Karting European Championship

Debut as international contest (1962–1969)

The European Nations' Cup was the first competition held by the CIK-FIA upon its founding in 1962, won by Great Britain against Belgium, France, Italy, and Germany.^[1]

Expansion to individual competition (1970–1981)

The individual European Championship was first held in 1970, running a 100cc class won by Belgian driver François Goldstein, who retained his title in 1971. In 1979, Cathy Muller became the first woman to win a European title, doing so in the 100cc class. The senior category was contested under 100cc Intercontinental A (ICA) regulations until the introduction of the 135cc Formula K (FK) class in 1982, superseding ICA.

The gearbox category has since been added, first contested in 1974 in the Formula C (FC) class and won by Dutch driver Aad van Daalen. Between 1979 and 1981, a secondary gearbox class (FC-2) was held but did not return until Intercontinental C (ICC) was displaced as the lead gearbox class by FC in 1996. Gianfranco Baroni won four FC European Championships from 1976 to 1981.

New Formula regulations (1982–1992)

FK ran from 1982 to 1990, and again in 1992, as the primary senior class, until it was replaced by Formula A (FA) and its Super sub-class (FSA). In 1988 and 1989, the Formula Super 100 (S100) class was also contested as a main senior competition.

Michael Schumacher won the 1987 ICA European Championship, going on to become the first European Champion to also win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1994.

In 1989, Jos Verstappen became the first driver to win two European Championships in the same season with his wins in FS100 and ICA, a feat only repeated in 2013 by his son Max.

ICC replaced FC as the primary gearbox class in 1983, having been the secondary class in 1982. Walter van Lent became the first non-Italian ICC European Champion in 1990, and the last in the primary gearbox class until Jonathan Thonon in 2008.

The Super era (1993–2006)

From 1993 to 2000, FSA became the pre-eminent class in the senior category, being run alongside its secondary FA class, as well as ICA. The 2000 season was notable for marking the start of the fierce rivalry between CRG teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, who finished first and second in that year's FA European Championship, respectively. FA succeeded FSA as the lead class upon the latter's European demise at the end of the 2000 season.

In the gearbox category, ICC was again replaced by FC as the main class in 1996, becoming the secondary class once more. FC would later be renamed to Super-ICC from 2002 onwards.

The 250cc Superkart category was contested for the first time in 2002, going on to be contested at 18 successive European Championships.

Modern KF/OK and KZ era (2007–present)

In 2007, the primary senior class became KF1 and the primary gearbox class became KZ1, as the CIK-FIA attempted to re-brand global karting. The secondary divisions KF2 and KZ2 each replaced ICA and ICC; both classes had been contested since the early 1980s.

KF3 also succeeded Junior Intercontinental A (ICA-J) as the junior class, later renaming to KF-J in 2013. In 2009, the entire podium—Nyck de Vries, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Daniil Kvyat—went on to graduate to Formula One, the only time this has happened at the European Championship.

Between 2005 and 2008, Marco Ardigò won four consecutive senior titles with Tony Kart, remaining the only driver to complete a four-peat in the European Championship as of 2024. Ardigò is the only driver to have won five European Championships, adding a fifth title in KZ in 2016.

In 2013, Max Verstappen won both the KF and KZ European Championships with CRG, becoming the first—and to this date, only—driver to have won senior and gearbox titles in the same season.

KF2 became the primary senior category in 2010, replacing KF1—known as Super KF in 2009—and ending 28 seasons of secondary senior classes being held at the European Championship. After nine seasons of KF regulations in the senior category, the CIK-FIA shifted towards Original Kart (OK) regulations from 2016 onwards.

In 2017, Spanish-born Moroccan driver Sami Taoufik became the first non-European champion in a primary class, winning the OK European Championship with FA Kart.

The 2020 Superkart European Championship, originally scheduled to be hosted at Le Mans–Bugatti, was cancelled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, ending its 18-year tenure under the CIK-FIA banner.^[2]

In 2020 and 2021, aged 14 and 15, Andrea Kimi Antonelli won back-to-back OK European Championships, becoming the youngest driver to win multiple primary senior European titles.

The KZ2-Masters class debuted at the 2024 KZ European Championship as a senior gearbox division, limited to drivers aged 35 and above. Italian driver Riccardo Nalon won its inaugural edition, driving for Parolin.

Direct-drive category format

As of 2025, the direct-drive category is run across four separate three-day events, alongside the Senior Academy Trophy. On day one, drivers are sent out for free practice preceding qualifying practice, setting up the next day of Qualifying Heats (QH). These races then set the grids for Super Heats (SH), which in-turn sets up the Final (F), with points awarded in all three rounds.

Gearbox category format

As of 2025, the gearbox category is run across two separate three-day events, alongside the Junior Academy Trophy. As with the direct-drive category, the championship is contended via QH, SH and F, with points awarded in each.

European Nations' Championship (1962–1976)

More information Year, European Champions ...

Year	European Champions	Drivers	Runners-up	Third place	Circuits
1962	Great Britain		Belgium	France	Paris
1963	France	Jean-Michel Guillard	Great Britain	Belgium	4[a]
1964	Italy	Ugo Cancellieri			3[b]
		Oscar Costantini
		Guido Sala
1965	Italy (2)	Guido Sala			3[c]
1966	Italy (3)	Susanna Raganelli	Netherlands [nl]	Great Britain
		Giulio Pernigotti
		Guido Sala
		Oscar Sala
		Duilio Truffo
1967	France (2)	Monique Asselbur
1968	West Germany	Ute Teichmann
1969	West Germany (2)	Heli Brandhofer
		Hans Heyer*
		Carlheinz Peters
1970	West Germany (3)	Heli Brandhofer
		Hans Heyer*
		Carlheinz Peters
1971	West Germany (4)	Heli Brandhofer
		Hans Heyer*
		Carlheinz Peters
1972	Great Britain (2)	Mickey Allen
		Terry Fullerton
		Mark Steeds
1973	Italy (4)	Eddie Cheever*
		Gabriele Gorini
		Piero Necchi
		Riccardo Patrese*
1974	Italy (5)	Eddie Cheever*
		Gabriele Gorini
		Piero Necchi
		Riccardo Patrese*
1975	Italy (6)	Beppe Gabbiani*
		Gabriele Gorini
		Piero Necchi
		Felice Rovelli
1976	Italy (7)	Gianfranco Baroni			Kristianstad
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Senior classes (1970–present)

Senior classes have been contested at the European Championship since its inaugural 1970 edition, when it was won by Belgian driver François Goldstein in the 100cc class.

Primary senior class (1970–present)

Since 2016, the primary senior class has been Original Kart (OK). The class was previously called KF2, replacing KF1 as the primary class in 2010. KF1 had been called Formula A (FA) and Super 100 (FS100) from 1988 to 2006, which had been run secondary to its Super sub-class (FSA) and Formula K (FK) until 2000. FSA was the premier class from 1993 until its demise, with FK holding this honour from 1982 to 1992.

Marco Ardigò holds the record for most primary senior European Championships, with four consecutive titles from 2005 to 2008 with Tony Kart.

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Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
1970	François Goldstein	Robardie	Parilla				100cc
1971	François Goldstein (2)	Taifun	Parilla				100cc
1972	Gabriele Gorini						100cc
1973	Gabriele Gorini (2)		Komet				100cc
1974
1975	Gabriele Gorini (3)		Komet				100cc
1976
1977	Terry Fullerton	Zipkart	Parilla				FE	100cc
1978	Jean-Pierre Knops	Birel	Parilla				FE	100cc
1979	Cathy Muller	Hutless	Parilla				FE	100cc
1980	Toni Zöserl	Birel	Parilla				FE	100cc
1981	Peter de Bruijn	Tecno	Parilla				ICA	100cc
1982	Peter de Bruijn (2)	Tecno	Parilla				FK	135cc
1983	Mike Wilson	Birel	Parilla				FK	135cc
1984	Mike Wilson (2)	Birel	Parilla				FK	135cc
1985	Stefan Frietsch	Kalì	Komet	D			FK	135cc
1986	Yvan Muller‡	Kalì	Komet				FK	135cc
1987	Alessandro Zanardi*	Kalì	Komet				FK	135cc
1988	Federico Gemmo	Tecno	Komet				FK	135cc
1989	Marc Goossens	Tecno	Komet				FK	135cc
1990	Martijn Koene	Hutless	Rotax				FK	100cc
1991	Massimiliano Orsini	Tony Kart	Rotax		Giancarlo Fisichella*	Jarno Trulli*	FK	100cc
1992	Gianluca Beggio	Kalì	Rotax	B			FK	100cc
1993	Nicola Gianniberti	Haase	Rotax	D			FSA	100cc
1994	Jarno Trulli*	Tony Kart	Rotax	B	Johnny Mislijevic	Nicola Gianniberti	FSA	100cc
1995	Massimiliano Orsini (2)	Hutless	Italsistem	B	Alessandro Manetti	Jarno Trulli*	FSA	100cc
1996	Johnny Mislijevic	Tony Kart	Vortex	B			FSA	100cc
1997	Jenson Button†	Tecno	Rotax	B			FSA	100cc
1998	Davide Forè	Tony Kart	Rotax	B			FSA	100cc
1999	Giuseppe Palmieri	Hutless	Italsistem	B	Sauro Cesetti	Vitantonio Liuzzi*	FSA	100cc
2000	Mario Siegers	Trulli	Vortex	B	Davide Forè	Benjamin van der Wakker	FSA	100cc
2001	Carlo van Dam	Gillard	Parilla	B	Ben Hanley	Bas Lammers	FA	100cc
2002	David Hemkemeyer	Mach1	KZH	B	Helmut Sanden	Átila Abreu	FA	100cc
2003	Bas Lammers	Hutless	Vortex	B	Davide Forè	Teemu Nyman	FA	100cc
2004	Nick de Bruijn	Gillard	Parilla	B	Sauro Cesetti	Davide Forè	FA	100cc
2005	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Sauro Cesetti	Jon Lancaster	FA	100cc
2006	Marco Ardigò (2)	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Riki Christodoulou	Arnaud Kozlinski	FA	100cc
2007	Marco Ardigò (3)	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Gary Catt	Michael Christensen‡	KF1	125cc
2008	Marco Ardigò (4)	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Arnaud Kozlinski	Gary Catt	KF1	125cc
2009	Aaro Vainio	Maranello	Maxter	B	Manuel Renaudie	Jason Parrott	SKF	125cc
2010	Nicolaj Møller Madsen	Energy	TM	B	Sebastien Bailly	Teemu Suninen	KF2	125cc
2011	Sami Luka	Intrepid	TM	B	Carlos Gil Jr.	Andreas Hansen	KF2	125cc
2012	Ben Barnicoat	ART	Parilla	V	Charles Leclerc*	Felice Tiene	KF2	125cc
2013	Max Verstappen†	CRG	TM	V	Valentin Moineault	Christian Sørensen	KF	125cc
2014	Callum Ilott	Zanardi	Parilla	B	Nicklas Nielsen	Lando Norris†	KF	125cc
2015	Ben Hanley	Mad-Croc	TM	V	Tom Joyner	Richard Verschoor	KF	125cc
2016	Pedro Hiltbrand	CRG	Parilla	V	Tom Joyner	Karol Basz	OK	125cc
2017	Sami Taoufik	FA Kart	Vortex	LC	Pavel Bulantsev	Lorenzo Travisanutto	OK	125cc
2018	Hannes Janker	KR	Parilla	B	Harry Thompson	Pedro Hiltbrand	OK	125cc
2019	Lorenzo Travisanutto	KR	Parilla	LC	Gabriele Minì	Dexter Patterson	OK	125cc
2020	Andrea Kimi Antonelli*	KR	Parilla	LC	Taylor Barnard	Joe Turney	OK	125cc
2021	Andrea Kimi Antonelli* (2)	KR	IAME	MG	Rafael Câmara	Arvid Lindblad*	OK	125cc
2022	Kean Nakamura-Berta	KR	IAME	MG	Alex Powell	Joe Turney	OK	125cc
2023	René Lammers	Parolin	TM	MG	Gabriel Gomez	Alex Powell	OK	125cc
2024	Joe Turney	KR	IAME	M	Gabriel Gomez	Thibaut Ramaekers	OK	125cc
2025	Christian Costoya	Parolin	TM	M	James Anagnostiadis	Zac Drummond	OK	125cc
Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
Source:[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

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Secondary senior classes (1982–2009)

Intercontinental A (ICA) was the secondary senior class from 1982 to 2006, being replaced by KF2 until its succession as the lead senior class in 2010. Formula A (FA) was also introduced as an alternative class to Formula K (FK)—and, later, Formula Super A (FSA)—running alongside ICA from 1990 to 2000.

Notable European Champions in the secondary senior classes include seven-time Formula One World Drivers' Champions Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, as well as two FIA World Endurance Champions: Kévin Estre and James Calado.

More information Year, European Champion ...

Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
1982	Josef Bertzen	Zipkart	Parilla				ICA	100cc
1983	Stefano Modena*	DAP	DAP				ICA	100cc
1984	Stefano Modena* (2)	DAP	DAP				ICA	100cc
1985	Jukka Virtanen	Birel	Parilla				ICA	100cc
1986	Linus Lundberg	Dino	Dino		Ralf Kelleners	Michael Schumacher†	ICA	100cc
1987	Michael Schumacher†	CRG	Parilla		Alessandro Zanardi*		ICA	100cc
1988	Gert Munkholm	PCR	PCR				FS100	100cc
	Martijn Koene	Tony Kart	Rotax				ICA	100cc
1989	Jos Verstappen*	Hutless	Rotax				FS100	100cc
	Jos Verstappen* (2)	Hutless	Rotax		Mike Hezemans	Massimiliano Orsini	ICA	100cc
1990	Fabiano Belletti	All Kart	Parilla		Jan Erik Löfgren	Pierre Redeker	FA	100cc
	Eddy Coubard	Dino	Rotax				ICA	100cc
1991	Alessandro Manetti	Tony Kart	Rotax		Gianluca Malandruco	Guy Smith	FA	100cc
	Daniele Parrilla	Birel	Rotax		Carlos Gil	Nicolas Minassian	ICA	100cc
1992	Daniele Parrilla (2)	Mari Kart	Italsistem		Bas Leinders	Pietro Antonelli	FA	100cc
	Oliver Fiorucci	Merlin	Atomik				ICA	100cc
1993	Guy de Nies	Tecno	Rotax		David Terrien	Olivier Fiorucci	FA	100cc
	Arnaud Sarrazin	Tecno	Rotax		Alban Martinet		ICA	100cc
1994	Davide Forè	Tony Kart	Rotax		Arnaud Sarrazin	Luca Casazza	FA	100cc
	Narcis Callens	Biesse	Fox		Michele Panigada	Kristian Valtonen	ICA	100cc
1995	Giorgio Pantano*	CRG	Rotax		Gastão Fráguas	Cédric Convers	FA	100cc
	Arnaud Leconte	Tecno	Rotax		Renaud Kuppens	Nicolas Turquois	ICA	100cc
1996	Giorgio Pantano* (2)	CRG	CRG		Anthony Davidson*‡	Sandro Marra	FA	100cc
	Ludovic Veve	Biesse	Rotax		Nicolas Turquois	James Hanson	ICA	100cc
1997	Antonio García	Mari Kart	Italsistem		Alban Martinet	André Nicastro	FA	100cc
	Alessandro Balzan	Top-Kart	Comer		Alessandro Piccolo	Steve Molini	ICA	100cc
1998	César Campaniço	CRG	CRG		Fernando Alonso†‡	Riko Fürtbauer	FA	100cc
	Julien Poncelet	CRG	CRG				ICA	100cc
1999	Julien Poncelet	Hutless	Italsistem				FA	100cc
	Stefano Fabi	Top-Kart	Comer	B	Guillaume Capietto	Clivio Piccione	ICA	100cc
2000	Lewis Hamilton†	CRG	Parilla	B	Nico Rosberg†	Marco Ardigò	FA	100cc
	Julien Menard	Tony Kart	Vortex				ICA	100cc
2001	Jean-Philippe Guignet	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Francesco Antonucci	Diégo Puyo	ICA	100cc
2002	Jonathan Thonon	CRG	Maxter	V	Filipe Albuquerque	Gary Catt	ICA	100cc
2003	Nicola Bocchi	CRG	Maxter	V	Armand Convers	Alban Varutti	ICA	100cc
2004	Kévin Estre‡	Sodi	TM	V	Jon Lancaster	Henkie Waldschmidt	ICA	100cc
2005	James Calado‡	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Jean-Éric Vergne*[d]	Alessandro Bressan	ICA	100cc
2006	Nicola Nolé	CRG	TM	V	Anthony Abbasse	Johan Jokinen	ICA	100cc
2007	Will Stevens*	Tony Kart	Vortex	D	Miki Monrás	Javier Tarancón	KF2	125cc
2008	Flavio Camponeschi	Tony Kart	Vortex	D	Robert Foster-Jones	Robin Frijns	KF2	125cc
2009	Jordan Chamberlain	Tony Kart	TM	D	Matteo Beretta	Jorge Pescador	KF2	125cc
Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
Source:[4][5][6][7][11][13]

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Junior classes (1989–present)

Primary junior class (1989–present)

Since 2016, the junior class has been OK-Junior (OK-J) for drivers aged 12 to 14 in the year. The class was called Junior Intercontinental A (ICA-J) from 1989 to 2006, KF3 from 2007 to 2012, and KF-Junior (KF-J) from 2013 to 2015.

Due to the fast progression of racing drivers, OK-J has traditionally hosted the most Formula One prospects at the European Championship as notable drivers often graduate to junior formulae prior to reaching senior karting divisions such as OK and KZ. Notably, the entire 2009 podium—Nyck de Vries, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Daniil Kvyat—progressed to Formula One. Despite this, Sebastian Vettel and Lando Norris are the only two junior European Champions to also win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship.

George Russell is the only driver to win multiple junior European Championships, winning back-to-back in 2011 and 2012.

More information Year, European Champion ...

Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
1989	Gianluca Malandrucco	CRG	Parilla				ICA-J	100cc
1990	Bas Leinders	Tecno	Rotax				ICA-J	100cc
1991	Jordi Surrallés	CRG	Parilla		David Terrien	Jérémie Dufour	ICA-J	100cc
1992	Massimo Del Col	Tony Kart	Parilla				ICA-J	100cc
1993	Max Russomando	Mike1	Parilla				ICA-J	100cc
1994	Philip Cloostermans	Birel	Parilla				ICA-J	100cc
1995	Willemjan Keijzer	Haase	Titan				ICA-J	100cc
1996	Marino Spinozzi	Tony Kart	Vortex				ICA-J	100cc
1997	Nelson van der Pol	Tony Kart	Vortex				ICA-J	100cc
1998	Franck Pereira	Tony Kart	Vortex				ICA-J	100cc
1999	Reinhard Kofler	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Lewis Hamilton†	Alessandro Bonetti	ICA-J	100cc
2000	Michael Ammermüller	Tony Kart	Vortex		Jean-Philippe Guignet	Francesco Antonucci	ICA-J	100cc
2001	Sebastian Vettel†	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Michael Vorba	Patrick Lumma	ICA-J	100cc
2002	Sébastien Buemi*‡	CRG	Maxter	V	Henkie Waldschmidt	Nikolaj Bollingtoft	ICA-J	100cc
2003	Nicholas Risitano	Birel	TM	V	James Calado‡	Atte Mustonen	ICA-J	100cc
2004	Stefano Coletti	Birel	Parilla	V	Jules Bianchi*	James Calado‡	ICA-J	100cc
2005	Michael Christensen‡	Gillard	Parilla	B	Nigel Melker	Charles Pic*	ICA-J	100cc
2006	Miki Monrás	Maranello	Parilla	V	Scott Jenkins	Felice Tiene	ICA-J	100cc
2007	Jack Harvey	Maranello	XTR	D	Tom Grice	James Thorp	KF3	125cc
2008	Aaro Vainio	Maranello	Maxter	D	Joni Wiman	Daniil Kvyat*	KF3	125cc
2009	Nyck de Vries*‡	Zanardi	Parilla	V	Carlos Sainz Jr.*	Daniil Kvyat*	KF3	125cc
2010	Alexander Albon*	Intrepid	TM	D	Pierre Gasly*	Harrison Scott	KF3	125cc
2011	George Russell*	Intrepid	TM	V	Robin Hansson	Connor Jupp	KF3	125cc
2012	George Russell* (2)	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Álex Palou	Dorian Boccolacci	KF3	125cc
2013	Lando Norris†	FA Kart	Vortex	LC	Dan Ticktum	Martijn van Leeuwen	KF-J	125cc
2014	Enaam Ahmed	FA Kart	Vortex	V	Mick Schumacher*[e]	Devlin DeFrancesco	KF-J	125cc
2015	Christian Lundgaard	Tony Kart	Vortex	LC	Presley Martono	Kenny Roosens	KF-J	125cc
2016	Finlay Kenneally	FA Kart	Vortex	V	Noah Watt	Victor Martins	OK-J	125cc
2017	Jonny Edgar	Exprit	TM	LC	Harry Thompson	Jack Doohan*	OK-J	125cc
2018	Paul Aron	FA Kart	Vortex	V	Gabriele Minì	Gabriel Bortoleto*	OK-J	125cc
2019	Marcus Amand	Kosmic	Parilla	LC	Andrea Kimi Antonelli*	Thomas ten Brinke	OK-J	125cc
2020	Ugo Ugochukwu	KR	Parilla	LC	Arvid Lindblad*	Tuukka Taponen	OK-J	125cc
2021	Freddie Slater	Kosmic	Vortex	MG	Matheus Ferreira	Ean Eyckmans	OK-J	125cc
2022	Anatoly Khavalkin	Parolin	TM	V	Jan Przyrowski	Nathan Tye	OK-J	125cc
2023	Oleksandr Bondarev	KR	IAME	V	Thibaut Ramaekers	Iacopo Martinese	OK-J	125cc
2024	Dries Van Langendonck	Exprit	TM	M	Christian Costoya	Iacopo Martinese	OK-J	125cc
2025	Dean Hoogendoorn	KR	IAME	M	William Calleja	Noah Baglin	OK-J	125cc
Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
Source:[4][5][6][7][14][15][16][17]

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Cadet class (1993–2001)

From 1992 to 2001, the Green Helmet Trophy was contested for cadets aged 7 to 13 under 100cc Intercontinental A (ICA) regulations, originally known as the Rainbow Trophy. The Karting Academy Trophy is regarded as its spiritual successor.

More information Year, Winner ...

Year	Winner	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
1992	Ennio Gandolfi	Kalì	Comer	V	Nicolas Kiesa*	Marco du Pau	Cadet	100cc
1993	Giorgio Pantano*	Kalì	Parilla	V	Doug Bell	Thomas Pichler	Cadet	100cc
1994	Antonio García				Matteo Grassotto	Miloš Pavlović	Cadet	100cc
1995	André Lotterer*‡	Tony Kart	Italsistem	V	Matteo Meneghello	Fernando Alonso†‡	Cadet	100cc
1996	Nelson van der Pol	Tony Kart	Vortex	B			Cadet	100cc
1997	Michael Koel				Mike Conway‡	Marvin Bylitza	Cadet	100cc
1998	Álvaro Parente	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Robert Kubica*	Georigi Garittsen	Cadet	100cc
1999	Cyndie Allemann	Hutless	Italsistem	B	Marcel Jeleniowski	Paul di Resta*	Cadet	100cc
2000	Valentino Sebastiani				Marcel Jeleniowski	Mario Josten	Cadet	100cc
2001	Erik Janiš	Birel	TM	V	Nico Hülkenberg*	Marco Mapelli	Cadet	100cc
Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
Source:[18]

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Gearbox classes (1974–present)

125cc gearbox classes have been contested at the European Championship since 1974, when it was won by British driver Aad van Daalen in the Formula C class.

Primary gearbox class (1974–present)

Since 2002, the primary gearbox class in the European Championship has been KZ, previously known as Super-ICC (S-ICC) until 2006 and KZ1 until 2012. KZ superseded Formula C (FC), which had been the primary class since 1974. Intercontinental C (ICC) was contested in place of FC from 1983 to 1995.

Italian drivers have historically dominated the KZ class, winning 39 of the 52 championships altogether, as of 2024. Gianfranco Baroni and Francesco Laudato hold the joint-record for most KZ European Championships, each with four. In 2002, the championship was shared ex-aequo by Laudato and Sauro Cesetti, who both scored 86 points. Max Verstappen is the only driver to win both the KZ European Championship and the Formula One World Drivers' Championship.

More information Year, European Champion ...

Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
1974	Aad van Daalen	Landia	Yamaha				FC	125cc
1975	Ben van Velzen	Mach1	Yamaha				FC	125cc
1976	Gianfranco Baroni	All Kart	BMC				FC	125cc
1977	Gianfranco Baroni (2)	All Kart	BMC				FC	125cc
1978	Gianfranco Baroni (3)	All Kart	BMC				FC	125cc
1979	Giancarlo Vanaria	Kalì	Pavesi	B			FC	125cc
1980	Frank Leuze	Mach1	KZH				FC	125cc
1981	Gianfranco Baroni (4)	Birel	BMC				FC	125cc
1982	Alessandro Piccini	All Kart	Morbidelli				FC	125cc
1983	Pier Mario Cantoni	All Kart	Pavesi				ICC	125cc
1984	Riccardo Franchini	Kalì	Pavesi	D			ICC	125cc
1985	Pietro Sassi	Birel	Pavesi				ICC	125cc
1986	Lamberto di Ferdinando	Kalì	Pavesi	B			ICC	125cc
1987	Paolo Pulliero	Kalì	Pavesi	B			ICC	125cc
1988	Vincenzo Saitta	Kalì	Pavesi	V			ICC	125cc
1989	Gianluca Paglicci	Kalì	Kalì	B			ICC	125cc
1990	Walter van Lent	All Kart	TM				ICC	125cc
1991	Roberto Motagnani	Tony Kart	TM				ICC	125cc
1992	Stefano Rodano	Kalì	TM	D			ICC	125cc
1993	Stefano Marcolin	Kalì	TM	D			ICC	125cc
1994	Vincenzo Azzolina	Gold	Pavesi				ICC	125cc
1995	Paolo Gagliardini	Birel	TM				ICC	125cc
1996	Alessandro Piccini (2)	CRG	Pavesi	B			FC	125cc
1997	Gianluca Beggio	Birel	TM	B			FC	125cc
1998	Gianluca Beggio (2)	Birel	TM	B			FC	125cc
1999	Ronnie Quintarelli	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Francesco Laudato	Sauro Cesetti	FC	125cc
2000	Francesco Laudato	Birel	TM	B	Gianluca Beggio	Milton Ryttarbris	FC	125cc
2001	Alessandro Piccini (3)	CRG	TM	B	Milton Ryttarbris	Ennio Gandolfi	FC	125cc
2002[f]	Francesco Laudato (2) Sauro Cesetti	Birel Kosmic	TM Vortex	B B	None	Alessandro Piccini	S-ICC	125cc
2003	Alessandro Manetti	CRG	Pavesi	D	Sauro Cesetti	Arnaud Kozlinski	S-ICC	125cc
2004	Francesco Laudato (3)	Birel	TM	V	Roberto Toninelli	Alessandro Manetti	S-ICC	125cc
2005	Francesco Laudato (4)	Birel	TM	V	Andrea Benedetti	Roberto Toninelli	S-ICC	125cc
2006	Roberto Toninelli	BRM	TM	V	Alessandro Manetti	Alessandro Piccini	S-ICC	125cc
2007	Alessandro Manetti (2)	Intrepid	TM	D	Jonathan Thonon	Jérémy Iglesias	KZ1	125cc
2008	Jonathan Thonon	CRG	Maxter	D	Rick Dreezen	Bas Lammers	KZ1	125cc
2009	Bas Lammers	Intrepid	TM	D	Jérémy Iglesias	Jonathan Thonon	KZ1	125cc
2010	Bas Lammers (2)	Intrepid	TM	D	Jérémy Iglesias	Thomas Mich	KZ1	125cc
2011	Paolo De Conto	Energy	TM	D	Yannick de Brabander	Armand Convers	KZ1	125cc
2012	Jorrit Pex	CRG	TM	B	Davide Forè	Arnaud Kozlinski	KZ1	125cc
2013	Max Verstappen†	CRG	TM	B	Marco Ardigò	Anthony Abbasse	KZ	125cc
2014	Rick Dreezen	Zanardi	Parilla	B	Jonathan Thonon	Marco Ardigò	KZ	125cc
2015	Flavio Camponeschi	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Marco Ardigò	Ben Hanley	KZ	125cc
2016	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	TM	V	Patrik Hájek	Jérémy Iglesias	KZ	125cc
2017	Paolo De Conto (2)	CRG	TM	B	Patrik Hájek	Marijn Kremers	KZ	125cc
2018	Jorrit Pex (2)	CRG	TM	LC	Jérémy Iglesias	Fabian Federer	KZ	125cc
2019	Jorrit Pex (3)	KR	TM	B	Lorenzo Camplese	Anthony Abbasse	KZ	125cc
2020	Marijn Kremers	Ricciardo	TM	V	Alessandro Irlando	Simo Puhakka	KZ	125cc
2021	Riccardo Longhi	Birel ART	TM	MG	Pedro Hiltbrand	Paolo Ippolito	KZ	125cc
2022	Paolo Ippolito	KR	IAME	LC	Matteo Vigano	Senna van Walstijn	KZ	125cc
2023	Danilo Albanese	KR	IAME	LC	Jérémy Iglesias	Senna van Walstijn	KZ	125cc
2024	Lorenzo Travisanutto	Parolin	TM	D	Senna van Walstijn	Viktor Gustavsson	KZ	125cc
2025	Mattéo Spirgel	Sodi	TM	D LC	Pedro Hiltbrand	Giuseppe Palomba	KZ	125cc
Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
Source:[4][5][6][7][19][20][21][22]

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Secondary gearbox class (1979–present)

Since 2007, the secondary gearbox class in the European Championship has been KZ2, replacing Intercontinental C (ICC) in international competition. Formula C-2 (FC-2) was contested from 1979 to 1981.

Italian drivers Valerio Sapere and Fabian Federer are the only drivers to win multiple KZ2 European Championships, achieving their second victories in 2000 and 2016, respectively.

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Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
1979	Jan Svaneby	Kalì	Rotax	B			FC-2	125cc
1980	Milan Šimák	Šimák	MS				FC-2	125cc
1981	Gianfranco Baroni	Birel	Rotax				FC-2	125cc
1982	Mario Bertuzzi	All Kart	Rotax				ICC	125cc
1983 – 1995	No secondary gearbox class contested
1996	Stefan Haak	CRG	TM	D			ICC	125cc
1997	Filippo Flenghi	Birel	TM				ICC	125cc
1998	Valerio Sapere	Birel	TM				ICC	125cc
1999	Claude Monteiro	Birel	TM		Alessandro Sferrella	Christian Montanari	ICC	125cc
2000	Valerio Sapere (2)	CRG	Pavesi	V	Gianluca Antonini	Johannes Schmidtler	ICC	125cc
2001	Alessandro Sferrella	Top-Kart	Pavesi		Peter Elkmann	Devid de Luchi	ICC	125cc
2002	Robert Dirks	Birel	Pavesi	D	Gianpaolo Viani	Roberto Profico	ICC	125cc
2003	Manuel Cozzaglio	Birel	Pavesi	V	Massimiliano Colombo	Danny Bleek	ICC	125cc
2004	Ricardo van der Ende	Energy	TM	V	Johan van Dreven	Toine Marsé	ICC	125cc
2005	Erik Janiš	Birel	Pavesi	B	Danny Bleek	Stefano Albertini	ICC	125cc
2006	Ernst Behrens	Energy	TM	V	Ken Allemann	Alessandro Giulietti	ICC	125cc
2007	Thomas Knopper	PCR	TM	D	Rick Dreezen	Michele Santolini	KZ2	125cc
2008	Tony Lavanant	Energy	TM	B	Kevin Jansen	Joffrey Demanse	KZ2	125cc
2009	Angelo Lombardo	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Patrik Hájek	Riccardo Piccoli	KZ2	125cc
2010	Paolo De Conto	Energy	TM	V	Yan Pesce	Kevin Leijtens	KZ2	125cc
2011	Fabian Federer	CRG	TM	B	Joel Johansson	Mirko Torsellini	KZ2	125cc
2012	Simas Juodvirsis	Energy	TM	V	Michele Di Martino	Marvin Meindorfer	KZ2	125cc
2013	Emil Antonsen	DR	TM	B	Joel Johansson	Felice Tiene	KZ2	125cc
2014	Andrea Dalè	CRG	Maxter	B	Douglas Lundberg	Simas Juodvirsis	KZ2	125cc
2015	Joel Johansson	Energy	TM	LC	Pedro Hiltbrand	Andreas Fasberg	KZ2	125cc
2016	Fabian Federer (2)	CRG	TM	B	Stan Pex	Matteo Vigano	KZ2	125cc
2017	Leon Köhler	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Paolo Ippolito	Alessandro Irlando	KZ2	125cc
2018	Adrien Renaudin	Sodi	TM	LC	Giacomo Pollini	Émilien Denner	KZ2	125cc
2019	Emil Skärås	Energy	TM	B	Émilien Denner	Paolo Besancenez	KZ2	125cc
2020	Viktor Gustavsson	Birel ART	TM	V	Simone Cunati	David Trefilov	KZ2	125cc
2021	Giacomo Pollini	CRG	TM	MG	Senna van Walstijn	Laurens van Hoepen	KZ2	125cc
2022	Tom Leuillet	Birel ART	TM	LC	David Trefilov	Alessio Piccini	KZ2	125cc
2023	Freddie Slater	Birel ART	TM	LC	Daniel Vasile	Tomass Štolcermanis	KZ2	125cc
2024	Mattéo Spirgel	Sodi	TM	D	Daniel Vasile	Maksim Orlov	KZ2	125cc
2025	Maksim Orlov	Sodi	TM	D LC	Markus Kajak	Maximilian Schleimer	KZ2	125cc
Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
Source:[4][5][6][7][23]

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Senior gearbox class (2024–present)

Since 2022, the FIA have sanctioned a Masters sub-class for KZ2 at the World Championship, limited to drivers aged 35 and above. The KZ2-Masters class held its inaugural European Championship season in 2024, won by Italian driver Riccardo Nalon.

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Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2024	Riccardo Nalon	Parolin	TM	D	Anthony Abbasse	Kristijan Habulin	KZ2-M	125cc
2025	Antonio Piccioni	TK	TM	D	Kristijan Habulin	Fabio Bifulco	KZ2-M	125cc
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Superkart classes (1976–2019)

From 1976 to 1995 and 2002 to 2019, the 250cc superkart category was contested at the European Championship. This category also includes the Superkart-2 (SK-2) division, contested in 2003 and 2004.

Primary superkart class (1976–2019)

The superkart (SK) class was contested for 18 seasons, predominantly being dominated by British and French drivers. Dave Buttigieg, Martin Hines, and Peter Elkmann each won a joint-record four superkart European Championships.

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Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
1976	Dave Buttigieg						FE	250cc
1977	Martin Hines						FE	250cc
1978	Dave Buttigieg (2)						FE	250cc
1979	Poul Petersen						FE	250cc
1980	Lennart Bohlin						FE	250cc
1981	Robert J. Kerkhoven						FE	250cc
1982	Dave Buttigieg (3)						FE	250cc
1983	Torgjer Kleppe						FE	250cc
1984	Reg Gange						FE	250cc
1985	Poul Petersen (2)						FE	250cc
1986	Martin Hines (2)						FE	250cc
1987	Lennart Bohlin (2)						FE	250cc
1988	Éric Gassin [fr]						FE	250cc
1989	Stefan Rindeström						FE	250cc
1990	Ian Shaw						FE	250cc
1991	Dave Buttigieg (4)						FE	250cc
1992	Stuart Mead						FE	250cc
1993	Martin Hines (3)						FE	250cc
1994	Adam Wilcox						ICE	250cc
1995	Steven Webb						ICE	250cc
1996 – 2001	No superkart class contested
2002	Martin Hines (4)	Zipkart	Rotax		Torgjer Kleppe	Bobo Westman	SK	250cc
2003	Damien Payart	PVP	FPE	B	Martin Hines	François Vinuales	SK-1	250cc
2004	Damien Payart (2)	PVP	FPE	B	Benjamin Mahé	François Vinuales	SK-1	250cc
2005	John Riley	Anderson	Rotax	B	Damien Payart	Andreas Mairzedt	SK	250cc
2006	Graham Barker	Anderson	Rotax	B	John Riley	Damien Payart	SK-1	250cc
2007	Gavin Bennett	Anderson	Rotax	B	Malcolm Crowe	Michael Wärn	SK	250cc
2008	Peter Elkmann	MS	Yamaha	B	Benjamin Mahé	Damien Payart	SK	250cc
2009	Gavin Bennett (2)	Anderson	FPE DEA	D	Damien Payart	Peter Elkmann	SK	250cc
2010	Gavin Bennett (3)	Anderson	DEA		Damien Payart	Trevor Roberts	SK	250cc
2011	Emmanuel Vinuales	Anderson	DEA		Gavin Bennett	Daniel Hentschel	SK	250cc
2012	Lee Harpham	Anderson	FPE		Marcel Maasmann	Henrik Lilja	SK	250cc
2013	Emmanuel Vinuales (2)	Anderson	DEA	D	Gavin Bennett	Adam Kout	SK	250cc
2014	Emmanuel Vinuales (3)	Anderson	DEA	D	Adam Kout	Peter Elkmann	SK	250cc
2015	Adam Kout	MS	DEA	D	Peter Elkmann	Liam Morley	SK	250cc
2016	Adam Kout (2)	MS	DEA	D	Peter Elkmann	Yannick de Brabander	SK	250cc
2017	Peter Elkmann (2)	Anderson	VM	D	Adam Kout	Liam Morley	SK	250cc
2018	Peter Elkmann (3)	Anderson	VM	D	Adam Kout	Yannick de Brabander	SK	250cc
2019	Peter Elkmann (4)	Anderson	VM	D	Liam Morley	Andreas Jost	SK	250cc
2020 – 2022	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Year	European Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
Source:[7][24]

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