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2-8 December | This Week in Motorsports
All the action from Indians and Southeast Asians in global motorsport, this week.
Anupama Rao
December 11, 2024
UAE
UAE F4 Trophy Series
Image Credits: FRECA
2024 marks the first year of UAE’s newly formed Formula Trophy Series. A 3-back-to-back round championship that precedes the opening of the Middle East racing series - F4 UAE and FRMEC.
1. Kai Daryanani
Image credits: @Evansgrandprix
Kai qualified P3 during both sessions marking a strong start to the weekend. Keeping the wind in his sails, he finished P2 on track for Race 1 and inherited the win after post-race penalties. He continued his visits to the podium with a strong P2 finish in Race 2.
2. Kabir Anurag
Image Credits: @kabir_anurag_
Qualifying P10 during both sessions, Kabir’s weekend started in the top 10. He was able to gain a few places in Race 1 and finished P8. However, incidents in Race 2 allowed him to finish just outside the podium places in P4.
3. Nooris Gafoor
Image credits: @NoorisGafoor
It was a decent weekend for Nooris as he qualified P17 and P16 in the two sessions. He finished P16 in Race 1 and climbed a couple of spots to P13 in Race 2.
Macau
Macau International Kart Grand Prix (IAME)
Macau Daily Times
The 2024 Macau International Kart Grand Prix, organized by the Sports Bureau, the Automobile General Association of Macao-China, OTK Kart Asia and IAME Asia, and sponsored by Sands China Limited, took place at the Coloane Karting Track, featuring different race categories of the IAME Asia Final 2024 and the AAMC Karting Championship Round 8, as well as the KZ Class and the Sands Cup.
Winners of the Macau Intl. Kart GP
Series | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sands Cup | WONG Chi Him | WAN Chio Ut | WAN Chio Iat | CHOI Chi Neng | Chris LU |
Cadet Class - MIKGP | Nuvolini MANY | HAN Yuchen | KWONG Mason Alexander | - | - |
Cadet Class - IAME Asia | Nuvolini MANY | HAN Yuchen | KWONG Mason Alexander | John HAN | FAN Kaiwen |
Junior Class - MIKGP | PorscheANUCHATKUL | Andrea GALIMBERTI | SEKIGUCHI Shun | - | - |
Junior Class - IAME Asia | PorscheANUCHATKUL | Andrea GALIMBERTI | SEKIGUCHI Shun | Mark ZVARICH | Zarief RAYQAL |
X30 Junior - AAMC Karting | LAO Si Lun Vernice | YEUNG Hou Sam | CHONG Ian Ip | - | - |
Senior Class - MIKGP | Ruben Moya LOPEZ | YU Ka Po | Prassetyo HARDJA | - | - |
Senior Class - for IAME Asia | Ruben Moya LOPEZ | YU Ka Po | Prassetyo HARDJA | LIN Jingxuan | CHAN Yu Tsai |
X30 Senior - for AAMC Karting | LIAO Yan Yik | - | - | - | - |
Master Class - MIKGP | CHEN Pengyuan | Luke Joshua ARMSTRONG | ZHANG Jiayu | - | - |
Master Class - for IAME Asia | CHEN Pengyuan | Luke Joshua ARMSTRONG | ZHANG Jiayu | HUANG Shiwen | CAO Muhua |
X30 Veteran Class - AAMC Karting | O Leong | LEUNG Wai Ming | - | - | - |
KZ Class - MIKGP | CHEONG Man Hei | CHAN Cheuk Hin | WONG Shing Hon | - | - |
KZ Master Class - MIKGP | WONG Shing Hon | Asbjoern ROLFING | CHEONG Pang | - | - |