Season 2016 is all set to start with the first round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship scheduled for the weekend of 15-17 April at the Circuit 7 Laghi of Castelletto di Branduzzo (Pavia). The first round is going to be open for categories 60 Mini, KZ2, OK, OK Junior, ACI Kart and ACI Kart Junior (11 to 13yrs) with Iame X30 engine, while Prodriver Under and Prodriver Over will also get on track for the first of the three rounds of these categories.

The Italian Championship will then continue on May 29th at the International Circuit Napoli of Sarno, before moving to the Adria Karting Raceway on July 10th, to the International Circuit of Triscina (Trapani) on September 18th and then to the Val Vibrata Kartodrome in Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata (Teramo) on October 16th.

The other rounds of the Italian Prodriver Championship following the race of Castelletto di Branduzzo will take place in Adria (July 10th) and in Triscina (September 18th).

Category 125 Club will also run the Italian 2016 championship in three rounds to be held in Sarno (May 29th), Adria (July 10th) and Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata (October 16th).

As happened last year, the two rounds of Triscina and Val Vibrata will have coefficient 1.5. Two finals will take place in each round, the first one will award the top 15 drivers with more points than the second (40 to the first and then 30, 24, 20, 16, 12, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). The second Final will award points to the top 13 drivers (26 points to the winner and 22, 18, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). The final classification will be drawn considering the best 8 results obtained in Final-1 and Final-2.

The final classification of classes 125 Club and 125 Prodriver will be decided on the basis of the best 4 results.

In 2016 the National Rookie Trophy has been introduced for categories 60 Mini, OK Junior, OK and KZ2 to award the first classified driver at his first year of activity in the class.

The National Women Trophy will also award the highest scoring female driver.

Two classifications will also award Chassis and Engines.

The complete regulations and entry forms are available at www.acisportitalia.it/CIK/

The 2016 Calendar of the Italian Championships follows:

ITALIAN ACI KARTING 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP
1st round: 15-17 April 2016 - CIRCUIT 7 LAGHI, CASTELLETTO DI B.ZO (PV)
2nd round: 27-29 May 2016 – INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT NAPOLI, SARNO (SA)
3rd round: 8-10 July 2016 - ADRIA KARTING RACEWAY, ADRIA (RO)
4th round: 16-18 September 2016 – INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT TRISCINA (TP)
5th round: 14-16 October 2016 - VAL VIBRATA KARTODROME, SANT'EGIDIO (TE)

ITALIAN PRODRIVER UNDER/OVER 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP
In a joint event with the first, third and fourth rounds of the Italian ACI Karting Championship:
15-17 April 2016 - CIRCUIT 7 LAGHI, CASTELLETTO DI B.ZO (PV)
8-10 July 2016 - ADRIA KARTING RACEWAY, ADRIA (RO)
16-18 September 2016 – INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT TRISCINA (TP)

ITALIAN 125 CLUB 2016 CHAMPIONSHIP
In a joint event with the second, third and fifth rounds of the Italian ACI Karting Championship:
27-29 May 2016 – INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT NAPOLI, SARNO (SA)
8-10 July 2016 - ADRIA KARTING RACEWAY, ADRIA (RO)
14-16 October 2016 - VAL VIBRATA KARTODROME, SANT'EGIDIO (TE)

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