The WSK Super Master Series, formerly known as the WSK Master Series, is a kart racing competition organised by WSK Promotion and sanctioned by ACI Sport. Hosted annually since 2010, it is one of 11 competitions on the international kart racing calendar in classes.

The five-round championship is held across Italy in six classes: OK, , KZ2, , Mini , and U10. It was previously contested in KZ, KF, and .

Notable champions have included four Formula One drivers: Antonio Giovinazzi (2010–2011, KF2), Max Verstappen (2012, KF2; 2013, KZ2), Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2019, ), and Arvid Lindblad (2020, ). Verstappen became the first champion to progress to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in . Marco Ardigò won a record five titles in the gearbox category between 2012 and 2018. Beitske Visser (2010, KZ2) is the only female champion.

History The WSK Master Series was founded by WSK Promotion in 2010 as an three-round championship across Italy in KF2, KF3, KZ2, with non-scoring rounds in 60 Mini. In KZ2, Beitske Visser became the first female champion of the series. It was renamed the WSK Super Master Series in 2014. Since 2025, it has served as the season-opening competition in classes, following the demise of the South Garda Winter Cup and the WSK Champions Cup, with 552 entrants in six classes: OK, , KZ2, , Mini , and U10.

Champions

Senior class (2010–present) YearChampionChassisEngineTyresRunner-upThird placeClassStroke2010 Antonio GiovinazziTop-KartParilla Jordan King Chris LockKF2125cc2011 Antonio Giovinazzi (2)Top-KartParilla Stefano Cucco Egor OrudzhevKF2125cc2012 Max VerstappenIntrepidTM Felice Tiene Tom JoynerKF2125cc2013 Dorian BoccolacciEnergyTM Ben Barnicoat Karol BaszKF125cc2014 Callum IlottZanardiParilla Alessio Lorandi Karol BaszKF125cc2015 Nicklas NielsenTony KartVortex Karol Basz Felice TieneKF125cc2016 Lorenzo TravisanuttoTony KartVortex Karol Basz Pedro HiltbrandOK125cc2017 Clément NovalakTony KartVortex Karol Basz Ulysse de PauwOK125cc2018 Hannes JankerKart RepublicParilla Nicklas Nielsen Jonny EdgarOK125cc2019 Dexter PattersonKart RepublicIAME Taylor Barnard Lorenzo TravisanuttoOK125cc2020 Nikita BedrinTony KartVortex Andrea Kimi Antonelli Pedro HiltbrandOK125cc2021 Rafael CâmaraKart RepublicIAME Andrea Kimi Antonelli Arvid LindbladOK125cc2022 Joe TurneyTony KartVortex Kean Nakamura-Berta Freddie SlaterOK125cc2023 James EgoziTony KartVortex Thomas Strauven René LammersOK125cc2024 Ean EyckmansBirel ARTTM Oleksandr Bondarev Sebastiano PacanOK125cc2025 Dries Van LangendonckKart RepublicIAME Christian Costoya Jindřich PešlOK125cc2026 Lev KrutogolovEnergyIAME Zac Drummond Benjamin MañachOK125ccSource:

Junior classes (2010–present) Primary junior class (2010–present) YearChampionChassisEngineTyresRunner-upThird placeClassStroke2010 Nicklas NielsenDRParilla Robert Vișoiu Giuliano Maria NicetaKF3125cc2011 Antonio FuocoTop-KartTM Robin Hansson Nicolai SylvestKF3125cc2012 Callum IlottZanardiParilla Alessio Lorandi George RussellKF3125cc2013 Alessio LorandiTony KartParilla Lando Norris Nikita SitnikovKF-J125cc2014 Enaam AhmedFA KartVortex Dan Ticktum Leonardo LorandiKF-J125cc2015 Clément NovalakTony KartVortex Logan Sargeant Ulysse de PauwKF-J125cc2016 Sami TaoufikFA KartVortex Noah Watt Ulysse de PauwOK-J125cc2017 Andrea RossoTony KartVortex Mattia Michelotto Harry ThompsonOK-J125cc2018 Gabriele MinìParolinParilla Gabriel Bortoleto Paul AronOK-J125cc2019 Andrea Kimi AntonelliKart RepublicIAME Artem Severiukhin Jamie DayOK-J125cc2020 Arvid LindbladKart RepublicIAME Karol Pasiewicz Brando BadoerOK-J125cc2021 Rashid Al DhaheriParolinTM Matheus Ferreira Alex PowellOK-J125cc2022 Oleksandr BondarevLN KartVortex Kirill Dzitiev Dmitry MatveevOK-J125cc2023 Stepan AntonovKart RepublicIAME Filippo Sala Christian CostoyaOK-J125cc2024 Niklas SchauflerBirel ARTTM Dries Van Langendonck Dean HoogendoornOK-J125cc2025 Dean HoogendoornKart RepublicIAME Noah Baglin Ilie Tristan CrisanOK-J125cc2026 Antônio Pizzonia NetoParolinTM Will Green Daniel MirónOK-J125ccSource:

Secondary junior class (2024–present) YearChampionChassisEngineTyresRunner-upThird placeClassStroke2024 Bogdan Cosma CristoforExpritTM Alex Molota Valerio ViapianaOKN-J125cc2025 Lucas PalacioKart RepublicIAME Michele Orlando Gioele GirardelloOKN-J125cc2026 Niccolò PericoKart RepublicIAME Luigi D'Ascoli Elton HedforsOKN-J125ccSource:

Gearbox classes (2010–present) Primary gearbox class (2010–present) YearChampionChassisEngineTyresRunner-upThird placeClassStroke2010 Beitske VisserIntrepidTM Marco Zanchetta Simone BrennaKZ2125cc2011 Paolo De ContoEnergyTM Marco Ardigò Beitske VisserKZ1125cc2012 Marco ArdigòTony KartVortex Jorrit Pex Arnaud KozlinskiKZ1125cc2013 Max VerstappenCRGTM Ben Hanley Riccardo NegroKZ2125cc2014 Marco Ardigò (2)Tony KartVortex Bas Lammers Jonathan ThononKZ2125cc2015 Marco Ardigò (3)Tony KartVortex Simo Puhakka Anthony AbbasseKZ2125cc2016 Marco Ardigò (4)Tony KartVortex Anthony Abbasse Jérémy IglesiasKZ125cc2017 Bas LammersSodiTM Patrik Hájek Anthony AbbasseKZ2125cc2018 Marco Ardigò (5)Tony KartVortex Alessandro Irlando Paolo De ContoKZ2125cc2019 Bas Lammers (2)SodiTM Adrien Renaudin Marco ArdigòKZ2125cc2020 Simo PuhakkaTony KartVortex Giuseppe Palomba Fabian FedererKZ2125cc2021 Marijn KremersBirel ARTTM Juho Valtanen Viktor GustavssonKZ2125cc2022 Senna van WalstijnSodiTM Matteo Viganò Pedro HiltbrandKZ2125cc2023 Cristian BertucaBirel ARTTM Émilien Denner Matteo ViganòKZ2125cc2024 Cristian Bertuca (2)Birel ARTTM Markus Kajak Tom LeuilletKZ2125cc2025 Senna van Walstijn (2)SodiTM Cristian Bertuca Daniel VasileKZ2125cc2026 Maksim OrlovSodiTM Senna van Walstijn Marek SkřivanKZ2125ccSource:

Secondary gearbox class (2011–2016) YearChampionChassisEngineTyresRunner-upThird placeClassStroke2011 Marco ZanchettaCKRTM Alfredo Daniele Delli Compagni Kristijan HabulinKZ2125cc2012 Jordon Lennox-LambCRGMaxter Jan Midrla Francesco CelentaKZ2125cc2013–2015No secondary gearbox class contested2016 Leonardo LorandiTony KartVortex Giacomo Pollini Alessandro IrlandoKZ2125ccSource:

Mini classes (2010–present) Under-12 class (2010–present) YearChampionChassisEngineTyresRunner-upThird placeClassStroke2010No title awarded20112012 Leonardo LorandiTony KartLKE Pietro Mazzola Eliseo Martinez60M60cc2013 Eliseo MartinezCRGLKE Leonardo Marseglia Kush Maini60M60cc2014 Nicola AbrusciTony KartLKE Muizzuddin Gafar Makar Mizevych60M60cc2015 Dennis HaugerCRGTM Mattia Muller Leonardo Marseglia60M60cc2016 Michael PaparoFormula KTM Francesco Pizzi Gabriele Minì60M60cc2017 Gabriele MinìParolinTM Nikita Bedrin Andrea Kimi Antonelli60M60cc2018 Martinius StenshorneParolinTM Tymek Kucharczyk Andrea Kimi Antonelli60M60cc2019 Rashid Al DhaheriParolinTM Ean Eyckmans Alex Powell60M60cc2020 Dmitry MatveevEnergyTM Kean Nakamura-Berta Maciej Gładysz60M60cc2021 René LammersParolinIAME Emanuele Olivieri Christian Costoya60M60cc2022 Jindřich PešlParolinIAME Christian Costoya Dries Van Langendonck60M60cc2023 İskender ZülfikariParolinIAME Dean Hoogendoorn Cosma Cristofor BogdanGr.360cc2024 William CallejaParolinTM Daniel Mirón Cristian BlandinoGr.360cc2025 Niccolò PericoKart RepublicIAME Xavier Lazaro Stan RatajskiGr.360cc2026 Zane PaceTony KartVortex Nahyl El Gahoudi Daniel FergusonGr.360ccSource:

Under-10 class (2023–present) YearChampionChassisEngineTyresRunner-upThird placeClassStroke2023 Oleksandr LegenkyiKart RepublicIAME Daniil Kutskov Antoine VenantU1060cc2024 Niccolò PericoEnergyIAME Lucas Palacio Carl NellegårdU1060cc2025 Josh BergmanKart RepublicIAME Daniel Pasquali Wynn GodschalkU1060cc2026 Zayne BurgessParolinTM Sasha Miras Blake HsuehU1060ccSource:

See also WSK Champions Cup WSK Euro Series WSK Final Cup

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