Motor Sport

FIA newsThe FIA warmly thanks him for the achievements he has contributed to the development of motor sport over the last five years. In particular, he has supervised, with the entire Sport Division, the building of the single-seater pyramid from Karting to F1, the creation of the new World Rally-Raid Championship, as well as improving safety and sustainability in all disciplines. The FIA wishes him all the best for the future.Peter Bayer will be replaced…

Sport newsFormula Regional European Championship by AlpineHadrien David wins the first race in MonacoThe Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine fired up its engines in Monaco, where the first race took place during one of the most fascinating weekends of the season.The young standard bearer for R-ace GP, Hadrien David, took an important victory after setting the fastest time in Group A yesterday which granted him the pole position in the first round.The French driver was able to keep the…

Sport newsThis weekend’s inaugural Jakarta E-Prix (4 June) marks the start of the second half of the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship campaign, with a fierce battle for glory in prospect on the streets of the Indonesian capital.The first FIA-sanctioned motorsport event to be held in Indonesia since 2006, the Jakarta E-Prix will take place on a purpose-built track, whose challenging 18-turn, 2.37km layout – tight-and-technical and fast-and-flowing in equal measure – snakes…

Sport newsSilva set the third quickest time on the opening Qualifying stage and won three of the subsequent four selective sections across rural terrain in the Argos Orestiko region of western Macedonia to confirm the win.The Portuguese said: “We are very proud to finish in first place in this rally. It is our first victory in an FIA event and we worked hard for a few years to get to this day. Our team builds…

Sport newsSweden’s Jan Ericsson defeated Dutchman David Vegter to win the Pro Modified category, while in Top Methanol reigning champion Sandro Bellio took the honours.It turned out to be a great weekend for the sport of drag racing, with several European records broken as the championship returned for the first time since 2019.In the Top Fuel category, the European record was reset, with what was the first run in Europe under 3.8s. In Pro Modified,…

FIA newsThe programme aims to detect and nurture the female racing talent of the future of the best 12-16 years old female drivers from around the world. It offers them a unique opportunity to forge a professional career in motor sport. The first two editions brought out three promising young female drivers, Maya Weug (17 years old, Dutch), Laura Camps Torres (17 years old, Spanish), Maria Germano Neto (12 years old, Portuguese). Now, under the…

Sport newsPole-sitter Felipe Drugovich made it three wins in four races to extend his lead at the top of the Drivers’ Championship. After a disappointing Sprint Race retirement, the MP Motorsport driver turned his fortunes around to hold off Théo Pourchaire in a race of attrition, as the pair ran their supersoft tyres for a whopping 22 laps around the challenging Monte Carlo streets.A late gasp of pace from Jüri Vips wasn’t enough to bring…

Sport news  Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for his home race, the Monaco Grand Prix as Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez crashed in the final moments of the session to bring qualifying to an early end. Leclerc’s team-mate Carlos Sainz qualified second to hand Ferrari a front-row lockout, with the unfortunate Pérez third ahead of tyeam-mate Max Verstappen At the start of the session it was Pérez and Verstappen who made the early running with Driver’s title leader…

Sport newsThe decision was taken following consultation with representatives of the FIA Sporting and Technical departments and official tyre supplier Goodyear Racing.Goodyear Racing confirmed that it could not guarantee that the tyres provided for this event would perform as intended. Furthermore, Goodyear Racing confirmed that, at this stage, it was not able to provide conclusive reasons for the tyre issues that have occurred during earlier track activity, until an exhaustive process of data analysis has…

Sport newsCharles Leclerc topped a Ferrari 1-2 in the second practice session for the 2022 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix with the Monegasque driver finishing four hundredths of a second ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz, as McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo hit the barriers midway through the session, bringing out the red flags. At the start of the session Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez led the way on medium compound tyres, while the Ferrari drivers opted to start…