The CIK-FIA World KF and KF-Junior Championships at Essay (FRA) will remain a benchmark meeting for the 2014 season with the crowning of two great drivers, Lando Norris in KF and Enaam Ahmed in KF-Junior. But the success of the Competition is also down to the new guidelines from the CIK-FIA and the quality of the French organisation.

Kees van de Grint, the Vice-President of the CIK-FIA, was keen to emphasize the important points of the Essay Competition. "We had a great sporting and human event in Normandy. The combination of racing at the highest level with the double World Championship for very different categories, and the Handikart International Super Cup and the Historic International Trophy, has been very beneficial. It has been a festival of karting that we witnessed at Essay. I congratulate Mr. Gripon's team from the host club and the FFSA for their fantastic work here. The presence of many spectators and general media reinforces my idea that we have made the right choice by coming to France."

First, the return to the single weekend Competition wanted by the CIK-FIA for the World Championships worked perfectly. With 161 drivers on the track, it has been a long time since we have seen as many participants in a karting World Championship. Measures relating to cost reduction that have been adopted by the international bodies also contributed to the sporting success this weekend. The quality of the Norman venue, the high quality spectacle and the amount of fans at the track throughout the weekend completed the basic requirements for the Essay Competition to be a success.

Constant domination of Ahmed in KF-Junior

The age 13-15 category was marked by outstanding performances from the British Driver Enaam Ahmed (FA Kart-Vortex-Vega), aged 14, who started with the fastest time in Qualifying before winning all his Qualifying Heats and the Prefinal and then the title of CIK-FIA World Champion in KF-Junior by winning the Final without argument. The German Mick Junior (Tony Kart-Vortex-Vega) was on the second step of the podium with a very strong track record, while the Venezuelan Mauricio Baiz (Kosmic-Parilla-Vega) created a surprise by finishing third after returning from way back.

Norris crowned in KF

Although the Dane Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic-Vortex-Dunlop) was the favourite at the end of the Qualifying Heats for the CIK-FIA World Championships for KF on Saturday night, on Sunday, the humid weather changed all that. Nielsen was involved in an accident in the Prefinal while Tom Joyner (Zanardi-Parilla-Dunlop) won the race. In the Final, the ranking was still changing with the takeover by the young British rookie Lando Norris (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop) who had his chance after collecting second places throughout the Competition. He was joined on the podium by two other promising young talents, the Russian Nikita Mazepin (Tony Kart-Vortex-Dunlop) and the Indian Jehan Daruvala (FA Kart-Vortex-Dunlop).

Jonathan Wing wins the first Handikart International Trophy

Supported by the CIK-FIA, the first international kart meeting for Drivers with disabilities showed that the sport is able to meet the aspirations of everyone. Although the battle for first place was lively on a dry track on Saturday, on the wet track on Sunday it was a personal victory for all of the participants and it rewarded an admirable individual will. History will record that the South African Jonathan Wing (Zanardi-Rotax-Mojo) won the Final against the French Drivers Benoît Thibal (Alpha-Rotax Mojo) and Claude Zéfirini (Tony Kart-Rotax-Mojo).

Finally, 34 historic karts took part in the second edition of the CIK-FIA Historic Super Cup, for machines grouped into the four categories of ClasCIK from 1956 at the earliest to 1984 at the latest. As well as several demonstrations on the track, there was an exhibition of these models which form the link between today's karting and it's roots.