CIK-FIA Karting European Championship

Karting European Championship
Category	Kart racing
Region	Europe
Inaugural season	1972
Constructors	CIK; FIA
Official website	www.cikfia.com

The CIK-FIA Karting European Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Its inaugural season took place in 1972. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KZ, KF2, OK and OKJ.^[1] Notable champions have been Alex Zanardi, Jos Verstappen, Giorgio Pantano, Jarno Trulli, Sébastien Buemi, Alexander Albon, George Russell, Lando Norris and Formula One World Champions Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, and Max Verstappen.

FIA Karting European Champions (Gearbox & Primary Category)

Year	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Class	Report
1972	Gabriele Gorini				100cc	Report
1973	Gabriele Gorini		Komet		100cc	Report
1974	Aad van Daalen	Landia	Yamaha		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1975	Gabriele Gorini		Komet		100cc	Report
1975	Ben van Velzen	Mach 1	Yamaha		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1976	Gianfranco Baroni	All Kart	BMC		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1977	Gianfranco Baroni	All Kart	BMC		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1978	Gianfranco Baroni	All Kart	BMC		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1979	Giancarlo Vanaria	Kali Kart	Rotax	B	Formula C - 125cc	Report
1980	Frank Leuze	Mach1	KZH		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1981	Gianfranco Baroni	Birel	BMC		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1982	Alessandro Piccini	Allkart	Morbidelli		Formula C - 125cc	Report
1982	Peter De Bruijn	Tecno Kart	Parilla		Formula K	Report
1983	Mike Wilson	Birel	Parilla		Formula K	Report
1984	Mike Wilson	Birel	Parilla		Formula K	Report
1985	Stefan Frietsch	Kali Kart	Komet		Formula K	Report
1986	Yvan Muller	Kali Kart	Komet		Formula K	Report
1987	Alex Zanardi	Kali Kart	Komet		Formula K	Report
1988	Federico Gemmo	Tecno Kart	Komet		Formula K	Report
1988	Gert Munkholm	PCR	PCR		Super 100	Report
1989	Marc Goossens	Tecno Kart	Komet		Formula K	Report
1989	Jos Verstappen	Swiss Hutless	Rotax		Super 100	Report
1990	Martijn Koene	Swiss Hutless	Rotax		Formula K	Report
1991	Massimiliano Orsini	Tony Kart	Rotax		Formula Super A	Report
1992	Gianluca Beggio	Kali Kart	Rotax	B	Formula K	Report
1993	Nicola Gianniberti	Haase	Rotax	D	Formula Super A	Report
1994	Jarno Trulli	Tony Kart	Rotax	B	Formula Super A	Report
1995	Massimiliano Orsini	Swiss Hutless	Italsistem	B	Formula Super A	Report
1996	Johnny Mislijevic	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Formula Super A	Report
1996	Alessandro Piccini	CRG	Pavesi	B	Formula C	Report
1997	Jenson Button	Tecno Kart	Rotax	B	Formula Super A	Report
1997	Gianluca Beggio	Birel	TM	B	Formula C	Report
1998	Davide Forè	Tony Kart	Rotax	B	Formula Super A	Report
1998	Gianluca Beggio	Birel	TM	B	Formula C	Report
1999	Giuseppe Palmieri	Swiss Hutless	Italsistem	B	Formula Super A	Report
1999	Ronnie Quintarelli	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Formula C	Report
2000	Mario Siegers	Trulli Kart	Vortex	B	Formula Super A	Report
2000	Francesco Laudato	Birel	TM	B	Formula C	Report
2001	Alessandro Piccini	CRG	TM	B	Formula C	Report
2002	Sauro Cesetti ex-aequo Francesco Laudato	KOSMIC ex-aequo Birel	Vortex ex-aequo TM	B	Super-ICC	Report
2003	Alessandro Manetti	CRG	Pavesi	D	Super-ICC	Report
2004	Francesco Laudato	Birel	TM	Vega	Super-ICC	Report
2005	Francesco Laudato	Birel	TM	Vega	Super-ICC	Report
2006	Roberto Toninelli	BRM	TM	Vega	Super-ICC	Report
2007	Alessandro Manetti	Intrepid	TM	D	KZ1	Report
2008	Jonathan Thonon	CRG	Maxter	D	KZ1	Report
2009	Bas Lammers	Intrepid	TM	D	KZ1	Report
2010	Bas Lammers	Intrepid	TM	D	KZ1	Report
2011	Paolo De Conto	Energy Corse	TM	D	KZ1	Report
2012	Jorrit Pex	CRG	TM	B	KZ1	Report
2013	Max Verstappen	CRG	TM	B	KZ	Report
2014	Rick Dreezen	Zanardi	Parilla	B	KZ	Report
2015	Flavio Camponeschi	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	KZ	Report
2016	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	TM	Vega	KZ	Report
2017	Paolo De Conto	CRG	TM	B	KZ	Report
2018	Jorrit Pex	CRG	TM	LeCont	KZ	Report
2019	Jorrit Pex	Kart Republic	TM	B	KZ	Report
2020	Marijn Kremers	Riccardo Kart	TM	Vega	KZ	Report
2021	Riccardo Longhi	Birel	TM	MG	KZ	Report
2022	Paolo Ippolito	Kart Republic	IAME	LeCont	KZ	Report
2023	Danilo Albanese	Kart Republic	IAME	LeCont	KZ	Report

KZ2 - Category European Champions

Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Class	Report
2007	Thomas Knopper	PCR	TM	D	KZ2	Report
2008	Tony Lavanant	Energy Corse	TM	B	KZ2	Report
2009	Angelo Lombardo	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	KZ2	Report
2010	Paolo De Conto	Energy Corse	TM	Vega	KZ2	Report
2011	Fabian Federer	CRG	TM	B	KZ2	Report
2012	Simas Juodvirsis	Energy Corse	TM	Vega	KZ2	Report
2013	Emil Antonsen	DR	TM	B	KZ2	Report
2014	Andrea Dalè	CRG	Maxter	B	KZ2	Report
2015	Joel Johansson	Energy Corse	TM	LeCont	KZ2	Report
2016	Fabian Federer	CRG	TM	B	KZ2	Report
2017	Leon Köhler	Tony Kart	Vortex	Vega	KZ2	Report
2018	Adrien Renaudin	Sodikart	TM	LeCont	KZ2	Report
2019	Emil Skärås	Energy Corse	TM	B	KZ2	Report
2020	Viktor Gustavsson	Birel	TM	Vega	KZ2	Report
2021	Giacomo Pollini	CRG	TM	MG	KZ2	Report
2022	Tom Leuillet	Birel	TM	LeCont	KZ2	Report
2023	Freddie Slater	Birel	TM	LeCont	KZ2	Report

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European Champions & Junior European Champions (Direct Drive)

Year	World Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Second place	Third place	Class	Report
1988	Gert Munkholm	PCR	PCR		Emmanuel Collard		Formula A	Report
1988*	Wim Eyckmans						Junior A	Report
1989	Jos Verstappen	Swiss Hutless	Rotax		Mike Hezemans	Massimiliano Orsini	Formula A	Report
1990	Fabiano Belletti	All Kart	Parilla		Jan Erik Löfgren	Pierre Redeker	Formula A	Report
1991	Alessandro Manetti	Tony Kart	Rotax		Gianluca Malandruco	Guy Smith	Formula A	Report
1991*	Jordi Suralles	CRG	Parilla		David Terrien	Jérémie Dufour	Junior A	Report
1992	Daniele Parrilla	Mari	Italsistem		Bas Leinders	Pietro Antonelli	Formula A	Report
1992*	David Besnard				Luca Casazza	Massimo de Col	Junior A	Report
1993	Guy de Nies	Tecno Kart	Rotax		David Terrien	Olivier Fiorucci	Formula A	Report
1994	Davide Forè	Tony Kart	Rotax		Arnaud Sarrazin	Luca Casazza	Formula A	Report
1994*	Miloš Pavlović						Junior A	Report
1995	Giorgio Pantano	CRG	Rotax		Gastao Fraguas	Cédric Convers	Formula A	Report
1996	Giorgio Pantano	CRG	CRG		Anthony Davidson	Sandro Marra	Formula A	Report
1997	Antonio García	Mari	Italsistem		Alban Martinet	André Nicastro	Formula A	Report
1998	César Campaniço	CRG	CRG		Fernando Alonso	Riko Furtbauer	Formula A	Report
1998*	Álvaro Parente	Tony Kart	Vortex				ICA-J	Report
1999	Stefano Fabi	Top Kart	Comer	B	Guillaume Capietto	Clivio Piccione	ICA	Report
1999*	Reinhard Kofler	Tony Kart	Vortex	Vega	Lewis Hamilton	Alessandro Bonetti	ICA-J	Report
2000	Lewis Hamilton	CRG	Parilla	B	Nico Rosberg	Marco Ardigò	Formula A	Report
2000*	Michael Ammermüller	Tony Kart	Vortex		Jean-Philippe Guignet	Francesco Antonucci	ICA-J	Report
2001	Carlo van Dam	Gillard	Parilla	B	Ben Hanley	Bas Lammers	Formula A	Report
2001*	Sebastian Vettel	Tony Kart	Vortex	Vega	Michael Vorba	Patrick Lumma	ICA-J	Report
2002	David Hemkemeyer	Mach 1	KZH	B	Helmut Sanden	Átila Abreu	Formula A	Report
2002*	Sébastien Buemi	CRG	Maxter	Vega	Henkie Waldschmidt	Nikolaj Bollingtoft	ICA-J	Report
2003	Bas Lammers	Swiss Hutless	Vortex	B	Davide Forè	Teemu Nyman	Formula A	Report
2003*	Nicholas Risitano	Birel	TM	Vega	James Calado	Atte Mustonen	ICA-J	Report
2004	Nick de Bruijn	Gillard	Parilla	B	Sauro Cesetti	Davide Forè	Formula A	Report
2004*	Stefano Coletti	Birel	Parilla	Vega	Jules Bianchi	James Calado	ICA-J	Report
2005	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Sauro Cesetti	Jon Lancaster	Formula A	Report
2005*	Michael Christensen	Gillard	Parilla	B	Nigel Melker	Charles Pic	ICA-J	Report
2006	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Riki Christodoulou	Arnaud Kozlinski	Formula A	Report
2006*	Miquel Monrás	Maranello	Parilla	Vega	Scott Jenkins	Felice Tiene	ICA-J	Report
2007	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Gary Catt	Michael Christensen	KF1	Report
2007*	Jack Harvey	Maranello	XTR	D	Tom Grice	James Thorp	KF3	Report
2008	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Arnaud Kozlinski	Gary Catt	KF1	Report
2008*	Aaro Vainio	Maranello	Maxter	D	Joni Wiman	Daniil Kvyat	KF3	Report
2009	Aaro Vainio	Maranello	Maxter	B	Manuel Renaudie	Jason Parrott	KF1	Report
2009*	Nyck de Vries	Zanardi	Parilla	Vega	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Daniil Kvyat	KF3	Report
2010	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Energy	TM	B	Sebastien Bailly	Teemu Suninen	KF2	Report
2010*	Alexander Albon	Intrepid	TM	D	Pierre Gasly	Harrison Scott	KF3	Report
2011	Sami Luka	Intrepid	TM	B	Carlos Gil Contreras	Andreas Sebastian Hansen	KF2	Report
2012	Ben Barnicoat	ART GP	Parilla	Vega	Charles Leclerc	Felice Tiene	KF2	Report
2012*	George Russell	Tony Kart	Vortex	Vega	Álex Palou	Dorian Boccolacci	KF3	Report
2013	Max Verstappen	CRG	TM	Vega	Valentin Moineault	Christian Sørensen	KF2	Report
2013*	Lando Norris	FA Kart	Vortex	LeCont	Dan Ticktum	Martijn van Leeuwen	KFJ	Report
2014	Callum Ilott	Zanardi	Parilla	B	Nicklas Nielsen	Lando Norris	KF2	Report
2014*	Enaam Ahmed	FA Kart	Vortex	Vega	Mick Schumacher	Devlin DeFrancesco	KFJ	Report
2015	Ben Hanley	Mad-Croc	TM	Vega	Tom Joyner	Richard Verschoor	KF2	Report
2015*	Christian Lundgaard	Tony Kart	Vortex	LeCont	Presley Martono	Kenny Roosens	KFJ	Report
2016	Pedro Hiltbrand	CRG	Parilla	Vega	Tom Joyner	Karol Basz	OK	Report
2016*	Finn Kenneally	FA Kart	Vortex	Vega	Noah Watt	Victor Martins	OKJ	Report
2017	Sami Taoufik	FA Kart	Vortex	LeCont	Pavel Bulantsev	Lorenzo Travisanutto	OK	Report
2017*	Jonny Edgar^[3]	Exprit	TM	LeCont	Harry Thompson	Jack Doohan	OKJ	Report
2018	Hannes Janker^[4]	Kart Republic	Parilla	B	Harry Thompson	Pedro Hiltbrand	OK	Report
2018*	Paul Aron^[5]	FA Kart	Vortex	Vega	Gabriele Minì	Gabriel Bortoleto	OKJ	Report
2019	Lorenzo Travisanutto^[6]	Kart Republic	Parilla	LeCont	Gabriele Minì	Dexter Patterson	OK	Report
2019*	Marcus Amand^[7]	Kosmic	Parilla	LeCont	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Thomas ten Brinke	OKJ	Report
2020	Andrea Kimi Antonelli^[8]	Kart Republic	Parilla	LeCont	Taylor Barnard	Joe Turney	OK	Report
2020*	Ugo Ugochukwu^[9]	Kart Republic	Parilla	LeCont	Arvid Lindblad	Tuukka Taponen	OKJ	Report
2021	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Kart Republic	IAME	MG	Rafael Câmara	Arvid Lindblad	OK	Report
2021*	Freddie Slater	Kosmic	Vortex	MG	Matheus Ferreira	Ean Eyckmans	OKJ	Report
2022	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Kart Republic	IAME	MG	Alex Powell	Joe Turney	OK	Report
2022*	Anatholy Khavalkin	Parolin	TM	Vega	Jan Przyrowski	Nathan Tye	OKJ	Report
2023	René Lammers	Parolin	TM	MG	Gabriel Gomez	Alex Powell	OK	Report
2023*	Oleksandr Bondarev	Kart Republic	IAME	Vega	Thibaut Ramaekers	Iacopo Martinese	OKJ	Report

(*) indicates the years the Junior World Championships were also held in the Junior class

Formula Super A European Champions

Year	World Champion	Class
1986	Yvan Muller	Formula Super A
1987	Alex Zanardi	Formula Super A
1989	Marc Goossens	Formula Super A
1990	Mike Koene	Formula Super A
1991	Massimiliano Orsini	Formula Super A
1992	Gianluca Beggio	Formula Super A
1993	Nicola Gianniberti	Formula Super A
1994	Jarno Trulli	Formula Super A
1995	Massimiliano Orsini	Formula Super A
1996	Johnny Mislijevic	Formula Super A
1997	Jenson Button	Formula Super A
1998	Davide Forè	Formula Super A
1999	Giuseppe Palmieri	Formula Super A
2000	Mario Siegers	Formula Super A

References

^ "European Championship ICA Junior 1999 standings - Driver Database". Retrieved 22 January 2017.
^ "CIK-FIA European Championship | Driver Database".
^ "Best-of CIK-FIA 2017: Jonny Edgar, un nom à retenir". 19 February 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "The top karting stars of 2018". 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "Scout Report: Paul Aron". 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "The top karting stars of 2019". 10 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "EM-TITEL FÜR ARMAND UND TRAVISANUTTO". Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "The top karting stars of 2020". 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "The top karting stars of 2020". 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

External links

[Driver_Database-1] "European Championship ICA Junior 1999 standings - Driver Database". Retrieved 22 January 2017.

[2] "CIK-FIA European Championship | Driver Database".

[3] "Best-of CIK-FIA 2017: Jonny Edgar, un nom à retenir". 19 February 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[4] "The top karting stars of 2018". 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[5] "Scout Report: Paul Aron". 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[6] "The top karting stars of 2019". 10 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[7] "EM-TITEL FÜR ARMAND UND TRAVISANUTTO". Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[:0-8] "The top karting stars of 2020". 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[9] "The top karting stars of 2020". 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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