SA karters off to Italy
Rotax Max Challenge SA has announced the South African karting team to tackle the 20th annual Rotax Max World Finals in Sarno, Italy, from October 19 to 26.
South African champion Benjamin Habig, Jonathan Thomas and Wayland Wyman will fly the flag in the premier DD2 class, Brett Brito, Jonathan Pieterse and Nic Verheul will race in the DD2 Masters category and SA Senior Max champion Charl Visser will tackle the open classes.
The school age classes will see Aqil Alibhai and Troy Dolinschek racing Junior Max, Troy Snyman Mini Max and Reece Koorzen Micro Max.
In order for a driver to compete in the Rotax Max World Finals, he or she needs to be a national Rotax Max karting champion, or a runner-up in one of the six classes. South Africa has a proud history in the 20 years of the Rotax Max Grand Finals, with local karters racing to no fewer than 14 world titles in the past two decades.
Cristiano Morgado has won five times, Caleb Williams, Wesleigh Orr and Leeroy Poulter twice each while Mark Cronje, Gavin Cronje, Claudio Piazza-Musso and Jayden Els have all won once.
The Rotax Max Grand Finals see national champions from over 80 countries racing against one another driving identical karts in each of the six Micro Max, Mini Max, Junior Max, Senior Max, DD2 and DD2 Masters classes.
Every one of the 360 karts, their engines, tyres, fuel, lubricants and all other components used in the Grand Finals are supplied free of charge by Rotax. – Own Correspondent