Entry List - KF1 World Championship, Rnd 1
TweetThe much-altered 2012 KF1 Karting World Championship will commence in Japan on May 18. Thirty-eight drivers will line up with factory entries from CRG, Tony Kart, Birel, Kosmic, Formula K and Lotus. There are also several private Japanese teams and drivers.
Running at the same meeting is the Asia-Pacific Championship for KF2 where Australian CIK Champion Jake Spencer will be competing with the Kosmic Racing Department team. Like Spencer, most of the field will use Bridgestone tyres. However, there are two drivers on Vega, and one on Yokahama. Wildcards, perhaps??
from the CIK-FIA
The first event of the 2012 CIK-FIA World KF1 Championship will be held on 19 and 20 May in Japan, on this Suzuka circuit where the 2011 world season came to a close. No fewer than 38 Drivers are ready to compete in this prestigious event.
We might as well say that the positions will be fiercely contested and that there will be a close fight to gain one’s place amongst the 34 Drivers who will make it to the finals (2 on Saturday and 2 additional ones on Sunday) further to the qualifying series (3 heats on Saturday and 3 on Sunday).
- Event guide on the CIKFIA website HERE
Will the best European Drivers or the best Japanese ones be able to take the best advantage of their equipment through qualifying practice and heats so as to shine and reach the highly-coveted podium? Unless the weather conditions, like last year, change the face of the competition.
KF1 Entry List
No. |
Driver | Entrant | Equipment |
1 |
Graham, Matthew | Keijzer Racing | Zanardi / Parilla / B'stone |
2 |
Camponeschi, Flavio | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
3 |
Paz Patric Armand, Philo | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
4 |
Sasaki, Daiki | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone |
5 |
Gil, Carlos | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
6 |
Gromanová, Tereza | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone |
7 |
Kasai, Takashi | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
8 |
Petjoi, Teemu Markus | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
9 |
Basz, Karol | Birel Motorsport | Birel / BMB / B'stone |
10 |
Ishii, Kazuya | Birel Motorsport | Birel / BMB / B'stone |
11 |
Klinkby-Silver, Max | Birel Motorsport | Birel / BMB / B'stone |
12 |
Lennox-Lamb, Jordon | CRG SpA | CRG / BMB / B'stone |
14 |
Tiene, Felice | CRG SpA | CRG / BMB / B'stone |
15 |
Brunner, Brad | Lotus | Lotus Karts / Vortex / B'stone |
16 |
Filippi, John | Guignet, Jean-Philippe | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
17 |
Hiltbrand, Pedro | Genikart-LTP | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
18 |
Saeki, Arata | Harada Kart Club | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
19 |
Satoh, Shoji | Harada Kart Club | Intrepid / Vortex / B'stone |
20 |
Fore, Davide | CRG SpA | CRG / BMB / B'stone |
21 |
Nakamori, Takeharu | CRG Japan | DR / BMB / B'stone |
22 |
Tinini, Eddy | CRG SpA | CRG / BMB / B'stone |
23 |
Yamashita, Kenta | CRG SpA | CRG / BMB / B'stone |
24 |
Inoue, Hiroyuki | Tony Kart Racing Team Japan | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
25 |
Joyner, Tom | LH Racing Team | LH / BMB / B'stone |
26 |
Kozlinski, Arnaud | AVG Racing | PCR / TM / B'stone |
27 |
Kubo, Rintaro | Sugiyama Racing | RK / Parilla / B'stone |
28 |
Sugiyama, Takahide | Sugiyama Racing | RK / Parilla / B'stone |
29 |
Reyes, Franco Puey | Racing Industria | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
30 |
Shiraishi, Yuta | Sodi Racing Japan | Sodi / TM / B'stone |
31 |
Sorensen, Christian | LH Racing Team | LH / BMB / B'stone |
32 |
Umegaki, Hiroshi | Nexus Competition | Birel / BMB / B'stone |
33 |
Watatani, Hiroaki | SPS Kawaguchi | Lotus Karts / Vortex / B'stone |
34 |
Giovinazzi, Antonio Maria | Sean GP | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
35 |
Luka, Sami | Sean GP | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
36 |
Verstappen, Max | Intrepid Driver Program | Intrepid / TM / B'stone |
37 |
Blom, Dave | Formula K | FK / TM / B'stone |
38 |
De Brabander, Yannick | Formula K | FK / TM / B'stone |
39 |
Hubert, Anthoine | Formula K | FK / TM / B'stone |
In the KF2 category, the Karting hopefuls’ class, some 30 Drivers will fight it out in order to try to land the Asia-Pacific KF2 Champion title, thus succeeding Japan’s Arata Saeki. In this class also there is a big uncertainty and it will be difficult to tip the winner. In any case the competitors will put up a good show.
KF2 entry List
No. |
Driver | Entrant | Equipment |
101 |
Kiyohara, Ryota | Succeed Sports Jr | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
102 |
Fujimatsu, Gaku | Harada Kart Club | FA Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
103 |
Fioravanti, Damiano | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
104 |
Solomon, Matthew | Eiko Japan | Tony Kart / TM / B'stone |
105 |
Homi Mehta, Bryan | Birel Pacific Motor Sport | Birel / Parilla / B'stone |
106 |
Ippolito, Paolo | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone |
107 |
Nielsen, Nicklas | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone |
108 |
Rossel, Kevin | Birel Motorsport | Birel / BMB / B'stone |
109 |
Tang, Andrew | Kartronix | Kosmic / TM / B'stone |
110 |
Abe, Takuma | Takagi Planning | Spirit / Parilla / B'stone |
111 |
Takayanagi, Fumiya | K. Speed Win | ART GP / TM / B'stone |
112 |
Kurata, Hiroaki | Sugiyama Racing | RK / Parilla / B'stone |
113 |
Ukai, Tatsuya | Team Blute | Birel / Parilla / B'stone |
114 |
Kobayashi, Yuina | Team Kein's | LH / Vortex / B'stone |
115 |
Tomita, Ren | Kart Kozo Racing | Kosmic / Parilla / Vega |
116 |
Osada, Kazumi | Team Hirano | CRG / Parilla / Yokohama |
117 |
Fong Wei Jie, Julien | Simon Racing Team | Maddox / Vortex / B'stone |
118 |
Nokkaew, Tanaporn | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone |
119 |
Panetta, Federico | Tony Kart Racing Team | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
120 |
Spencer, Jake | Kosmic Racing Dept | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone |
121 |
Asahara, Yuki | JP + MRS Power | CRG / TM / B'stone |
122 |
Suto, Kohei | JP + MRS Power | CRG / TM / B'stone |
123 |
Higashikawa, Kohei | Takagi Planning | Super Winforce / Parilla / B'stone |
124 |
Makino, Tadasuke | Takagi Planning | Super Winforce / Parilla / B'stone |
125 |
Fukuzumi, Nirei | Kosmic Racing Team Japan | Kosmic / Vortex / B'stone |
126 |
Kaneisi, Katsuhide | Succeed Sports Jr | Zanardi / TM / B'stone |
127 |
Hiraki, Yuya | Tony Kart Racing Team Japan | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
128 |
Kouno, Shunsuke | Tony Kart Racing Team Japan | Tony Kart / Vortex / B'stone |
129 |
Thaddeus, Lee | Birel Pacific Motor Sport | Birel / Parilla / Vega |
130 |
Mimura, Sotaro | K. Speed Win | ART GP / TM / B'stone |
