Historic Achievement: FIA Founding Members award Heritage and Heritage Promotion Cups

The FIA Founding Members recognised two exceptional motorsport and mobility heritage projects at the 2024 FIA Awards in Kigali, Rwanda. 

In the Federation’s 120th year, the Automobile Club d’Italia received the Heritage Cup for their work on the circuit of Monza, while the Azerbaijan Automobile Federation received the first ever Heritage Promotion Cup for their Classic Car exhibition. 

Automobile Club d’Italia’s collaboration with the Autodromo Nazionale Monza has helped to preserve the track’s unique heritage for future generations. Now more than 100 years old, the track has succeeded in maintaining a balance between its history and its vision for the future — combining classic car exhibitions and vintage motorsport events, with concrete sustainability commitments (as recognised by a 3-star rating from the FIA Environmental Accreditation Programme) and a forward-looking community outreach programme. This work has helped to secure the track’s place both on international calendars and in the annals of history. 

Meanwhile, the Azerbaijan Automobile Federation was recognised for its Classic Cars exhibition, organised in collaboration with France’s National Automobile Museum and Germany’s prestigious ‘Classic Remise’. Hosted at the Heydar Aliyev centre in the heart of Baku, the exhibition brings together an impressive range of classic cars from manufacturers around the world – including an 1892 motor carriage, a 1956 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing, and a 1967 Jaguar E-Type. The impressive exhibition both serves as a hub for classic car collectors, and as a resource for families, historians, and technologists interested in finding out more about the history of motorsport and mobility around the globe. 

The Founding Member Clubs’ Cups form part of the FIA’s wider work to preserve motorsport and mobility heritage around the world. Separately, the Federation’s International Historical Commission (CHI) carries out extensive advocacy work to ensure the ongoing development and preservation of the historical vehicle community around the world.