Motor Sport

Sport newsToyota Gazoo Racing most certainly harnessed a home advantage as it led from start to finish for the overall victory at Fuji International Speedway, while AF Corse dominated the LMGTE Pro class, with close battles seen in LMP2 and LM GTE Am classes.The #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar of Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa led home the sister Toyota machine of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López. #51 AF Corse Ferrari completes…

Sport newsFelipe Drugovich secured the FIA Formula 2 Drivers’ Championship at Monza despite being forced to watch from the sidelines after going out on the opening lap. Jüri Vips took his first win of the season, proving that overtaking was more than possible around the Temple of Speed, victorious from third on the grid.Drugovich had to watch Théo Pourchaire’s attempts to deny him the title but, unfortunately for the ART Grand Prix driver, the race…

Sport newsKamui Kobayashi took a hugely popular pole position for Toyota Gazoo Racing this afternoon ahead of tomorrow’s WEC 6 Hours of Fuji, round five of the 2022 FIA World Endurance ChampionshipIn so doing, Kobayashi ensured the first ever Hypercar pole in Japan was achieved by the Japanese brand. Tomorrow’s race will also be the first time that the #7 Toyota has started from pole at Fuji Speedway.Kobayashi hustled his Toyota GR010 Hybrid around the 2.835-mile track…

Sport newsFranco Colapinto won the Monza Sprint Race from pole position, winning ahead of Oliver Bearman after the PREMA Racing man put in a great drive to secure P2. Caio Collet ended up P3 after holding off a number of threats behind for a podium result, but there was a plethora of drama along the way.Victor Martins, Isack Hadjar and Arthur Leclerc all had contact at some point during the Sprint Race and fell down…

Sport newsThe FIA World Endurance Championship community, currently at Japan’s Fuji Speedway where the penultimate round of the series is taking place, has joined the world in mourning the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Tributes have come from across the paddock.Following FIA community tribute, several competitors expressed their condolences.“As a team we express our deepest sympathy at the passing of Her Majesty, Queen…

Sport newsFerrari’s Carlos Sainz topped the timesheet in the second practice session for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, beating Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen by a little over a tenth of a second as more drivers joined the two fastest men on the list of drives set to incur grid penalties for Sunday’s race.It had already been confirmed that Verstappen, Sainz and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton would take grid penalties for PU element…

Sport newsSébastien Loeb snatched the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece lead from team-mate Pierre-Louis Loubet late in the day as their M-Sport Ford World Rally Team dominated proceedings.It was a dream Friday for the British squad with its Ford Puma Rally1 cars topping the timesheets on every single stage as the rally threaded its way north following Thursday night’s spectacular superspecial at the Olympic Stadium in Athens.Co-driven by Isabelle Galmiche, was initially dominant on the rough…

Sport newsFuji International Speedway is located 100km west of Tokyo, nestled in the foothills of the iconic Mount Fuji and will play host to 36 cars this weekend with five apiece in the Hypercar and LMGTE Pro classes and thirteen each in LMP2 and LMGTE Am.Originally conceived as a NASCAR-style venue before being repurposed as a road course, at 4.56km, the circuit is almost 800 metres longer than Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest mountain, 3776m in…

FIA newsFIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem: “It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Queen was undoubtedly one of the most respected heads of state ever to have lived, and I send my condolences, and those of the entire FIA community, to the Royal Family and all of the citizens of The United Kingdom…

Sport newsIntroduced to the FIA Motorsport Games for the first time this year, the Cross Car competitions for both Junior and Senior drivers will take place on the permanent Autocross Veynois circuit in Veynes, located near the city of Gap, north of Le Castellet. Cross Car is to off-road racing what karting is to circuit racing. It’s where established and upcoming stars from rally and off-road competition build their craft driving small off-road buggies powered by…