We have just been informed that in the 17 March 2009 meeting of the CIK and the FIA World Motorsports Council, it was decided that one of the criteria for the eligibility to the 2009 CIK/FIA World Championship to be held in Macau (on October 11, 2009), is the PARTICIPATION OF A DRIVER IN AT LEAST 3 RACES IN THE SENIOR CLASS OF THE 2008 or 2009 ASIAN KARTING OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, provided further that such driver has been classified in the first 33% of the participants.