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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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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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