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Sport newsLast year’s winner, competing in a Pirelli-equipped Citroën C3 Rally2, carried an advantage of 0.8sec into Saturday’s running following his fastest time among the ERC contenders through the Colosseum super special in the centre of Rome on Friday night.Slovenian Boštjan Avbelj cut that gap to 0.1sec when he went quickest through this morning’s opening test, Alatri, only for Crugnola to respond on the first run through the 28.74km Santopadre – Fontana Liri stage to…

Sport newsLando Norris beat team-mate Oscar Piastri by two tenths of a second to give McLaren a 1-2 in second practice for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in third place, just 0.002 behind the second McLaren. At the start of the second hour of practice, Verstappen quickly moved to the top of the timesheet, using the C3 Medium tyres to work his way to an early benchmark of…

Sport newsThe FIA World Rally Championship’s summer of speed concludes with the fastest event of them all from August 1-4 when Secto Rally Finland hosts round nine of the 2024 season.A mainstay of the WRC since its formation in 1973, Rally Finland stands as one of the championship’s most iconic events, its fast-paced gravel stages generously coated with jumps and crests that create an exciting challenge for the drivers and a stunning spectacle for the…

Sport newsSaudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi and his German co-driver Timo Gottschalk and the Portuguese pairing of João Ferreira and Filipe Palmeiro lead a quality-packed 110-vehicle entry into this weekend’s Baja Spain Aragón, round three of the 2024 FIA World Baja Cup. The entry list includes 27 cars in the Ultimate category, a staggering 57 running in the Challenger section for lightweight prototype cross-country machines and a further 26 entered in the SSV section. Al-Rajhi (Toyota Hilux Overdrive)…

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 And the news that Andreas Seidel has been replaced by Mattia Bonotto in the team.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…