Sauber Academy driver Emerson Fittipaldi jr. will make the step up to formula cars as he makes his debut in Danish F4 in 2021. The 14-year-old will add the Scandinavian series alongside his current OK karting programme on a busy year in which the Brazilian will accrue important single-seater experience.

Dexter Patterson will drive for BhaiTech Racing ahead of the 2020 Italian Formula 4 season. The 16-year-old British racer is a Sauber Academy Driver and is one of the most interesting prospects coming from kart racing, in which he won the 2017 Junior World Championship.
 

Red-Hot Finals in Lonato (BS) at WSK Super Master Series - 2^nd round. wins to Renaudin (F – Sodi-TM KZ2), Patterson (GB – KR-IAME OK), Day (GB – Exprit-Vortex OKJ) and Al Dhaheri (ARE – Parolin-TM 60 Mini). Next round in Muro Leccese (le) from march 7th to 10th.

The first round of WSK Super Master Series ended with the victories going to Travisanutto (I – KR-IAME OK), CamarA (BR – BIRELART-TM OKJ) and Al Dhaeri (ARE - PAROLIN-TM 60MINI) at the Adria Karting Raceway. Next round in Lonato (I) on february 24^th.

The last European Competition of the 2018 FIA Karting season kept all its promises at the Aunay-les-Bois / Essay circuit. Exceptional performances and multiple twists came with the victories by Gabriele Mini' in OK Junior and Dexter Patterson in OK. But the titles went to drivers who had accumulated enough points in the ranking previously to negotiate this last competition with relative caution, a task that is not always easy. Paul Aron (EST) is the new FIA Karting European Junior Champion, while Hannes Janker (DEU) has become FIA Karting European Champion in OK without finishing the Final.
An attentive observer of the entire Essay Competition, CIK-FIA Vice President Kees van de Grint wanted to share his enthusiasm for this great sporting event in Normandy: "The Essay Competition again offered a fantastic karting weekend, as the sport should always be.