British Championship Karting’s blue riband category, the Renault-sponsored Formula A class, looks set for a vintage season of action this year following confirmation of the 2005 driver registration list.

Reigning champion Mark Litchfield (Rocester, Staffordshire) returns to defend the number one plate with former Formula A title winners Gary Catt (Thruxton, Hampshire) and Chris Rogers (Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire) both aiming to become champion once again.

Consistent front-runner Jason Parrott (Crowland, Peterborough) has signed to race in Formula A for another year with Jason Edgar (Cleator, Cumbria) and David Gregory (Sheffield) all returning to the premier British Championship class.

But all of them will have their work cut out to quell the challenge of the new faces to Formula A this season, most notably reigning Formula JICA Champion Craig Copeland (Sturminster Marshall, Dorset), 2003 Formula JICA Champion Riki Christodoulou (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands) and teenage hot-shoe Freddie Martin-Dye (Shamley Green, Surrey).

Formula A this season will also see a strong female presence with ex-Formula 100 National competitor Tiffany Chittenden (Chislehurst, London) making the move up to the top class alongside Araminta ‘Minty’ Ward (Barnstone, Nottinghamshire) and Hannah Sedden.

A total of 29 drivers have registered to take part in the Renault-sponsored Formula A category of the 2005 British Karting Championships, with the six-round season set to begin in a little over a fortnight’s time at Three Sisters, Wigan, on Saturday, 6th March.

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