TONY KART REVEALS 2021 RACING TEAM PLANS
The line-up of drivers and the race calendar of the Tony Kart Racing Team have been defined, which will be on track in all the main international events in the 60 Mini, OKJ, OK and KZ/KZ2 classes.
The international 2021 racing season is just around the corner and the challenge ahead of us is a very demanding one: to repeat and - if possible - improve the incredible 2020 that our Tony Kart Racing Team closed with a memorable hat-trick on the occasion of the FIA Karting World Championship.
In order to face a 2021 race calendar full of events, made up of the traditional CIK-FIA and WSK rounds as well as of some commitments still to be defined, we will rely, as usual, on our Tony Kart Racer 401R - as far as the KZ/KZ2, OK, OKJ categories are concerned - and on the Tony Kart Rookie 2020, for the CIK-FIA 60 Mini, obviously powered by Vortex engines, the "engine division" of the OTK Kart Group.
The KZ/KZ2 division is led by the couple Simo Puhakka - Pedro Hiltbrand, joined by the new entry Josef Knopp and the confirmed Gilles Stadsbader, the latter already part of our team in the final events of KZ2, in 2020.
On the occasion of the European Championship and of the International Super Cup KZ2, also the Luyet brothers, Jean and Samuel, and Kacper Nadolski will join our Racing Team. Noah Milell, on the other hand, will be lined up in KZ in the same races.
The OK category is assigned to two of the authors of the 2020 world hat-trick: the world champion in force, Callum Bradshaw, and the vice-world champion, Joseph Turney. The two experienced drivers are flanked by two young promises who are basically rookies in the category: Tuukka Taponen and Alfio Spina, both coming from the OKJ.
Also in the Junior single-speed class the same set-up was repeated, with the confirmed Harley Keeble, in the role of "expert", joined by James Egozi who, instead, comes directly from the 60 Mini. In the latter category, Jimmy Helias is still with us in all the scheduled races.
The appointment is in Adria (18th - 21st February) for the opening race of the international karting season, with the WSK Champions Cup, immediately followed, the following weekend, by the 1st round of the WSK Super Master Series.
2021 Tony Kart Racing Team drivers’ line-up
60 Mini
Jimmy Helias
OKJ
James Egozi
Harley Keeble
OK
Callum Bradshaw
Alfio Spina
Tuukka Taponen
Joseph Turney
KZ/KZ2
Pedro Hiltbrand
Josef Knopp
Simo Puhakka
Gilles Stadsbader
Jean Luyet (FIA Karting European Championship and FIA Int’l Super Cup KZ2)
Samuel Luyet (FIA Karting European Championship and FIA Int’l Super Cup KZ2)
Kacper Nadolski (FIA Karting European Championship and FIA Int’l Super Cup KZ2)
Noah Milell (FIA Karting European Championship and FIA World Championship KZ)
FIA Karting Race Calendar
18 aprile 2021, Zuera (SPA)
FIA Karting European Championship, Round 1
FIA Karting European Junior Championship, Round 1
2 maggio 2021, Adria (ITA)
FIA Karting European KZ Championship, Round 1
FIA Karting European KZ2 Championship, Round 1
FIA Karting Academy Trophy, Round 1
16 maggio 2021, Genk (BEL)
FIA Karting European Championship, Round 2
FIA Karting European Junior Championship, Round 2
30 maggio 2021, Aunay-les-Bois (FRA)
FIA Karting European Championship, Round 3
FIA Karting European Junior Championship, Round 3
20 giugno 2021, Wackersdorf (GER)
FIA Karting European KZ Championship, Round 2
FIA Karting European KZ2 Championship, Round 2
FIA Karting Academy Trophy, Round 2
11 luglio 2021, Sarno (ITA)
FIA Karting European Championship, Round 4
FIA Karting European Junior Championship, Round 4
5 settembre 2021, Kristianstad (SWE)
FIA Karting World KZ Championship
FIA Karting International Super Cup KZ2
FIA Karting Academy Trophy, Round 3
31 ottobre 2021, Birigui (BRA)
FIA Karting World Championship
FIA Karting World Junior Championship
WSK Race Calendar
WSK CHAMPIONS CUP
21 febbraio 2021, Adria (ITA). 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
WSK SUPER MASTER SERIES
28 febbraio 2021, Adria (ITA). Rd.1: 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
14 marzo 2021, La Conca (ITA). Rd.2: 60 Mini - OKJ – OK
28 marzo 2021, Sarno (ITA): Rd.3: 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
25 aprile 2021, Lonato (ITA): Rd.4: 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
WSK EURO SERIES
13 giugno 2021, Lonato (ITA). Rd.1: 60 Mini - OKJ – OK
27 giugno 2021, Sarno (ITA). Rd.2: 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
18 luglio 2021, Adria (ITA). Rd.3: 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
WSK OPEN CUP
19 settembre 2021, Lonato (ITA). Rd.1: 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
3 ottobre 2021, Adria (ITA). Rd.2: 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2
WSK FINAL CUP
21 novembre 2021, Adria (ITA). 60 Mini - OKJ - OK - KZ2