The Formula One hit the halfway stage of the season, with Max Verstappen in second position trailing Lewis Hamilton only 8 points. Red Bull sat down with Max to see how he feels about his season so far. With 11 races of the season down, Max has claimed five wins and was leading the Drivers’ Championship until the latest race at the Hungaroring. But it’s not just race wins the Dutchman has collected, he’s also picked up a few new records along the way too. However, the two most recent races haven’t gone to plan for Max and the Team.

BRP-Rotax is excited to announce that the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) has been nominated as authorized distributor for the Kingdom of Bahrain with immediate effect. BIC has already been a long-time promoter of Rotax Karting products and the Rotax MAX Challenge as a successful Rotax Service Center under the governance of Al Ain Raceway, the authorized Rotax distributor for the region so far.

In Adria, on the occasion of the second and final round of the FIA European Karting Championship KZ-KZ2, the team achieved two podiums in the race, with Hiltbrand and Gustavsson, and two more in the championships, with Hiltbrand and Van Hoepen.

Sodi chassis achieved a great overall result in the Final of the FIA Karting European Championships in Italy, on the Adria circuit. Senna Van Walstijn became European KZ2 vice-champion after a race that saw Hubert Petit move up to 2nd position and Arthur Carbonnel finish 4th. In KZ, Adrien Renaudin finished 5th in the Championship after a remarkable comeback from 9th to 4th place in the Final.

The second FIA Girls on Track event of 2021 took place at the Berlin E-Prix last weekend (August 13-15) and welcomed more than 150 young women to experience the exciting world of motor sport and the diverse range of potential career opportunities open to them.