This year began as the last one ended for Jimmy Helias – with great results! The rising star in French karting has made a very successful transition from the Junior to the OK category. After his convincing performance concluded with a marvelous fourth place in the Winter Cup, the opening event of the season, the driver from Normandy put on another scintillating display on the Lonato circuit in Italy with the Ward Racing team.

After six seasons spent in karting from the Coupe de France Cadet podium to the highest level in the world in the top-tier category, Arthur Rogeon who lives 100 km West from Le Mans is preparing to make the move to motor racing and single-seaters. Aged 16 he will compete in the British GB3 Championship a series which, in terms of performance, is midway between F4 and FIA F3. After several test sessions at the end of 2022 he will join the Chris Dittmann Racing team for a programme spread over two seasons.

Jimmy Helias has just finished his first full European campaign in OK-Junior, a category in which he’s part of the strongest world hopes at the age of only 13! He has made rapid consistent progress to the point that the young Frenchman was battling for the podium in the final event of the FIA European Karting Championship in Italy after clinching a spectacular pole position! Two weeks earlier the official Tony Kart driver celebrated his first top-five finish in Junior in the Champions of the Future Euro Series.

After coming close to the Top 10 in Zuera, Arthur Rogeon took another step forward in Kristianstad, during the preparatory race for the next European championship event. This time, the young man from Laval, France took pole position before winning four of his five qualifying heats!

A young French motorsport hopeful, Théo Pourchaire has always been precocious in his progress from karting. He had a remarkable season in the FIA F2 Championship in 2021, but there was no lack of setbacks. It takes more than that to dampen the spirits of this 18-year-old driver with an engaging personality, who stands out for his straightforwardness and his closeness with his family. He is preparing for his entry into Formula 1 without any great pressure and the maturity that emerges from his words contrasts with his youth and his ever-smiling attitude.