How many calorie will be burnt racing a rotax max go kart for 1 hour?

Answer 1

Rotax karts pull up to 3G's in cornering, which requires lots of core and kneck strength. Not to mention the track changes in terms of the vibrations, elevation change, and the weather. I've been karting before where it's 140-150F on track with considerable elevation change, wearing a full racing suit covered head to toe. I'm going to assume an hour of strait racing should burn atleast a good 500-600 calories without including other elements.

If you're always on the knifes edge, pushing it to the limit, with heat and everything in play, that should add a considerable amount. Especially if you're racing.

Racing is VERY demanding, people think you're sitting in a little car going around in circles, when they don't realize shifter Rotax karts go 0-60 in ~3 seconds, and have 3x the cornering abilities of a Ferrari Enzo or a Buggati Veyron. All the while focusing on your racing line, breaking points, the tires, the heat, the muscle pains, the other drivers on the road, it's an immense task especially if you plan to win. This is why endurance karting is awesome. The most calm, collected, and FIT drivers do the best.

"You can drive a Gran Prix car wheather you're fit or unfit, but for how long you can drive, how precise, how consistant you can drive under stress, under high temperature, and difficult conditions durring a race is another thing. You know it is going to be tough. You are going to feel tired, and feel some pain, you are going to loose alot of liquids but you know you can do it as good as anybody if not better if you are well trained, well fit. So if you are not fit, you concentration just tends to go gradually away durring a race." - Ayrton Senna

And same goes with modern day rotax karts.