Karting Regulations 2025, Updates and Highlights

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Italian ACI Karting Championship, RDSK Sporting, RDSK Technical Regulations, Italian Team Championship, ACI Sport Champions Cup, Italian Zone Cup, Easy Race, Pre-Competitive, Rental, Collective Testing, National MINI Gr.3 Trophy.

The ACI Sport Karting Commission, chaired by Raffaele Giammaria, has published the Karting Regulations for the 2025 season, approved by the Sports Board, well in advance of the upcoming season to facilitate sporting and technical decisions for all national karting stakeholders.

Several updates have been introduced based on the experience gained in recent years, focusing on renewal while continuing what proved successful during the 2024 season. These are the key highlights for the upcoming season:

New format for the Italian ACI Karting Championship.

For qualifying sessions, a minimum number of timed laps is introduced: 3 laps (out-3 timed-in). Drivers who do not complete the minimum of 3 timed laps will be penalized with the cancellation of their best lap time.
Prefinals A and B will take place on Sunday morning for the top 72 drivers qualified after the heats (a single Prefinal if the number of participants does not exceed the track's capacity).
The Final will now be a single race for each category.
The scoring system has been revised: the races that count towards the points remain 8 (Prefinal and Final).
In the KZ2 Master category, alignment with FIA rules allows drivers aged 35 and older (born up to December 31, 1989) to participate. In the KZ2 Under 18 category, drivers born on or after January 1, 2007, are eligible.

RDSK Sporting Regulations.

Mini License: This license does not allow participation in Junior categories; a G license is required, which can be obtained upon reaching the age of 12 during the calendar year.
Mini Gr.3 Under 10: Age adjustment in the RDS and various sporting regulations for all championships, allowing access only to those born on or after January 1, 2015.
KZN Rookie: The three-year license seniority requirement is maintained, but criteria for granting exceptions are established. After winning the title, a mandatory category change will apply starting in 2026.
The penalty for absence from the briefing has been reduced to €260.

RDSK Technical Regulations.

Mini Gr.3 Under 10: Ignition set to 13,000 rpm.
Pre-Competitive: The use of the Mini Gr.3 chassis is confirmed, but with the Mini Gr.3 engine, a 15 mm carburetor, and ignition set to 11,000 rpm.

Italian Team Championship.

The Italian Team Championship is reintroduced, no longer based on regions but divided by zones.

ACI Sport Champions Cup.

Access criteria require participation in two Italian Zone Cup events, but there is no maximum limit on the number of entrants.
The registration fee is reduced compared to 2024.
The format has changed to include qualifications, heats, and finals.

Italian Zone Cup.

Zones 6 and 7 from 2024 (Basilicata, Calabria, Puglia) will be merged into a single zone, leaving a total of 8 zones.
The scoring system will vary based on the number of events listed in the calendar.

Easy Race.

Introduction of Easy Race as a low-competitive-content event (national race), with a maximum of 30 drivers and simplified race organization, allowing drivers to use a daily license.
The Technical Regulations allow participation of any type of kart, homologated or with expired homologation, divided into three macro-groups based on a specific Technical Regulation established by ACI Sport.

Pre-Competitive Regulations.

No changes to the sporting aspect.

Rental.

Differentiation based on the type of race: sprint or endurance. Sprint races can be spontaneous or organized.

Collective Testing.

Time Attack: No changes compared to 2024.

National Mini Gr.3 Trophy.

It will take place alongside the KZN Championship during an ACI Sport weekend on September 7 in Corridonia.

Karting Regulations 2025:
https://www.acisport.it/it/acisport/normativa/annuario-sportivo/3-regolamenti-di-settore/48-karting/2025