Motor Sport

Sport news1. World Motor Sport Council Approves 2026 Formula 1 Power UnitPower Unit Technical, Sporting and Financial Regulations confirmedThe FIA World Motor Sport Council has today, 16 August, approved the regulations for the 2026 Formula 1 Power Unit (PU) Regulations that will apply to the PUs to be developed and utilised from the 2026 season of the FIA Formula One World Championship. These regulations are the result of extensive research and development by the FIA,…

Sport newsJohan Kristoffersson has made history by becoming the first winner of the new all-electric FIA World Rally Championship era, after he delivered a champion’s performance in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd at the World RX of Norway in Hell.As the popular Lånkebanen circuit returned to the calendar for the first time in three years, the most successful driver in World RX history served signal of his intent straightaway in Saturday morning’s SuperPole…

Sport newsEdoardo Mortara ended the 2021-22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with a fourth win of the year, but even his dominant performance in the Seoul e-Prix — Formula E’s 100th outing — could not overshadow Stoffel Vandoorne’s return to the role of champion.The Belgian, who won the 2014 GP2 Series before moving to F1, needed only to finish seventh in the 16th round of the year to ensure he took the crown, and…

Sport newsKristoffersson, the defending world champion, set the pace in Heat 1 – aided by a blistering start – before Hansen produced a similarly electrifying launch in Heat 2 to turn the tables and cement the top spot in the overnight order, with the fastest lap of the day to his credit for good measure.“We’ve had a very good day today,” said Hansen. “There are no points awarded for the heats, of course, and this is…

Sport newsThe no6 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4×4 of Anders and Ingrid Johnsen finished the day in seventh overall and third in the EHRC listings.The Category 3 EHRC win went to the Volvo 244 of Siegfried and Renate Mayr, the German couple consolidating their overnight lead following the retirement of the no2 Porsche 911 and brought the car home in 15th overall at the end of the 12th stage.The Category 2 battle between the no5 Ford Escort…

Sport newsThe no16 Latvala Motorsport Toyota Celica of 2014/15 Rally Finland winner and WRC front runner Jari-Matti Latvala and his co-driver Juho Hanninen was the runaway leader at the end of the first day, the Finns 1m38.2 ahead of the no4 Audi quattro of Kivenne and Sairanen.  However, Latvala and Hanninen are not full season EHRC entrants and therefore are not eligible for championship points at the end of the Lahti Historic Rally.The no6 Ford Sierra…

Sport newsLaunched in May this year, the third edition of the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars programme involved a worldwide talent search among the FIA’s national sporting authorities, each of which nominated promising young drivers with national or international racing experience. Following this initial phase, the FIA selected eight senior and six junior drivers, representing 12 countries, to continue the competition at the Circuit Paul Ricard, as part of the renowned Winfield Racing…

Sport newsA large crowd gathered in downtown Stjørdal to witness the birth of the fastest World RX cars ever created, at a special presentation which was broadcast live across all World RX social media channels.And even before the new RX1e cars take to the track in anger for the first time this weekend, four-time FIA World Rallycross champion Johan Kristoffersson, who had given his fully electric RX1e car a shakedown test in Sweden a few…

Sport newsSealed-surface stages are back in the FIA World Rally Championship from August 18-21 with the second running of Ypres Rally Belgium as a round of the WRC.Once a long-term fixture on the FIA European Rally Championship calendar, the event was elevated to the sport’s top level for the first time in 2021 with a route that showcased two of Belgian motor sport’s most significant attractions, the Ypres Rally and Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.But while the…

Sport newsThe popular discipline’s return will attract the best drift-car drivers from across the sport to compete for the honour of winning a gold medal for their home nation at Circuit Paul Ricard.Featured as one of the founding disciplines of the first FIA Motorsport Games, drivers from 22 ASNs gathered to compete in the then-named Drifting Cup at Vallelunga in 2019. After two days of intense competition, Dmitriy Illyuk emerged as the inaugural Drifting gold…