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The Ricky Flynn Motorsport team is often favoured by photographers thanks to the constant presence of its drivers at the front of the competition. This year, Thomas Ten Brinke fulfilled all the hopes placed in him by winning the highest award, the FIA Karting World Championship - Junior on the Finnish circuit of Alahärmä. The emotion of this unforgettable moment was captured by a young...

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The last two international competitions of the season were a week apart, both taking place in Italy and both started with rain. Ricky Flynn Motorsport took advantage of both events to continue setting up the team for the 2020 season on the heels of its 2019 success. The second round of the WSK Open Cup at Castelletto and the WSK Final Cup at Adria did not benefit from good weather conditions due ...

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The end of the season is approaching, but several important international events are still on the programme for the RFM team, starting with the WSK Open Cup. This is spread over two meetings, the first having taken place on the weekend of 27th October on the circuit of Lonato. Finishing off the 2019 season and preparing for the next one were some of the goals of the team run by Britain's Ricky ...

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On the fast and selective circuit of Alahärmä in Finland, the RFM drivers have been very competitive despite the changing weather conditions and an often slippery track. The British team demonstrated remarkable expertise in managing the complex situation to perfection. Thomas Ten Brinke was crowned Junior World Champion after a mature clear run while in OK, Harry Thompson fought bravely ...

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The fourth and final round of the FIA Karting European Championship took place at Le Mans in a tense atmosphere between the protagonists. After unsettling times, many incidents have enamelled the races. Ugo Ugochukwu managed to reach the third step of the podium in front of Martinius Stenshorne, while Thomas Ten Brinke finished 3rd in the Championship despite a very difficult weekend. Generally...

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In line with its success at Lonato, the British RFM team again placed two drivers on the OK Junior podium of the fourth and final round of the WSK Euro Series at Adria. Ten Brinke finished 2nd and Ugochukwu 3rd while Van Hoepen was 4th. Ten Brinke also took 2nd place in the WSK Euro Series standings. The rookie Fittipaldi also achieved his first qualification in the Final. The meeting at Adria ...

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When the WSK Euro Series was back on the scene at Lonato, the Ricky Flynn Motorsport team increased its performance on the South Garda Karting track. A 3rd place in OK for Harry Thompson, a 2nd and a 4th place in OK-Junior for James Wharton and Thomas Ten Brinke and many other achievements have confirmed the competitiveness of the British team in early summer. Starting at Sarno (ITA) in March a...

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The third round of the OK & Junior European Championship took place in Sweden at the Kristianstad circuit, where the Ricky Flynn Motorsport team had already had the opportunity to showcase the extent of their skills. Nevertheless, the particular sensitivity of the track to weather changes always creates a difficult competition to manage for the mechanics and the drivers. This year, Harry Thomp...

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McLaren's Lando Norris is among the wealth of motorsport talent to have developed under the guidance of Ricky Flynn, whose eponymously-named Ricky Flynn Motorsport team represents something of an academy for aspiring racing drivers looking to one day make their mark in F1. Mobil 1 The Grid spoke to the man behind the project, as well as a host of young drivers currently under his wing, t...

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For different reasons to the Angerville meeting, the second round of the FIA Karting European Championship - OK & Junior was difficult to manage at Genk (BEL). Very changeable weather initially disrupted Qualifying then the intensity of the battles, punctuated by incidents and penalties, influenced the progress of the races. That did not stop Conrad Laursen from taking pole position in OK-Juni...

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The opening of the FIA Karting European Championship - OK & Junior proved particularly complex at the French track of Angerville. Several crashes and numerous penalties punctuated the races, and it was not easy to make a difference as the conditions of the circuit smoothed the performance gaps. Wharton, Ugochukwu, Laursen and Ten Brinke however managed to finish in the top six of the heats, bu...

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The record of the RFM team at the first round of the WSK Euro Series at Sarno could have been much more positive without the air of wildness affecting some of its Junior drivers. Laursen and Ho crashed during their Prefinal, and then Wharton and Van Hoepen repeated this worst-case scenario in the Final. Luckily, Ten Brinke saved the day by coming back to 2nd place while Ugochukwu finished 6th. ...

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