Motor Sport

Sport newsFinal round of the 2022 FIA European Hill Climb Championship takes place in Croatia this weekendExtreme weather prevented many cars from practicing, with several teams suffering damage to their service areasCategory 1 title battle set to go down to the wireCategory 2 champion Christian Merli aims for eighth win from eight eventsExtreme weather conditions with high winds and driving rain meant that the official practice sessions for this weekend’s Buzetski dani, the eighth and…

FIA newsFIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars programme finalist, Pin, joined Iron Dames stable last year and ever since has competed in various series aboard the team’s GT cars. She made her FIA WEC debut earlier this year aboard the #85 Iron Dames Ferrari LMGTE Am entry, along with IMSA racer Christina Nielsen, subbing in for the car’s regular drivers Sarah Bovy and Michelle Gatting and joining Rachel Frey in the line-up.21-year-old Wadoux is…

Mobility newsTogether with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and the Swedish Artificial Intelligence (AI) and insurtech company Greater Than, Automechanika Frankfurt invited participants to join the FIA SDC Subevent during May and June, in the lead-up to the trade fair. On average, participants achieved a CO2 saving of 9%* through their driving during the pre-challenge and the challenge, and positively contributed to cleaner roads. The winning driver, Mr Alexandre Stricher, achieved an impressive CO2 saving of…

Sport newsThe title-deciding encounter of the season will feature a 37-car-field, with five cars apiece in the Hypercar as well LMGTE Pro classes, thirteen in the LMGTE Am category and fourteen in LMP2.Changes from last weekend’s 6 Hours of Fuji include the return of the ARC Bratislava squad, with team owner Miroslav Konopka in action, joined by two as yet unnamed drivers. Absent at Fuji due to a date clash with a DTM round held at…

FIA newsThe FIA Women in Motorsport Commission and the FIA Volunteers and Officials Commissions have joined forces to create the first ever Women Officials’ Exchange program. This new initiative aims to promote and encourage participation of female motor sports officials around the world. It is also an opportunity to introduce women to all the essential roles carried out by the volunteers at the highest level of the sport.Out of 300 applications, 24 were selected (list…

FIA newsUnder the agreement, the FIA has adopted solutions from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio to support the FIA’s sustainability efforts across all of its championships including F1. The Siemens Xcelerator portfolio will enable the FIA  to the design vehicles and regulations that will reduce energy consumption and emissions which will support the FIA in achieving its sustainability goals.The use of Siemens Xcelerator enables remote operation and therefore reduced carbon footprint due to less travel. The adoption of this sustainable…

Sport newsVirves wins a career-boosting prize package with four fully funded WRC2 prize drives with M-Sport in a Fiesta Rally2 for 2023 including a pre-event test and 200 Pirelli tyres.Jon Armstrong pushed Virves hard throughout the entire rally in the fight for the championship as Armstrong’s co-driver, Brian Hoy, was crowned 2022 FIA Junior WRC Co-Drivers’ Champion.Virves entered the rally having never won a Junior WRC rally before but had come close on numerous occasions. He entered Sunday…

Sport newsPresent:Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Thierry Neuville (BEL), Hyundai i20 N Rally1 HybridHyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Ott Tänak (EST), Hyundai i20 N Rally1 HybridHyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Dani Sordo (ESP), Hyundai i20 N Rally1 HybridHyundai Shell Mobis WRT – Julien Moncet (FRA), Deputy Team PrincipalQ:Thierry congratulations on the win here at Acropolis, it’s been a while to wait for the first win to come this season. Now it’s finally here, how are…

Sport newsThierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe have claimed their first victory of the FIA World Rally Championship’s Rally1 era – and their first on EKO Aropolis Rally Greece – by heading home an historic 1-2-3 for Hyundai Motorsport.The Belgians seized top spot early on Saturday after nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb retired his pacesetting M-Sport Ford Puma with alternator failure. From that moment onwards they never looked back, heading home team-mates Ott Tänak and Dani…

Sport newsVictor Martins claimed the 2022 Formula 3 Drivers’ Championship at Monza after finishing fourth in the Feature Race. Zane Maloney took victory after a tense battle with Oliver Bearman and Martins, the trio fighting for the win right up to a late Red Flag and post-race penalties. Jak Crawford moved up to third to make it two PREMA Racing cars on the podium.Maloney’s third-consecutive Feature Race win moved him up to second in the…