F1: Bahrain karter set for Portugal event – Gulf Digital News

F1: Bahrain karter set for Portugal event – Gulf Digital News

Khaled Alnajjar, one of Bahrain’s most promising young karting talents, has completed an intensive summer training programme in Italy that included invaluable racing experience against some of the world’s best up-and-coming karters.

Khaled is preparing for his upcoming campaign in the national racing season as well as for his participation in the Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Finals 2022, one of karting’s biggest global events taking place in November in Portimao, Portugal.

Khaled competed in the 2022 Italian ACI Karting Championship’s fourth round held at Circuito Internazionale Napoli in the town of Sarno, which attracted more than 260 karters from around the world.

He raced in the highly competitive 60 Mini class, which featured a packed grid of 30 drivers in each session.

Suited up for IPK Official Racing Team, the factory team of PRAGA Middle East, he showed promising performances with his limited practice compared to the rest of the field, and qualified for the meeting’s final.

“It was a great experience in Italy and I learned a lot during my time there,” said Khaled, who is the reigning champion of the Mini MAX category in the Bahrain Rotax Mojo MAX Championship (BRMC).

“I was very happy to visit the circuit of Napoli again and it