Piquet to race in Vegas

Nelson Piquet Jr.

It seems that the USA is as close as we will get to a grand prix this year with an truly all star kart race in Las Vegas.

Nelson Piquet Jr will race in an all-star karting event next weekend, competing in the Superkarts USA Super Nationals event in Las Vegas, racing in the 125cc gearbox kart class for Intrepid Kart Technology.

"I'm really excited about this race and am so happy that Intrepid invited me to drive for the team," said Piquet.

"It came about after they supplied karts for the Monaco Kart Cup and after that I went to visit them at the factory in Italy, where they have a very impressive set-up.

"Karting is one of my favorite types of racing and I'm so looking forward to driving one of the fastest karts around in this race."

Also competing in the event will be seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher and Toro Rosso F1 driver Sebastien Buemi.