sketch and connectors.
• In view of the next tyre homologation (commencing 1/1/2014), the “Soft” tyre classification has been deleted. KZ2 will be fitted with “Hard” tyres and KZ1 with “Medium” tyres.

Calendars/Events

• Dates of the following events have been modified (to avoid clashes with F1 races):
• Round 4 of the KF1 World Championship and the World Cups for KZ1 and KZ2, scheduled for Sarno-Napoli (ITA), brought forward from 6-9 September 2012 to 30 August-2 September 2012
• Round 3 U18 World Championship and Academy Trophy, scheduled for Bahrain, postponed from 1-3 November 2012 to 8-10 November 2012.
• The following international Series were approved:
  • Rotax Max Challenge Grand Final (1 event)
  • X30 Challenge Europe (3 events)
  • International Superkart Series (4 events)

Sporting Regulations

• Drivers coming in underweight in a Final will now be classified as last in the race (as opposed to being excluded. ‘Last’ is now the minimum penalty). Exclusion for underweight during qualifying and heats is maintained.
• The 50 km/h maximum speed control for approaching the start line has been removed.
• To align with the automobile regulations, stopping a race is replaced by the principle of suspending the race. Gaps between drivers before the suspension will thus no longer be taken into account. To restart the race, the new start will be carried out with all karts in one single file, behind the leader.
• The final classification of the race will be the one corresponding to the order of the karts when they cross the finish line in the last part, not from the resulting of adding the consecutive parts of the race.

Article 18 of the FIA International Sporting Code

• The WMSC has confirmed the provision of Article 18 of the International Sporting Code according to which any kart Driver must be holder of an International licence to participate in any event (national and international) outside the territory of his ASN.
• In addition, the CIK-FIA has been mandated by the WMSC to provide specific solutions whereby an ASN can establish to the satisfaction of the CIK-FIA the absence of any Karting facilities in its country. Therefore, following a proposal by the CIK-FIA, the WMSC has decided to enable national licence holders from the Luxembourg (ACL) and Monaco (ACM) ASNs to compete at national French Karting events (in the Alsace-Lorraine region only for Luxembourg Drivers) sanctioned by the French ASN (FFSA).
• Furthermore, the CIK-FIA has been mandated to develop guidelines for a more global implementation of this system from 2013.

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