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Sport newsYohan Rossel grabbed the WRC3 world title* on Sunday afternoon with a monumental charge through the last stage of ACI Rally Monza.Rossel started the winner-takes-all finale tied on points with his Škoda Fabia Rally2 rival Kajetan Kajetanowicz and led the Pole by just 2.7sec after Friday’s opening leg.The Frenchman relinquished his category lead to Hyundai i20 N Rally2 pilot Andrea Crugnola on Saturday morning, but remained focused on the fight with Kajetanowicz for championship…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia swept to a remarkable eighth FIA World Rally Championship title* in nine seasons in Italy on Sunday afternoon.The Frenchmen ended their careers together in style with victory at ACI Rally Monza after a thrilling showdown with Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans.The lead changed hands six times across three days of challenging speed tests in the foothills of the Italian Alps and at Monza’s iconic Temple of Speed circuit.The…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier moved within touching distance of an eighth FIA World Rally Championship after a pulsating battle with team-mate Elfyn Evans at ACI Rally Monza on Saturday.The lead changed hands five times in six speed tests as Ogier snatched top spot with a charging drive through the closing special stage on Monza’s maze of roads. He leads Evans by just 0.5sec after nearly 215km of flat-out action.A top-three finish for Ogier would secure the…

Sport newsLewis Hamilton beat title rival Max Verstappen to pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix with Valtteri Bottas third as Mercedes outpaced Red Bull by a considerable margin at Losail International Circuit. AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly took fourth place on the grid despite suffering a front wing failure on his car at the end of his final lap of Q3.In Q1, Hamilton set the early pace with a lap of 1:22.019, with Verstappen slotting into…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier led ACI Rally Monza after a breathless Saturday morning in the Italian Alps in which the lead changed hands three times in four stages.Ogier headed Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans by 5.2sec at the midpoint of the penultimate leg. The Yaris World Rally Car driver remains on course to sign off his full-time career here with an eighth FIA World Rally Championship in nine seasons.Ogier snatched the lead from Evans in…

Sport newsThe Spanish duo in the no9 Subaru Legacy 4WD Turbo completed the six special stages in 47m38.0, 16.9 seconds ahead of the no5 BMW M3 E30 of Jean-Francois Mourgues and Stephane Prevot, with the no11 BMW M3 E30 of Gabriele Noberasco and Michele Ferrara a further 5.7 seconds back.The battle for the Category 2 championship raged all day with the no21 Ford Escort RS1800 of Ernie and Karen Graham holding the advantage after three…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier threw down the gauntlet to FIA World Rally Championship rival Elfyn Evans by winning three of the first four speed tests at FORUM8 ACI Rally Monza on Friday morning.The Frenchman is chasing his eighth crown in nine seasons and emerged from the Bergamasque mountains with a 6.5sec advantage over his Toyota Yaris World Rally Car team-mate.The pair shared the spoils through the foggy and slippery Gerosa and Costa Valle Imagna tests before…

Sport newsIn February 2020 in Geneva, Tan was announced as the inaugural winner of the award at the International Stewards Programme and Race Director Seminar that annually opens the dialogue between well over 300 officials working at various FIA competitions worldwide. The award was presented by FIA President Jean Todt.As part of the selection process, National Sporting Authorities worldwide were given the right to nominate an official who had to complete a comprehensive test with…

Sport newsNations Cup Round 4: Fuji International SpeedwayThere was no surprise seeing Valerio Gallo of Italy claim pole position. Right behind him sat last year’s Nations Cup champion Takuma Miyazono of Japan, while 2018 champ Igor Fraga of Brazil and Spain’s Jose Serrano occupied the second row. Less than four-hundredths of a second separated Positions 1 through 4, ensuring that this 18-lap contest was going to be an all-out war.Miyazono made an aggressive move to…

Sport newsNormally held in March, the Rally Costa Brava was moved to November due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and, instead of being the opening event on the calendar, it will be the season finale. A total of 41 cars are entered for the 69th Rally Costa Brava, with 15 EHRC eligible cars among them.   Video of FIA EHRC Round 9 – Rally Costa Brava Introduction

 BMW, Ford, Lancia, Renault, Subaru are entered in Category 4Eight EHRC Category 4…