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Sport newsTouring car aces from across the globe are set to descend upon Spain to chase gold medal glory in TCR machinery at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games.Set to be held from October 23-27 in Valencia, the Touring Car category will be one of the headline gold medal battles to be contested at Circuit Ricardo Tormo.One of the original categories from the debut edition of the FIA Motorsport Games in Rome in 2019, Touring Cars…

Sport newsWRC Promoter has selected the 15 female applicants for the next step of its Beyond Rally Women’s Driver Development Programme who will meet next month to prove themselves worthy of one of three available seats in a Rally3 car at October’s WRC Central European Rally.The candidates, selected from an excitingly global list of applicants, will attend a three-day training camp from 16 – 18 September at M-Sport Poland’s Krakow headquarters where they will seek to prove…

Sport newsDRIVERS 1 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren)2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)3 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Giedo van der Garde)   Q: Max Verstappen, P2, I think it’s not really the result you hoped for?Max VERSTAPPEN: Well, you always try to do better. I mean, we had a good start, so we tried everything we could today, but throughout the race, I think it was quite clear that we were not quick enough, so I tried to be second…

Sport newsLando Norris ended Max Verstappen’s home dominance with a crushing Dutch Grand Prix victory that saw the McLaren driver beat the Red Bull Racing by almost 23 seconds, as Charles Leclerc claimed a seventh podium finish of the season with third place. For a brief period after the start Norris’ second win of the season looked in doubt. Verstappen reacted quickest to the lights going out and on the short run to Turn 1 he…

Sport newsTibor Érdi Jr (below) was on course for a hat-trick of FIA EHRC victories following his heroic comeback from last place. But gearbox failure on the final stage of the high-speed gravel even left Graham to triumph alongside co-driving daughter Anna.It was a fourth outright FIA EHRC win for Ernie Graham, last year’s Category 1 champion, and a first for Anna Graham. The Flexifly Rally Team pair had switched from their regular BMW M3…

Sport newsMercedes’ George Russell went quickest in the second practice for this weekend’s 2024 FIA Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix, beating McLaren driver Oscar Piastri by six hundredths of a second in a session that saw Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg crash. Unlike the first session, which began in wet and wild conditions, the second hour of practice was run in bright sunshine and it was home hero Max Verstappen who set the early pace. The Dutchman’s time…

Sport newsDuncan Micallef (Top Fuel), Jonny Lagg (Top Methanol), David Vegter (Pro Modified), and Jimmy Ålund (Pro Stock) currently lead their respective classes, but theMICALLEF VS CALLIN IN TOP FUELIn Top Fuel, the title race is between Duncan Micallef and Susanne Callin. Callin, after her Tierp victory, trails Micallef by only 19 points. Micallef, the 2017 champion, remains consistent but winless so far. The competition includes Jndia Erbacher, racing at her home track, Dennis Nilsson,…

Mobility newsSix leading Mobility Clubs were recognised as FIA Region III and IV Innovation Challenge finalists, as part of the federation’s annual American Congress this week.The FIA Innovation Challenge was launched this year and strives to support the FIA’s continued efforts around knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation by celebrating innovative business and marketing-related projects from across the FIA’s Member Clubs. A global shortlist was created in July. Three projects were selected for each of the four FIA Mobility…

FIA newsThe CAA has signed onto the FIA-led global loyalty programme, One Road.By signing the agreement, CAA has expanded the reach of the programme to a further seven million individual members worldwide.  Those members will now gain access to exclusive deals and offers with leading brands in addition to reciprocal offers from all the participating Clubs across 4 different continents.CAA joins 9 other Clubs involved in the programme, including OEAMTC, Austria, TCS Switzerland, Touring Club Belgium and AAS Singapore among others.FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem said:…

Safety newsFollowing a first practical seminar at the FIA Technical Center safety in Valleiry, France, last December, the FIA’s commitment to rally safety continued with another successful training session held in Prague from August 19 to 21. Supported by the FIA Foundation’s Motor Sport Safety Grant and hosted by the Czech Auto Club ACCR, the second edition of this physical event, which focused on enhancing rally safety practices, was organized for ASNs of the Eastern…