With 42 Confirmed Signings

British Championship karting’s premier junior class, the Renault-sponsored Formula JICA category, promises to deliver some incredible action this season with a stunning 42 youngsters having registered to take part in the 2005 title chase.

The figure dwarfs the dozen or so drivers who took part in Formula JICA last year and while the action was no less exciting, a decision by the organisers of Super One karting to reduce the lower age limit of Formula JICA has truly paid dividends in attracting more youngsters to the championship.

With reigning champion Craig Copeland (Sturminster Marshall, Dorset) having graduated to Formula A, a brand new title winner will be crowned in 2005 but it’s anyone’s guess who’ll end the season in September as Formula JICA Champion.

Adam Christodoulou (Shenstone, Litchfield), runner-up last year, will undoubtedly begin the year as one of the title favourites but there are plenty of other names who’ll be at the sharp end throughout the season, including front-runner Lee Bell (High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire).

Due to the reduced lower age limit, several young stars from the Formula Cadet series have moved into Formula JICA ahead of the new season including the likes of hot-shoes Jordan Lennox-Lamb (Bedford), Jimmy Galloway (Sidcup, London) and Oliver Rowland (Penistone, South Yorkshire).

Mike Adams (Poole, Dorset) returns for another season of JICA action and will be joined on the grid by a brace of young female competitors, Alice Powell (Sarsden, Oxon) and Laura Tillett.

With 42 competitors registered ahead of the start of the season, the Renault-sponsored Formula JICA class looks set for a truly memorable season. The six-round 2005 British Karting Championships begin in a little over a fortnight’s time at Three Sisters, Wigan, on Saturday, 6th March.

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