"The competitiveness of our TM Kart-powered Birel ART chassis enabled several of our drivers to shine in Valencia," said Jordon Lennox, OK Team Manager of Birel ART Racing. "Matheus Morgatto put in his best performance of the year in the colours of CL Racing Kart, while Noah Wolfe - VAR by Birel achieved some very encouraging results despite a number of setbacks. Ean Eyckmans was well on his way to fighting for the lead again, but the Final didn't go his way, nor did Mees Houben, who had shown a good level right up to his Super Heat. Ludovico Busso progressed well despite several incidents. It's been an eventful weekend for our OK-Junior drivers, who were showing convincing speed at the start of the meeting. We can now look forward with confidence to the 2nd European event and the Champions of the Future Euro Series which precedes it on the Val d'Argenton circuit in France."

Highlights from Valencia (ESP) in OK

Matheus Morgatto - CL Racing Team

11th out of 85 in Qualifying, two wins and two 2nd places in the heats, 3rd in the intermediate standings, 8th in the Final, 5th in the European Championship standings.

Noah Wolfe - VAR by Birel

20th in Qualifying, 3rd and 4th in the heats, double DNF, 12th with the fastest race lap in Super Heat A despite a penalty for an incorrectly positioned front fairing, 14th in the final with a gain of 11 places.

Ean Eyckmans

12th in Qualifying, 3rd, 5th, 2nd and 4th in the heats, 10th in the intermediate standings, 2nd in Super Heat B (up 3 places), 5th on the grid in the Final, 18th at the finish, 12th in the European Championship standings.

Mees Houben

17th in Qualifying, 5th, 6th and 7th in the heats, 15th in Super Heat A with a penalty for an incorrectly positioned front fairing, 26th in the Final.

Birel ART is an Italian manufacturer of kart chassis that combines long experience and a keen sense of innovation with a boundless passion for motor sport.

Founded in 1959 by Umberto Sala, whose precise nickname was Birel, the company has played a pioneering role in the development of karting around the world since its very beginnings. The demand for quality has always been part of the DNA of the Lissone-based brand through its quest for success in competition. Over more than 60 years, Birel ART has won 26 world titles, countless European titles and numerous national championships.

Birel has accompanied the careers of many great racing drivers, including Riccardo Patrese, Keke Rosberg, Stefano Modena and Emanuele Pirro, as well as the more recent Formula 1 stars Mika Hakkinen and Juan Pablo Montoya, Robert Kubica, Jenson Button and George Russell. Robert Kubica, Daniel Ricciardo and more recently Charles Leclerc have called on Birel ART's expertise to launch their own chassis ranges.

Three generations have succeeded one another at the helm of Birel. Today, Ronni Sala, the founder's grandson, presides over Birel's destiny. In 2014, he ushered in a new era by joining forces with ART Grand Prix, a famous team on the single-seater scene, thanks to its association with Nicolas Todt and his partners. Birel ART was born.

Ronni has contributed to the creation of an ambitious new project that will be at the forefront of the karting industry, thanks to original sporting, marketing and communication initiatives that will benefit the brand, the dealer network and, of course, Birel ART's customers.

Birel ART has built on its prestigious heritage to enter the 21st century and make full use of technology in terms of R&D, production, logistics and communication. Its area of expertise, based on high-level competition, has been extended to include production quality control for a large number of competitors around the world, as well as the leisure sector with its Rental range with both internal combustion and electric engines. The factory at its original site in Lissone, near Monza and within easy reach of Milan, has undergone constant modernisation.

Birel ART's high level of expertise, with its well-balanced blend of tradition and innovation, is reflected in the results it has achieved in racing, offering fans around the world the opportunity to become real drivers or to have fun and experience the thrill of adrenaline on the track.