Be our KGP guest -Graham !

Congratulations to Graham Roberts who has been drawn as the winner from our "win a guest drive in KGP S1" competition !

The competition attracted more than 200 entries via online registrations and entries submitted from the Kartmania Kart show in December.

Graham lives in Cheshire and currently races Rotax - he was delighted when he got the news and is now considering whether to race the KGP S1 round at Glany Gors or Shenington.

The prize courtesy of KGP UK, ACR and the Super One series consists of the use of a complete Birel/BMB kart run with mechanic from the acrbirel team, parc ferme tyres and Atol fuel from KGP UK and from S1 the race entry as a guest for 1 S1 round chosen.

KGP UK would like to thank everyone who entered and we hope that your interest in the KGP class will lead to more drivers getting involved in KGP through the 2012 season. We wish Graham the very best of luck for his KGP S1 race and we look forward to following his progress !

New VEGA XM KGP Tyres NOW IN STOCK

As approved by the MSA for 2012 the new Vega XM KGP slick tyres are now in stock at KGP UK HQ.

The new XM KGP tyres (otherwise known as Vega whites) are now available priced at £129.95 + VAT per set.

The new tyre carries the KGP logo and are eligible to race from January 1st 2012.

The performance difference over last years harder compound XH is approx 0.6 secs faster with greater corner grip in faster corners and better traction under braking.

There's still time ...

... to enter our competition to win a "guest drive" in one of our ACR Birel BMB karts at a round of this years UK Championship .. but please HURRY .. our competition closes on 19th January ...

Enter >HERE

Points make prizes ! - Barcelona Formula Renault test

Courtesy of Marussia Virgin Racing the top three drivers from the 2011 Formula KGP Championship and top rookie travelled to Barcelona to test Formula Renault on the GP track.

The test was run by Manor Competition who provided two Formula Renault cars for KGP Champion Michael Simpson, 2nd placed Tom Fawcett, 3rd placed Mark Litchfield and top rookie Jake Hughes.

Sunday was spent with seat fittings and pairing two drivers to each car. Simpson and Fawcett took car 18 and Litchfield and Hughes car 42. The Renault uses paddle shift gears and after studying some in car footage and gear information for each corner the drivers went on a track walk - some what longer than any kart circuit taking nearly an hour to get round !

Monday morning 9 am saw Simpson and Litchfield take the track completing 10 lap runs at a time before swopping with Fawcett and Hughes.

The KGP drivers did not disappoint and grabbed the opportunity with both hands. All four drivers lapped with competitive times and adapted from karts to cars very quickly. The biggest challenge was working the tyre temperature and adapting to the down force created by the wings on the cars especially under braking.

In all each KGP driver completed 50 laps with improvements on lap times all day as well as some small adjustments being made to the cars setup such was the pace of the drivers in such a short period of time.

The Catalunya GP track was an awesome circuit for the drivers to experience a single seater for the first time.

Formula KGP would like to thank Marussia Virgin Racing and Manor competition for this fantastic prize giving a real insight to single seater cars and an unforgetable day for all four KGP drivers.

KGP offices closing for Christmas

KGP UK Ltd will be closing for Christmas holidays on Wednesday 21st December 2011 and will re open on Monday 9th January 2012

We wish all our clients a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!