Noah Wolfe out in front in OK

Faced with a field of 85 drivers, it was necessary to be incisive from the outset of Qualifying. Mission accomplished for Noah Wolfe, competing in the VAR by Birel colours, who set the fastest time in his group and finished 2nd overall. Consistent despite some disruptive showers during the heats, he scored two wins and two other top-six finishes. However, a retirement in one heat prevented him from retaining a place in the top five, relegating him to 10th place provisionally.

After a fine recovery to 2nd place in the Super Heat, contested on a dry track, he started 5th on the grid for the Final. Once the track had dried out, Wolfe quickly climbed up to 2nd place, extending his lead over the pack along with the leader. This was Noah's best result to date in an FIA Karting Championship.

Another of the team's representatives, Aston Sharp (CL Racing), showed himself to be fast right from Qualifying (3rd in his group, 9th overall). Despite two retirements in the heats, his other solid results in the top eight enabled him to qualify for the Final in extremis. After starting last, he made up 17 positions to finish 19th.

Eloi Gonzalez, also well placed in Qualifying, just missed out on the Final, penalised by tricky conditions and a number of incidents during the race.

Commitment and fighting spirit in OK-Junior

Among the youngest drivers, Ludovico Mazzola confirmed his progress with a fine 13th place in Qualifying and regular results in the top 10 in the heats, concluding his weekend in 14th place in the Final.

Gustavo Marquez Da Silva, meanwhile, made an impressive 38-position recovery between the heats and the Super Heat, just missing out on the Final. Pietro Bagutti, who was well on his way to Qualifying, was unfortunately unable to start the Super Heat, despite finishing 3rd in the heat, his best result of the weekend.

Analysis from team manager Jordon Lennox

"Congratulations to Noah on his first podium in FIA Karting, not forgetting our engineers and all the members of the Racing Team, who all played a key role in this performance. Despite some very unsettled weather on Friday and Saturday, we saw that our drivers knew how to exploit the full potential of the Birelart equipment, whatever the conditions. We're looking forward to building on this momentum when we return to Italy in Viterbo."

A busy month of May in Spain

The team is gearing up for an intense month of May, with the first round of the FIA European Karting Championship - KZ/KZ2 from 15th to 18th May, preceded next weekend by the preparatory round of the Champions of the Future. Direct-drive karts will then contest three races in a row at Viterbo, starting with the WSK Euro Series, before the return of the European Championship at the beginning of June.

Birelart is an Italian manufacturer of kart chassis that combines long experience and a keen sense of innovation with a boundless passion for motor sport.

Founded in 1959 by Umberto Sala, whose precise nickname was Birel, the company has played a pioneering role in the development of karting around the world since its very beginnings. The demand for quality has always been part of the DNA of the Lissone-based brand through its quest for success in competition. Over more than 60 years, Birelart has won 26 world titles, countless European titles and numerous national championships.

Birel has accompanied the careers of many great racing drivers, including Riccardo Patrese, Keke Rosberg, Stefano Modena and Emanuele Pirro, as well as the more recent Formula 1 stars Mika Hakkinen and Juan Pablo Montoya, Robert Kubica, Jenson Button and George Russell. Robert Kubica, Daniel Ricciardo and more recently Charles Leclerc have called on Birelart's expertise to launch their own chassis ranges.

Three generations have succeeded one another at the helm of Birel. Today, Ronni Sala, the founder's grandson, presides over Birel's destiny. In 2014, he ushered in a new era by joining forces with ART Grand Prix, a famous team on the single-seater scene, thanks to its association with Nicolas Todt and his partners. Birelart was born.

Ronni has contributed to the creation of an ambitious new project that will be at the forefront of the karting industry, thanks to original sporting, marketing and communication initiatives that will benefit the brand, the dealer network and, of course, Birelart's customers.

Birelart has built on its prestigious heritage to enter the 21st century and make full use of technology in terms of R&D, production, logistics and communication. Its area of expertise, based on high-level competition, has been extended to include production quality control for a large number of competitors around the world, as well as the leisure sector with its Rental range with both internal combustion and electric engines. The factory at its original site in Lissone, near Monza and within easy reach of Milan, has undergone constant modernisation.

Birelart's high level of expertise, with its well-balanced blend of tradition and innovation, is reflected in the results it has achieved in racing, offering fans around the world the opportunity to become real drivers or to have fun and experience the thrill of adrenaline on the track.