FIA OK Junior WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST PREVIEW & TEAM GUIDE (12-14 years old) 111 drivers entered:
FACTORY TEAMS OK Jr.:
PAROLIN are by far the strongest manufacturer in the 60 Mini category and this year they have imho the strongest line-up in OK Jr. with Lammers & Khavalkin paired together.
René Lammers (Ned): I may be a bit biassed here as a huge fan of his father Jan Lammers (who became dad at a late age) but believe me: his son is highly talented.
Last year I've seen René display amazing skills in the rain on a soaking wet track in one of his last 60 Mini races where he drove from the back of the field to 4th., it was one of the drives of the year for me.
René had won 6 Mini finals including the Andrea Margutti Trophy, that he also won in IAME Jr, and he won the title in the WSK Super Masters & WSK Euro Series.
When he switched to OK Jr. He needed half a year to aclimitize to OK Jr, which is normal, but this year he displayed his talent again with a win at Lonato and two 2nds & a 3rd.
On raw pace he has been slightly behind Matveev, Khavalkin, Tye and lately also Przyrowski but they've had half a year more experience in Juniors (because Lammers stayed a bit longer in Mini).
He is certainly one of the title favourites.
Anatoly Khavalkin (Rus): Together with Matveev, Kutskov, Skulanov & Dzitiev (and Popov, Orlov and the banned Severiukhin in OK) part of an extremely talented Russian generation. But the chance is a big that this will be a lost generation for Autosport with the war in Ukraïne, it will be hard for Russians to climb the single seater ladder as some like Michael Belov & Kiril Small are already experiencing.
Khavalkin was the lesser of Matveev in Mini (he still scored a win, two 2nds & a 3rd in it) but this year Anatoly seems to have turned the tables on his Russian rival by beating him in the European Championship so the jury is still out who the biggest Russian talent is: Matveev or Khavalkin. Both have won 2 finals this year (just like Pole Jan Przyrowski) but Matveev a stunning 5 poles positions.
Big chance we'll see the Russians armada fighting with the likes of Lammers, Przyrowski & Tye for the title on Sunday.
Zak Drummond (GB) This Scottish driver has done pretty well this year considering he was still in IAME Mini last year. He displayed a consisten form, in particular for a rookie: in 15 rounds he only missed the final once. Usualy driving between positions 15 & 25 in the finals, he has stepped up his game since July with a stunning 2nd in Franciacorta, an 8th in Lonato and a 12th in Sarno.
A contender for a top 10 finish. He could win one or more finals next year.
Iwo Beszterda (Pol) It was a big surprise that Poland selected him to represent them in the FIA Academy Trophy, in particular when better drivers like Przyrowski & Gladysz are available (maybe they rejected? sometimes a country chooses a younger driver for the Academy Trophy so they gain experience).
But Beszterda, who was unknown before his national selection (only thing of note on his cv was a 10th place in the Trofeo delle Industrie), did better as anyone expected by finishing 4th overall on a total of 54 countries that participated. He got a 3rd place in Cremona and a 5th in Le Mans.
But OK Jr. is tougher because there's only 1 driver per country in the FIA Academy Trophy. A 22nd & 23rd were Iwo's best results in OK Jr this year but it's a learning year for him.
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SODIKART: French manufacturer and the biggest producer of indoor karts in the world (by far), if you rent a kart big chance it's a Sodi. They have been focussing mostly on KZ (the top shifter class) the past couple of years where they run Senna van Walstijn (Ned) and Frenchmen Emilien Denner & Anthony Abasse.
Since recently they also tried to break in the OK / OK Jr. classes but 2021 was a very difficult year for them. They ran British driver Nathan Tye & Cathal Clark and Frenchmen Maxence Bouvier & Jules Roussel but results were very bad.
Only Tye managed to score two top 15s in a final and he was the only driver who was retained, the otherse were let go and are doing IAME Euro Series this year.
During the winter they've worked really hard to design a new chassis and Tye did a lot of development work for them. Rotax Max super star Kai Rillaerts (Bel), he could be the next Vandoorne (expected in F4 France next year) tested the new Sodi chassis in December and immediately started to switch to it, a very good sign.
An OK kart chassis has to be homologated for 2 years so you have to get it right otherwise you have to wait two years and the difference with last year is huge: Tye is fighting for wins & titles now.
Nathan Tye (GB) has been one of the stars of the season in OK Jr. He won the finals in Portimao (Por), Zuera (Esp) & Kristianstad (Swe) and scored a 2nd and three 3rd places in other finals: an amazing season. He won the Champions of the Future title, came 3rd in the European Championship and 10th in the Super Masters.
He will for sure be in the fight for the world title this weekend as Sodi's lead driver.
Adam Hideg (Hun) came over from Kart Republic for his second OK Jr. season and he's been very solid all year. Not as quick as Tye but did well as a second driver with lots of points finishes (top 15) in finals he came twice 7th, 8th, 10th, twice 13th, 14th, 15th so although he hasn't been challenging for final wins he has been very consistently in the points.
Louis Leveau (Den) is from Denmark despite his French name. Has dissapointed me a lot. He had shown pretty decent results in IAME Mini & IAME Junior but had a very difficult to reach the finals when he switched to OK Jr. last year, he only managed it once. But with a year of OK Jr experience under his belt I expected him to make a big step forward but he didn't.
Only reaching 2 finals out of 12 with a best result of 17th really isn't good. And it's not like the chassis isn't good because Tyre & Hideg are very quick in it.
Andy Consani (Fra) made his debut in Juniors (in IAME initially) in November last year so he's still young and just doing his first full season of OK Jr. He has struggled as well but did a lot better as Leveau by reaching a final 8 times out of 15 with a best result of 13th.
I expect him to improve next season.
Joel Pohjola (Fin) is a debutant in OK Jr. this weekend. Last year he did 60 Mini (category below OK Jr) in WSK and reached the final 6 times out of 8 which is good since Mini always has large entry fields of +- 100-120 drivers with a best result of 9th in the prestigious Andrea Margutti Trophy.
This year he did some Rotax Max and the FIA Academy Trophy were he defended the colours of Finland finishing 14th overall with a 7th place in Cremona (Ita) and a 10th in Genk (Bel).
Andrea Dupe (Fra) started the year in IAME Euro before switching to Sodi in OK Jr in June. Only reached the final once since then.
Emilio Ortolani (Fra) did the French Cadet championship last year, he will make his debut in OK Jr. Expect him to be at the bottom of the time sheets.
Realistically all Sodi's hopes are on Tye & Hideg but with the Englishman they have one of the title favourites.
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TONY KART are always a force to be reckoned with although they won't have it easy because the playing field has been very level chassis wise this year in OK Jr. with Sodi, Parolin, Kart Republic and OTK's other brand Lando Norris also winning finals.
Jan Przyrowski (Pol) has been in his top form just at the right moment. In his last 4 finals he was 2nd, 13th, 1st, 1st & 2nd. His best results prior to that were a 5th & 6th. He won in Franciacorta & Lonato and has already shown promise last year with 3rd in the Lonato Winter Cup. He is probably Tony Kart's best bet for the world title.
Enzo Tarnvanichkul (Tha) showed great promise last year after beiing quick in Mini's and adapting well to OK Jr. He has been very consistent this year, reaching the final 11 times out of 12 but hasn't quite been able to match the raw pace of Przyrowski but he is still half a year younger as the Polish driver and Enzo did have an amazing weekend at Zuera with 2nd in the final. Could be an outsider, he's talented but still needs to untap his true potential.
Arthur Dorison (Fra) is having an amazing season. After dominating the French Minime (called Micro in other countries) & Cadet championships he exploded in '22 in his second Junior year.
He dominantly won the prestigious French Junior Championship (5 rounds), beating Kimi Tani (Fin) & Adam Rahali (Pakistan) with 40 points difference and winning 3 out of 5 finals in Salbris, Varennes & Anneville and finishing 4th in La Hague, and actually that was 3 out of 4 wins because he missed one round because of his busy schedule.
He then won the FIA Academy Trophy for France with wins in Genk & Le Mans and came 3rd in Zuera in a manche for the European Championship (where he came 13th overall).
With the French champ. and the FIA Academy Trophy now finished he can concentrate on a good result this weekend.
Jimmy Helias (Fra) After spending three full seasons in 60 Mini he adapted well to OK Jr last summer but has'nt been able to make the big jump forward I expected him to make at top team Tony Kart this year. A 5th, 11th & 12th as best results is'nt that bad but he still has some learning to do to match Przyrowski, Tarnvanichkul & Dorison. We know he can be quick though.
Maria Germano Neto (Por) is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy in their Girls on Track program to promote women in racing. Since Tony Kart is a partner of Ferrari they run her in their factory team. Tony Kart are also running Spanish 17 year old Ferrari Jr. Laura Camps Torras in KZ2 this year (where she is struggling, not to say suffering).
Germano Neto ran for FA Racing Spain (Fernando Alonso Racing) the last 3 years in IAME Mini and didn't do so bad often running in midfield.
She's 13 now and had a tough season with just 3 times qualified for a final out of 14 rounds but she had a major breakthrough during the European Champ. round in Franciacorta where she finished a very strong 15th in the final: a points finish.
Alp Hassan Aksoy (Tur) has managed to reach 8 out of 11 rounds he did this year so he's a decent driver but a best finish of 13th doesn't justify a seat in one of the best teams on the grid. On the other hand: Helias hasn't done that much better but the Frenchman has shown speed on more occasions. Aksoy seems quite regular but a midfield driver at best: he hasn't shown any spark yet.
Giacomo Pedrini (Ita) I guess Tony Kart also wanted to run an Italian as an Italian team but this kid really is not good. Only reached the final (top 36) twice on 13 tries and he finished only 28th & 36th (last) in those.
In the heats he's always classified somewhere between places 50 & 60. What is he doing in a top team?
Tony Kart is giving two drivers from the Brazilian championship a chance to gain their first experience in Europe this weekend (a role CRG usually fulfills as the team to go for Brazilians). Nothing at all is known about them but I assume they've shown promise in Brazil. their names are Alfredo Ibiapina & Gabriel Moura. If they can reach the Super Heats on Sunday (top 72) that would be a big success.
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KART REPUBLIC are a bit less succesful this year but that's because they had mega line-ups the previous two seasons in OK Jr., in 2020 they had Antonelli, Ugochukwu (Sauber Jr then), Stenshorne, Badoer, Powell & Dedecker and in 2021 Powell, Ferreira, Wisniewski (Sauber Jr) Kutskov, Dedecker & Akshay Bohra. Those are seriously strong line-ups. They won 6 finals out of 21 rounds last year, this year so far only 1 out of 16.
Maxens Verbrugge (Fra) had a bit of a reputation of a wild driver last year since he was involved in incidents now and then. He's calmed down a bit during his third full season in OK Jr. and was quite constant reaching the final 10 out of 12 times in WSK/FIA rounds (once he was 37th, one place short).
He's had succes in his cameo in the German championship where he won two finals with some top 10s in FIA rounds and a highlight of 3rd in Kristianstad. But in his 3rd season in this class we excpected a more from him: 22nd in the European Champ. & 45th in Super Masters is really not good for a driver who was expected to be one of the leaders of Kart Republic, his German wins saved his season.
Lucas Cross Fluxa (Esp): hailing from the very rich and in Mallorca famous Fluxa family he is bound to go to single seaters. The Fluxa's are amongst the richest families in Spain, they own a shoe shop network and a hotel imperium. His older brother Lorenzo Fluxa is driving in F. Regional Europe this year and is not bad, his younger sister Luna is his teammate this year.
Like Verbrugge Lucas is in his third full season of OK Jr and will move to OK next year.
He ended his season in great form last year winning the WSK Final Cup and he started it great too 8th, 1st & 4th in the opening rounds so he took Kart Republics only final win in OK Jr. in WSK or FIA this year.
A 5th in Portimao and a 2nd in Kristianstad were his other highlights so he's having a pretty good year but hasn't been able to fight for a title with the likes of Matveev, Khavalkin or Tye. He's still too eratic for that. All three Fluxa's are good drivers but Lucas seems like the one with the highest potential to me. With the capital behind him he could go as far as F2 (I expect that actually).
Luna Cross Fluxa (Esp): younger sister of Lucas & Lorenzo. She became a Mercedes Junior after becoming the first woman to win a title in the IAME Euro Series winning the Mini category and beating strong drivers like Roman Kamyab (GB) and Sacha Van 't Pad Bosch (Ned) to that title.
At just 13 years of age she's also the first female to join the Mercedes Academy. In IAME Mini she won at Genk & Castelletto and came 2nd in Zuera. This year is a learning year for her: the step from Mini to Junior is huge and even harder for a girl. She only managed to reach 3 out of 14 finals this year but she'll get stronger next year.
Lenn Nijs (Bel) since his compatriot Douwe Dedecker (Bel) recently switched to OK Sr. he will have to do without his best friend now but they're still in the same team. Finally got his chance in a good team this year after struggling in a small private team last year.
Nijs has proven to be an excellent overtaker this year. The problem is: he doesn't qualify well which is why we often see him fight from the back to the front.
He reached the final 11 out of 14 times this year and in two occasion he just nearly missed out as 38th (top 36 to the final). In Zuera he showes what he can do if he qualfies better, he came 4th in the final there. Still has a lot of learning to do but he's quite quick.
Taym Saleh (Ger) has learned his craf in the German Championship (DKM) which had a strong entry last year in Junior with Akshay Bohra (Sing) beating Maxim Rehm & Douwe Dedecker (Bel) to the title. Saleh came 9th overall and scored a 2nd place in Genk.
He's a very regular midfield driver this year with a 10th in Lonato, 11th in Kristianstad & Zuera. In finals he's usually driving between 10th & 20th place.
Stepan Antonov (Rus) one of many Russians driving in OK Jr. but certainly not one of the more better ones. He's having a very bad season with only 2 finals (in which he was 31st & 32nd). In a way that's strange because last year he did better when he switched from Mini to OK Jr halfway the season with an 11th in the Trofeo delle Industrie and a 12th in the WSK Champions Cup. Those were promissing results but he went backwards this year.
Sebastien Kawpeng (Phil) After trying a couple of events in Europe in '19-'20 he engaged in his first full year in Europe and what a difficult time he had. He usually can be found between places 50 & 70 after the heats but did get in a final twice: 22nd in La Conca and 19th in Portimao. I guess the step from Asia to Europe is a huge one so let's see if he can improve next year.
Joshua Graham (GB) won the Honda Cadet Class in the UK in 2020 so comes from the British scene without international experience, this will be his debut in OK Jr.
Miguel Costa (Bra) is part of the SAUBER ACADEMY, Sauber Academy is officially a seperate team entry but I find it a bit of a stretch to say that Sauber runs it's own karting team.
In reality Dino Chiesa's Kart Republic runs that team too and it's actually a factory Kart Republic painted in Sauber livery with Sauber paying all the bills.
In a similar way the Mercedes Jr. drivers in OK also run in a different livery (from Argenti, a partner from Mercedes who coach their karting drivers and who have an F4 team as well) but those are under Kart Republic on the entry list.
Sauber has trimmed down it's karting line-up this year to just two drivers with Philipino Zachary David in OK and Costa in Ok Jr. They've lost Ugochukwu (to McLaren) and let go Wisniewski, Gladysz & Monza (who was in Mini last year), retained Costa and added David. I think they've made a mistake to let Gladysz go.
Costa has been extremely consistent this year but he seems to lack the agression and ultimate pace to win a final. A 4th, two 5ths, two 6ths & a 7th are suberb results but winning a final could change a lot in his head. A bit like how Nigel Mansell's first win changed him.
He is certainly worth holding on to for Sauber, he's a driver with potential.
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ENERGY CORSE have recently lost their lead driver, Peruvian Andreas Cardenas, to Fernando Alonso's outfit DPK. Cardenas moved over to Alonso's team because he signed up with Alonso's new driver management company.
Jules Caranta (Fra) now leads the team, a very quick Frenchman who combines OK Jr. with IAME Jr., he drives for French outfit Jana Racing with an Exprit kart in IAME and nearly missed out on the title with Henry Josselyn (GB) beating him.
He hasn't been quite able to replicate his IAME results in OK Jr. although he did come a fine 10th overall in the European Championship with a 5th & 7th at the finals in Zuera & Portimao.
Martin Molnar (Hun) started the year in the shadow of Cardenas but from April onwards his performance went up and he started to establish himself as a very good driver with consistent results in the finals: 9th in Portimao, 7th in Zuera, 3rd in Franciacorta, 5th in Lonato. Caranta & Molnar may not be the favourites for the world title but both are underdogs that could cause an upset.
Dries Van Langendonck (Bel) the youngest driver in the field making his debut in Juniors this weekend. He either just turned 12 or is still 11 (since you are allowed to enter OK Jr. if you turn 12 shortly afterwards).
Dries stunned on his WSK Mini debut last year with a pole position as a 10 year old rookie against driver who were 2-3 years older and this year he became the class of the field in Mini together with Spaniard Christian Costoya and he won the prestigious Andrea Margutti Trophy (the most important Mini title over 1 weekend since they don't have a world championship).
Back in '20 when he was just 9 he was breaking lap records in a Mini category kart in Genk what urged Birel ART to offer him a three year contract plus karting legend Alessandro Manetti as his personal coach. But Birel ART only entered 1 kart in Mini so he had no set-ups or data from team mates to compare: a huge disadvantage in karting + Parolin has the best chassis in Mini: all the top drivers there are on a Parolin. So his dad decided to break the contract with Birel ART towards the end of last year and go to the factory team of Parolin: a very good move that paid off this year.
Now jumping from Mini to OK Jr. is a huge step comparable with going from an F4 to an F2, the gap between OK Jr. & OK on the other hand is not so big: the OK Sr class is just a bit faster but they're on the same chassis. An OK Jr kart is signifcantly bigger as a Mini kart, has 125cc instead of 60cc, 46bhp instead of 32bhp (still significantly more as an indoor rental kart which has around 9 to max 11bhp) and top speed of 160km/h instead of 120km/h in Mini + G forces up to 3G in corners.
The finals are also longer: 11 laps in Mini, 25 in OK Jr. & OK + the strategy is different. Mini races are often sprints & slipstram fights like in Moto 3 with the decision often in the final lap (like a bunch sprint in cycling). OK Jr & OK are very different.
It usually takes half a year to get up to speed in Juniors if you come from Mini (also because you're the youngest again and fighting drivers who are older), some need a year to adapt.
So a lot of eyes will be on Van Langendonck but reaching the final would already be a great result. He's there to learn. Competing for the prizes is impossible as a debutant in a world championship (that has also never happened before).
Kian Fardin (Ch) This Swiss kid was a decent midfield driver in Mini who switched to Juniors in October last year and he started the year with a fantastic 6th in the Champions Cup (the traditional season opener) but since then had trouble getting in to finals what he managed 5 times out of 13. He has potential and is quick though.
Jensen Burnett (Can) had several top 15 finishes in 60 Mini in WSK last year and ended his season strong with a 5th in the Lonato Winter Cup, 13th in US SuperNationals in Las Vegas and a strong 4th in the Mini Rotax Max Grand Finals in Bahrein.
But this year has been a bit of a pain for him, he only reached 3 finals but we know OK Jr is tough for rookies.
Alexander Dahlström (Fin) came from IAME Mini and started the season with 32nd in the IAME Jr. Winter Cup, has only reached one final since then: 31st in Portimao. However he's still a rookie in OK Jr. this year and was showed some speed in Mini.
Energy Corse's line-up is completed with two unknown paydrivers: Andrey Adaykin (Rus) & Toby Dvorak (Aus).
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BIREL ART
Kirill Kutskov (Rus) one of several highly talented Russians in the field. In his 3rd Junior season, he was succesful last year with a wins in Sarno & Zuera and a 2nd in Aunay-les-Bois. He hasn't won a final yet this year but he is much more consisten. Last year he could win a final and in then finish the next 2 rounds 25th. This year he is most of the time driving finals in the top 15 and racking op top 10 finishes with a best of 3rd in Lonato. He hasn't been quite able to match Matveev & Khavalkin though but came a strong 5th overall in the Super Masters. He is Birel ART's best bet.
Jindrich Pesl (Cze) a super talent who was on a high in Mini in Februari-March when he came 2nd in the Champions Cup behind Costoya (Esp) and then he had an amazing run in the WSK Super Masters with 2 wins and 2nd places in the finals, winning the title before switching to OK Jr. in which he, like almost everybody, struggled a lot.
He did 2 rounds for Czech Republic in the FIA Academy trophy and came 6th in Genk and 4th in Le Mans.
He should be one of the drivers to watch next year in OK Sr, when he has his learning period behind him.
Reno Francot (Ned) he made his name by finishing 4th in the Mini Rotax Max Finals in Portimao '20 and by winning a round in Wackersdorf for the FIA Academy Trophy last year. He's managed to reach 8 out of 14 finals this year with a best finish of 11th in a final.
Zoë Florescu Potolea (Rom) One of 4 girls on the grid. She's always in the back of the standings after the heats, between places 60 & 80 but once (out of 22 rounds in '21-'22), in Kristianstad (Swe), she miraculously reached the final (top 36) and was 27th in that race.
Dinu Sabin Stroescu (Rom) Started well with 12th in the Champions Cup but then was usually found around 60th place after the heatsfor the rest of the year.
Kilian Josseron (Ch) a very promissing driver. After spending '21 in the midfield in Mini he was dicing with the best in Mini early '22: 6th in the Champions Cup, 11th in the IAME Mini Winter Cup in Valencia and then a strong string of results with 7th, 10th, 6th & 8th in the four Super Master rounds: good for 7th overall behind Pesl, Costoya, Van Langendonck, Martinese, Sala & Hoogendonck: that's strong company. His jump to OK Jr since April has been a tough learning experience with just 1 final but that's quite normal.
The Birel ART line-up is completed with 2 unknown rookies: Arjun Chedda (India) & Martti Ritonen (Fin)
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CRG
Nikolas Roos (Z-A) from South Africa is in his 3rd full season OK Jr. is having a pretty good season reaching 10 of 13 finals and he enjoyed some succes in the FIA Academy Trophy where he was 7th in Genk & 6th in Cremona. Usally runs somewhere between position 15 & 30 in finals with a best result of 9th in Sarno.
Scott Lindblom (Swe) was a pretty good midfield driver in Mini ('19-'21) usually running between positions 20 & 30 in finals with two 4ths as best result. Since June he switched to OK Jr. and reached 2 out of 5 finals since then but he shocked the system by scoring a pole position in Lonato in July and he continued his strong pace with a fastest lap in the final but he only finished in 22nd.
He might cause another upset. Could be an outsider since he has shown that he can be quick.
Nico Lahnalati (Fin) Hopeless driver. Even though this is his 3rd season in OK Jr. he was always somewhere between position 60 & 80 after the heats (lowest 82nd) and only reached one final in which he was 27th.
Francisco Macedo (Por) Like Lahnalati a backmarker. Did IAME Jr. last year. Only reached on final as 29th.
Francisco Gazon (Col) Another anonymous driver but he is new in Junior this year. Just reached one final as 35th.
Gabriel Sano (Bra) participated in FIA Academy Trophy for Brazil but didn't show anything in it.
Enzo Nienkotter (Bra) comes from the Brazilian karting scene and seems to have some potential. Came 6th in the SuperNationals in Las Vegas in '19, only did one WSK round this season but managed to make the final
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FALCON is a Dutch manufacturer who after a break are back this year with a new chassis that they entered in DKM (Germany), IAME Euro Series & OK Jr. The team was founded in 1998 by former karting World Champion Peter de Bruijn. After his karting driver carreer Peter started to work for CRG as an engine tuner before setting up his own team in '98 and eventually building his own kart.
And it's a wonderful machine.
In the Germany Falcon turned out to be the best chassis this year: Jens Treur (Ned) won the DKM Jr. title with Tobias Clausen (Den) in 3rd and Jason Bralic (Ned) 9th).
Jens Treur (Ned) is the only kart Falcon entered this weekend. His team mate Clausen switched to Shamick in July. Outside Germany Treur reached the final 4 times with a best result in a final of 18th.
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IPK / FORMULA K: The Italian IPK Group enters one works Formula K kart, they didn't enter one for their other brands Praga (Czech brand) and OK1.
Emanuele Olivieri (Ita) was a star in 60 Mini last year (also on a Formula K). He won 4 finals out of 13 rounds and also had two 2nds and a 3rd. He was 2nd overall in the WSK Super Masters behind René Lammers, 3rd in WSK Euro Series behind Christian Costoya & Vladimir Ivannikov and 4th in WSK Open Cup behind Schauffler, Pesl, Cosma & Costoya.
This year is a learning year for him with a best result of 7th in Kristianstad. Highly talented driver that will be one to watch next year.
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DR (DANILO ROSSI) is a small Italian manufacturer owned by former karting star Danilo Rossi who ran a team in F. Regional until last year: DR Formula. They run in red & white colours with the racing number in black on a yellow background.
Hampus Varis (Swe) is from the Swedish karting scene. Came 4th in the Swedish Mini Cup in '20, 5th in the Swedish Jr. Cup and 13th in the Swedish Junior Championship in '21. This year he did one FIA round in Kristianstad in which he finished 62nd in the heats.
Faidon Papafilippou (Gre) did two full seasons in Mini in WSK before switching to OK Jr. in July. Was 36th in WSK Euro Series last year, This year he was again quite anonymous with just 1 final in Sarno in which he was 30th.
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PANTANO: this brand new manufacturer from Giorgio Pantano is doing IAME Euro Series this year and enters one kart.
Ermano Quintieri (Ita) drove in IAME Jr. in '21 & '22. His best results in finals: 21st in Trofeo delle Industrie & 20th in Castelletto.
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SEMI FACTORY TEAMS:
RICKY FLYNN MOTORSPORT are running the works LANDO NORRIS KART brand for the OTK Group (Tony Kart Group). This British outfit is an absolute top team who have won many titles in the past including the world title that they won two years ago with Freddie Slater (GB).
Maciej Gladysz (Pol) Poland has a couple of interesting drivers with Kucharczyk (in Spanish F4 now) and Gladysz easily their most promissing ones. Gladysz has been very quick since his many days, winning the WSK Open Cup at Adria in 2020.
Last year he won the FIA Academy Trophy for Poland, beating David Walther (Den) & Oleksandr Bondarek (Ukr) in the process.
Gladysz won two finals this year: at Franciacorta and the most recent one in Sarno so he is in great shape just at the right moment.
He lacks the regularity of the absolute top drivers though: he can win a final and two weeks later finish in 25th in the next one.
But I expect him to be up there with the contenders.
He's Ricky Flynn's best hope to win the OK Jr. world title again.
Thomas Strauven (Bel) Won the Rotax Max International Trophy in the Micro category in '19 and became a star driver in IAME Euro Series finishing 2nd overall in the IAME International Games at Portimao after finishing 2nd in the Rotax Max Euro Trophy at Genk earlier in '21.
That earned him a seat at top team Ricky Flynn in OK Jr. and he adapted quickly.
He's shown great speed in qualifying and the heats but hasn't always been able to reproduce that in the Super Heats & Final although he did score two 4ths, a 9th and a 5th which is very impressive for a rookie in this category.
Alfie Slater (GB) Because his brother Freddie Slater won the Junior world title in '20 and came runner-up behind Nakamura last year, Alfie has been living in the shadow of Freddie. It's not easy beiing the younger brother of a super talent but... Alfie is a very good driver too. He was'n a final winner in Mini but still a really quick driver.
He is doing his first full season of OK Jr. and reached the final in half of the rounds (7/14) and once he scored a top 10 with 6th in Franciacorta.
Salim Hanna (Col) Quick Colombian who is still waiting for his break through. Showed his potential in Mini in '20 with 8th in WSK Open Cup, 7th in the Florida Winter Tour and 10th at the USA Winter Series. Last year he defended Colombia's colours in the FIA Academy Trophy and came 9th.
I expected him to step up a gear next year but he hasn't done better as two 11ths in finals.
I know he's a quick driver though, if he can score a good result it could do wonders for his confidence.
Leo Robinson (Alg) His father is British and his mother Algerian. He opted to drive under the nationality of Algeria and they actually follow him in the press there. He's one of the starts in IAME Euro Series.
He came third IAME Euro Series, Winter Cup & the Internationa Final in '19 and 3rd in IAME Mini Winter Cup at Valencia in '20 and has been one of the quicker IAME Junior drivers in '21-'22.
He made his OK Jr. debut recently at Sarno immediately reaching the final and finishing 14th. He's a driver with potential.
David Cosma (Rom) was very quick in Mini this year (a 10th & 9th in finals) before he switched to OK Jr. in April. Also raced in IAME Euro Series where he had an encouraging 12th in Franciacorta. Needed some time to find his speed in Mini but when he did he was very quick. His brother Bogdan is still in 60 Mini. I expect him to need time in Junior too so by '24 he will probably be up to speed.
Oleksandr Bondarev (Ukr) was really impressive when he competed with a small family run private team last year. That earned him a spot in a top team and boy was he delivering this year.
However just as Bondarev was becoming the master of OK Jr. he suffered a major horror crash at the extremely quick Zuera track in Spain. As he excited the final corner, a corner that you take flat out, Matveev was sliding slightly wide forcin Bondarev over the kerb.
Bondarev's LN kart then lost control and ran over Matveev's front bumper who's kart was vaulted in the air and even touched Oleksandr's helmet. Molnar then avoided the mayhem and Sandro Perez want on the grass.
Alexander 'Salkha' Dahlström who was further back in the field then ran full throttle without braking frontal in to the kart of Bondarev who was facing the wroing direction. Dahlström's kart was also vaulted in the air.
The ravage was big and for 45 minutes medical crew were on the scene. Matveev escaped injury but Dahlström broke a leg and an arm whilst Bondarev, probably the brightest talent in this category, broke both legs with a complex compound fracture on one leg.
Dahlström has already recovered from his injuries and competes this weekend. Bondarev probably will not be seen before 2023.
Early this season I was fearing a crash between Bondarev, Ukrainian driver, and of several Russians because the Russians and Bondarev were always running in front of the field. They've always kept it clean until Zuera. Now I saw that crash live and although Matveev drifted towards the side it clearly was a racing incident. It's also very uncomon to see a kart that goes over the kerb suddenly snap like Bondarev's did. The FIA also judged it a racing incident but it was the biggest crash by far I ever saw in karting, haven't seen anything as heavy as this in my whole life.
Bondarev was at that point fast becoming one of my favourite drivers, who showed remarkable pace and I thought he was someone who would end up in an F1 academy. I hope he recovers soon.
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FORZA RACING from the UK are the official EXPRIT works team. Exprit is an OTK Brand.
Lewis Wherrell (GB) was one of the aces in IAME Mini last year, winning the IAME Warriors Final in Adria. And he's found his rhythm in OK Jr. very quickly. After nearly missing the final on his first two Junior weekends he made the cut in all 9 consecutive ones and lately scored a string of excellent results: a 9th, 4th, 4th and a 6th. He is a driver who could grow in a contender for the prizes in 2023.
William Go (Phil) Had his breakthrough in the FIA Academy Trophy with a 2nd in Genk and 9th in Cremona good for 6th overall and continued his great form with a 3rd & 15th in Lonato & Sarno, good for 10th overall in the WSK Euro Series.
Needs to build on that next year, he's still too eratic but like Wherrell he is only in his first full time Junior season so it's unlikely that he will be a contender this weekend.
Edward Robinson (GB / Esp) Has double nationality British / Spanish but races under the flag of Spain this year. They call him 'Edu' as his first name. He grew up in Spain (possibly also born there like Maya Weug) starting in the Spanish Cadet scene before doing his first WSK Mini event in '18. He for sure isn't as talented as the other Robinson in the field (who's not related): Leo.
Of the 27 OK Jr rounds he competed in during '21-'22 he only reached the final 8 times with a carreer best of 15th in Franciacorta.
Alex O'Grady (Irl) Irishman O'Grady is another quick kid that Forza recruited in IAME. Reached the final 5 times out of 10 this year and has shown some flashes of raw speed in the heats so may reach the final. Best results: 17th in Zuera, 18th in Lonato.
Aryame Bansal (Ind) He can always be found between places 60 & 80 after the heats. But it's his first season in Europe and it's not easy to jump from India to the strongest karting competition in the world. He's certainly not bad at all but needs more time to adapt. He did reach one final in Kristianstad where he was 26th, an encouragng result.
Mattia Colnaghi (Ita) Another IAME recruit. Had a strong season opener with 9th in the Champions Cup (but the factory teams were missing there) and hasn't shown anything since then. Usually around place 50 in the heats. If stops tangling with other drivers he could reach more finals.
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DPK (Esp) Spanish outfit Don Pablo Karting (DPK), co-owned by Fernando Alonso (who also owns a fantastic karting circuit in Oviedo) could be considered a semi factory team because they are the official representative of the FERNANDO ALONSO KART (often called FA Kart) brand but in reality those are actually Kart Republic chassis painted in Alonso's recognizable azure blue rainbow colours.
Niklas Schaufler (Aut) is one of two karting drivers backed by F1 sponsor BWT (the other is Belgian Douwe Dedecker who recently switched to OK Sr.), an Austrian drinking water company. And like Dedecker he is easy to spot in his pink kart and pink racing suit.
Schaufler is someone I rate very highly, he was so quick in Mini and unlucky not to win a final.
Since end of March he switched to OK Jr. and was between places 50 & 55 for his first three Junior rounds but that's perfectly normal because the jump from Mini to Junior is huge. But in the next three OK Jr. rounds he reached the final and was 17th, 16th & 19th: very impressive for a rookie.
I expect a lot of him in the future and with his current form he'll probably make the final on Sunday.
Andres Cardenas (Peru) Started the season very strong for Energy Corse with victory at the Champions Cup (Energy was the only full blown factory team to compete there though) and 2nd in the WSK Winter Series. Continued good form with fastest lap in Zuera where has was 6 at which point Fernando Alonso signed him up for his new management company where he joins Clément Novalak (Fra, F2), Nikola Tsolov (Bul, Spanish F4) and recent signing Gabriel Bortoletto (Bra, F. Regional) so he switched to Alonso's team DPK in July.
Cardenas, like Morgatto in OK, is sponsored by Castrol and his kart has their green livery.
Sandro Perez (Esp) Combined IAME with WSK two years in Mini and started this year in IAME Jr. before joining OK Jr. Has been mostly between positions 40 & 70 after the heads, needs to stop crashing. Reached 4 out of 9 finals in OK Jr.
Adrian Benito Ferrer (Esp) Not to be confused with former tennis player David Ferrer (Ferrer is quite a common name in Spain). Spent 2,5 years in IAME with his best results there 9th in Valencia & 3rd in Zuera. Competed for Spain in the FIA Academy Trophy but was very dissapointing as 22nd overall. Don't expect much of him to be anywhere near the final after his mediocre Academy run to be honest.
Aleksandar Bogunovic (Slovenia) A pretty good midfield driver who had a strong run in the Academy Trophy with 7th overall.
Leon Brunner (Ita) Combines WSK with the Italian national championship and hasn't showed anything of worth. Expect him to be in the lower half of the field, probably between places 60 & 80 after the heats.
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SATELITE TEAMS
KOSKI MOTORSPORT is the importer of TONY KART in Finland, together with Swedish Ward Racing an official Tony Kart satelite team (similar to the satelite teams in Moto GP but satelite teams have identical material as the factory teams in karting).
Koski have had an amazing season in OK Jr. this year thanks to mega talent Matveev challenging for tiles but Bouzar & Peebles has brought in some points as well.
Dmitry Matveev (Rus) super talented kid who was a dominant force in 60 Mini in '19 & '20 and is in mega form this year. But despite his strong consistency he still missed out on the major titles this year: 3rd in WSK Super Masters behind Bondarev (Ukr) & Dzitiev (Rus), 3rd in Champions of the Future behind Tye (GB) & Khavalkin (Rus) and 4th in the European Championship behind Khavalkin, Przyrowski (Pol) & Tye.
Khavalkin has become a bit of an arch rival of him this year, one of them was born in Siberia: I think it's Matveev.
He seems like a very nice kid in interviews, humble as well. But his Russian nationality will work against him when he later moves to cars.
He's on of the big favourites for the world title.
Guillaume Bouzar (Lux) has been lightning quick this year. Was in an epic title fight for the FIA Academy Trophy but came six points short of Arthur Dorison (Fra). Was 6th overall in the European championship.
Was 3rd at Cremona, 2nd in Genk, 3rd in Kristianstad and 3rd in Portimao but didn't manage to win a final. Strong contender.
Griffin Peebles (Aus) midfield driver who has scored points on a couple of occasions this year but can just as well finish an eventh as 60th or event 75th (like at Franciacorta). Second year in Junior, best result of 12th in Lonato in July.
Oliver Kinnmark (Swe) was a decent midfield driver in Mini but hasn't done well this year. I expect him to be around places 60 to 70 this weekend.
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WARD RACING the importer of TONY KART in Sweden. Top team, they often fight up front with the full blown factory teams. Their karts have the same colours (green & white) of the works Tony Kart's but the Ward drivers have very recognisable black (with a touch of yellow) racing suits whilst the Tony Kart factory drivers were just as recognisable green suits.
Marcus Saeter (Nor) finished last season on a high with 2nd place in the penaltimute round at the Lonato Winter Cup so I had high expectations from him this year. I've been slightly dissapointed by him. Not that he did poorly at all: he started the season in superb form with 6th & 5th but then had a drop in form still reaching finals but finishing at the back of them. Between May & July he recovered with an 8th, 12th, 6th & 11th but he hasn't been able to fight for wins in finals. Still a very quick driver but he needs to become consistent.
He doesn't seem to have the raw speed that Matveev, Khavalkin, Przyrowski, Gladysz, Tye & Lammers have displayed and seems a step behind them. Still a very good driver though, but missing something to be a top driver.
Kiril Dzitiev (Rus) won the Trofeo delle Industrie last year for Ward which was his breakthrough. Started the season as 2nd driver of Ward but quickly established himself as their lead driver and he even won at Franciacorta. Part of an exceptional Russian generation and someone to watch.
Marcel Kasprzicki (Pol) Very constant midfield driver and reliable points scorer but missing the ultimate speed to dice with the best. Had an 8th in the final at Franciacorta and was three times 14th so is enjoying a pretty good season.
Guy Albag (Isr) Israël's (by far) biggest talent is Ariel Elkin but Elkin is doing IAME Euro Series this year in the Senior category where he finished 4th overall behind Eli Goldstein (Bel), and VDK duo Arthur Poulain (Fra) & Evan Giltaire. Elkin had started the season with VDK, then switched to German manufacturer TB Kart and recently made his debut in top class KZ where he finished the World Championship 25th in Le Mans. He's expected to move to F4 nex year.
Enough about Elkin. Albag is a solid midfield driver usually running anonymously in the finals between places 20 & 30 with a carreer best result of 9th. Not a contender for a prize this weekend at all but he's decent
Elliott Kaczynski (Swe) was a good midfield driver in Mini, even winning the Trofeo della Industrie. Has discovered that the difference between Mini & Junior is quite big. Has reached a final 7 out of 13 times so far, best result in a final 12th.
Leo Nilsson (Swe) the Swedich national championship is considered very competitive and they drive on OK karts there so it's already an accomplishment for a Swede to be selected for Ward Racing, the team that is the pride of Sweden in karing, it means you are one of the very best Swedes. But he hasn't been good enough for the international WSK/FIA field, where the elite drives, to be honest although he did manage one 12th in a final.
Mark Brovko (Ukr) No this kid is really out of his league at this level. Usually around place 80, expect him to be somewhere at the bottom of the time sheets. He is wasting a competitive seat at Ward imho.
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VDK RACING: This Belgian team from Wavre is a strong partner of KART REPUBLIC, they run in WSK & IAME Euro Series this year and have won the FIA European OK Jr title with half Finish half French driver (now in F4) Marcus Amand. They usually enter a mix of Frenchmen & Belgians.
Thibaut Ramaekers (Bel) has been a revelation this year in IAME Jr., he was leading the championship halfway after winning the final in Mariembourg but ended up 6th overall. He also was very quick as Belgium's representative in the FIA Academy but a DNF in Le Mans and a crash in Genk that dropped him to 18th put him out of championship contention.
As a reward for his strong form in IAME VDK rewarded him with a run in three OK Jr. events and he reached the final each time, which is good for a rookie, with 17th in Lonato as his best. He still has learning to do at WSK/FIA level though.
Clément Outran (Fra) Started in IAME Jr. end of 2020 and immediately won the Trofeo delle Industrie. After poor results in OK Jr. he switched back to IAME halfway '21 and came 2nd in the strong Benelux championship and some decent result in the IAME Euro Series.
This year he was one of the aces in IAME Euro series finishing 4th overall behind Joslyn Henry (GB), Jules Caranta (Fra) & Sacha van 't Pad Bosch (Ned) and as a reward VDK selected him for the World Championship.
Hugo Martiniello (Fra) After coming third overall in the competitve French championship in the Cadet category he went to IAME Euro Series with VDK and finished a strong 10th overall with a 6th in Zuera. Also did some French Juniors this year. Rookie in OK Jr.
He's the youngest of VDK's line-up.
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SHAMICK EUROPE Somebody has asked why this Australian team doesn't run with karts of Australian manufacturer Arrow. Well they probably opted for PAROLIN because they have satelite team status with them. And that's very important because that means support from the factory including immediate spare parts supply but most important: in WSK & FIA teams have to tune their engines (unlike IAME & Rotax Max where every team runs the same standard engine that they can't mess with).
This makes this competition seriously more expensive but also more complex. Satelite teams are helped by the factory with tuning.
They have financial support from the Australian autosport federation and always run a couple of Australians as a result but those 'ozzies' usually run at the back. The difference between the Australian championship and the elite driving WSK / FIA is day and night.
Tiziano Monza (Sing / Ch) has double nationality Singapore / Switzerland (where he grew up) but drives under the flag of Singapore. Was a Sauber Junior the past two years (in Mini already) and has shown to be a very quick driver in Mini.
He had a rough time switching to Junior last year, which is normal, but he still only missed one final yet Sauber dropped him, that was rather harsh.
But maybe Sauber was right because after switching to Alonso's DPK outfit he had a very tough time this year with positions as low as 50 & 72 but a single highlight of 5th in Kristianstad but that doesn't erase his poor season.
Switched to Shamick Europe just before the world championship, hoping that the Parolin chassis will suit him better.
Matias Orjuela (Col) Won in Cremona in the FIA Academy and was a strong 3rd overall there for Colombia but has been very anonymous in OK Jr. this year.
Tobias Clausen (Den) Had a very strong year in the DKM OK Jr. championship in Germany in the works Falcon, finishing 3rd overall but has been an anonymous mid pack driver in WSK / FIA with a best result of 14th at Zuera.
Shamick's entry is completed with 4 Australians hoping for glory in Europe who certainly will feature at the back of the time sheets because this level is way above their level: Bradley Majman, Jaxson Burns, Jenson Burns & Max Walton. Reaching the Super Heats (top 72) would be a major success for them but I can't even see them getting close to that since they're all 4 amongst the worst of the 111 entries.
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LECLERC BY LENNOX RACING Charles Leclerc's karting team, with British former karter Jordon Lennox-Lamb running it as team manager (since Charles has no time for that with F1) is the official satelite team of BIREL ART.
Gerasim Skulavov (Rus) was a star back in 2020 in Mini when he won three finals and came 4th overall behind Dmitry Matveev (Rus), Kean Nakamura Berta (Jap) & Maciej Gladysz (Pol) as a factory Formula K (IPK Group) driver.
When he switched to Junior last year in June he had big time struggles which is something that can be expected jumping from Mini. But those struggles continued this year.
He couldn't get in the final of the first 5 rounds and seemed stuck between positions 40 & 60 with low morale. But change came at Portimao where he finally broke in the final and ended 14th in Portimao and two weeks later he was 16th in Zuera. The last 4 rounds he got in the final 3 times but usally ran towards the back. When is Skulanov going to find back his fine form he displayed in Mini? He needs to turn the tide because he's seriously underperformed for a driver with his talent.
Petr Ageev (Rus) He's been driving at international level in WSK since 2018 now and still hasn't showed anything remotely. Useless pay driver.
Noah Wolfe (GB) He was 10th in the IAME Mini Final last year, that was his only event outside the UK but locally in the UK he is considered very promissing but this is a totally different ballgame. But he deserves we judge him later since he is still unproven in Europe.
He runs on a RICCIARDO chassis in blue colours, it actually is a rebadged Birel ART chassis. Birel ART also has Leclerc & Kubica brands but in reality it's just their logo on a Birel ART but the Ricciardo chassis actually has a seperate blue livery which does make it seem more like a separate brand I guess.
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PRIVATE ENTRIES
TB KART are a small German manufacturer that mainly focusses on the German DKM championship and WSK. Like Sodikart they also produce indoor karts. They used to run in fluorescent green colours but this year they ran in a completely black colours which is immediately spotted. We'll have to wait to see if they chose their traditional green again for the World Championship or remain in black livery.
However they run their own chassis (TB) in shifter karts (DD2, KZ2, KZ) but in OK Jr they run with KART REPUBLIC chassis so I assume they'll run in black colours and only use the green livery for their own chassis.
Austrian girl Emma Felbermayer has done a nice job for them in OK by qualifying several times for the final, she one of the most promissing females and TB run another girl in OK Jr.
Tom Kalender (Ger) is their lead driver and a top driver in DKM (Germany) where he was vice champion nearly missing the title to Falcon factory driver Jens Treur (Ned). Kalender also did 4 WSK rounds this year reaching the final three times with a best result of 10th in Lonato.
Together with Maxim Rehm (who's doing OK with Ricky Flynn) he's the most talented German young karter.
Simon Rechenmacher (Ger) Germany has few talented driver in karting to be honest. Maxim Rehm (German OK Sr. champion) is for sure the best one of them. Simon did fine in DKM with 4th overall but got seriously trashed (with a low point of 88th in Lonato) but in July he caused a major upset but not only reaching the final in Sarno but finishing 4th in it behind the Poles Gladysz & Przyrowski & Tye but ahead of Khavalkin.
Mathilda Paatz (Ger) One of the female drivers. She's never reached a final though but was surprisingly selected by the German federation to represent them in the FIA Academy Trophy but alas she couldn't reach a final there either. She's going to be trashed this weekend.
GAMOTO They are one of the best teams in the Mini category where they represent the works EKS brand (small Italian manufacturer, not active in OK Jr or OK currently). In OK Jr. they've run different chassis the last couple of years including Parolin and this year they run on TONY KART but they aren't an official satelite team like Ward or Koski. They run in turquise & blue colours a bit similar to the March Leyton House colours in the '90s.
Santino Panetta (Ita) combined the Italian IAME Championship with representing Argentina in the FIA Academy Trophy this year where he scored a best of 5th at Cremona and was 11th overall. Reaching the Super Heats (top 72) would already be a big succes for him.
Markas Silkunas (Lit) more experienced as his team mate Panetta who hasn't shown anything in three years of WSK but did show speed in Rotax Max Mini two years ago. He represented Lithuania in FIA Academy Trophy (best result 10th at Le Mans). But like Panetta he will be very happy if he can reach the Super Heats (top 72).
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Czech team HAGEMANN RACING will enter a private EXPRIT chassis for Jacub Kamenik (Cze) who has been at WSK level since 2019 and has always been somewhere at the back of the field.
PASKE RACING from Lithuania enter a private Italian RIGHETTI RIDOLFI chassis (the only one in the field) for Kipras Jurse (Lit) who is a certainty completely at the back.
To wrap up the field there are two private Tony Karts entered by two drivers without a team. They are Frenchman Sacha Avril, who was twice vice champion in the French nationale Minime category in '19 & '20. This year he's been running in the French Junior and the IAME Junior Euro Series and he's done some Rotax Max + a WSK round as well but he's having a pretty poor year and a really hard time adapting to Juniors.
He will surely be somewhere at the very bottom of the time sheats, in particular without at team you are basically hopelessly lost then.
The other driver making the bad decision to enter without a team here is Kimi Tani (Fin). Tani had a dreadfull season last year in OK Jr. never even qualifying for a final once. So he made the smart decision to take a step back and enter the national French Junior championship where he redeemed himself as vice champion. But entering in the world championship with no team is suicide, it's nuts. He's going to be trashed so badly.
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Edited by William Hunt, 17 September 2022 - 23:43.
