Motor Sport

Sport newsCATEGORY 4 (1982 – 1990)With Erdi and Csoko out in front, the chasing pack in Category 4 are led by the Lancia Rally 037 of Championship leaders Ville Silvasti and Risto Pietilainen, the Finns trailing the Hungarians by 15.3 seconds. In turn they are 20.1s ahead of the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4×4 of Mats Myrsell and Esko Junttila.The two Toyota Celicas entered on the 55th Mecsek Rallye were both early retirees on the first day.  Vojtech…

Sport newsThe manufacturer has also confirmed a “non-competitive” outing of the car, sporting the brand’s traditional white, red and black racing colours, in this year’s FIA WEC season-concluding 8 Hours of Bahrain.As approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council earlier this year, cars built to LMDh regulations are allowed in the Hypercar class this season on a race-by-race basis, meaning they are ineligible to score points.For 2023 Porsche is preparing a four-car effort, with…

Sport newsOgier, who is contesting a partial programme with Toyota Gazoo Racing this season, edged Hyundai Motorsport star Thierry Neuville by just five-tenths of a second in the curtain-raising two-at-a-time Super Special Kasarani on the edge of the capital.Ott Tänak brought up the rear of the podium, the Estonian only 0.5sec down on his i20 N team-mate. Ogier took an unlikely win in 2021 when the Safari returned to the WRC following a 19-year absence. The…

Sport newsEkström stood on the top step as King, flanked by team-mates Adrien Tambay and Jordi Gené in a dream weekend for the Spanish manufacturer, with the narrative playing out in front of CUPRA CEO President and CEO, Wayne Griffiths and guests at their home event.Whilst Ekström won the Pool FURIOUS DHL Super Final, the Pool FAST one went to hitherto points leader and Budapest King of the Weekend, Tambay. For Gené, it was a…

FIA newsConsisting of three panels: Streets for Life; Streets for People; and Streets for Climate, the Forum was opened by FIA Foundation Chair Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen.FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem took part in the ‘Streets for Life’ panel along with Ukraine Impact NGO Director Oksana Romanukha, London City Hall Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman, Hon. Floyd Green MP from Jamaica Prime Minister’s Office, African Union Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy…

Sport newsCATEGORY 4 (1982 – 1990)Manufacturers in the category for the newest cars include Alfa Romeo, BMW, Ford, Lancia, Renault, Subaru and Toyota. Ville Silvasti is currently leading the drivers’ championship by just one point in the Lancia Rally 037, ahead of Mats Myrsell in the Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4×4.  In the Co-drivers’ championship Myrsell’s teammate Esko Junttila is ahead of Risto Pietilainen by 6 points and the two cars will be going head-to-head in Hungary.There…

Sport newsRed Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen took his sixth victory of the season at the Canadian Grand Prix, resisting strong pressure from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz following a late Safety Car to extend his championship lead over team-mate Sergio Pérez to 46 points. With Sainz second, Lewis Hamilton took his first podium finish since the opening round of the season, with the Mercedes driver finished ahead of team-mate George Russell and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who battle…

Sport newsRed Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen dominated a wet/drying qualifying for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix to take his second pole position of the season more than six tenths clear of surprise front row star Fernando Alonso of Alpine and third-placed Carlos Sainz of Ferrari.At the start of Q1 a stream of cars took to the track on extreme wet tyres in order to assess the conditions and to get in a…

Sport newsDefending world champion Max Verstappen went quickest in the opening practice session for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix as the sport returned to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the first time since 2019. Verstappen outpaced Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz by over two tenths of a second with Fernando Alonso third for Alpine. Verstappen led the way early in the session, logging a time of 1:17.991 on medium compound Pirelli tyres to take top…

Sport newsA Technical Directive has been issued to give guidance to the teams about the measures the FIA intends to take to tackle the problem. These include:1. Closer scrutiny of the planks and skids, both in terms of their design and the observed wear2. The definition of a metric, based on the car’s vertical acceleration, that will give a quantitative limit for acceptable level of vertical oscillations. The exact mathematical formula for this metric is…