#tkarts

[thatkirbynerd]

Cereal!!!🗣🗣🗣

[turtlekidddddd]

Since Bagi got added to Morning crew I finally got the excuse to do this

(I was unable to find the same font they used in the original album and it’s bugging me so much but oh well)

[winterstripes]

Hell-Top fade

[artemispt]

[spookygiggles]

mr birb doc!! i have some art with mr texas upcoming 😏😏 (i might post it today!!)

[teakayart]

A friend was struggling with drawing plus-size femme characters so i made them a little tutorial! I would consider this an upper intermediate level guide? This is based on self-observation, art stuff i’ve internalized, and probably some guides i’ve seen before.

[chibrary]

source: tkart translation: @nottiinrosso series: karting, 2012

Interviewer: A difficult race, but you performed well.

Charles: Yes the race was very hard due to the rain, however ART GP and the good chassis helped me a lot. I hope to win the next race too.

Interviewer: Your strongest adversary Max Verstappen made a mistake…not you. You proved to be calm, determined, relaxed/comfortable… but how would it have gone with Max in the race on track?

Charles: Honestly, I don’t know what would have happened/how it would have gone but [smirk] we did it without him. He made a mistake. Maybe next time.

[distantlaughter]

THE SECRET NICO ROSBERG (IN HIS KARTING DAYS) TOLD BY DINO CHIESA

originally written by Luca Barnaba for TKART magazine 5 March 2022 (x)

The 2016 F1 world champion as you've never seen him before. Through the anecdotes (which are about destroyed hotel rooms, prostitutes and much more!) of those who knew him well, before he became a star.

After winning the Formula 1 world championship in 2016 and retiring from racing at the end of that same season, Nico Rosberg has shed his driver's shoes to take on those of an entrepreneur-influencer. In recent years, the former Mercedes driver has been involved in a variety of areas, such as promoting projects aimed at environmental sustainability, creating teams that participate in international electric racing series (such as the Rosberg X Racing team in Extreme E), and posting vlogs, track analyses, and stories on social media and about his life and memories. In short… About what Nico Rosberg is today, one really knows or can know everything.

But to know who Nico Rosberg was before F1, world triumph and fame, one has to rely on the stories of the people who saw him grow up and take his first steps in karting, people who know him well, like few others. Dino Chiesa is one of them. A prominent figure in the world of karting, founder of Kart Republic, over the years he has been manager and mentor to some of the promising, later to become undisputed stars, in karting and beyond, including: Alex Zanardi, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Lewis Hamilton and… Nico Rosberg himself.

Of Nico's karting period there are several "stories," especially about the emergence of the friendship-rivalry with Lewis Hamilton (another phenomenon of that generation), but very little is said about who (and how) young Nico was.

It is Dino Chiesa himself who reveals: "I remember him as a child, perhaps smaller than others his age. In the sense that he was more innocent than other peers: 'mannered,' polite." Kids, you know, at 10 to 12 years old begin to develop their character, on and off the track. And, basically, they divide into two groups: those who are less…mischievous and those who…are a little more so. If of Nico we can safely say that he fell into the former, his friend and teammate at the time, Lewis Hamilton, just as quietly we can say that he was part of the latter: "I have an episode that explains how Nico was, even compared to Lewis. I picked them up at the airport. When we arrived in Padua, before dropping them off at the hotel, we passed through a street where there are several prostitutes. Nico, naively, asked me 'What are those women doing there'. And I, considering that he was only 13 years old, replied 'They are waiting for the bus.' Nico did not reply. After a few seconds, however, Lewis said 'Can I take the bus tonight?'"

The genuineness of Nico's era, goes hand in hand with his goodness, which, according to the manager, could also be a flaw, especially when it related to races and competitions, although "Like all good people," Dino Chiesa recounts, "he later bursts."

"And he goes further, erring twice. The first time because out of his goodness he suffered. The second time because by blurting out he then overreacts."

If the portrait of little Rosberg you are getting from these stories looks a lot like a blond angel, know that it is not so. Even Nico - as a teenager - had a chance to show himself reckless: "One morning," Chiesa says, "he comes to the track before the race, makes me promise not to say anything to anyone, and shows me a wound on his foot. I ask him, 'How did you do that?' He said, 'Lewis started hitting me with pillows last night. I responded and we ended up throwing mattresses at each other outside the window of our hotel room. To avoid getting caught by my father and you we went to get them back only to climb over a net…I cut my foot!' I couldn't bring myself to scold him!"

A "naughty" little boy, like many others, then. Unlike many, however, Nico had to handle an unusual challenge early on, that of carrying a "heavy" last name on his shoulders: "Certainly having a father like Keke must not always have been easy. Every time, especially as a child, the comparison was automatically triggered, even though Nico was someone who never abused his surname and did not seek advantages just because he was famous.

"Indeed, as I know him, he is someone who would even go and sleep in a 2-star hotel without necessarily needing to have the suite. Also because, to be honest… He is someone who is very careful about spending."

His distinguishing features over the years have not changed: "For me he is still Nico, the kart guy. He hasn't changed. As he was then he is now, so much so that we talk very often by text or phone. And I for him, in my opinion, am still the one in the kart, his boss. So much so that he still calls me 'boss' today." Also because in his interpersonal relationships he has always maintained that good dose of genuineness: "He's not one of those people who has to have his friends who are soccer players or who are stars. If there is a need to go for a bike ride to train, he even goes with his neighbour."

Impossible, however, to talk about Nico Rosberg without putting his innate talent under the magnifying glass: "I put him among the best in the dry lap! In behaviour, however, he is a gentleman. One of those who does no improprieties, never over the top. Fast, but correct. Not a common thing." But his strong point was undoubtedly working on the kart and finding the best set-up: "He was The Best. In the sense that he was the first to do the dirty work, to prepare the material, to do whatever was necessary to develop chassis and engines."

[sargeantposting]

logan interviewed by tkart after spinning off in the first round of the 2015 wsk champions cup

[lestappeninchidents]

Journalist: a difficult race, but you performed well..

Charles: Yes the race was very hard due to the rain, however the CMRC (?) and the good chassis helped me a lot. I hope to win the next race too.

Journalist: Verstappen, who is your strongest opponent, has made a mistake and quit the race... if he had been on the race, who would have won between you and Verstappen?

Charles: Honestly I don't know... Today He made a mistake, we will see the next time ( If He doesn't quit the race again)

📝 | Traduction found in a YouTube comment.

📽️​ | WSK Euro Series | 2012 | Interview by TKart | It’s just before the iconic inchident, Val d’Argenton circuit.

They were born to crash against each other, like truly soulmates and that is beautiful. 🥹

Fate was already telling them that they would never leave each other. From the moment they were born, they had the need to chase each other to be born a few weeks apart. If you are doubtful about the concept of destiny, my god, look at their relationship it deserves a philosophy book. 💜💅

[thatkirbynerd]

He said this and then got sealed away for eternity

[turtlekidddddd]

Tubso

[winterstripes]

"Kazooie we're at a funeral"

[scuderlia]

TKART Magazine (2013) via @/LandoNorris on X

A JUMP IN HISTORY — Verstappen and Norris KF and KF-J European Champions

[spookygiggles]

Sneaky peaky pspspspsps

🫶💗

[teakayart]

gave my old sonic OC a glow up! Whirlwind was my first ever OC. ♡