Young 12-year-old driver ended the OK Junior season with top-10 in the World Championship and best rookie in the WSK Super Master Series

Promising Brazilian highlight in the main karting competitions in the world, Miguel Costa ended the 2021 season with very promising results, even though this was his first season in the OK Junior category, in which drivers between 12 and 14 years old participate.

“It was a year in which we were growing as we faced the most important championships. We competed against great drivers, but we quickly showed that we can be fast and fight for the first positions as we did in the World Karting Championship in Spain”, says Miguel, who won several titles in the United States before moving on to European karting.

Member of the Sauber Karting Team, a program of young talents linked to the Alfa Romeo F1 team, Miguel has attracted attention for his quick adaptation and development in one of the most competitive categories in the world and against drivers from several countries.

“This year was a lot of news: debut in the CIK-FIA World Championship, debut in the European Championship and also in the WSK OKJ category, the three greatest championships in the world. My goal for 2022 is to follow this evolution and fight for victories in all of these competitions,” says Miguel, who was rookie champion of the Italian Kart in 2019.

This week Miguel focuses on the last training sessions of the season in Italy and the main goal is on preparing for the WSK Champions Cup, which opens the 2022 season on January 23 at the Adria track.

Take a look at the young career of Brazilian driver Miguel Costa:

2011: At the age of 2, Miguel Costa got his first electric car from his father

2012: At just 3 years old, Costa drove his first kart

2013: Costa started driving a professional kart at the age of 4

2015: In the USA, Costa won 3rd place at the Homestead Championship

2016: At age 7, Costa was Micro champion in Florida with 6 wins and 7 poles. He also secured the runner-up spot in the ROK Cup with a win.

2017: Miguel was runner-up again in the ROK Cup, this time with 2 poles and 2 wins. Plus, in SKUSA Las Vegas, he claimed the runner-up title being the youngest winner in his category in the USA at only 8 years old.

2018: Moved up to the Mini category and continued winning podiums in American championships. Also in the same year, he competed in his first ROK World Karting Championship at age 9, winning a heat and finishing 29th in the final out of 160 drivers.

2019: Made his first full season in Europe. Italian Championship rookie champion with 3 wins and a third place. In the Rok World Cup, finished 16th (out of 140 drivers) and at Le Mans was 5th (out of 85 entrants).

2020: In January this year, the 10-year-old driver was signed up to be part of the Sauber Karting Team, linked to the Alfa Romeo F1 team. Stage winner of the SKUSA Winter Series and 7th place in the Italian Karting in his debut in the X30 Junior category.

2021: Top-10 in the final of his first World Karting Championship and best Brazilian in the competition. Best WSK Super Master rookie

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