Tight Fight at Karting Season Opener

A total of 59 competitors took part across four categories – Micro, Mini, Junior and Senior – in the opening round of the MOTUL 2026 Turkish Karting Championship, organised by the Kocaeli Karting and Automobile Sports Club (KO-KART) at the TOSFED Körfez Race Track.

After two days of intense racing on 11-12 April, the top finishers in each category were as follows:

Micro Category
1. Ali Ersin Yücesan (Dynamic Racing Team)
2. Yiğit Nedim Çelik (BOM Karting Team)
3. Kerem Çelikyay (Dynamic Racing Team)

Micro Women's Classification
1. Nilhan Yeşiltay
2. Asena Elif Bilgili

Mini Category
1. Bulut Tırınk (Dynamic Racing Team)
2. Can Aras Akgün (Dynamic Racing Team)
3. Asil Özbahadır (Dynamic Racing Team)

Mini Women's Classification
1. Ela Yeşiltay
2. Tuğba Yeşiltay
3. Zeynep Çiçek

Junior Category
1. Uygar Arslan Birgili (DNR Karting Team)
2. Can Özler (DNR Karting Team)
3. Tuğra Fatinoğlu (Dynamic Racing Team)

Junior Women's Classification
1. Elif Yağmur Yeşiltay

Senior Category
1. Ateş Birinci (Emre Ergör Karting Team)
2. Uraz Fatinoğlu (Dynamic Racing Team)
3. Sarp Kayol (Emre Ergör Karting Team)

Senior Women's Classification
1. Zeynep Çukurova (Emre Ergör Karting Team)