ICA decision-2025-02 – Listening to 15 09 25 – Prema Racing S.r.l. – 2025 OK-Junior European Championship Mondokart.com
The next listening to of the Worldwide Courtroom of Attraction occurred on 15 September 2025 in Paris:
Listening to
Case ICA-2025-02: Attraction lodged by Prema Racing S.r.l. towards Determination No. 247 dated 8 June 2025 of the Stewards of the occasion of Viterbo (Italy), counting in direction of the 2025 OK-Junior European Championship Mondokart.com.
On 8 June 2025, on the primary lap of the Tremendous Warmth A of the FIA Karting European Championship – OK Junior in Viterbo, a contact occurred between Driver No. 202, Noah Baglin (Prema Racing) and Driver No. 203, Bosco Arias (Ricky Flynn Motorsport). Each drivers had been pressured off observe following wheel-to-wheel contact within the method to Flip 1, an incident which was deemed a typical racing incidence and never reported to the Stewards.
Upon exiting his kart, Driver No. 202 reacted by first clapping his arms within the path of Driver No. 203, then he raised his center finger up within the air. The Stewards subsequently determined to disqualify Driver No. 202 and take away 5 factors on his Digital Licence, discovering that his behaviour [“Unsportsmanlike manner towards another driver” (“obscene hand signals”)] constituted a misconduct beneath Article 12.2.1.l of the FIA Worldwide Sporting Code.
On 12 June 2025, the Appellant lodged an attraction towards the Stewards’ Determination earlier than the ICA.
Determination of the Worldwide Courtroom of Attraction
The Courtroom, after having heard the events and examined their submissions, determined:
- to declare the attraction admissible;
- to uphold the Determination No. 247 dated 8 June 2025 of the Stewards of the Viterbo Competitors (Italy) counting in direction of the 2025 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship – OK Junior.
The Worldwide Courtroom of Attraction was presided over by Ms Waltraud WÜNSCH (Germany), and included, Mr Xavier BONE MATHEU (Spain), Mr Martin MAISNER (Czech Republic) and Mr Kyle NOVAK (USA).
The total resolution is on the market here.
