Who holds the FIA Karting World Championship record with six titles?

Mike Wilson holds the FIA Karting World Championship record with six titles.

The British driver won the championship in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988 and 1989. His six victories came during the championship’s direct-drive era, when the leading senior class used 135 cc Formula Karts. Wilson’s sustained success across the 1980s established the record listed in the championship’s roll of honour.

His achievement is easy to confuse with the records of other major karting champions. Guido Sala won the inaugural championship in 1964 and captured two early titles, while François Goldstein won five senior championships between 1967 and 1975. Gianluca Beggio’s repeated victories came in the gearbox class, a distinct championship category rather than the same direct-drive title.

Karting’s classes, engine regulations and championship formats have changed substantially over time, so title comparisons need a defined category. In the conventional senior FIA Karting World Championship record referenced by this question, however, Wilson’s six championships remain the canonical answer.