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Kazeem Manzur Makes History At Jesolo- 21 May
2007 |
Britisg
Karting Sensation Kazeem Manzur made Hisory at the
third round of the Italian Open Masters when he
became the youngest ever driver to set foot on the
podium of a final in an international Formula A/KF1
event. Fifteen Year old Kazeem. competing with Chiesa
Corse, arrived at the legendary Jesolo Circuit full
of confidence after his win at the last round of
the French Karting Championship. Jesolo built in
the 1960's and host of all the greatest champion
of karting, marked the half way point of the Italian
Open Masters sereies and the competition was intense.................To
see the whole story please click
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Dominant Kazeem Wins in France to Lead the French Open
Championship- 14 May 2007 |
Kazeem
Manzur followed his stunning top five finish at
the European Karting Championships in Ugento with
a win and two fastest laps in the second round of
the French Karting Championship at Varennes. The
1.5 kilometre Varennes Circuit, situated in the
Auvergne region of France, is renowned for its fast
and furious action. With race positions rarely finalised
until the last lap, Varennes has earned a reputation
as a circuit not for the faint-hearted. A blistering
performance in qualifying netted Kazeem pole position.
In the three heats fifteen-year-old Kazeem was consistently
quick, taking a third, a win and a second place
respectively.To see the whole story please click
here
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Top five finish for Kazeem Manzur at European Karting
Championships in Ugento.- 07 May 2007 |
Chiesa
Corsa driver Kazeem Manzur has stunned at the opening
round of the FIA KF1 European Championships in Italy,
finishing in an incredible fifth position on his
Championship debut.. To see the whole list please
click here
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F1 Predictions Sweepstake 2007- 02 April
2007 |
Sarno
Italy - The Chiesa Corse Team mad etheir predictions
for the 2007 Formula 1 Drivers and constructors
championships. To see the whole list please
click here
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Points
Finish For Kazeem At Series Opener - 26
March 2007 |
Sarno,
Italy - British karter Kazeem Manzur was the
youngest driver to score points at the openening
round of the 2007 Italian Open Masters, held
at Sarno, Italy on March 25 2007. The Fifteen
year old though will reflect on what might
have been, as he looked on course to take
victory in the second final before misfortune
struck. .........More
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Exclusive f1weekly.com Interview With Kazeem-
29 September 2006 |
California,
USA - Nasir Hameed of the premier Formula
1 podcast team - f1weekly.com
- does an exlusive interview with Kazeem Manzur
at the European Junior Championship Finals
at Mariembourg, Belgium. Listen to this Interview
and you will understand why Kazeem will be
a Formula 1 star in the not too distant future!Listen
to his views on Alonso and Schumacher. Also
his interesting meeting with the Chairman
of Mclaren - Ron Dennis at the Malaysian Grand
Prix in 2003. Kazeem also talks about his
plans for 2007 and beyond!........Listen
to the Interview
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Kazeem
Masters Wet Conditions to Finish Second in Jesolo
- 17 September 2006 |
Mariembourg,
Belgium - Junior Karter Kazeem Manzur battled
against the cream of young European driving
talent and the changeable weather conditions
to secure a highly creditable top ten finish
at the 2006 CIK-FIA ICA-J Championships. The
British Team Zanardi driver showed his talent
and intent by posting the fifth fastest time
in official qualifying late Frifay afternoon,
just six one-hendreths of a a second behind
the fastest qualifier on the 1.36 km ........More
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Ten Finish For Kazeem At European Junior Karting Championship
- 04 September 2006 |
Jesolo,
Italy - Kazeem Manzur finished third in the overall
WSK International Series after a weekend that saw
the heaviest rainfall in the Venice area for many
years cause havoc to the weekend's timetable. The
Weekend began well on Saturday when Kazeem qualified
fourth overall and his hot lap times indicated a
serious attempt at pole position but this was ruined
by a competitor slowing in front of him.......More
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Italian
Open Masters 2006 Championship Communique - 23
July 2006 |
Sant'Egidio,
Italy - It was a wild and exciting final round for
the Open Masters Championship at S. Egidio all Vibrata.
A total of 199 drivers took part in the concluding
battle of the season (64 in the junior category,
59 in ICA, 30 in Formula A and 46 in 125 ICC). Fifty
points were disputed in the races, a;ll of them
decisive for the titles. At the end no big changes
in the rankings were observed.......More
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Winning
Finale for Kazeem at Italian Open Masters - 23
July 2006 |
Sant'Egidio,
Italy - British karting ace Kazeem Manzur ended
the 2006 Italian Open Masters pn a high with victory
in the first final, runner up in the second final,
and an impressive points haul that saw him finish
fourth overall in the final standings. Kazeem racing
with team Zanardi opened his account for the fifth
and final round, held at the kartdromo Val Vibrata,,
Sant'Egidio, in the strongest possible fashion by
securing pole position for the heats.......More
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Kazeem
Manzur Prepares for Italian Open Finale - 14
July 2006 |
Kazeem
Manzur will compete in the season finale of the
Italian Open Masters Karting Championship at Val
Vibrata, Italy, this coming weekend. Kazeem is looking
to finish on a high note after putting in his stroongest
perforance to date by clinching 5th in the Pre-Final
and 2nd in the Final of the fourth and penultimate
round of the championship. The result moved Kazeem
up to 4th in the Championship standings. This was
a remarkeable recovery given that he scored no points
in the first round of the championship because of
mechanical problems........More
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Kazeem
makes the podium at Sarno, Italy - 19 June
2006 |
Sarno,
Italy - Kazeem Manzur put in his strongest performance
to date in the Italian Open Masters by clinching
5th in the Pre Final and 2nd in the Final of the
fourth and penultimate round of the Italian Open
Masters Karting Championship. The result has moved
him upto 4th in the Championship standings This
is a remarkeable recovery........More
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Strong
Results for Kazeem at La Conca - 15 May 2006 |
La
Conca, Italy - Kazeem Manzur walked away from the
third round of the Italian Open Masters at La Conca,
Italy, with the fourth highest points haul following
a weekend of mixed fortune for the young British
Karter. The Team Zanardi ace demonstrated his pace
by taking pole position ahead of 75 other drivers
in time qualifying. A heat win and solid results
in his other heats would have secured a top five
start for the first final. Unfortunately Kazeem
suffered a ten second penalty for allegedly jumping
the rolling start when on pole for one of his heats,
meaning he would start the first final from a lower
position than his performances merited........More
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Kazeem
Manzur Wins Second Round of WSK International Series
- 03 April 2006 |
Lonato,
Italy - Kazeem Manzur put ina brilliant performance
in round 2 of the new CIK approved WSK international
Series by winning Final 1 and scoring a fourth position
in FInal 2. Kazeem dominated Final 1 by leading
every lap of the 16 -lap race to take a comfortable
victory. In Final 2, the Team Zanardi mechanics
made some set up changes ........More
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Sutton
Motorsport Images to Support Kazeem Manzur - 26
January 2006 |
British
Karter Kazeem Manzur is to be supported by
Sutton Motorsport Images as he continues his
inexorable rise up the Karting ladder. Sutton
Motorsport Images, recognized as the world’s
largest independent Motorsport picture agency,
will provide media support for Kazeem. They
will host a web gallery of his karting images
at his new web site in addition to issuing
press releases of Kazeem’s karting achievements
to the most influential people in Motorsport.
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Spanish
Champions Cup Review - 5 December 2005 |
| Kazeem
is heading out to Vendrell near Barcelona to compete
in the Trofeo V Copa Campeones (Spanish Champions
Cup) on Sunday 11th December. For 2006, in the ICA
Junior class, he will be the only official driver
for Team Zanardi and the only fully factory supported
driver for engine manufacturer IAME.
Kazeem: "At this level the Competition is very tough.
There are 50 drivers entered in the ICA-J category
alone. The poor weather in Italy where I live has
made it difficult to do as much testing as we would
have liked over the last 3 or 4 weeks. However, we
are confident that we have made some important steps
in improving the overall race package and are looking
forward to achieving a good result this weekend to
end the 2005 season on a high note. Also with the
new chassis homologations for 2006, Dino [Chiesa]
has been working hard to develop a chassis that suits
my driving style and we are hoping to achieve a major
step forward in chassis performance at the beginning
of next season"
The Spanish Champions Cup is traditionally the European
Season Finale and many of the top European Junior
drivers are entered to race. The Junior Final will
be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. Local Time . |
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4th
in Italian Open Masters in Rookie Year - 23
September 2005 |
| Kazeem
finished 4th in his first attempt in the Italian Open
Masters Championship. This is quite a remarkeable
achievment and we believe equals the highest finish
by any British Driver (Lewis Hamilton in 1998) in
his first year in the ICA-J class. It is generally
accepted that the Italian Open is the toughest Championship
in the World with approximately 70 entries from over
18 different countries. To put the whole Championship
in perspective if Kazeem had won his final race instead
of coming 5th (having been fired Off whilst in 2nd
position with a few laps to go) he would have actually
been Italian Open Masters Champion! Kazeem's next
race will be at the Torneo Industrials in Parma where
he will be fighting hard to win the two round Championship.
Kazeem has also settled well into his new school in
Florence and has made many friends. We believe that
being in Italy will immensely help his campaign next
year when he will once again contest the Italian Open
Masters and possibly the new WSKarting Championship
which will be on the CIK International Sporting Calendar.
His updated calendar is available by clicking Racing
on the menu bar. |
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World
Kart Driver Rankings Now Available - 30 August
2005 |
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have created a world driver ranking table for 2005.
This will cover the 100 cc classes - Formula A - ICA
and ICA Junior and will collate and calculate results
from various Championship to produce a ranking system
of the World's best drivers currently racing in karting.
It is hoped that it will be updated once a month incorporating
new races as soon as the results are available. Please
click on the hyperlink on Kazeem's home page. We hope
you find it fun and would love to hear any feedback
on ideas to improve the rating system. |
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Brit in European JICA Qualifiers - 18 July
2005 |
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Western region qualification round was held at Salbris,
France and drew a 60 strong entry in the ICA-J class
with only the top 24 finishers eligible to go through
to the Finals in Sarno, Italy in September. Kazeem
put in a solid performance despite having had one
poor heat due to being caught up in an accident. However,
in the Prefinal he made a good start but damaged his
bumper causing massive understeer throughout the race
and making him 1 second per lap too slow. Despite
this he managed to hang on to a decent 14th finish.
Starting 14th in the Main Final he got through the
opening lap and gradually reeled the leaders in. On
the last lap Kazeem was up to 4th place but an ambitious
lunge by a driver pushed Kazeem wide and he had to
settle for 7th at the chequered flag. This last move
was one of so many over the weekend which meant that
many of the favourites did not qualify because of
stupid accidents and DNF's. Fortunately Kazeem kept
his head and ensured that by sensible racing he was
sure to qualify to race in the finals in Italy later
this year. He was the top classified British Driver
finishing 8th overall through the combination of the
points from the Pre Final and Main Final. |
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Solid
Recovery Pushes Kazeem to 3rd in Italian Open - 5
July 2005 |
| A
bad batch of control tyres almost wrecked Kazeem's
Championship chances in the 4th round of the Italian
Open Masters held at Val Vibrata. He was quickest
all weekend during free practice but in qualifying
he could only manage 4th. The tyre problem became
progressively worse during the heats when Kazeem could
only manage a 6th and a 9th in his two heats. This
placed him on grid 16 for the final but, under the
rules, two of the tyres can be replaced with new ones
for the final. This change transformed the handling
of his kart and the Little Linford youngster made
a fantastic charge from his lowly grid position to
come home 6th and pick up 10 valuable points to keep
his championship hopes alive. During the race he made
some breathtaking overtaking moves at points on the
track that are considered almost impossible. Overall
it was an incredible recovery from an almost hopeless
position and showed that Kazeem has the fighting spirit
to bounce back from adversity. |
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Kazeem
Moves up to 4th in the Championship Table - 30
May 2005 |
| A
difficult weekend at La Conca saw Kazeem make the
best of a chassis and engine combination which were
not working at their best. He managed to qualify 5th
and completed his two heats by finishing in 3rd and
5th. This meant a P6 grid position for the final which
unfortunately is on the outside. It is easy to forget
that this is Kazeem's rookie season in Jica and to
land P6 for the final out of 72 competitors is no
mean feat. Nevertherless, a safe start and a solid
drive saw him grab 8th at the end of the 20 lap final.
Scoring these valuable 8 points have kept alive his
hunt for a top three finish in the championship with
2 rounds and 50 points to fight for. Although not
the best of results Kazeem can at least have the consolation
of knowing he was the best placed Brit in the finals
out of all of the race categories. Kazeem will now
do some extensive testing in readiness for the Eurpean
Qualifiers to be held at Salbris in France during
July as well as trying to find more pace for the next
round of the Italian Open to be held at Val Vibrata,
Italy on the 3rd of July. |
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