TO BE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE MINIMUM AGES:
Minimum ages for car racing:
+14: Ginetta Junior, Ford Fiesta Cup, F4 Mexico, F4 Denmark, USF4? {FIA does not sanction competitions that allow under 15 year olds, thus F4 Mexico & Denmark don't get FIA Super Licence Points}
+15: F4 Italy, F4 Middle East, F4 Spain, F4 France, F4 UK, F4 CEZ, F4 US, GB4, F4 Japan, F4 Brazil, F4 Saudi Arabia, F4 India, USF2000, USF2000 Pro
+16: FIA F3, Formula Regional, GB3, Eurocup-3, Formula Euro Open, Indy NXT (might be 17), Formula Ford UK
+17: FIA F2, Super Formula
+18: FIA F1 (also for free practice, you need 25 Super Licence Points for a Friday free practice session, 40 to race in F1)
PS: I have no idea on the minimum age for national & international Sports Cars and Touring Cars except I know that in the UK it's 14 for Ford Fiesta Cup and Ginetta Juniors
Min. Age Karting WSK & FIA:
- MINI GR3 U10: 8-10 (WSK)
- MINI GR3: 10-12 * (WSK)
- ACADEMY: 12-15 * (FIA
- OK Junior: 12-15 * (WSK / FIA)
- OK: +14 * (WSK / FIA)
- KZ2: +15 * (WSK / FIA)
- KZ: +15 * (FIA)
* Remark: you can start in a class if you become the minimum age later during that competition that year. In car racing / single seaters you always have to be the exact age when making your debut in a specific class!
* Tyres: Hard in Mini & Junior Classes, Medium in OK (Senior) and KZ2, Soft in KZ
* MINI: 60cc, all other classes 125cc. Open chassis & engine classes except FIA Academy which has spec EXPRIT chassis and spec IAME OK Jr. 125cc engines.
IAME Series Min. Age:
ROOKIE Mini: 8-10 (this class exists in only national competitions)
MINI X30: 9-12 *
JUNIOR X30: 12-15 *
SENIOR X30: +14 *
SHIFTER X30 +30 (only national comp. + USA & IAME Warrior Finals, which is de facto the IAME World Champ.)
MASTER X30 +30 (only national comp. + USA & IAME Warior Finals)
* All spec IAME Parilla X30 engines: Mini 60cc, all the rest 125cc
ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE Min. Age:
Micro MAX: 8-11
Mini MAX: 10-13
Junior MAX: 12-15
Senior MAX: +14
E20 Junior: 12-16
E20 Senior: +14
DD2: +15
DD2 Masters: +32
Rotax Masters: +32 (only nat. comp. incl. USA)
* All spec Rotax engines, Micro & Mini 60c, all the rest 125cc, E20 = electric
ROK CUP International & National min ages:
MINI ROK: 9-13
JUNIOR ROK 11-15
SENIOR ROK +14
SHIFTER ROK +15
EXPERT ROK +31
EXPORT ROK PLUS +45
* All Vortex ROK engines, Mini 60cc, other classes 125cc
The Minimum ages for karting classes in the UK:
BAMBINO: 6-8
CADET: 8-12 * (with Honda engines)
MINI: 11-14 (until 2022, class abolished from 2023)
INTER: 10-14 * (replaces MINI in the UK starting from 2023)
JUNIOR: 13-16 *
SENIOR: +15 *
* Cadet, Inter, Junior & Senior is allowed if the minium age is reached that year during the duration of that competition! That was not the case for Mini in the UK and has never been allowed in Bambino.
Min. Age Karting FFSA France:
MINIKART 6-11
MINIME: 7-12
MINI 60: 8-12
CADET: 10-14
NATIONALE: 12-17
OK JUNIOR: 12-15
SENIOR: +14
FEMININ: +14 (Women only class!)
KZ2: +15
KZ2 MASTER +31
KZ2 GENTLEMEN: +45
Min. Age Karting USA:
MICRO SWIFT: 7-10
MINI SWIFT: 9-13
KA100 JUNIOR: 12-15
S5 JUNIOR HONDA: 12-15 (only in local competitions)
X30 JUNIOR: 12-15
KA100 SENIOR: +15
X30 PRO +15
PRO SHIFTER KZ +15
KA100 MASTER +30
X30 MASTER: +30 (only local competitions)
OPEN SHIFTER: +15 (only local competitions)
Tyres: medium in Micro, Mini & Junior classes. Medium in Pro classes.
Micro & Mini: IAME Swift 60cc engine
X30 classe: 125 cc IAME engine
KA100: KA 100cc IAME engine
* Locally they might also use LO2 Briggs engines, that is a 4-stroke category with 100cc!
