Motor Sport

Sport newsMax Verstappen won his first World Driver’s Championship at the end of one of the most intense title-deciders in Formula 1 history, passing rival Lewis Hamilton to take the lead and the race win on the last lap of a dramatic Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. With 54 laps of the race gone and with Hamilton in an apparently comfortable 11-second lead, Verstappen’s chances of taking the title appeared to be over, but when Williams’ Nicholas…

Sport newsChampionship winner Oscar Piastri finished off his Formula 2 career on the top step of the podium, beating UNI-Virtuosi pair Guanyu Zhou and Felipe Drugovich in a strategic Feature Race at Yas Marina.With Drugovich and Théo Pourchaire on the alternate strategy, Piastri and Zhou worked hard to retain enough life in their medium Pirellis for a late duel, but in the end, they’d not need the extra rubber as a late Virtual Safety Car…

Sport newsAbu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM) awarded Three-Star Environmental Certification from FIA, thanks to the introduction of a host of sustainable initiativesThe award joins the UAE national level certification, as ADMM achieves local recognition – a first in the world for a country to hold bothTitle sponsor Etihad Airways to use its Boeing 787 ‘Greenliner’ in pre-race flypast, the flagship of its sustainability fleetThe Three Star Certification means the FIA has recognised the environmental performance…

Sport newsThe FIA, Formula 1 and Haas F1 Team can today confirm that during onsite PCR testing for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Nikita Mazepin has tested positive for COVID-19. In accordance with COVID-19 protocols he will take no further part in this Event. All contacts have been declared.There will be no replacement driver in accordance with article 31.1 of the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Sporting Regulations, which prohibits any driver…

Sport newsThoughts from Zhou, Shwartzman and BoschungFIA Formula 2: Many congratulations to the top three finishers of Sprint Race 2 of the FIA Formula 2 Championship here at the Yas Marina Circuit. In third place Ralph Boschung for Campos Racing, in second place Robert Shwartzman for PREMA Racing, and taking his fourth win of the season, our winner, Guanyu Zhou for UNI-Virtuosi. Guanyu, that’s a fantastic race by you today, well done. It’s been a…

Sport newsNasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel have won the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies* after another commanding drive saw them victorious at the Hail Rally, the final and decisive round of the series. Their fourth victory of the season came after winning three of the four selective sections in Saudi Arabia, clinching them a fifth and fourth FIA World Cup title respectively. Denis Krotov and Konstantin Zhiltsov finished a fine second overall on the…

Sport newsAs they have been for much of the season, PREMA were the early pace setters, with Piastri setting 1:36.044 to head Robert Shwartzman and Jehan Daruvala under the lights in Abu Dhabi. There were plenty of improvements as the field headed off for their second set of flyers, but there was no change to the name at the top of the timesheets, with Piastri retaining P1. This time around, he was followed by the Campos of…

Sport newsRegistrations are open for the 2022 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship and its support categories and all competitors – including manufacturers – must register on the following FIA platform if they wish to be eligible to score points: https://registrations.fia.com/w2rcAs an FIA World Championship, the registration and event entry process for scoring points is two-fold:Manufacturers – being a legal entity holding a competitor’s licence – as well as competitors entered for the 2022 Dakar, need to…

Sport newsNasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel are closing in on another title in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, with the duo leading the Hail Rally after the opening two days of competition. Jakub Przygonski and Timo Gottschalk have moved into second, with the all-Russian crew of Denis Krotov and Konstantin Zhiltsov third in a similar MINI John Cooper Works Buggy.The final and decisive round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies got…

Safety newsIn support of United Nations Safety Standards, Jumia, Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, today announced plans to provide more than 7,000  motorcycle helmets to its Delivery Associates (riders) as part of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Safe and Affordable Helmet Programme.This initiative aims to provide high quality helmets meeting United Nations Regulation ECE 22.05 in territories where accessibility and affordability can be difficult. The design concept has been conceived by helmet manufacturers with the…