Motor Sport

Sport newsSébastien Ogier is on course to win round 12 of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship following a morning of drama on RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Rally de España.Driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, the Frenchman, who has eight WRC titles and 54 event victories to his name, is 14.1s ahead of second-placed Thierry Neuville with two stages of the all-Tarmac event remaining.Belgian Neuville, meanwhile, started Sunday’s deciding leg 1.4s…

Sport newsCarlos Sainz scored the third pole position of his career with the fastest lap in qualifying for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. The Spaniard beat Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc by just under sevent hundredths of a second with World Champion elect Max Verstappen third. However, with Leclerc set to take a 10-place grid penalty for the race, Verstappen will, start from the front row.Verstappen was out early in Q1 and…

Sport newsA dominant Saturday drive enabled Sébastien Ogier to move clear of the RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Rally de España pack as Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT put one hand on the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.The eight-time world champion, with Benjamin Veillas co-driving, is on course to claim his maiden victory of the WRC’s hybrid-powered era on only his fifth start aboard a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1.Ogier was virtually untouchable and won four out of…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier has stretched his RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Rally de España lead to almost double figures with a clinical performance on a shortened loop this morning.The eight-time world champion, who ended Friday’s opening leg just 4.8s clear of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT team-mate Kalle Rovanperä, extended his advantage with an impressive drive on the smooth and flowing roads in the Costa Daurada hills.At the midday service halt in Salou, the Frenchman’s advantage stands at…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier was able to resist the pressure from his Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT colleague Kalle Rovanperä to hold a slender lead following a gripping opening to RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada Rally de España today (Friday).It was a case of old champion versus new champion as Ogier – an eight-time world title winner between 2013 and 2021 – and Rovanperä – who claimed this year’s crown with two rounds to spare – traded seconds across…

Sport newsThe findings of a far-reaching FIA review of incidents at the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit have determined that a number of procedural recommendations will be implemented. The review is based on the FIA’s critical reflection process, a letter from the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association and discussions between the FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem and a number of drivers including George Russell, GPDA Director, and AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly who expressed their concerns over the on-track…

Sport newsThe popular discipline will make its return for the long-awaited second edition of the Motorsport Games taking place next week, attracting a host of nation’s best drifters from around the globe and many 2022 champions all competing for the gold medal.Featured as one of the founding disciplines of the first FIA Motorsport Games, the strong field for this year is headed by Ukraine and the inaugural Drifting gold medalist, Dmitriy Illyuk, who will again…

Mobility newsOver the course of this three-day tailor-made programme, 26 leaders of 17 FIA Member Clubs attended strategic courses on ‘Leadership and Negotiation Strategies’, ‘Qualitative Intuition’, ‘Quantivative Intuition – Leading in a Data-driven World’, and more. The programme aimed to equip participants with the necessary tools to respond to the crucial challenges they are facing today.Classes were taught by expert Columbia University faculty who have authored several critically acclaimed books. Professor Robert Bontempo, a globally…

Sport newsThe FIA World Motor Sport Council has approved on Wednesday 19 October the five-round 2023 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) calendar, with the Sonora Rally in Mexico and Desafio Ruta 40 in Argentina two new additions to the calendar.After a successful inaugural season, the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship will head to North and South America for the first time in 2023, in addition to visiting two established events in the Middle East and a…

Sport newsThe Deputy President for Sport opened the meeting by thanking Motorsport UK, and its Chairman, David Richards, who instigated the WMSC’s presence at the world-famous venue and to the hosts, the RAC and its Chairman, Ben Cussons.In his opening address, the FIA President provided an overview of the milestones achieved since the previous WMSC meeting in Paris in June.He said: “During the Summer, the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved the Formula 1 Power Unit…