KART RACING DRIVER · S125

CARLO
RISTAGNO

Cavallino Rampante — 2026 Season

2026 Championship
P5/32
IAME Series Switzerland Vega Trofeo · S125
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5th in the championship, out of 32 drivers

First full championship season. Two podiums in a row in the final, a charge from last place to 7th, and a first national-level race at Varennes.

01

ON
TRACK

Race mode, visor down. Every round of the Vega Trofeo championship, lap after lap.

The results →
02

OFF
TRACK

The journey of a 15-year-old driver: from F1 sim racing to an X30 kart, from rental karting to competition.

His story →

The Driver

Carlo Ristagno in his Cavallino Rampante race suit

Ever since I was little, I've been passionate about motor racing. I still remember the last lap between Hamilton and Verstappen at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It still gives me chills, and I dreamed that one day I could be in their place too.

At 10, I started driving an F1 simulator on PlayStation at home. Then at 12, I started rental karting in Payerne with my dad. That's where it all really began: laps, lap times, battles and the drive to do better every time out.

Summer 2025 was a turning point. For the first time in my life, I got behind the wheel of an X30 kart at the Circuit de l'Enclos in Levier. The noise, the smell, the 105 km/h top speed… I knew I could never do without it again.

On 27 and 28 September 2025, I raced in the fifth and final round of the Vega Trofeo in the Junior category. Practice sessions, qualifying and a race with 22 drivers on track, the emotions, the pressure, the adrenaline… I had never felt anything so powerful. That was the day I knew this world was mine.

In December 2025, I joined Team Spirit for winter training in Valencia, Spain: 4 crazy days to get ready for the 2026 Vega Trofeo championship.

2026 Season

The Results

P5/32

in the IAME Series Switzerland championship (Vega Trofeo), S125, out of 32 drivers

2 × P4

in a row in the final, at Vesoul and Bugey

+16

places gained in the final at Levier, from last to P7

R1
LevierSwitzerland · 03.05.2026
QualiP6
↘
FinalP7
R2
MirecourtSwitzerland · 07.06.2026
QualiP10
→
FinalP10
R3
VesoulSwitzerland · 05.07.2026
QualiP8
↗ +4
FinalP4
Podium
R4
BugeySwitzerland · 06.09.2026
QualiP7
↗ +3
FinalP4
Podium
FR
VarennesIAME France · National
QualiP17
↗
FinalP16/27
R5
LevierSwitzerland · 04.10.2026
QualiP9
↗ +2
FinalP7

Other races outside the championship

P2
Kart Club Schaffhausen Circuit Ottobiano · 22.03.2026 Podium · Fastest lap
P1
Kart Club Schaffhausen Circuit de l'Enclos · 10.05.2026 · KF Senior Win · Qualifying P6
Win
Calendar

Schedule 2026

07JUN
Round 2 · Vega Trofeo Circuit de Mirecourt Juvaincourt · Mirecourt 🇫🇷
FinalP10
06JUL
Round 3 · Vega Trofeo Circuit de la Vallée Vesoul 🇫🇷
FinalP4
06SEP
Round 4 · Vega Trofeo Circuit du Bugey Château-Gaillard 🇫🇷
FinalP4
04OCT
Round 5 · Vega Trofeo Circuit de l'Enclos Septfontaines 🇫🇷
FinalP7
Gallery

The season in pictures

Carlo in the kart Carlo on track Starting grid Before the race Pre-grid With the team
Kart, front view In the pits Paddock Kart At the circuit Varennes

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