Motor Sport

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…

Sport newsNATIONS CUPThirty-two of the fastest drivers in the world competed in three separate semi-final races based on region and their goal was to secure qualification for the Grand Final. It all came down to the Grand Final race. The last 16 drivers standing battled for 22 laps around the challenging Dragon Trail – Seaside Circuit to decide who was going home as the 2021 Nations Cup champion. Because points were worth double for this…

FIA newsThe second edition of the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission’s innovative talent detection programme has come to a successful conclusion with the FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars partner, the Ferrari Driver Academy, confirming two young women merit support as they strive to forge a career in the sport. The announcement comes at the end of a demanding programme of on and off-track assessments, workshops and training ahead of the concluding F4 and Karting…

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Sport news2022 FIA WEC season is set to start with the official pre-season test – the Prologue at Sebring, taking place from 12-13 March. The following weekend the 1000 Miles of Sebring will open next year’s six-event schedule.This will be followed by a three-event European leg of the calendar, including the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (7 May), the 24 Hours of Le Mans (11/12 June) and the 6 Hours of Monza (10 July), all…

Sport newsThe spectacular deserts of Saudi Arabia and the Hail Rally (December 7-11) are the setting for the final and decisive round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. While some of the Cups have already been decided, the fight for the outright titles will take centre stage when the crews start the four-day Middle East curtain-closer.Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel currently head the standings and will be all-out to add another title to…

Sport newsLewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will go to the final race of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship level on points after the Mercedes driver beat the Red Bull driver to the top spot of the podium at the end in a hugely dramatic Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that featured two re-starts, one Safety Car period, numerous Virtual Safety Cars and a controversial collision that saw Hamilton run into the back of Verstappen’s…

Sport newsLewis Hamilton grabbed a potentially crucial pole position for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, taking top spot on the grid at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit when title rival Max Verstappen hit the wall in the final corner of a final lap that was set to be quicker than the Mercedes driver’s best. Despite his crash, Verstappen qualified in third place, behind Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas.At the start of the session,…

FIA newsLewis Hamilton continued to set the practice pace at F1’s new Jeddah Corniche Circuit, beating team-mate Valtteri Bottas by six hundredths of a second as Ferrari’s Charles brought out red flags with a heavy crash at the end of the night-time session in Saudi Arabia. Championship leader Max Verstappen finished fourth almost two tenths of a second off Hamilton’s time.But while the headline times appear to hand seven-time champion Hamilton a narrow advantage, neither he nor…

Sport newsROKiT Venturi Racing’s Edoardo Mortara will embark upon the forthcoming ABB FIA Formula E World Championship campaign with a spring in his step, after posting the fastest lap time of this week’s pre-season test in Valencia today (2 December) – as the leading 14 drivers were blanketed by less than half-a-second.Following two days of running separated into morning and afternoon blocks and incorporating both a qualifying simulation and mock ‘race’, competitors returned to the…