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•100
FSA - •125
FC - •125
ICC - •ICA
Junior ICA-FA - •Open |
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New
regulations and techniques characterised the FSA 2001
season
The 2001 season was characterised by CIK-FIA's new deal:
championship title for FSA 100 class only and championship
comprising five competitions instead of a single event.
This news concentrated the attention of manufacturers
mainly on the reorganised FSA World Championship which
is increasingly being hailed as the maximum expression
of karting. TM, whose engines had dominated the 125 class
for the past four seasons, decided to build a powerplant
for the 100 class and to work with Birel in the 125 class
in addition to 100 FSA.
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Beggio,
Umegaki and Ardigò |
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The
competitors to beat were the tried and tested Vortex engine,
fitted by Tony Kart, driven by last year's champion Davide
Foré, and Sauro Cesetti and Loic Duval's Kosmic
team.
Birel organised two teams, each with two drivers and TM
engines. Gianluca Beggio and Alessandro Bonetti formed
the first team while Marco Ardigò and Japanese
Hiroshi Umegaki formed the second. The beginning of the
season was all uphill: in Canada in the first race there
were a few problems due to the newness of the engines.
The best result for a Birel driver was obtained by Gianluca
Beggio, who came home eighth in race 2. The developments
made by TM technicians started to bear their fruits in
the second event in Salbris, where Birel drivers were
close to the first positions.
Japanese driver Hiroshi Humegaki was the great surprise
of the race, losing the first place in race 1 on the last
lap and coming in fourth. |
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FSA - •125
FC - •125
ICC - •ICA
Junior ICA-FA - •Open |
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