Motor Sport

Sport newsWinners of Brazil’s motor sport series were honoured with the CBA Trophy and the Golden Helmet (Capacete de Ouro), the country’s most prestigious motorsport award.The list of drivers recognised during the night in the capital city of the country, Brasilia, included the likes of Gabriel Casagrande (Stock Car Pro Series), Felipe Baptista (Stock Car Light), Felipe Tozzo (Copa Truck) and many more representing full spectrum of competitions taking place across Brazil, from karting through rallying and rallycross…

Sport newsQatar’s Khaled Al-Suwaidi and his Portuguese co-driver Hugo Magalhães held off a late charge from Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah to claim a stunning victory in the 26th Kuwait International Rally on Saturday. The Qatari inherited the lead on the first stage of the day, eased his pace over the last two stages in his SRT Škoda and was rewarded with a second MERC rally victory. In fact, the success was a second MERC triumph for both…

Sport newsOman’s Abdullah Masoud Altawqi earned a life-changing place in the FIA Rally Star Training Season in 2023 after he came out on top of two days of rigorous assessment and evaluation presided over a five-person jury.Meanwhile, Farah Zakaria qualified for the FIA Rally Star Women’s Final, which is due to take place in North America later this year, by completing the FIA Rally Star MENA Final as the leading female competitor.In qualifying for the…

FIA newsAs part of the initiative, a €1 million contribution on behalf of the FIA and the FIA Foundation is being made to further support humanitarian actions to alleviate the suffering of persons caused by the crisis in the Ukraine.The financial support will be split equally between the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a charitable contribution. The donations to the…

Sport newsART Grand Prix driver Victor Martins took the glory in the opening Feature Race of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 season in Sakhir, beating PREMA Racing’s Arthur Leclerc to victory.Martins stayed patient throughout the opening stages of the race after starting from third on the grid, keeping close to the rear of rookie pole-sitter Franco Colapinto, who led a majority of the race. However, on lap 15, the more experienced Martins made his move…

Sport newsHitech Grand Prix’s Isack Hadjar took his maiden victory in Formula 3 after PREMA Racing’s Oliver Bearman was handed a post-race penalty for violating track limits.Bearman led the majority of the race after moving past reverse grid pole-sitter Zak O’Sullivan in the early stages and took the chequered flag in first place. However, the Stewards handed the British driver a five-second time penalty moments after he took the chequered flag, moving him back to…

Sport newsNicolas Lapierre, No.36 Alpine ELF Team“It was not easy, but we had good pace and strategy. We knew we had to do one more stop, so we had to push to open the gap.“It’s great to hear the French anthem on the podium. I mean, the team entered last year for the first season in Hypercar, and it was the first time in the top category for Alpine.“It’s great reward for the team and…

Sport newsThoughts from Doohan, Pourchaire and VipsFIA Formula 2: Congratulations to the top three Qualifiers of the FIA Formula 2 Championship here at the Bahrain International Circuit. Qualifying in third place, Jüri Vips for Hitech Grand Prix, in second place Theo Pourchaire, for ART Grand Prix and taking his first pole in FIA Formula 2, Jack Doohan for Virtuosi Racing. Jack, many congratulations, pole already, how sweet does this feel?Jack Doohan: Yeah it was good….

Sport newsNovalak had initially set the first laptime of the new Formula 2 season as the field battled to keep their cars on the ground in gusty conditions, with the Frenchman’s almost literal flying lap a steady 1:48.044. Less than two weeks on from pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, the grid had Liam Lawson’s benchmark time of 1:41.623 from the three-day event to try and match. Novalak improved with his second tour of the track,…

Sport newsHypercarA 1m47.407s lap from Nico Lapierre was enough to take a clear pole for the opening round of the 2022 WEC campaignLapierre goes almost a second quicker than his first effort in the session and is huge 1.3s ahead of oppositionOlivier Pla puts Glickenhaus second on the grid with a time of 1m48.741sNo.8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid places third and No.7 Toyota fourth as Brendan Hartley and Jose-Maria Lopez set timesLMGTE ProMichael Christensen takes thrilling…