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Sport newsDRIVERS – Lance STROLL (Aston Martin), Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas), Carlos SAINZ (Ferrari), Daniel RICCIARDO (RB), Valtteri BOTTAS (Kick Sauber)Q: It’s been a busy news cycle since we were last gathered in Hungary. And Valtteri, can we start with you, please? And the news that Andreas Seidel has been replaced by Mattia Bonotto in the team. What’s your reaction, first of all?Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, quite sudden news. I believe everything happened pretty quickly, but obviously those…

Sport newsThe first ever FIA Motorsport Engineering Scholarship recipient Jesica Salvini attended the London E-Prix (20-21 July) with the FIA’s technical team, enabling her to be fully immersed in a major world championship event.Designed to promote diversity and inclusion in the sport, the FIA Motorsport Engineering Scholarship is a unique initiative that supports one aspiring engineer to study towards a Master’s qualification (MSc) in Advanced Motorsport Engineering at Cranfield University in the UK.Already a trailblazer…

Sport newsThe following is an overview of the key discussion points and decisions:  Updates to the Technical and Sporting RegulationsChampionship points It was unanimously agreed that there would be no changes to the distribution of Championship points (as described in Articles 6.4 and 6.5 of the Sporting Regulations) following a recent proposal to consider expanding the point allocation beyond 10th place in a Grand Prix. Minimum weight – car and driver The minimum weight for the driver will be increased from…

Sport newsThis will be possible through an additional appendix that will enable Rally4 and Rally5 class cars to be used in circuit racing with only minimal modifications while leaving the rally homologation unchanged. TC Lite will therefore form the basis of the FIA touring car pyramid, with the well-established TCR class, developed by the WSC Group, above it.ONE CAR TO DO IT ALLThe adaptations will be kept to a minimum so that the class remains…

Mobility newsLast week, the partnership between the FIA and UNITAR was officially confirmed through the mutual signing of an official Letter of Agreement.As part of the FIA’s vision to empower its members through collaboration, knowledge sharing and advocacy, this new programme will develop local talent and empower leaders to support long term engagement in road safety for Member Clubs.The project will do this through several different ways, such as tailored training programmes through a comprehensive ‘Global…

Sport newsTAG Heuer Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein is the Season 10 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion, as the German got the better of Jaguar TCS Racing duo Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy at the end of a pulsating final race of the campaign in London today (21 July).The title-chasing trio entered the second London E-Prix blanketed by just four points in Wehrlein’s favour, after Cassidy pulled out a stunning lap in qualifying to claim his…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä sealed a dominant start-to-finish victory at Tet Rally Latvia on Sunday afternoon, wrapping up his second triumph in as many high-speed gravel events.Having started his first-ever rally on Latvia’s roads more than 10 years ago aged 12, the Finnish driver rolled back the clocks to win the Baltic nation’s first FIA World Rally Championship round.Rovanperä was never seriously challenged during the four-day fixture, which started in the capital city Rīga on Thursday…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä’s rivals were left trailing in his dust after the Finn extended his Tet Rally Latvia lead with a sublime second-leg drive on Saturday.The 23-year-old, who made his competition debut in the Baltic nation more than 10 years ago, distanced the chasing pack through eight super-fast gravel tests near Liepāja to grow his advantage from 15.7sec to 42.5sec with just one day remaining of this eighth round.It was a milestone morning for Rovanperä…

Sport newsLando Norris beat team-mate Oscar Piastri by just two hundredths of a second to take pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix, as the pair handed McLaren its first front-row lockout in 12 years. F1 Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen was third, another two hundredths of a second further behind.Despite light rain falling in the hour before Qualifying, the start of Q1 was judged dry enough for slick tyres and when the lights went green…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä opened up a 15.7sec lead over local rising star Mārtiņš Sesks at Tet Rally Latvia as the two youngsters stole the show on Friday.Latvia’s FIA World Rally Championship debut marks something of a homecoming for the 23-year-old Finn, as it was on the Baltic nation’s roads that he started his first-ever rally at the age of 12.Helped by his stage win on Thursday’s opener at Biķernieki Track in Rīga, which attracted a…