Five drivers have entered both world events in Le Mans and Sarno, in the gearbox and direct drive categories. First of all, two Finns from the Tony Kart Racing Team, Tuukka Taponen (Tony Kart / Vortex), 9th in the KZ World Championship and Juho Valtanen (Tony Kart / Vortex) 20th. In addition to Taponen, Cristian Bertuca (Birel ART / TM) 2nd in the KZ2 World Cup and Arvid Lindblad (KR / Iame) in 3rd are in a position to shine in both disciplines, not to mention Karol Pasiewicz (Birel ART / TM).

The teams have been preparing for the world event in Sarno with great care, testing right up to the last moment on the Neapolitan track before carrying out the final tests on other Italian circuits. After a break of at least seven weeks in their racing programme, the OK and OK-Junior drivers are looking forward to the most important event of the season, to be followed from Friday 16th September on www.kartcom.com.

The Monza F1 Grand Prix finally allowed Dutchman Nyck De Vries to make a remarkable debut in Formula 1 with Williams at the age of 27. A protégé of Dino Chiesa, Nyck has an eloquent record in karting on Zanardi chassis. KF1 World Champion in 2011 ahead of Alexander Albon, De Vries replaced the latter in the British team. Nyck was considered a prodigy in karting, where he also won the KF2 World Championship in 2010 after an amazing braking manoeuvre on Jordan Chamberlain in Zuera. He also won the European KF3 Championship in 2009 ahead of Carlos Sainz and Danil Kvyat in Zuera in addition to numerous successes in the various WSK series. While he was spotted by McLaren F1 and a seat was in his sights, his journey in single-seaters was more complicated than expected. It took him three seasons in Formula Renault 2.0 before being crowned Champion. Five years later, he won the F2 championship in 2019. He then turned to endurance racing in LMP2 and Formula E in which he won the 2021 World Championship. He is now one of the few drivers who have scored points in their first Grand Prix.

Kartcom has been entrusted with all his international karting communication. His detailed list of achievements is available at this link and all his press releases can be found here. On the KSP Photo Agency website, his photo gallery extends from 2005 to 2011.

About KartCom

Kartcom is the communication department of the French company KSP Reportages.

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In 2004, KSP Reportages was one of the first to offer the production of karting press releases to its customers. Numerous well-known players in the kart and automotive industry rely on KSP Reportages for the production and distribution of their press releases to a mailing list of more than 30,000 targeted and verified contacts worldwide.

Kartcom has recognised expertise and solid experience in the production of press kits and presentations, as well as brochures, advertising materials and collector books.

Launched in 2007, the Kartcom website quickly became an essential tool in the international karting world. Users to benefit from a unique database of drivers, circuits, competitions and much more, which can be consulted free of charge. Published on www.kartcom.com along with news photos by KSP Photo Agency, the articles from KSP Reportages provide simple and accessible communication elements contributing to social network feeds and websites, while benefiting from the archiving and development as well as the influence of Kartcom.