My name is Oliver and I am 9 years old. The first time I ever went karting was on my 8th birthday at TeamSport. I immediately fell in love with the sport and knew I wanted to continue to do it. For the next couple of months I enrolled in the drivers academy at our local TeamSport and flew through it. Passing the advanced course quickly. It was then that I began thinking about outdoor karting as I had already achieved lap records in doors and was finding it too slow. 6 months after my first time in a kart I got my first outdoor kart for Christmas and was out at a local track within a week. I loved being outdoors and have enjoyed learning how to navigate different conditions. I went to different tracks as often as I could and began to get quicker and more confident. So I decided to do my ARKS and got my license only a few months after having my own kart. Since then I have competed in lots of races across 3 different tracks. At the beginning of the year when I was still a novice I won runner up novice and novice winner. Throughout the year my confidence and ability grew and in the last couple of the races of the year I placed 3rd followed by a 2nd place the following weekend at a different track. I have enjoyed my first year karting and am so excited to race again in 2024 hopefully winning my first ever race.

12 year old Charlie’s love of racing started when he first drove “solo” at Adrian Valles Kart centre in Moraira, Costa Blanca in 2017 when he was 6 years old. When he lived in Spain, AV Kart centre was a regular place to visit with his former rally driver Dad. On returning to the UK, Charlie became interested in anything with an engine, so started motor-cross and still enjoys getting out and dirty with his friends on his MX bike when time permits.
When he started secondary school, Charlie saw an opportunity to get involved with his school’s Greenpower team; which designs, constructs and races an electric car at race tracks across the country. In 2023 his team came 12th at the International F24 Finals at Goodwood.
Having experienced a form of racing, and having driven some local indoor and outdoor kart tracks during 2023, Charlie and his family decided that 2024 would be his rookie season competing in a national karting championship and, having researched the options available, Charlie is signed up to compete in the Daniel Ricciardo Series. He gained his Super KX License in November 2023 and will earn his ARKS in 2024.