Motor Sport

Sport newsOvernight leaders Yves Deflandre and Jennifer Hugo in the no8 Porsche 911 slipped back to third in the FIA contender standings and fifth overall after a couple of issues which dropped them down the order.The third and final leg of the Ostbelgien Classic will begin at 08h00 in Weiswampach in Luxembourg on Sunday morning, with a full day of competition to decide who will take home the FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies. CLICK HERE for…

FIA newsThe launch of the guidelines coincides with International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022.These Guidelines are intended to provide recommendations for the best practices for vehicle adaptations. They present high-level information on adaptations/systems that the FIA Disability and Accessibility Commission has studied in recent years.The Guidelines aim to provide best practices to people with mobility impairments working towards adapting their racing vehicle. They also give a reliable guidance to ASNs for their sanctioned motor…

Members newsThe main objective of the training was to provide an introduction to the AI&Me programme as well as to launch the YEA App with instructions on how to use it. Raise your voice: A Youth Engagement App for safer mobility The YEA offers young people an efficient way to identify and report high-risk road conditions, providing them with a platform for their voices to be heard.Through the app, government officials will receive data as actionable recommendations to make…

Sport newsHearingCase ICA-2022-05: Appeal lodged by Mr Vladislav Mikhaylov against Decision No. 182 dated 3 September 2022 of the Stewards of the Le Mans event counting towards the 2022 FIA Karting Academy TrophyOn 3 September 2022, the Stewards received a report (document No. 96) from the Judge of Facts, stating that at the Qualifying Heat B-C the mechanic of the driver Mr Timofey Mikhaylov, was found to be working on his kart on the pre-grid…

FIA newsFIA Deputy President for Sport Robert Reid, FIA Deputy President for Automobile Mobility and Tourism Tim Shearman, FIA Senate President Carmelo Sanz de Barros as well as members of the FIA Administration took part in the pre-selection process and assessed all 51 projects against five evaluation criteria: Relevance, Legacy, Innovation, Sustainability and Impact.The nine following projects were shortlisted:Climate Action:ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF JORDAN ­— Photovoltaic StationAUSTRALIAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION — Real World Testing ProgrammeSVENSKA BILSPORTFORBUNDET…

Sport newsVictory for the Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux driver and his German navigator Dirk von Zitzewitz would guarantee the FIA World Cup Drivers’ Championship title for the Riyadh man with only Zapletal (Ford F-150) now able to overhaul the winner of the recent Saudi Baja.In the absence of Ulsterman Michael Orr, Zapletal’s Slovakian co-driver Marek Sykora has already won the Co-drivers’ Championship.Overdrive Racing will also field a pair of non-registered Toyota Hiluxes for Brazil’s Lucas…

FIA newsThe FIA is launching today the FIA Road Safety Index to onboard organisations in the effort for safer roads by enabling them to measure and improve their safety footprint.The FIA Road Safety Index provides organisations with a methodology to assess their road safety performance and calculate their safety footprint, relying on a similar concept as the carbon footprint calculators. The safety footprint of an organisation refers to the number of fatalities and seriously injured…

Sport newsThe winner takes all finale for the 2022 season, Paddon was one of six teams vying for the coveted title. Tackling the 14-stage course threaded through some sections previously used by the World Rally Championship event, it was far from a straightforward result for the Kiwi pairing. The Toyota Gazoo Racing team cars of brothers Harry and Lewis Bates were hot-footing it with Paddon right from the start – while chasing double glory to secure…

Sport newsGilles Magnus won the final WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup race of the current era after Attila Tassi, the early Race 2 leader in Saudi Arabia, was knocked out in a dramatic collision at Jeddah Corniche Circuit.Tassi led from pole position in his LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler Honda Civic TCR. He survived a move from ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport’s Esteban Guerrieri, who braked too late at Turn 1 on lap two and spun….

Sport newsWTCR – Nathanaël Berthon converted pole position into his second win of the season in Race 1 at WTCR Race of Saudi Arabia, resisting intense pressure from Norbert Michelisz in the process.Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport driver Berthon kept Michelisz’s BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Elantra N TCR at bay throughout the race under floodlights at Jeddah Corniche Circuit to close to within five points of Néstor Girolami’s second place in the provisional WTCR…