LECONT INSIDE

LeCont: not just karting

LeCont is not only an independent tyre manufacturer, but is also a manufacturer of high performance rubber compounds for sports tyres of various types. In this field, LeCont has, over the years, earned the trust of several other companies in the sector, as a supplier of technology and processes. Among these there are also some big names in the tyre industry that LeCont supplies with specific compounds for competitive-sports competition. Their identity cannot be revealed, as we are bound by confidentiality agreements, but it is undeniable that - also through other brands - the compounds developed and produced by LeCont have achieved several successes for over five years now. Among these successes, there are several highly prestigious titles, including various World and European Championships in different disciplines of motorsport, including motor racing in particular.

LeCont: more than 26 years of passion for racing

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" 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 performing and efficient tyres

LeCont tires are more performing and efficient: they guarantee greater grip for a longer time, constant lap after lap thanks to the LeCont compound. Every LeCont tire has a QR code containing all the information about the tire, which has no sense of rotation. Furthermore, LeCont tires are a concentrate of technology: they contain a RFID, a microchip to identify the tire and the rider. LeCont tires are the only bench tested: an innovative test to increase product quality.

RFID for identification
Non-rotating tyre
QR with information
RFID for identification
Non-rotating tyre
QR with information

Drivers with LeCont in F1

Alex Powell
WSK Final Cup OK 2022
Mercedes Junior Team
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
FIA Karting European Championship OK 2020
Mercedes Junior Team
Arvid Lindblad
WSK Final Cup OK 2021
Red Bull Junior Team
Caio Collet
FIA Karting World Championship KFJ 2015
Alpine Driver Academy
Charles Leclerc
FIA Karting World Championship Academy Trophy 2011
Ferrari
Christian Lundgaard
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ 2015
Alpine Driver Academy
David Zachary
WSK Open Cup OK 2021
Sauber Junior Team
Dexter Patterson
FIA Karting World Championship OKJ 2017
Sauber Junior Team
Dino Beganovic
FIA Karting European Championship OK 2019
Ferrari Driver Academy
Enzo Deligny
WSK Super Master Series OK 2022
Red Bull Junior Team
Felipe Drugovich
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ 2015
Aston Martin Driver Academy
Frederik Vesti
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ 2015
Mercedes Junior Team
Gabriele Minì
FIA Karting European Championship OK 2019
Alpine Driver Academy
Gustaw Wiśniewski
WSK Super Master Series OK 2022
Sauber Junior Team
Harry Thompson
FIA Karting World Championship OK 2019
Sauber Junior Team
James Wharton
FIA Karting European Championship OK OKJ 2020
Ferrari Driver Academy
Jonny Edgar
FIA Karting European Championship OKJ 2017
Red Bull Junior Team
Lando Norris
FIA Karting World Championship KF 2014
McLaren
Logan Sargeant
FIA Karting World Championship KFJ 2015
Williams
Luna Fluxa
LeCont Trophy 2020
Mercedes Junior Team
Marta García
FIA Karting European Championship KFJ 2015
Alpine Driver Academy
Nikola Tsolov
WSK Open Cup OK 2021
Alpine Driver Academy
Rafael Camara
WSK Champions Cup OK 2021
Ferrari Driver Academy
Tuukka Taponen
WSK Open Cup OK 2021
Ferrari Driver Academy
Ugo Ugochukwu
WSK Euro Series OK 2021
McLaren Junior Team
Yuanpu Cui
WSK Final Cup OK 2022
Mercedes Junior Team

History

2011

  • FIA Karting World Championship U18 Academy Trophy Round 3 Trophy
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Charles Leclerc - FIA Karting Academy Trophy 2011 Champion


Matthew Graham - FIA Karting U18 World 2011 Champion

2012

  • FIA Karting World Championship U18 Academy Trophy Round 3 Trophy
  • WSK 60 MINI
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Joonas Lappalainen - FIA Karting Academy Trophy 2012 Champion

2013

  • FIA Karting World Championship KFJ
  • FIA Karting European Championship KFJ
  • WSK 60 MINI


Lando Norris - FIA Karting KFJ 2013 European Champion


Leonardo Pulcini, FIA Karting KFJ 2013 World Vice-champion


Alessio Lorandi, FIA Karting KFJ 2013 World Champion

2014

  • Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
  • Bergrennen Mickhausen International Hill Climb
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Lando Norris - FIA Karting KF 2014 World Champion


Pikes Peak International HIll Climb, victory with Romain Dumas


Turckheim Hill Climb


Bergrennen Mickhausen International Hill Climb, victory with Simone Faggioli

2015

  • FIA Karting World Championship KFJ
  • FIA Karting International Championship KZ2
  • FIA Karting European Championship KZ2
  • FIA Karting European Championship KFJ
  • Major League Karting
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Logan Sargeant - FIA Karting KFJ World 2015 Champion

2016

  • FIA Karting Endurance Championship OK
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Pedro Hiltbrand - FIA Karting OK World 2016 Champion

2017

  • FIA Karting World Championship OK
  • FIA Karting European Championship OK
  • FIA Karting Endurance Championship OK
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Dexter Patterson - FIA Karting OKJ World 2017 Champion


LeCont Kart Track USA

2018

  • FIA Karting World Championship KZ
  • FIA Karting European Championship KZ KZ2 Academy Trophy
  • FIA Karting International Championship KZ2
  • FIA Karting Endurance Championship OK
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Lorenzo Travisanutto - FIA Karting OK World 2018 Champion

2019

  • FIA Karting World Championship OK
  • FIA Karting European Championship OK
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting


Lorenzo Travisanutto - FIA Karting OK 2019 World Champion

2020

  • FIA Karting World Championship OK
  • FIA Karting European Championship OK OKJ
  • WSK OK
  • LeCont Trophy 2020


Andrea Kimi Antonelli - FIA Karting OK 2020 European Champion


Callum Bradshaw - FIA Karting OK 2020 World Champion


LeCont Trophy 2020

2021

WSK OK

Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren F1 driver, trains in karts with LeCont tyres



Lando Norris, McLaren F1 driver, test his new LeCont kart



Arvid Lindblad - WSK Final Cup OK 2021 Champion


Tuukka Taponen - WSK Open Cup OK 2021 Champion


Rafael Camara - WSK Champions Cup OK 2021 Champion

2022

  • FIA Karting European Championship KZ KZ2 Academy Trophy
  • WSK OK KZ2
  • LeCont Hivern Karting
  • LeCont Trophy 2022
  • FIA Karting Prize Giving 2022


LeCont Hivern Karting


Carlos Sainz, Ferrari F1 driver, trains in karts with LeCont tyres


LeCont Trophy 2022


FIA Karting Prize Giving 2022

From participation in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb 2014 (29 June 2014), LeCont has made a great leap in quality entering the top car racing industry with 13" radial technology tyres for prototypes such as the Standard M20 RD - Honda, piloted during the race in Colorado (USA) dal French Romain Dumas. In its sector of main activity, karting, LeCont has, from 1996 to today, approved a range of tyres at the CIK-FIA International Federation. In the early years, the his tyres have raced under the brand All Tyres, then changed into Cont Sport Tyres and finally (since 2004) with the same current brand name: LeCont. Over the years, LeCont has won several great titles national and international prestige, some of these are:
  • 8 editions of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Karting
  • 2 editions of the Gearup F-Series Championship (USA)
  • 2 editions of the ICP Championship (USA)
  • 2 editions of the Golden Cup (USA)
  • 1 edition of the FKC Championship - California (USA)
  • 2 titles of FIA Karting U18 World Champion (2011, 2012)
  • 1 title of KF3 World Champion (2013)
  • 1 title of KFJ World Champion (2015)
  • 1 title of OK World Champion (2017)
  • 1 title of KZ World Champion (2018)
  • 1 title of KF3 European Champion (2013)
  • 1 title of KFJ European Champion (2015)
  • 1 title of OK European Champion (2017)
  • 1 title of KZ European Champion (2018)
  • 3 titles of CIK-FIA International Academy Trophy Winner (2011, 2012, 2018)
  • 3 titles of CIK-FIA International Endurance Championship (2016, 2017, 2018)
  • 2 titles of CIK-FIA Super Cup KZ2 (2015, 2018)
  • 42 titles of Champion of Italy (of which 1 in motocross in 1997, class 250 cm³ VISP; 41 in karting)
  • 32 titles of Champion of Sweden
  • 16 titles of Champion of France
  • 16 titles of Champion of Great Britain
  • 15 titles of Champion of Switzerland
  • 12 titles of Champion of Mexico
  • 12 titles of Champion of Romania
  • 10 titles of Champion of Norway
  • 8 titles of Champion of Lithuania
  • 5 titles of Champion of Croatia
  • 1 title of Champion of Belgium
  • 5 Italian national trophies
  • 4 trophies of the WSK