Karting race action, Champions of the Future Academy Program in Valencia
The Champions of the Future Academy Program is spanning across six weekends throughout the year. It marks the second full season of the international series.
The Second stop of the Champions of the Future Academy Program 2025 will take place in Valencia (SPA) on 12th and 13th April and some of the most talented young drivers are participating. It will sure be exciting to see, how they perform!
In three categories based on the age of the young drivers, tight battles were to be watched on the race track. Here one can get an impression of how some of the most talented next race car drivers look like.
Livestream on both days: Saturday, 12th Apr and Sunday, 13th Apr:
All local times (Spanish Time (GMT+2))
Stream running through: 11:15 ~17:30
11:15 ~ 12:20 Qualifying Heats 1-3
~12:20 – 12:55 break
12:55 ~ 14:00 Qualifying Heats 4-6
~14:00 – 14:45 break
14:45 ~ 16:20 Final 1-3
~16:20 – 17:00 break
17:00 ~17:30 Podium presentations and winner interviews
The Champions of the future Academy program was launched in 2023. The targets behind the series are the following:
- Raise female participation in karting
- Each driver receive a completely new kart, a kart trolley, awning space, work bench, limited tires and fuel
- To ensure similarity within the engines, all engines are dyno tested
- Each evening all the engines are collected, controlled, and then a new lottery takes place before FP1
- To give the drivers more than one chance the event consists of two races on the same weekend with a race one and podium and a race two and podium
- Provide drivers with a high-level event using CIK-FIA homologated material, while racing on a level playing field by eliminating the team aspect and various material components a kart has today
