The Birel ART drivers posted several good results during the Qualifying Heats. Pedro Hiltbrand and Ean Eyckmans alternated between top 10 finishes and setbacks. Noah Wolfe for VAR by Birel was the best performer with two top three finishes and 3rd place in the Super Heat. Matheus Morgatto for CL Racing Team was 5th at the finish line. Unfortunately, neither of them managed to finish the Final due to collisions in the rain.

In OK-Junior, the development programme continued. Delayed by a distant Qualifying, the Birel ART drivers went on to demonstrate very good speed.

"It was a very demanding meeting," said Team Manager Jordon Lennox. "We had to get through a lot of pitfalls during the heats. Noah Wolfe and Matheus Morgatto nevertheless managed to make progress before confirming their form in the Super Heats. Rain in the Final further complicated things. We weren't doing badly in terms of pure performance, but the harshness of the race reached new heights."

All eyes now turn to the last major event of the season, the KZ World Championship in Portimao, from 10th to 13th October, alongside the KZ2 World Cup and the Masters International Super Cup.

About Birel ART

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.