All the greatest drivers of the world motorsport scene, past and present, from Formula 4 to Formula 1 (as Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell, Lando Norris, Logan Sargeant, Gabriele Minì, Andrea Kimi Antonelli and many others) grew up learning the art of karting with our tyres, winning European and world races and championships and still train by choosing high quality LeCont tyres, like Daniel Ricciardo in Franciacorta, Lando Norris in Adria, Carlos Sainz, Valentino Rossi, Francesco Bagnaia and Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Here are some others.
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Alex Powell
WSK Final Cup OK Round 1 Adria 2022 ![]() |
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli
FIA Karting European Championship OK Round 3 Wackersdorf 2020 ![]() |
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Anthoine Hubert
FIA Karting World Championship U18 Academy Trophy Essay 2011 ![]() |
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Antonio Fuoco
FIA Karting World Championship U18 Academy Trophy Essay 2011 ![]() |
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Antonio Giovinazzi
FIA Karting World Championship U18 Academy Trophy Essay 2011 ![]() |
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Arvid Lindblad
WSK Final Cup OK Round 1 Adria 2021 ![]() |
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Caio Collet
FIA Karting World Championship KFJ La Conca 2015 ![]() |
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Carlos Sainz
LeCont Tyres ![]() |
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Charles Leclerc
FIA Karting World Championship Academy Trophy Bahrain 2011 ![]() |
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Christian Lundgaard
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ Round 3 Kristianstad 2015 ![]() |
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Daniel Ricciardo
LeCont Tyres ![]() |
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Dan Ticktum
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ Ortona 2013 ![]() |
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David Zachary
WSK Open Cup OK Round 2 Adria 2021 ![]() |
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Dexter Patterson
FIA Karting World Championship OKJ Round 3 Kristianstad 2019 ![]() |
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Dino Beganovic
FIA Karting European Championship OK Round 2 Genk 2019 ![]() |
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Enzo Deligny
WSK Super Master Series OK Round 4 Sarno 2022 ![]() |
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Felipe Drugovich
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ Round 3 Kristianstad 2015 ![]() |
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Frederik Vesti
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ Round 1 Portimão 2015 ![]() |
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Gabriele Minì
FIA Karting European Championship OK Round 4 Le Mans 2019 ![]() |
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George Russell
FIA Karting World Championship Academy Trophy Braga 2011 ![]() |
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Gustaw Wiśniewski
WSK Super Master Series OK Round 1 Lonato 2022 ![]() |
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Harry Thompson
FIA Karting World Championship OK Alaharma 2019 ![]() |
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Jake Dennis
FIA Karting World Championship KFJ 2010 ![]() |
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James Wharton
FIA Karting European Championship OK OKJ Round 2 Sarno 2020 ![]() |
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Jonny Edgar
FIA Karting European Championship OKJ Round 3 Kristianstad 2017 ![]() |
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Kean Nakamura Berta
WSK Super Master Series OK Round 4 Sarno 2022 ![]() |
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Lando Norris
FIA Karting World Championship KF Round 1 Alcaniz 2014 ![]() |
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Leonardo Lorandi
WSK 60 MINI 2012 ![]() |
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Logan Sargeant
FIA Karting World Championship KFJ La Conca 2015 ![]() |
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Luna Fluxa
LeCont Trophy I 2020 ![]() |
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Marta García
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ Round 3 Kristianstad 2015 ![]() |
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Max Verstappen
LeCont Tyres ![]() |
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Nikola Tsolov
WSK Open Cup OK Round 1 Adria 2021 ![]() |
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Oscar Piastri
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ Round 1 2015 ![]() |
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Rafael Camara
WSK Champions Cup OK Round 1 Adria 2021 ![]() |
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Robert Shwartzman
FIA Karting World Championship KFJ Round 2 Bahrain 2013 ![]() |
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Théo Pourchaire
FIA Karting European Championship OK Round 1 Sarno 2017 ![]() |
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Tuukka Taponen
WSK Open Cup OK Round 1 Zuera 2021 ![]() |
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Ugo Ugochukwu
WSK Euro Series OK Round 4 Lonato 2021 ![]() |
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Yuanpu Cui
WSK Final Cup OK Round 1 Sarno 2022 ![]() |
LeCont tyres are more performing, efficient, safe and resistant: they guarantee greater grip for a longer time, constant lap after lap thanks to the LeCont compound. Every LeCont tyre has a QR code containing all the information about the tyre, which has no sense of rotation. Furthermore, LeCont tyres are a concentrate of technology: they contain a RFID, a microchip to identify the tyre and the rider. LeCont tyres are the only dynamic bench tested: an environment designed to recreate the most extreme track conditions in order to improve the quality and safety of the tyre.
LeCont, a tyre manufacturer, which fully started its commercial activity in 1994, was actually founded in 1993 by the brothers Sergio and Valter Cont, industrialists from Trentino today at the head of the Cont Group (also present in the mechanical industry and in the construction sector real estate), but also great motorsport enthusiasts who, in their youth, personally delighted with the joys of piloting, both in karting and in motocross.
Throughout its history in competitions, LeCont has won 42 Italian Champion titles. The first, still with the "PneusK" brand, won it in 1997 in motocross (in the prestigious 250 cm³ VISP category). This two-wheeled discipline was, however, abandoned by the Rovereto (TN) brand as early as the following year, to devote itself entirely to karting.
Since then, LeCont tyres have allowed several kart drivers to win 41 Italian Champion titles on four wheels. Most of these were conquered in the premier category, with a 125 cm³ engine and gearbox.
These figures also include the 2 titles won by riders who are wheeled by our company with tyres with the "All Tyres - PneusK" brand and the six won with tyres with the "Cont Sport Tyres" brand. At the same time, LeCont has, over the years, also produced tyres for mini bikes and racing cars (in 10" and 13" with traditional cross-ply carcass).
As a manufacturer of high-performance compounds for racing tyre treads and supplier of these to other companies in the sector (including big names of international prominence), LeCont has indirectly won several national and international titles (including 6 European Champion titles) in motoring, also in formulas of great prestige and media coverage and also various world titles in other types of track competitions.
In 2011 and 2012, LeCont was the exclusive supplier company selected by the CIK-FIA to equip all the competitors participating in the FIA Karting World Championship U18 and the CIK-FIA Academy Trophy.
From 2011 to 2019 LeCont was also selected by the French Federation (FFSA) as the exclusive supplier of the French Endurance Championship (initially with KF2 engines, then replaced by OK, and Rotax Max which joined the X30 and OKJ).
From 2011 to 2018, LeCont also exclusively provided the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting. Of which the Group 2 & 3 Classes will continue to wear LeCont tyres also in 2019.
In 2012 and 2013, LeCont equipped all categories of the National Karting Championships in Italy, Sweden, Lithuania and Romania (SKAT), the Formule Blue and F. Blue Jr categories of the British Championship, as well as the 60 Minikart Category in the prestigious WSK Private Series. and in the Belgian Private Series CIB (IAME) and all categories in the French Private Championship Ufolep.
In 2013, LeCont was selected by the CIK-FIA as the exclusive supplier company to equip all competitors participating in the KF3 Karting World Championship, the KF3 European Karting Championship and the KF3 Super Cup. The Mexican Federation also selected LeCont to supply all the competitors in the first Mexican FIA Karting Championship which still uses LeCont tyres.
In 2014, LeCont exclusively supplied the KF2 category in the Italian Karting Championship, and in the following two years the ACI 125 Junior and Senior Class.
From 2014 to today, LeCont equips all categories of the National Karting Championships in Sweden and the new Child Class created by the British Federation MSA and several other private series in Europe. LeCont has also been selected by the French Federation (FFSA) as the exclusive supplier of the French KZ2 Championship (and also its Master, Gentlemen and "Longs Circuits" variants) for the three-year period 2017, 2018 and 2019.
LeCont has been selected by the Norwegian Federation as the exclusive supplier of all categories of the Norwegian Championship since 2017.
LeCont has been chosen by the British MSA Federation as the exclusive supplier (for the British Championship) of the OK category since 2017 and also of the KZ2 category, since 2018. Since 2017, the presence of LeCont has also expanded a lot on the North American market and in particular in the USA.
Meanwhile, CIK has selected LeCont several times as the exclusive tyre supplier for its international categories.
More than 100 drivers with LeCont tyres compete at the Lucas Guerrero circuit in Valencia in 6 different categories to win the LeCont Trophy: an event organized since 2020 by LeCont in December each year to reward the best kart driver in the classes: MINI, X30 Junior, X30 Senior, OK, OKJ and KZ. Discover more!
LeCont holds a patent to recover used tyres from tourist and indoor kart tracks spread throughout the world and give a second life to tyres that would otherwise be thrown away by replacing the used tread with new ones: a Formula 1 pit operation.
LeCont is proud to supply its tires for research and development purposes at the University of Trento through the E-Agle project! Discover more!