WTCR: Magnus scores second win of 2022 in Vallelunga’s Race 2

Sport newsThe Comtoyou Team Audi Sport driver followed up his third place in Race 1 with a perfect performance in sweltering conditions as Nathanaël Berthon finished second to make up for the podium he lost in Race 1.Yann Ehrlacher and Santiago Urrutia should have started from the front row. But as in Race 1, the five Lynk & Cos withdrew to the pitlane at the end of the warm-up lap because of Cyan Racing’s tyre…

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F1 – Verstappen wins in France ahead of Mercedes cars as Leclerc crashes out of the lead

Sport newsMax Verstappen eased to his seventh victory of the season at the French Grand Prix after title rival Charles Leclerc crashed out of the race from the lead after just 18 laps. Mercedes meanwhile scored a first double podium since last year’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton finishing his 300th grand prix in second place, while George Russell passed Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez following a late Virtual Safety Car period. When the lights went…

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WTCR: Girolami beats Azcona to Race 1 win at Vallelunga

Sport newsThe victory marks the second of the season for Girolami in his ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic Type R TCR, as Goodyear #FollowTheLeader Azcona extended his advantage at the top of the standings.Pole position starter Girolami and Azcona ran side by side through the first three corners before the Honda-powered driver made sure he held the lead into Turn 4. From there, Azcona chased Girolami all the way to the finish.Behind them, the five…

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ETCR: Martin and Azcona lead the charge in Vallelunga

Sport newsSaturday’s action ended with Romeo Ferraris driver Maxime Martin and Hyundai Motorsport N driver Mikel Azcona both sporting perfect scores as they progressed through their pools, with Martin heaing FAST and Azcona top of FURIOUS.The heat, track layout, driver agression and car set-up all played their part throughout the day with extreme conditions making for exciting action and drama. Read all about it from the links and recaps from today’s Pool FAST and Pool…

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F2 – Lawson surges to Sprint Race victory in Le Castellet

Sport newsLiam Lawson claimed his second win of the 2022 season with a measured drive on the way to Sprint Race victory. The Carlin driver made two brilliant moves en route, making both passes into the chicane with a stand-out overtake on Marcus Armstrong the highlight.Jehan Daruvala held onto second despite a fierce battle in the final laps between nine drivers. The entire top 10 were closely bunched up following a mid-race Safety Car.Théo Pourchaire…

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WTCR: Girolami beats Azcona to Race 1 pole

Sport newsGirolami clinched his second pole of the season with a lap of full commitment to demote Azcona, with Norbert Michelisz, Nathanaël Berthon and Esteban Guerrieri completing the top five.“I had nothing left!” said a delighted Girolami. “We knew at this track we were so good. We have had two days of testing and this work has paid off. I’m grateful to the team and Honda because we worked really hard. We know this is…

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F2 – Sargeant sneaks ahead of Iwasa and Vesti in tight battle for pole

Sport newsLogan Sargeant left it as late as possible to snatch pole position for the Feature Race in Le Castellet, narrowly edging out Ayumu Iwasa and Frederik Vesti by the slimmest of margins.Iwasa had held provisional pole entering the final laps and Vesti couldn’t quite match him, ending up 0.023s down on the DAMS driver’s effort. Sargeant pulled out the time though, just 0.006s of it, but that was good enough to put him on…

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ETRC: Kiss edges towards the title, Hahn Jr takes maiden win

Sport newsThe Hungarian ace kick-started the weekend in his usual fashion, taking his seventh pole of the season from as many sessions. He then converted the pole to a victory in Race 1, but that was his only victory of the weekend. He, however, still managed a couple of fourth places and a runner-up spot in Race 4.Race 2 produced one of the feel-good stories of the weekend, with Lukas Hahn, son of the series’…

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ACCR LEADS PETITION TO SUPPORT URBAN SPEED REDUCTION

Members newsThe ‘Streets for Life’ campaign started in 2021 during the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week in the aftermath of the Stockholm Declaration of 2020 and the launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 and its Global Plan. It calls for authorities to limit the speed to 30 km/h in urban streets where vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians coexist. The goal is to reduce traffic crashes and the consequent deaths and serious…

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Karting comes to the fore at FIA Motorsport Games 2022

Sport newsThe 2022 Games will feature two additional Karting categories – Karting Endurance and Karting Sprint, the latter of which will be split into two medal-winning competitions for Junior and Senior competitors. This is in addition to Karting Slalom – one of the founding disciplines of the inaugural 2019 Games in Italy.The expansion of this entry-level discipline in the FIA Motorsport Games will help kart racers aged 12+ years from across the world to showcase…

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