Motor Sport

Sport newsWith the full support of the Bahrain Motor Federation and Saudi Arabian Automobile and Motorcycle Federation respectively, WTCR Race of Bahrain is scheduled to take place from November 10-12 as part of the FIA World Endurance Championship 8 Hours of Bahrain weekend, with the WTCR Race of Saudi Arabia night race event following from November 25-27.WTCR Race of Bahrain and WTCR Race of Saudi Arabia join the 2022 WTCR calendar in place of the…

Sport news14 drivers are set to tackle the 4.212-kilometre circuit this weekend, with the Czech venue kicking off a busy second half of the season, featuring four race weekends scheduled across five weeks, including the championship finale taking place at Circuito del Jarama, Spain from October 1-2.Norbert Kiss enjoyed a strong first half of the season, taking nine wins out of 15 races, and is leading the championship with a comfortable 48-point gap over second-placed Jochen…

Sport newsNasser Saleh Al-Attiyah has already made sure that he has enough points in the bag to confirm a record-breaking 18th regional title, but the Qatari will be eyeing his second victory on the only asphalt round of the series, as he resumes his annual duel with local sensation and 15-time event winner Roger Feghali.Feghali reached the top step of the Lebanese podium for the first time in 2000 with Ziad Chehab in a Lancia…

Sport newsTen cars grace the T1 category, with a further eight lining up in the T3 section for lightweight prototypes and a dozen machines entered in T4.Current FIA World Cup Baja leader Al-Rajhi has never won the Polish event but finished second in 2021. He will be aiming to break his duck at the wheel of the solitary Overdrive Racing-run Toyota Hilux entered on the three-day event in north-western Poland.With two-time event winner Nasser Saleh…

Sport newsIn a close Pro Modified final Michel Tooren claimed the victory over Andres Arnover. Jonny Lagg defeated Sandro Bellio to take the Top Methanol honours and in Pro Stock it was Jimmy Ålund once again, this time with the tiniest of margins over Stefan Ernryd.TOP FUELThe first major surprise of the weekend came when championship leader Ida Zetterström was defeated by number five qualifier Susanne Callin. The dragster of the Finnish female racer lost traction…

Sport newsJan Kopecký notched up a record-breaking 10th Barum Czech Rally Zlín victory with a measured drive through Sunday’s final leg.It was yet another frenetic day of action at the FIA European Rally Championship’s seventh and penultimate round as ever-changing weather conditions kept the drivers on their toes.Heavy rain showers and waterlogged asphalt roads in one test would be followed by dry conditions and blue skies in the next, while Zlín’s famous forested sections became…

Sport newsJack Doohan made his Feature Race victory at Spa-Francorchamps look comfortable, winning from Felipe Drugovich and Liam Lawson after starting fourth on the grid.The Virtuosi Racing driver pulled off an undercut and held the MP Motorsport driver at arm’s length for the remainder of the race to secure the victory.Lawson’s P3 finish made it two podiums from two races in Belgium to cap off a strong weekend for the Carlin driver.AS IT HAPPENEDDrugovich surged…

Sport newsAfter being caught up in a big crash during Saturday’s Sprint Race, Zane Maloney recovered in style around Spa-Francorchamps to secure his first victory in Formula 3 and put smiles on the faces of his Trident team. The Bajan rookie led his teammate Roman Stanek to the line to claim the Italian team’s first double podium of the season in the Feature Race.Oliver Bearman went two-for-two to throw down the gauntlet to his title…

Sport newsLiam Lawson survived a nervous moment off the line and a late Safety Car to drive off into the distance and snatch a dominant victory in the Spa-Francorchamps Sprint Race. Seizing an opportunity as the lights went out, the Carlin driver narrowly avoided disaster to immediately leap his way up from fifth to first on the opening lap and never looked back.Jack Doohan left it right to the last-second to claim his fifth podium…

Sport newsOliver Bearman capitalised perfectly on his closest rivals’ misfortune, winning the Spa Sprint Race to close the gap in the Drivers’ Championship. The PREMA Racing driver kept his nose clean during a chaotic race to claim his first FIA Formula 3 victory, winning from fifth on the grid.Roman Stanek delivered on Trident’s strong Qualifying pace and ended up second while Alexander Smolyar made it back-to-back podiums, rounding out the top three for MP Motorsport.AS…