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Mobility newsThe 37th edition of the European Traffic Education Contest (ETEC) took place in Paris, France this week. Organised by FIA Region I, and hosted by FFVelo (Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme), the event aimed to educate children about traffic rules for safer cycling. Children, aged between 10 and 12, had to carry out a series of written and practical tasks for the chance to be crowned ETEC winner. The Latvian Automotive Club (LAMB, Latvia) claimed the win, over…

Sport newsLando Norris went quickest in the first representative practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix, beating Charles Leclerc by the narrow margin of 0.058s as Mercedes George Russell hit the barriers late in the session and championship leader Max Verstappen finished a lowly 14th. In the first minutes of the night session, run in similar conditions to those that will prevail in qualifying and the race, Williams’ Alex Albon set the pace with a lap…

Sport newsThe race for overall FIA World Rally Championship honours and a head-to-head contest between two rising talents are among the highlights in store on next week’s Rally Chile Biobío.Counting as round 11 of the 13-event FIA WRC season, the third Rally Chile Biobío is the eighth and final gravel event of the current campaign.Scheduled from September 26-29 in Chile’s spectacular Biobío region, the South American fixture continues to be based in the port city…

FIA newsThe FIA’s 120th Anniversary celebrations will culminate on 13 December in a glittering celebration of 2024’s champions at the newly-named FIA Awards. Taking place in the Rwandan capital Kigali, the central theme of 120 Years of Legends will see today’s brightest stars joined by many of the sport’s most renowned personalities as we come together to celebrate achievements past and present.Video of Becoming Legend – Introducing the FIA Awards (F1, WEC, WRC, FE, Karting,…

Mobility newsCindy Plantaz, the FIA’s One Road Operation and Project Manager, has completed an exchange with the CAA Business Intelligence, Data, Loyalty, and Membership teams.During Cindy’s exchange, she focused on capacity building around technology, reciprocity, and scaling up.A member of the CAA team, Data and Analytics Lead Jenna Slute, participated in an exchange with One Road in April. As part of her exchange, she shared insights on using data and analytics to improve the efficacy…

Sport newsHearingCase ICA-2024-07: Appeal lodged on behalf of Torcello s.r.l. (“Barone Rampante”) against Decision No. 4/2024 dated 4 June 2024 of the National Appeal and Disciplinary Court of the Real Federación Española de Automovilismo (“RFEdA”), in the framework of the 2024 International GT Open Championship.On 11 May 2024, the Stewards issued Decision No. 24 thereby imposing a 5-second penalty on Competitor No. 786 (GetSpeed) for not having respected the track limit at Turn 1 of…

Mobility newsThe team behind the FIA-led loyalty programme One Road participated in the CAA Platform Summit in Montreal this week.The Summit, organised by the Canadian Automobile Association, serves to highlight developments in loyalty platforms used by the CAA, AAA, and FIA One Road Clubs. This is the second time that One Road has been invited to participate in the summit and the first time that One Road partners, AA Singapore and Touring Club Suisse (Switzerland), were invited to take part.During the event, the FIA…

Mobility newsThe FIA has held its first Road Safety Index trainings in the Americas.Companies including CocaCola, FEMSA, AMBEV, Bimbo, Diana, CEMPRO, CBC, GRETEC, MAXA, SAFE Guatemala, Ingenio Santa Ana, and ASAZGUA, the Association of Sugar Producers of Guatemala, attended the first two sessions held in Guatemala, while key US-based organisations, such as 3M, Utsch and FRSG attended a third information session held at the WEC event in Austin, Texas, along with associations representing network of…

Sport newsThe circuit has hosted pre-season testing on six separate occasions since 2009, with its consistent weather conditions, mixture of high and low speed corners, and two long straights enabling the ten Formula 1 teams to put their cars through their paces and gather maximum data ahead of the season. The Bahrain International Circuit was the first Middle Eastern venue to welcome Formula 1 when it hosted its inaugural Grand Prix in 2004, and in the…

FIA news In place to cover all levels of Officials from the start of the 2025 season and working closely with the FIA Volunteers and Officials Commission, the Officials Department will support the recruitment of officiating talent, empower Officials at a regional level, improve efficiency, and be a cohesive operational process.The management of Officials via the department will include their appointments against Sporting needs, ensuring they are timely and that there is clarity on license issuing.This…