A passion for karting: Behind the Visor with Martinius Stenshorne

31 October 2025

Martinius Stenshorne was one of the rookies that made their Formula 2 debut in Baku, but after a busy year in Formula 3 as well, we asked the Norwegian what he likes to do in his downtime.

It won’t come as a surprise that he enjoys staying busy in racing, but uniquely, his time is spent as much out of the kart as in it.

“To be honest, I’m just doing more racing. I’m always karting, I really enjoy that. I don’t drive myself all the time, I’m a mechanic as well, trying to earn some money on the side. Apart from the karting, it’s about trying to stay as fit as possible for when I’m back in the car.

“When I drive in karts, I manage everything myself. But when I am a mechanic, I help out the team where I can which is nice. You can rely a bit on the experiences you’ve had in karting yourself to help out.

Stenshorne will race with Rodin Motorsport next season in F2

“I started out doing this a bit last year, and I learned how to do it and working out I was capable of doing it all, what goes into it. Not just being a mechanic in karts but stripping everything down, preparing everything.

“Normally when we’re on a race weekend, everything is already prepared, so I just have to make sure that we’re ready to go once we need to, but it can be taking everything apart if something happens. Fingers crossed that doesn’t happen though.

“If I’m not doing that, usually I’m staying busy. I like biking, I usually go with my friend on the road bike getting ready for when things start again. I do some running as well, but I prefer being on the bike. In Norway, there’s plenty of nice places to go around. The country is really beautiful.

The Norwegian spends a lot of his time at karting tracks when he's not racing himself

“Apart from those two things, I enjoy sim racing like most of the other drivers. It’s not exactly a perfect representation of real life, especially the programmes and software that you have at home, it’s not like the real thing.

“But it’s still realistic enough so that it’s good to sharpen the skills and keep working on my driving when I’m not doing the real thing. But most of all, I do it just for fun.”