Aussie Anagnostiadis stars on big stage
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 7 April 2025
Just like his sister, James Anagnostiadis is making a name for himself by winning the opening round of the 2025 FIA Karting European Championship.
The Mercedes F1 Junior driver won the OK category in the season opener at Spain’s Circuito Internacional de Karting Campillos.
Joining him on the podium was another Aussie in Will Calleja, who finished a strong third in a contested final for OK-Junior.
It is the first time two Aussies have podiumed in the two categories at the same FIA Karting European Championship round.
Almost 200 drivers took part in the four-day event held on a 1.5km circuit.
Anagnostiadis also joins an exclusive club of Australians to win the European Championship alongside current Alpine F1 driver Jack Doohan (OK_Junior 2017) and Jon Targett (Formula Super A 1992).
There were other Aussies on show were Lewis Francis and Sebastian Eskandari-Marandi.
Francis was fast throughout in OK and also made the final, but his run came to an end in the final due to a mid-race incident.
Eskandari-Marandi also pushed hard, but just missed out on a spot in the OK-Junior final.
The result is more good news for the Anagnostiadis family, who moved over to Europe to propel the kids motor racing careers with James’ sister Aiva recently making her F1 Academy debut.
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