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In the last international competition of the strange 2020 season, Ricky Flynn Motorsport continued its harvest of victories by again enabling Freddie Slater to win, when the brand new Junior World Champion took victory in the WSK Open Cup on the Adria Karting Raceway. During a whole week of racing, the double Italian meeting saw the RFM team achieve the two OK-Junior pole positions, with Slater wi...

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At the end of a tough weekend in Portugal, success rewarded the efforts of the Ricky Flynn Motorsport team with the title of FIA Karting World Champion – Junior which crowned the talent and determination of young British driver Freddie Slater. The joy of a new world victory softened the harshness of a competition held in demanding weather conditions that were not favourable to all the RFM ...

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The WSK Euro Series concluded at Lonato in a double meeting immediately after the German European Championship event. For the staff of Ricky Flynn Motorsport as well as for its drivers, it was a race against the clock to get to the next competition without any rest time. During six days of non-stop competition, the WSK Euro Series intertwined its last two rounds at an elevated pace. There were ...

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A 3rd time in the qualification out of 75 drivers for Gowda, a 16-place climb in the heats for Slater and a 16-place climb in the Final for Irfan, there were reasons for satisfaction in OK-Junior for the RFM team in Germany. However, there was a legitimate feeling of disappointment at the end of this European Championship, during which racing incidents too often slowed down the progress of the dri...

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The RFM team did an excellent job at Sarno during the second round of the OK and OK-Junior European Championship. While the incidents were constant during the races, the drivers from the British team showed impressive progress during the entire weekend. Slater finished 2nd in Junior, Ten Brinke was in the OK top six and most of the other drivers made remarkable place gains. Near Naples, it wasn&r...

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At the Zuera circuit, the first meeting of the European Championship did not bring the results expected by the RFM team, following the performances two weeks earlier at the same track in the Champions of the Future series. While Gravlund made good progress in OK, Ten Brinke had to retire in the Final, as did Irfan in Junior. Slater's 12th position in OK-Junior reflects only a small part of the tea...

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Two weeks before the OK and OK-Junior European Championship, the circuit of Zuera in Spain hosted the first event of the new international series Champions of the Future by RGMMC. Ricky Flynn Motorsport took the opportunity to prepare for the European competition in race conditions with LeCont tyres in both categories. The British team’s Kosmic/Vortex OK-Junior immediately showed an excel...

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It was a tough battle at Sarno for the premiere of the WSK Euro Series. In high temperatures, there were many clashes, as well as risks of accidents, at the foot of Vesuvius. The RFM drivers all put in good performances and showed progress that bodes well for the rest of the season. On the technical side, the British team’s Kosmic/Vortex karts proved to be both efficient and reliable thanks ...

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More than four months after the last race at Lonato, RFM resumed competition at the end of June at Adria for a 2-in-1 event to finish the WSK Super Master Series. A good proportion of the drivers from the British team were able to make the trip to Italy and everyone was impatient to race again. The busy programme of the double meeting of the WSK Super Master Series condensed Rounds 3 and 4 into...

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“We have to deal with the situation” Like all kart teams, Ricky Flynn Motorsport has suspended its activity for several weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We spoke at length with Ricky Flynn during April 2020 about the situation, which he is approaching with a certain fatalism without hiding his eagerness to resume racing. Ricky, can you tell us how the beginning of the quarantine...

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One week after the Winter Cup, the second round of the WSK Super Master Series brought together many drivers in the sunshine of Lonato. During the very often lively races, the RFM drivers encountered many obstacles to their progress. Only two of them were able to overcome all the pitfalls of this competition: Thomas Ten Brinke, 8th in OK, and Dion Gowda who was in the top 10 in OK-Junior. General...

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The Ricky Flynn Motorsport team has already made a good start to the 2020 season during the first two WSK Promotion races at Adria and the Winter Cup, with its new line-up of seven drivers. While Kosmic chassis have replaced the traditional FA Kart, the OTK Kart products show the same level of performance. The Vortex engines still come from the tuner One Engines, a long time collaborator with RFM....

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