2026
Junior X30
Up to P10 from P22 in the Super Heat with a fastest lap, against 102 drivers.
- Where
- IAME Warrior Final, Viterbo
- Team
- Fusion Motorsport
- Kit
- IAME X30 engine
British junior kart racer
Lucien
Smith
Qualifies P30, finishes on the podium. Four junior classes in one season, sixteen circuits, six countries, and this week the World Championship in Italy.
- RMC Euro Trophy winner, Genk 2025
- P3 in the RMC Euro Trophy, Wackersdorf 2026
- Team UK at two Grand Finals
Race week
World Championship
World Circuit La Conca, Italy. OK Junior with Fusion Motorsport.
The Final, Sunday 13:30 UK
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Race week
World Championship
World Circuit La Conca, Italy. OK Junior with Fusion Motorsport.
The Final, Sunday 13:30 UK
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This week
Next stop, La Conca.
FIA Karting World Championship, OK Junior. Over 100 of the fastest OK Junior drivers in the world, and Lucien in kart 290 with Fusion Motorsport.
Three days of testing are done and the baseline is set. Timing and live video are free to follow all weekend.
Weekend schedule, UK time
Thu 5 Nov
Official free practice
Fri 6 Nov
From 09:30 UK
Qualifying, then the first qualifying heats
Sat 7 Nov
08:00 to 15:30 UK
Qualifying heats
Sun 8 Nov
09:40 UK
Junior super heats
Sun 8 Nov
13:30 UK
Junior World Championship Final
RMC Euro Trophy winner
Genk, June 2025, Mini class
RMC Euro Trophy podium
Wackersdorf, May 2026, Junior
Champions of the Future Academy
P2 overall, OK-N Junior, 2026
Team UK, twice
RMC Grand Finals, Sarno 2024 and Bahrain 2025
Meet Lucien
Same name. New number every week.
British junior karting, six years in
On track
Lucien started racing at Kimbolton and hasn't really stopped. 2026 is his first year in Juniors, and he didn't pick one class. He has raced Rotax Junior, OK-N Junior, Junior X30 and OK Junior, across 16 circuits in 6 countries.
How he races
His speciality is going forwards. If a qualifying goes wrong, the data comes out, the plan changes and the next few races are spent coming back through. The headline is P30 to P3 at Wackersdorf, but it happens most weekends.
Where it's going
This week is the FIA World Championship in Italy. He has also spent time in a car racing awning, working out what the step up from karts really takes. For now the focus stays on the kart.
It takes a team. A season like this runs on teams, mechanics, coaches and family, and on the people who back them. Talk to us
RMC Euro Trophy, Round 2, Pro Kart Raceland, Wackersdorf
P30 to the podium.
Qualifying
P30
P30 overall, P15 in his group. The worst place to start a weekend.
- 34
- Overtakes
- 1
- Fastest laps
- P4
- Avg lap rank
Never give up
What the timing screens keep saying.
Results in karting can turn on one touch at turn one. So look at what stays the same weekend after weekend, whichever kart he is in.
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Goes forwards
34 overtakes in one weekend at Wackersdorf. 21 places in one Final at Silverstone after a lap one spin.
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One lap speed
Pole at Whilton Mill with a 45.733. Pole at Larkhall. P2 at Sarno, 0.087 seconds off pole in only his second Champions of the Future race.
03
Purple sectors
8 fastest laps at major events in 2025, plus a new Mini lap record at PFI that October.
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Learns the kart fast
Four classes in his first Junior season, each with a different tyre, engine and way of racing.
05
Does the homework
Data analysis before the race, and visualisation to get his head right for the start.
06
Comes back
Bent chassis, broken track rods, spun out on lap one. The next post is usually about what he learned and where he goes next.
His own numbers
2025, his busiest year yet
Major championship events only, in 8 countries.
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Race starts
13 major events
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Race laps
and 266 in practice
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Wins
from 59 starts
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Podiums
from 59 starts
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Fastest laps
from 59 starts
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Places gained
net, across the year
The plate wall
11 plates. One driver.
Every series hands out its own number, so his changes all the time. Tap a plate to see the kart, the class and how it went.
Take the lap
Kimbolton to the World Championship.
Keep scrolling and the kart drives it. Every corner is a milestone.
Lap 01Kimbolton
The start
Six years of karting, and it began at the Hunts Kart Club in Cambridgeshire. He still calls it one of his favourite tracks in the UK.
Lap 02First British win
Aug 2024
His first British Kart Championships win, MicroMax at Kimbolton. P2 on the grid, down to fifth, back through, and P1 starting the last lap.
Lap 03Team UK
Oct 2024
Carries the flag at the RMC Grand Finals in Sarno, Italy. A wet qualifying leaves him P24. He starts the Final P15 and gets into the top 10 by lap two.
Lap 04Genk winner
Jun 2025
Wins the RMC Euro Trophy round at Genk. P4 after turn one, P1 by lap six, 0.6 seconds clear at the flag. That wins him a ticket to Bahrain.
Lap 05Lap record
Oct 2025
Sets a new lap record at PFI in a Mini, then takes P2 and the fastest lap at the Golden Trophy in Genk.
Lap 06Team UK again
Dec 2025
Grand Finals in Bahrain. P4 of 72 in qualifying and P2 after the heats. He leads the Final until contact from behind ends it at the front.
Lap 07Junior
Jan 2026
Moves up to Juniors. Bigger chassis, more power, and his first race is at Whilton Mill in the cold and wet of January.
Lap 08P30 to P3
May 2026
Qualifies P30 at Wackersdorf and finishes on the podium, the highest placed UK driver, with 34 overtakes across the weekend.
Lap 09OK-N winner
Jun 2026
Pole, then P1 in the Final at Larkhall, won by 0.07 seconds. Double podium for the weekend.
Lap 10Pole, then P2
Aug 2026
Pole at Whilton Mill in the British Kart Championships with a 45.733, and P2 overall in the Champions of the Future Academy.
Lap 11This week
Nov 2026
The FIA Karting World Championship at La Conca, in kart 290 with Fusion Motorsport.
What everyone sees on track is only half the story, a lot of data analysis and also mental prep goes into the start of each race.
After P30 to P3 at Wackersdorf
May 2026
Radio check
In his own words
Straight from his race reports, on the good days and the bad ones.
The awning
One driver. Three teams.
Racing in four classes means working with different people on different weekends. These are the teams that make it happen.
- Helmet
- Arai, painted by H2O Customs
- Chassis
- Kosmic, Kart Republic, FA Alonso Kart
- Engines
- KR-Sport Racing Engines, IAME
- Photos
- With Parallel, HelloFoto, BoxBox Photo, RMM Motorsport Media
KR-Sport
Rotax Junior and Mini MAX
Home team since MicroMax. Runs his Rotax programme in the UK and Europe.
Kosmic chassis
KR-Sport Racing Engines
Euro Trophy, BKC, BNL and UK Championship
Fusion Motorsport
OK-N, X30 and FIA OK Junior
Runs his OK-N and X30 seasons, and this week's World Championship.
Kart Republic chassis
IAME power
Viterbo and La Conca
DPK Racing
OK Junior
Gave him his first OK Junior races, in Sweden and at Sarno.
FA Alonso Kart
Champions of the Future
FIA European Championship
Boarding now
28 weekends. 16 circuits.
The 2026 season, racing in Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, France, Germany and Sweden.
To
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Rotax Junior
19 to 21 Jun
Larkhall
Champions of the Future Academy, Rounds 3 and 4
Win by 0.07s, pole and double podium
Race reportTo
GB
OK-N Junior
To
IT
Junior X30
5 to 8 Nov
This weekLa Conca
FIA Karting World Championship
Follow it live this weekend
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OK Junior
On the feed
Follow the race week.
Results post by post, onboard laps and the odd cheeky double overtake. @lucien_smith_44_racing
World Championship week at La Conca, in kart 290.
A masterclass in one heat, turn one chaos in the next. Viterbo.
Off to Italy for the IAME Warrior Final.
Silverstone. Spun to P34 on lap one, back to P13.
Race day one at Silverstone. Mixed weather, ups and downs.
When the stopwatch proves the speed. Genk.
P2 in qualifying at Sarno.
P2 in the 2026 Champions of the Future Academy.
P1. Pole position at Whilton Mill.
P1 at Larkhall, by 0.07 seconds.
P3 at Wackersdorf. On the podium in Germany.
First on the road at KART Silverstone.
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