19 Sep 2024
Thomas Johansson is the Series Manager / Sporting Director, Porsche Carrera Cup & Sprint Challenge Scandinavia. He’s also the promoter of Prince Carl Philip’s Racing Trophy and Swedish E-Kart Championship with the Rotax E20. A man truly passionate about racing since he was competing himself, Thomas has teamed up with Prince Carl Philip and Porsche racing in Scandinavia to build a successful future for the new generation in karting.
19 Sep 2024
Prince Carl Philip is the Duke of Värmland in Sweden and a familiar face on the race track – both in karts and racing cars. He started driving about 20 years ago and has been competing since 2008, now a regular entry in Porsche Carrera Cup & Sprint Challenge Scandinavia.
06 May 2024
The official chassis partners for the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2024 have now been confirmed, as BRP-Rotax announces the manufacturers who will support all the qualified competitors with their brand new karts at the annual flagship event.
26 Apr 2024
BRP-Rotax is at the forefront of shaping the future of electric kart racing with the E20 E-Kart, a remarkable fusion of speed and sustainability. If you've ever imagined the exhilaration of electric racing, seize the opportunity now from May 24-26, 2024 in Wackersdorf (Germany).
13 Sep 2023
The 2023 season of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy is history. Last weekend, the decisions within the top-class racing series were made in Brandon, Great Britain. The championship celebrated its racing premiere on the Paul Fletcher International Circuit and thus presented challenges to a total of almost 160 drivers from all over the world. In exciting races in sometimes very difficult conditions, the new title holders in Europe's highest Rotax championship were finally crowned after the seventh and eighth rounds.
07 Sep 2023
BRP-Rotax as the owner of the Rotax MAX Challenge (RMC), the biggest mono-brand race series in the world, announces the change of the organizer of the RMC Euro Trophy effective from the start of the 2024 season.
10 Jul 2023
Motorsport racer Luca Koester had an exciting season in 2022: The 25-year-old driver from Germany fearlessly took on international circuits, leaving a trail of success in his wake. After clinching the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy, Luca secured his ticket to the RMC Grand Finals in Portimão, Portugal. There, too, the Kart-Magazin.de reporter was among the top drivers, narrowly missing out on overall victory in the closing moments of the final. In his personal background story, Luca looks back on the events and reports on the memorable experiences from his first all-electric racing season.
03 Jul 2023
Ikast, Denmark is set to witness a new era of motorsport in August, when the Rotax E20 E-Kart Championship is taking place. From August 11-13, 2023 the Danish E-Kart Championship will electrify the track at Ikast with fierce competitions in the Rotax E20 Senior, E20 Senior Master, and E20 Junior categories.
25 May 2022
We have been running the British Universities Karting Championship (BUKC) since 2001 so this year marks our 21st season! Over that time we estimate that we've introduced more than 12,000 students to 2-stroke kart racing through Club100.
25 May 2022
Our first ever Academy day on March 26, 2022 for the new Cadet category along with new Junior drivers went extremely well with 80 Cadets (8 to 12 years) and 104 Juniors (13 to 18 years). They were divided into groups to run half in the morning and half in the afternoon.
Prior to the event we sent all the drivers and parents a video to watch which explained how the day will work, about the kart adjustments, ballast and seat inserts. This I'm sure helped.
25 May 2022
The success story of Club100 in the UK continues to build momentuwith every season, having had a record number of drivers participating in 2021 in the increasingly popular ‘Arrive & Drive’ championships powered by Rotax 125 MAX engines. In addition to this, the British Universities Karting Championship (BUKC) celebrates 21 years and the new generation of Club100 drivers has just joined the ranks in the two cadet categories