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LATEST DECISIONS OF THE WORLD MOTOR SPORT COUNCIL AND THE FIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGARDING KARTING.

[10/11/05] During their meetings on 26 and 28 October 2005 in Rome (Italy), the World Motor Sport Council and the General Assembly of the FIA took the following decisions regarding Karting:

CIK-FIA: Presidency and Commission
On the proposal of the World Motor Sport Council, the FIA General Assembly has designated the President and the members of the CIK for the coming year.
Mr Luigi Macaluso (I) has been appointed President of the CIK, and the following 27 countries will be represented within the Commission: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Finland (in partnership with Sweden), France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and Venezuela.

Sporting Regulations
The World Council has adopted a package of additional measures aimed at reducing costs in the 2006 CIK-FIA Championships, Cups and Trophies, including the following :
- the number of “slick” tyres allocated to each Driver per event (including non-qualifying practice) is limited to three sets (instead of four in 2005);
- the number of chassis that each Driver can register at Scrutineering in all Group 2 categories (Super-ICC, ICC, ICA, ICA-Junior and ICC-Sudam) is limited to only one per event; the 2005 regulations (1 chassis + 1 reserve chassis) will remain unchanged for the Group 1 category (Formula A);

-the number of engines which can be registered at Scrutineering and used by each Driver in each event for the ICA-Junior category is limited to two (including non-qualifying practice);
-the principle of designating a single tyre supplier further to a tendering procedure is extended to the Super-ICC category;
- the schedule of practice sessions and races in events with only two categories is reduced to three days (instead of four in 2005).

2006 Calendar
The World Council has adopted the 2006 CIK-FIA European Superkart Championship calendar, which will comprise the following three events :
- Hockenheim/D (21-23/4/2006);
-Most/CZ (9-11/6/2005);
-Assen/NL (4-6/8/2006).

Technical Regulations
The World Council has decided to authorise the homologation of a Power valve (exhaust valve) on the future 125 cc “long-life” engines. This Power valve, which is opened pneumatically and closed mechanically without any electronic connections, may be ?tted on all new generation engines, with the exception of those in the Junior category.
The maximum authorised engine speeds (revs) on the racing versions of the future 125 cc engines have been changed to 15,000 rpm in ICA and 16,000 rpm in Formula A; the limit for the Junior engines must be de?ned at a later date.
The racing versions of the future 125 cc engines must be fed by a homologated butter?y carburettor, with a maximum diameter of 20 mm in Junior, 24 mm in ICA and 30 mm in Formula A.

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