WSK Super Master Series

Category	Kart racing
Region	International
Affiliations	WSK Promotion Automobile Club d'Italia CIK-FIA
Inaugural season	2010; 16 years ago (2010), as the WSK Master Series
Classes	OK, OK-J, KZ2, OKN-J, Mini Gr.3, Mini U10
Drivers' champion	Lev Krutogolov (OK, Energy–IAME) Antônio Pizzonia Neto (OK-J, Parolin–TM) Maksim Orlov (KZ2, Sodi–TM) Niccolò Perico (OKN-J, Kart Republic–IAME) Zane Pace (Mini Gr.3, Tony Kart–Vortex) Zayne Burgess (U10, Parolin–TM)
Most titles	Marco Ardigò (5)
Official website	wskarting.it

The WSK Super Master Series, formerly known as the WSK Master Series, is a kart racing competition organised by WSK Promotion and sanctioned by ACI Sport. Hosted annually since 2010, it is one of 11 competitions on the international kart racing calendar in CIK-FIA classes.

The five-round championship is held across Italy in six classes: OK, OK-J, KZ2, OKN-J, Mini Gr.3, and U10. It was previously contested in KZ, KF, and KF-J.

Notable champions have included four Formula One drivers: Antonio Giovinazzi (2010–2011, KF2), Max Verstappen (2012, KF2; 2013, KZ2), Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2019, OK-J), and Arvid Lindblad (2020, OK-J). Verstappen became the first champion to progress to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 2021. Marco Ardigò won a record five titles in the gearbox category between 2012 and 2018. Beitske Visser (2010, KZ2) is the only female champion.

History

The WSK Master Series was founded by WSK Promotion in 2010 as an three-round championship across Italy in KF2, KF3, KZ2, with non-scoring rounds in 60 Mini.^[1] In KZ2, Beitske Visser became the first female champion of the series.^[2] It was renamed the WSK Super Master Series in 2014.^[3] Since 2025, it has served as the season-opening competition in CIK-FIA classes, following the demise of the South Garda Winter Cup and the WSK Champions Cup, with 552 entrants in six classes: OK, OK-J, KZ2, OKN-J, Mini Gr.3, and U10.^[4]

Champions

Senior class (2010–present)

Year	Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2010	Antonio Giovinazzi*‡	Top-Kart	Parilla	V	Jordan King	Chris Lock	KF2	125cc
2011	Antonio Giovinazzi*‡ (2)	Top-Kart	Parilla	V	Stefano Cucco	Egor Orudzhev	KF2	125cc
2012	Max Verstappen†	Intrepid	TM	V	Felice Tiene	Tom Joyner	KF2	125cc
2013	Dorian Boccolacci	Energy	TM	V	Ben Barnicoat	Karol Basz	KF	125cc
2014	Callum Ilott	Zanardi	Parilla	D	Alessio Lorandi	Karol Basz	KF	125cc
2015	Nicklas Nielsen	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Karol Basz	Felice Tiene	KF	125cc
2016	Lorenzo Travisanutto	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Karol Basz	Pedro Hiltbrand	OK	125cc
2017	Clément Novalak	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Karol Basz	Ulysse de Pauw	OK	125cc
2018	Hannes Janker	Kart Republic	Parilla	B	Nicklas Nielsen	Jonny Edgar	OK	125cc
2019	Dexter Patterson	Kart Republic	IAME	B	Taylor Barnard	Lorenzo Travisanutto	OK	125cc
2020	Nikita Bedrin	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Andrea Kimi Antonelli*	Pedro Hiltbrand	OK	125cc
2021	Rafael Câmara	Kart Republic	IAME	L	Andrea Kimi Antonelli*	Arvid Lindblad*	OK	125cc
2022	Joe Turney	Tony Kart	Vortex	L	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Freddie Slater	OK	125cc
2023	James Egozi	Tony Kart	Vortex	L	Thomas Strauven	René Lammers	OK	125cc
2024	Ean Eyckmans	Birel ART	TM	L	Oleksandr Bondarev	Sebastiano Pacan	OK	125cc
2025	Dries Van Langendonck	Kart Republic	IAME	L	Christian Costoya	Jindřich Pešl	OK	125cc
2026	Lev Krutogolov	Energy	IAME	L	Zac Drummond	Benjamin Mañach	OK	125cc
Source:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Junior classes (2010–present)

Primary junior class (2010–present)

Year	Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2010	Nicklas Nielsen	DR	Parilla	D	Robert Vișoiu	Giuliano Maria Niceta	KF3	125cc
2011	Antonio Fuoco	Top-Kart	TM	V	Robin Hansson	Nicolai Sylvest	KF3	125cc
2012	Callum Ilott	Zanardi	Parilla	V	Alessio Lorandi	George Russell*	KF3	125cc
2013	Alessio Lorandi	Tony Kart	Parilla	V	Lando Norris†	Nikita Sitnikov	KF-J	125cc
2014	Enaam Ahmed	FA Kart	Vortex	V	Dan Ticktum	Leonardo Lorandi	KF-J	125cc
2015	Clément Novalak	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Logan Sargeant*	Ulysse de Pauw	KF-J	125cc
2016	Sami Taoufik	FA Kart	Vortex	V	Noah Watt	Ulysse de Pauw	OK-J	125cc
2017	Andrea Rosso	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Mattia Michelotto	Harry Thompson	OK-J	125cc
2018	Gabriele Minì	Parolin	Parilla	V	Gabriel Bortoleto*	Paul Aron	OK-J	125cc
2019	Andrea Kimi Antonelli*	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Artem Severiukhin	Jamie Day	OK-J	125cc
2020	Arvid Lindblad*	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Karol Pasiewicz	Brando Badoer	OK-J	125cc
2021	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Parolin	TM	V	Matheus Ferreira	Alex Powell	OK-J	125cc
2022	Oleksandr Bondarev	LN Kart	Vortex	V	Kirill Dzitiev	Dmitry Matveev	OK-J	125cc
2023	Stepan Antonov	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Filippo Sala	Christian Costoya	OK-J	125cc
2024	Niklas Schaufler	Birel ART	TM	V	Dries Van Langendonck	Dean Hoogendoorn	OK-J	125cc
2025	Dean Hoogendoorn	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Noah Baglin	Ilie Tristan Crisan	OK-J	125cc
2026	Antônio Pizzonia Neto	Parolin	TM	V	Will Green	Daniel Mirón	OK-J	125cc
Source:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Secondary junior class (2024–present)

Year	Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2024	Bogdan Cosma Cristofor	Exprit	TM	V	Alex Molota	Valerio Viapiana	OKN-J	125cc
2025	Lucas Palacio	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Michele Orlando	Gioele Girardello	OKN-J	125cc
2026	Niccolò Perico	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Luigi D'Ascoli	Elton Hedfors	OKN-J	125cc
Source:[19][20][21]

Gearbox classes (2010–present)

Primary gearbox class (2010–present)

Year	Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2010	Beitske Visser	Intrepid	TM	D	Marco Zanchetta	Simone Brenna	KZ2	125cc
2011	Paolo De Conto	Energy	TM	D	Marco Ardigò	Beitske Visser	KZ1	125cc
2012	Marco Ardigò	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Jorrit Pex	Arnaud Kozlinski	KZ1	125cc
2013	Max Verstappen†	CRG	TM	B	Ben Hanley	Riccardo Negro	KZ2	125cc
2014	Marco Ardigò (2)	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Bas Lammers	Jonathan Thonon	KZ2	125cc
2015	Marco Ardigò (3)	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Simo Puhakka	Anthony Abbasse	KZ2	125cc
2016	Marco Ardigò (4)	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Anthony Abbasse	Jérémy Iglesias	KZ	125cc
2017	Bas Lammers	Sodi	TM	B	Patrik Hájek	Anthony Abbasse	KZ2	125cc
2018	Marco Ardigò (5)	Tony Kart	Vortex	B	Alessandro Irlando	Paolo De Conto	KZ2	125cc
2019	Bas Lammers (2)	Sodi	TM	B	Adrien Renaudin	Marco Ardigò	KZ2	125cc
2020	Simo Puhakka	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Giuseppe Palomba	Fabian Federer	KZ2	125cc
2021	Marijn Kremers	Birel ART	TM	V	Juho Valtanen	Viktor Gustavsson	KZ2	125cc
2022	Senna van Walstijn	Sodi	TM	V	Matteo Viganò	Pedro Hiltbrand	KZ2	125cc
2023	Cristian Bertuca	Birel ART	TM	V	Émilien Denner	Matteo Viganò	KZ2	125cc
2024	Cristian Bertuca (2)	Birel ART	TM	V	Markus Kajak	Tom Leuillet	KZ2	125cc
2025	Senna van Walstijn (2)	Sodi	TM	V	Cristian Bertuca	Daniel Vasile	KZ2	125cc
2026	Maksim Orlov	Sodi	TM	L	Senna van Walstijn	Marek Skřivan	KZ2	125cc
Source:[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Secondary gearbox class (2011–2016)

Year	Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2011	Marco Zanchetta	CKR	TM	D	Alfredo Daniele Delli Compagni	Kristijan Habulin	KZ2	125cc
2012	Jordon Lennox-Lamb	CRG	Maxter	D	Jan Midrla	Francesco Celenta	KZ2	125cc
2013 – 2015	No secondary gearbox class contested
2016	Leonardo Lorandi	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Giacomo Pollini	Alessandro Irlando	KZ2	125cc
Source:[6][7][11]

Mini classes (2010–present)

Under-12 class (2010–present)

Year	Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2010	No title awarded
2011
2012	Leonardo Lorandi	Tony Kart	LKE	L	Pietro Mazzola	Eliseo Martinez	60M	60cc
2013	Eliseo Martinez	CRG	LKE	L	Leonardo Marseglia	Kush Maini	60M	60cc
2014	Nicola Abrusci	Tony Kart	LKE	V	Muizzuddin Gafar	Makar Mizevych	60M	60cc
2015	Dennis Hauger	CRG	TM	V	Mattia Muller	Leonardo Marseglia	60M	60cc
2016	Michael Paparo	Formula K	TM	V	Francesco Pizzi	Gabriele Minì	60M	60cc
2017	Gabriele Minì	Parolin	TM	V	Nikita Bedrin	Andrea Kimi Antonelli*	60M	60cc
2018	Martinius Stenshorne	Parolin	TM	V	Tymek Kucharczyk	Andrea Kimi Antonelli*	60M	60cc
2019	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Parolin	TM	V	Ean Eyckmans	Alex Powell	60M	60cc
2020	Dmitry Matveev	Energy	TM	V	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Maciej Gładysz	60M	60cc
2021	René Lammers	Parolin	IAME	V	Emanuele Olivieri	Christian Costoya	60M	60cc
2022	Jindřich Pešl	Parolin	IAME	V	Christian Costoya	Dries Van Langendonck	60M	60cc
2023	İskender Zülfikari	Parolin	IAME	V	Dean Hoogendoorn	Cosma Cristofor Bogdan	Gr.3	60cc
2024	William Calleja	Parolin	TM	V	Daniel Mirón	Cristian Blandino	Gr.3	60cc
2025	Niccolò Perico	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Xavier Lazaro	Stan Ratajski	Gr.3	60cc
2026	Zane Pace	Tony Kart	Vortex	V	Nahyl El Gahoudi	Daniel Ferguson	Gr.3	60cc
Source:[5][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Under-10 class (2023–present)

Year	Champion	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Runner-up	Third place	Class	Stroke
2023	Oleksandr Legenkyi	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Daniil Kutskov	Antoine Venant	U10	60cc
2024	Niccolò Perico	Energy	IAME	V	Lucas Palacio	Carl Nellegård	U10	60cc
2025	Josh Bergman	Kart Republic	IAME	V	Daniel Pasquali	Wynn Godschalk	U10	60cc
2026	Zayne Burgess	Parolin	TM	V	Sasha Miras	Blake Hsueh	U10	60cc
Source:[18][19][20][21]

See also

• WSK Champions Cup
• WSK Euro Series
• WSK Final Cup

References