Motor Sport

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä grabbed an extraordinary Croatia Rally victory this afternoon as a downpour turned round three of the FIA World Rally Championship on its head in the final kilometres.Co-driven by fellow Finn Jonne Halttunen, Rovanperä led from the start of the three-day rally in the hills around Zagreb in his hybrid-powered Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, only for heavy rain during the penultimate stage to wipe out his hard-earned advantage.A resurgent Ott Tänak, whose gamble…

Sport newsMax Verstappen took a dominant Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix victory ahead of team-mate Sergio Pérez to claim a one-two finish for Red Bull Racing, as championship leader Charles Leclerc finished in sixth place following a late-race spin and Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz the race in a first-lap collision. Lando Norris took the final podium position for McLaren.Starting from pole position, Verstappen delivered a flawless performance to claim the second grand chelem of his career with…

Sport newsTrident’s Roman Stanek claimed his maiden FIA Formula 3 victory during a dramatic 24-lap Feature Race at Imola on Sunday.Stanek prevailed in a duel against Oliver Bearman to pick up his first win in a race that had mixed conditions and was punctuated by three Safety Car periods.In a highly eventful race Jak Crawford secured back-to-back podiums with second, while Isack Hadjar also climbed onto the rostrum, following a last-lap clash between former leader…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä will start Sunday’s deciding leg of Croatia Rally in the lead – but only after his once commanding advantage came under threat from Ott Tänak during Saturday’s absorbing action.FIA World Rally Championship leader Rovanperä began the second day of three in the hills near Zagreb with a seemingly impregnable margin of almost 90 seconds over the Estonian in his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1.He ended with that advantage slashed to just 19.9s after…

Sport newsThoughts from Colapinto, Martins and CrawfordFIA Formula 3: Many congratulations to the top three finishers of the FIA Formula 3 Sprint Race here at Imola. In third place, Jak Crawford for PREMA, in second place Victor Martins for ART Grand Prix, and taking his first win in FIA Formula 3, our winner Franco Colapinto for Van Amersfoort Racing. Many congratulations, Franco. You started on pole, and you won the race. But those facts alone…

Sport newsOtt Tänak is firmly back in contention to win the Croatia Rally after he slashed Kalle Rovanperä’s lead by more than a minute during Saturday morning’s loop of four stages.Tänak, the 2019 FIA World Rally champion, trailed the dominant Rovanperä by 1m23.3s overnight. After the cancellation of the opening test this morning, he ate into the over-cautious Finn’s advantage by 10s in the next special stage.But the big turnaround came during the morning’s Platak…

Sport newsQ: Carlos, please, let’s start with you. Many congratulations, two more years at Ferrari. Tell us what this new deal means to you and what your goals are for the next thirty or so months. Carlos SAINZ: Thank you very much. Very happy, as you can imagine. After such a good first year with Ferrari. I think it was pretty straightforward that we wanted to continue together for another few years, and the fact that I’ve…

Mobility newsTo understand the true ecological impact and sustainability of a car, it must be viewed in the context of its whole life cycle. This means that all processes and flows of resources and energy associated with the car’s production, usage, and recycling must be considered. LCA is the method that estimates these individual contributions to predict the car’s environmental impact over its entire lifetime ‘from cradle to grave’.Green NCAP’s Life Cycle Assessment involves estimations…

Sport newsFollowing the events during the podium ceremony for the OK category Round 1 of the 2022 FIA Karting European Championship in Portimao, the Stewards have summoned Ward Racing Team and the driver Mr Artem Severiukhin for a hearing via video conference on Thursday, April 21 at 11:00am CET. Any decision will be communicated to the relevant parties and published after the hearing.FIA KartingKartingSport1SportFIA KartingKarting00Wednesday, April 20, 2022 – 3:33pmWednesday, April 20, 2022 – 3:33pm…

Members newsHosted by the Touring y Automóvil Club Paraguayo (TACPy) and lasting for four days, the training gathered participants from the Automóvil Club de Colombia, Automóvil Club de Uruguay, Automóvil Club de Chile, Touring y Automóvil Club del Perú, Automóvil Club de Costa Rica, Automóvil Club del Ecuador ANETA and Automóvil Club de El Salvador.All of them followed with attention the lessons and tips given by Leandro Perrillo, responsible for Mobility and Public Policies at…