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Karting teams begin final preparations

ManamaTeams participating in the CIK-FIA Karting World Championship and CIK-FIA Karting Junior World Championship have begun arriving in Bahrain to begin their final preparations ahead of the event.

The prestigious Commission Internationale de Karting (CIK) meeting takes place November 17 to 19 at Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC) in Sakhir.

Karting will be a major part of the Bahrain Motorsport Festival, which is a first-of-its-kind international racing event hosted and organized by Bahrain International Circuit (BIC).

Team members from several of the world’s top karting outfits are among those already in Bahrain and setting up and testing their racing machinery ahead of the racing.

Teams already here are Birel ART, Formula K Racing Team, Tony Kart, Kosmic Racing, Ward Racing, Forza Racing, Ricciardo Kart Racing, Ricky Flynn Motorsport, Oman WMS Karting Team and X-Rei Motorsport.

Containers filled with team equipment have been shipped to Bahrain from Adria Karting Raceway in Italy. 

At present, 148 karters from all over the world are provisionally entered to compete at the festival. 

Forty-eight are entered in the world championship, while the other 100 are in the junior world championship. Participants will be competing in OK and OK-Junior karts. The drivers come from around the world. 

The world championship and junior world championship marks the third time that BIKC will be hosting a CIK-sanctioned world championship-level race.