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Sport newsMcLaren’s Lando Norris beat Red Bull’s championship leading driver Max Verstappen by just under quarter of a second in the second free practice session for this weekend’s 2024 FIA Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, as Charles Leclerc crashed and brought out the red flags.The early running in the session was made by Sergio Pérez, with the Mexican jumping to the top of the timesheet with a Medium tyres lap of 1:18.568. The Red Bull…

Sport newsThe ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s very own ‘Magnificent Seven’ will head into battle in London this weekend (20-21 July) for the honour of being crowned Season 10 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion in the all-electric single-seater series.In order to accomplish that, they will need to conquer the unique, 2.09km ExCeL Circuit that twists and turns around the British capital’s historic Royal Docklands, and whose layout weaves both inside and alongside the…

FIA newsDublin, 17.07.24The online abuse of athletes at all levels and disciplines has reached disturbing levels, according to speakers at the United Against Online Abuse (UAOA) in Sport coalition forum held in Dublin yesterday, Tuesday, July 16th. The forum, hosted by international law firm Clark Hill in collaboration with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), founders of the UAOA coalition, highlighted the growing epidemic of online hate speech targeting athletes.Chaired by the ‘Off the Ball’…

Sport newsThis two-day programme focused on a complete screening of all suspension set-up configurations used across the season in order to remain below the steering effort level defined by the FIA.Throughout testing, both drivers were able to try a wide range of set-ups on different tyre compounds, thus working on braking, steering effort, positioning of the steering wheel, and overall, on ergonomics of the cars. The data collected and feedback from the drivers will help…

Sport news Video of FIA MOTORSPORT GAMES 2024 – Valencia Ticket Sales now open

 As the countdown approaches the 100 days to go mark, tickets for the third edition of the FIA Motorsport Games have gone on sale.The prominent Spanish motorsport province of Valencia will host the 2024 event from October 23-27. The region’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo will serve as one of the key venues for many of the 27 different motorsport categories chasing gold medals…

Sport newsLatvia will become the 37th country to host a round of the FIA World Rally Championship when the WRC’s summer of speed continues with round eight of the season from July 18-21.While Latvia is a new addition to the WRC, its successful long-term tenure in the FIA European Rally Championship – and its inclusion in the FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar from 2016-2022 – means it’s more than accustomed to hosting high-level international motor…

Sport newsThe crew of the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid was untroubled at the front of the pack after a fuel pressure sensor issue for early leading, pole-sitting sister car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries, which resulted in a lengthy pit-stop.Buemi took the checkered flag, heading home the #6 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar of Laurens Vanthoor, Kévin Estre and André Lotterer, with the second of the Porsche Penske Motorsport entries (the #6…

Sport newsThe 37-year-old set a sensational lap of 1:23.140s to head stablemate Sébastien Buemi in #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry by 0.122s. Japanese driver claims the first pole position of the season for Toyota.Matt Campbell aboard the #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport was the highest placed Porsche 963 owing to a best of 1:23.331. The Australian had a brief off on his warm-up lap but still qualified on the second row of the grid.Cadillac V-Series.R driven by…

Sport newsAfter claiming victory on last month’s Mecsek Rallye in his native Hungary, Érdi Jr was at it again in Austria with the result making his second win in as many years on the Tarmac event.He did so by claiming 11 stage wins alongside co-driver Istvan Kerék for a winning margin of 59.7s behind the wheel of his Category 4 Ford Sierra Cosworth 4×4.Italian Audi Quattro driver “Zippo” (below), co-driven by Nicola Arena, secured the…

FIA newsFREE PRACTICE 1#93 Peugeot TotalEnergies 9X8 topped the times in a damp FP1 session at Interlagos as Nico Müller set the best time of 1:26.341s in the session that was curtailed by 40mins due to a red flag for an accident suffered by the #78 Akkodis ASP Lexus LMGT3 carThat time eclipses an early session best lap from Earl Bamber in the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R Hypercar he shares with Alex LynnThe fastest Porsche 963…