World Title Tests Prior To Championship

press release

At la Conca International circuit, from September 18th to 21st, Muro Leccese is going to host the forthcoming CIK-FIA KF1 World Championship and KF2 World Cup. But the show is already starting this week with all the registered drivers attending an important session of collective tests from 10th to 12th.

The "Speed Week" is ready to start at La Conca International Circuit that from next September 18th to 21st will be the centre of international karting with the running of CIK-FIA KF1 World Championship and KF2 World Cup. The most important championship in this sport, consisting of a single round, is held in turn on the top circuits in the world. It's therefore important to point out that the sporting complex in Muro Leccese, near Lecce, in its still short lifetime seeing that it hasn't yet reached ten years of activity, will host CIK-FIA World Championship for the third time.

La Conca International Circuit has earned the best esteem from the CIK-FIA also thanks to the careful planning as well as accurate organization of every event organised by La Conca Sporting Club. As a matter of fact, the week preceding World Championship, from 10th to 12th, all the top international teams will liven up the complex near Muro Leccese for a session of collective tests dedicated to the 150 registered drivers to the forthcoming world racing weekend.
Every leading manufacturer of the karting industry like Birel, CRG, Maranello, Tony Kart and Zanardi, has announced the attendance of the relative official teams with their most updated karts. Besides tyre manufacturers Bridgestone, Dunlop and Vega are scheduled to support teams by supplying the participants with their products. In addition to this the organization will provide a timekeeping service that will contribute to improve the technical importance of this three day test session, thanks to the presence of Italian Timekeeping Federation. The race timing, sure enough not giving an official classification, will be just a valid and complete tool of comparison for teams and drivers.

As from its first edition, won by Guido Sala (Tecno-Parilla) in 1964, World Karting Championship counting this year 45th edition, crowned several Formula 1 top champions. Among the greatest champions stand out Riccardo Patrese from Padova, winner in 1974 before moving and dominate in well 17 F.1 seasons and Jarno Trulli from Pescara, Toyota current first driver. Not to mention the phenomenon Ayrton Senna that coming close to the world karting title before collected then a myriad of F.1 victories. The outgoing champion is the driver from Brescia Marco Ardigo, the first to win the world title for the new category KF1 during the new technical direction of international Karting. KF2 World Cup has instead a shorter history and only in recent seasons takes place in conjunction with KF1 World Championship. Its latest champion is Belgian Michael Ryall, winner in 2007 in Mariembourg (B) and competing this year for KF1 title.

Starting already from this week the favourites in the chase for the title will try and lay the foundations to pursue 2008 World Title. Among them, in addition to Ardigo (Tony Kart-Vortex) and his team-mates English Gary Catt and Will Stevens, a mention to the driver from Brescia Davide Fore (Maranello-Maxter) World Champion for several times and back from his KF1 World Cup victory at Suzuka, in Japan. Not to forget Sauro Cesetti (Birel-TM) from Ascoli that has already won WSK International Series this year and the extraordinary quartet CRG-Maxter made up of Belgian Jonathan Thonon, French Arnaud Kozlinski and Jean-Philippe Guignet and Alessandro Manetti from Forli, Italy. Another Belgian driver Yannick De Brabander (Intrepid-TM) could be a potential candidate for the title among professional drivers.

The tests will take place this week in the three scheduled days, from approximately 8:30AM to 6:30PM. To Anybody who wishes to personally watch the tests and experience a full immersion in this "minor F.1" the admission is free and the same goes for the whole World Championship weekend in the following week.

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