After very changeable conditions during yesterday’s first on track action with a hint of sunshine from time to time, all 394 competitors from the 60 nations represented here this week would head out onto the circuit to be challenged during the first set of Non-Qualifying Practices.

We look back at yesterday, when the 2022 RMC Grand Finals were truly opened via the Welcome Briefing in the morning. 394 drivers received their brand new karts through the customary raffle on the main start-finish straight underneath the beautifully sunlit Portuguese skyline. Along with that, drivers would also head to the nearby Autodromo Internacional do Algarve for the mandatory briefings that afternoon, with the paddock tent being a busy hive of activity all day long as the brand-new karts would be prepared fully, with every nut and bolt tightened and fastened.

The 4^th and final round of the WSK Master Series, one of the most important international championships on the sidelines of the FIA ​​events, will take place at the International Circuit of Naples from 10^th to 13^th March. Actually, for the KZ category it will be the 3^rd round as it was not scheduled for last week in Lecce, contrarily to the Mini, OK Junior and OK Senior classes.

The 1^st edition of the Winter Series of the Champions of the Future by RGMMC, which took place in Franciacorta, has ended with a positive balance for the CRG Racing Team, even if, the event organized by the promoter of the FIA ​​Championships, was heavily influenced by the many penalties for race actions inflicted by the Stewards after the race. Among the CRG drivers, a time penalty was assigned to both Gabriel Gomez in OK, who had finished a solid weekend in the top ten and to Nikolas Roos in OK Junior, who also did an excellent job all weekend.

The 1^st edition of the Winter Series of the Champions of the Future, an event organized by RGMMC, the same promoter of the FIA ​​Championships, will take place in Italy on the new Franciacorta racetrack from 24^th to 27^th February.

The run-up to the international season continues for the CRG Racing Team, which was protagonist of the 2^nd Round of the WSK Master in Lonato last weekend. For the CRG drivers and the technical staff it was a weekend that provided important technical information, although unfortunately for various reasons it did not bring significant results. When racing the main goal is always the result, but for a Factory Team the technical development work is of equal importance and at this stage of the year it is a priority, as the first real comparison tests among the main competitors on the 2022 chassis are now taking place on the track.

From 9^th to 13^th February the Lonato track will host the 2^nd round of the WSK Master, which will be attended by around 350 drivers in the 4 international Mini, OK Junior, OK Senior and KZ categories. This large turnout is a positive sign and rewards the choice of the main teams and constructors involved in international karting, to jointly select the races to take part in, on the sidelines of the FIA ​​Karting events. In this way the commitments of the teams will be more manageable and the show on the track always at a high level.