As the F1 Academy Discover your Drive programme continues to gain momentum around the UK, drivers who have completed the programme have the opportunity to take the next step, through setting their three qualification laps for a chance to compete in the British Indoor Karting Championships (BIKC) at their local TeamSport venue. 

Each track is totally unique in terms of qualifying times, and drivers can check this information at their local Team Sport track. There are no limits when it comes to visiting the track during qualifying, however the average time from the top three lap times is taken and recorded.  

Qualifying times can only be set at the track that drivers have chosen as their home track, when registered for the BIKC. 

Rosa Dakin, Discover your Drive Manager, Motorsport UK, comments, 

“It is an exciting time for the F1 Academy Discover Your Drive programme. During the first phase of the project we successfully engaged over 500 participants in karting for the first time through a F1 Academy Discover Your Drive Day, with around half of these participants continuing their karting journey by joining the F1 Academy Discover Your Drive Race Academy, delivered by TeamSport. We now we want to encourage as many of those participants who have completed the F1 Academy Discover Your Drive Race Academy to come forward and set their three qualification laps for the British Indoor Karting Championships at their local TeamSport venue. Last year we saw one F1 Academy Discover Your Drive participant successfully reach the British Indoor Karting Championships National Finals in Warrington – this year we are aiming to see at least four on the grid!” 

Key qualifying dates: 

• BIKC Qualification – now open until 31 August 

• Local Finals – 11 September, held nationally 

• Regional finals across various locations, to be announced by TeamSport Karting, will run between 5 October and 19 October 

• National finals – Warrington TeamSport, Saturday 9 November