ICA decision-2025-03 – Hearing 16 09 25 – Luka Scelles – 2025 OK-Junior European Championship Mondokart.com
The following hearing of the International Court of Appeal took place on 16 September 2025 in Paris:
Hearing
Case ICA-2025-03: Appeal lodged on behalf of Mr Luka Scelles against Decisions No. 211 and No.214 dated 7 June 2025 of the Stewards of the event of Viterbo (Italy), counting towards the 2025 OK-Junior European Championship Mondokart.com.
On 7 June 2025, during the Viterbo round of the 2025 FIA Karting European Championship – OK Junior, Driver No. 218, Luka Scelles, was involved in an on-track incident with Driver No. 246, Emiliano Hernández. The Stewards issued Decisions No. 211 and No. 214, determining that Driver No. 218 had caused a collision that forced Driver No. 246 to retire from the session.
Driver No. 218 appealed these decisions, arguing that the collision resulted solely from Driver No. 246’s aggressive manoeuvres while attempting to block an overtaking attempt, and therefore claimed the penalties were unjustified. The FIA, in response, affirmed the correctness of the Stewards’ assessment, confirmed the penalties were proportionate under the FIA Karting Regulations, and requested that the ICA dismiss the appeal and uphold the original decisions in full.
On 7 June 2025, the Appellant lodged an appeal against the Stewards’ Decision before the ICA.
Decision of the International Court of Appeal
The Court, after having heard the parties and examined their submissions, decided:
- to declare the appeal admissible;
- to uphold Decision No. 211 dated 7 June 2025 of the Stewards of the Viterbo Competition (Italy) counting towards the 2025 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship – OK Junior.
The International Court of Appeal was presided over by Mr Xavier BONE MATHEU (Spain), and included, Mr Martin MAISNER (Czech Republic), Mr Kyle NOVAK (USA) and Ms Waltraud WÜNSCH (Germany).
The full decision is available here.
