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Sport newsMax Verstappen overcame a time penalty and car damage to take his 18th win of 2023 in an exciting inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix in which Charles Leclerc overtook Sergio Pérez on the last lap to take second place. Pérez’s P3 at the flag sealed the Drivers’ Championship runner-up sport for the Mexican. When the lights went out at the start, polesitter Leclerc got away well to take a narrow lead. However, even though he started…

Sport newsWelsh driver Evans clinched his eighth career win by finishing a dominant 1min 17.7sec ahead of team-mate Sébastien Ogier at this final round of the season, confirming his place as the runner-up driver in the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship for the third time.Evans laid the foundations for glory early in the asphalt fixture when he charged to a near-two-minute advantage in Friday’s rain-soaked opening leg. From then on, he was able to control…

Sport newsElfyn Evans and Scott Martin secured a lights-to-flag victory on Sunday at FORUM8 Rally Japan as their Toyota Gazoo Racing team locked out the top three positions on home soil.Welsh driver Evans clinched his eighth career win ahead of team-mate Sébastien Ogier at this final round of the season, confirming his place as the runner-up driver in the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship for the third time.Evans laid the foundations for glory early in…

Sport newsFerrari’s Charles Leclerc took a dominant fifth pole position of 2023 in qualifying for the 2023 FIA Las Vegas Grand Prix, beating team-mate Carlos Sainz and world champion Max Verstappen to the top of the timesheet, though with Sainz set to take a grid penalty the Red Bull driver will start the race from the front row.  At the start of Q1, Leclerc set the initial pace with a lap of 1:34.898. However, Verstappen was…

FIA newsStarting from pole position, the Hitech-Pulse Eight driver got the perfect launch from pole position to lead through the first corner. But Gabriele Minì, who lined up alongside the Briton on the 26-car grid, edged ahead by half a car’s length through the high-speed Mandarin Oriental Bend.But Browning wasn’t to be outdone and inched back in front on the approach to the tight Lisboa right-hander, establishing a lead he wouldn’t relinquish. His team-mate, Alex…

Sport newsCharles Leclerc led a Ferrari 1-2, half a second ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz as Aston Marttin’s Fernando Alonso took third place in an extended 90-minute second practice session for the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.Following  engineering work  to solve the water valve issue that had derailed FP1, the extended FP2 session got underway at 0230 local time. And it was world champion Max Verstappen who set the early pace. The Red…

FIA newsElfyn Evans led Forum8 Rally Japan by 1min 49.9sec overnight after streaming-wet conditions in Friday’s opening leg caught out several of his FIA World Rally Championship peers.Torrential rainfall, thick fog and roads covered with damp leaves were just some of the challenges faced by crews on the first full day of action at the 2023 season finale. Survival was the aim of the game and, while several of his rivals faltered, Evans barely put…

Sport newsThierry Neuville wasted no time in challenging Toyota Gazoo Racing on their home rally, claiming victory on FORUM8 Rally Japan’s opening stage to lead on Thursday night.Hyundai’s i20 N Rally1 cars asserted their dominance on the curtain-raising super special stage inside Toyota City Stadium. Neuville led the charge, with team-mates Esapekka Lappi and Dani Sordo securing the second and fourth positions respectively.In stark contrast, Toyota’s fleet struggled to find its rhythm on the tight…

FIA newsThe Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) is set to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in an official capacity for the first time, representing its Members from around the world in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.As the global voice of motor sport and mobility users, the FIA will share its unique perspective at its event hosted on Transport Day (6 December at 10am – Green Zone Main Stage – Al Forsan Park). The event will gather experts…

Sport newsMichal Zd’arsky and co-driver Jakub Neblek have been crowned as the champions of the all-electric 2023 Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup after a nail-biting final day of action in the EcoDolomitesGT regularity rally in Italy.Throughout the opening day, the top three positions on the regularity had been traded by the three championship contenders, who were separated by just four points at the start of the event in Fiera di Primiero. The Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup…