Motor Sport

Sport newsThursday 10 November is Youth and Future Generations Day at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. On the Blue Zone main stage, the conference’s only sporting event will be a panel discussion on motorsport’s unique ability to inspire mass transition to zero emission vehicles, moderated by UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action – the framework which supports sports organisations and their stakeholders to achieve global climate change goals – with speakers from the FIA, Formula E and Envision Racing. Race…

FIA newsFIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s Op-Ed published on Motorsport.com on November 8, 2022Recently one of the FIA female stewards, Silvia Bellot, was the subject of death threats. It is utterly deplorable that a volunteer such as Silvia or any of our marshals and officials, who volunteer their time to allow us to go racing, is the subject of such hatred.Indeed a number of FIA staff have also been targeted with harassment and hate posts over the past…

Sport newsIn 2015 she became the first female with a spinal injury to be granted a racing licence in the UK. Four years later she started out in motorsport becoming the first ever female disabled rally driver.Nathalie was involved in a car accident when she was young that left her paralyzed from the chest down.But in motorsport, there are no separate categories for female or disabled drivers, and Nathalie has managed to make a name…

FIA newsRead the full story about the FIA Immersion ProgrammeView the short video interviews with each participant:Abdulla Abdulaziz Althawadi – Bahrain Motor Federation (BMF)Samyr de Matos Khan – Automóvel Touring Clube de Moçambique (ATCM)Lida Martinez Trejo – OMDAI FIA MéxicoEnnio Javier Cornejo Ramirez – Touring y Automóvil Club del Perú (TACP)Kolbrún Vignisdóttir – Icelandic Motorsport Association (AKÍS)FIAClubsFIA1FIAFIAClubs00Friday, November 4, 2022 – 3:03pmFriday, November 4, 2022 – 3:03pm …

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…

Sport newsAs previously announced, WEC nominated its official rookies, who will all get at least 30 laps behind the wheel of the championship-winning car for their allocated category.Lilou Wadoux (FRA) will be seen out in action in whichever Hypercar wins the 2022 title; Lorenzo Colombo (ITA) will jump into the GTE Pro class, Doriane Pin (FRA) will get a taste of LMP2 and Finn Gehrsitz (DEU) is set for a go in LMGTE Am. In addition to…

Sport newsAs a child of the eighties, Chicherit – the Founder and President of GCK (Green Corp Konnection) – was inspired by the success of the Lancia Delta Integrale in the FIA World Rally Championship. When the French entrepreneur launched his company’s GCK Exclusiv-e retrofit division in 2020, it set about designing and building a modern electric version of this iconic hot-hatch.The race-bred version of the road-going Lancia Delta Evo-e, the four-wheel drive Lancia Delta…

Members newsDuring the summertime, the Avto-Moto Zveva Slovenije organised a road safety day at the Safe Driving Center Vransko together with its partners the insurance company Sava, Slovene Police and Association of Friends of Youth Ljubljana Moste-Polje to educate children about road safety. During this day, children had the opportunity to learn about the precise operation of vehicles and how they work when in traffic on the road thanks to small Lego bricks’ vehicles they had…

Sport newsThe FIA pays tribute to one of the most influential designers and engineers in Formula 1 history – Mauro Forghieri – who has passed away at the age of 87. “The condolences of the FIA community are today with the family and friends of Mauro Forghieri,” said FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem. “He was a pioneer of motor sport engineering who had a remarkable impact on the history of Formula 1 and sports car racing,…

Mobility newsDRAKE is a web-based smart search application for leisure and recreation in the travel and vacation industry. The tool is a privately accessed net rate consolidator reserved for ACD members. It functions like any online travel agency system for corporate use:  it provides a direct service page to its users with access to inventory of hotels, resort weeks, flights, cruises, car rentals and recreational activities worldwide.App users can get discounts with virtual currency from 5%…