Motor Sport

Sport newsRed Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen romped to a dominant 15th victory of the season at the 2022 FIA Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc held off Sergio Pérez to seal second place in the Drivers’ Championship.After leading away from pole position, Verstappen was headed for just a single lap during the 58-lap race, with Leclerc briefly in the lead as the double champion made his sole pit stop of the race….

Sport newsAyumu Iwasa converted pole position into Feature Race victory, but it was far from straight forward for the DAMS driver. The Japanese racer just about won the battle with Felipe Drugovich in the final laps of the year, as the 2022 Drivers’ Champion attempted to sign off his title-winning season with victory.However, he did help MP Motorsport do the double to win their first Teams’ Championship as a parting gift. Liam Lawson claimed third…

Sport newsRed Bull Racing’s Sergio Pérez set the quickest time in the final practice session for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating team-mate Max Verstappen by 1500ths of a second, with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in third place. Pérez, level on points with Charles Leclerc, is looking to claim second place in the Drivers’ Championship and the Mexican driver’s hopes look bright after a practice in which his Ferrari rival finished sixth. The session,…

Sport newsLewis Hamilton led Mercedes to a 1-2 finish in the first Formula 1 practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the seven-time champion beating team-mate George Russell by just over two tenths of a second. Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari, just under a tenth ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez. Leclerc and Pérez, who are locked on 290 points each in the battle for P2 in the Drivers’ Championship, set the pace in…

Mobility newsRepresentatives from AA South Africa, the Automobile Association of Kenya, the Automobile Association of Namibia, the Automobile Association of Zimbabwe, Koninklijke Nederlandse Toeristenbond (ANWB — The Netherlands), Automovel e Touring Clube de Moçambique (ATCM — Mozambique), Emergency Assist 991 (EA991 — Botswana), Reial Automobil Club de Catalunya  (RACC — Spain), Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE — Spain), Riksförbundet M Sverige (Sweden) and Touring Club Suisse (TCS — Switzerland) attended the two-day event showcasing existing…

Sport newsThe Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux driver teamed up with Germany’s Dirk von Zitzewitz again and wins on each of the two challenging selective sections across the An Nafud desert to the west and northwest of the city of Hail enabled the Riyadh driver to build up a winning margin of 24mins 28sec. Second place for Czech Miroslav Zapletal (Ford F-150 Evo) and his Slovakian navigator Marek Sykora keeps them in the hunt for the…

FIA newsThe FIA President’s Road Safety Award aims to shed light upon the most effective intervention by an FIA Member Club to improve road safety and build a culture of safe mobility, contributing to the reduction of road fatalities.As part of the 18 projects received for this award, 9 focused on child safety, mobility for seniors, first aid education, and vehicle maintenance:AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION PHILIPPINES — Stay Bright ProgrammeTURKISH AUTOMOBILE SPORTS FEDERATION — Parents’ Report CardINTERNATIONAL…

Sport newsThe 18-year-old from Kvelde comes from a strong rallycross background and has grown up living, breathing and watching the sport with his family. Yet he surpassed even his own expectations – beginning with fifth quickest time in free practice, which was a mere half a second slower than pacesetter Jan Černý.Hvaal went on to finish second in heats one and two and third in heat three before he fast-tracked himself into the final. In…

Sport newsJohan Kristoffersson ended the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship in style at the Nürburgring by winning for an eighth time, completing a truly magnificent year in which he was crowned World RX champion for a fifth time.He began the final round of the series in Germany by setting fastest time in the single-lap SuperPole shootout, a stunning eight tenths-of-a-second faster than his nearest rival. He went on to win two (out of three) heats,…

Sport newsFIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPWinners of FORUM8 Rally Japan – Present:1st – Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Thierry Neuville (BEL), Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid2nd – Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid3rd – Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Takamoto Katsuta (JPN), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 HybridRep. of the winning manufacturer – Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Julien Moncet (FRA)Q:Thierry, well done for taking the final win of the…