GB4 Championship runner-up Alisha Palmowski has been confirmed as Red Bull Racing's driver for the 2025 F1 Academy season, in which she'll compete for Campos Racing.

Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi is one of the new Trident Motorsport drivers the 2025 Formula Regional European by Alpine championship. The 18-year-old from Bangkok, Thailand, already has one season of experience in the category. Before that, he raced in the Italian F4 championship in 2023 and 2022, the year in which he also competed in the German F4.

The FIA has introduced the FIA Standard 8877-2022 Protective Clothing for Karting Competitors, marking a significant advancement in karting protective garments, enhancing safety performance and design requirements and, for the first time, introduces these requirements also for karting gloves and karting shoes.

At its meeting on 11 December 2024, the FIA World Motor Sport Council took the following decisions on the basis of proposals from the International Karting Commission.

2024 was a milestone year for WSK Promotion, marked by the debut of the Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy and the Rotax MAX Challenge Winter Cup among its championships, resulting from the collaboration with BRP-Rotax. This new partnership has established a championship distinguished by the high quality of its competitions and remarkable participation.