Motor Sport

Sport newsRed Bull’s Max Verstappen seized an early lead and held off a determined late-race charge from pole sitter Lando Norris to take a third consecutive Spanish Grand Prix win ahead of the McLaren driver, as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton claimed his first podium of the year with third place. Norris made a poor start from pole and though the lead was stolen by Mercedes’ George Russell in Turn 1, Verstappen quickly closed on and took the…

Sport newsParaguay will become the 38th country to host a round of the FIA World Rally Championship when the South American nation joins the calendar in 2025*.The announcement was made on Saturday evening in the Paraguayan capital Asunción by President Santiago Peña at the Ceremonial Start of Petrobras Rally Transchaco 2024 – the third round of the Paraguayan national championship.“Paraguay is big, and the world is in the process of discovering us. Hosting world- class…

Sport newsLando Norris beat F1 world championship leader Max Verstappen by the tiny margin of two hundredths of a second to take the second pole position of his career in qualifying for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix. Behind the top two, Lewis Hamilton scored his best qualifying position since last year’s US Grand Prix with third place. At the start of Q1 Sergio Pérez set the early pace thanks to a lap of…

Sport newsLewis Hamilton went quickest in the second practice session for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Spanish  Grand Prix, beating home favourite Carlos Sainz by just over two hundredths of a second as FP1’s fastest driver, Lando Norris, took third place. In the early phases of the second hour of practice, Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell led the way on Medium tyres, moving a tenth of a second clear of Norris who had set an early target…

Sport newsThe FIA World Rally Championship’s need for speed takes it to Poland next week (June 27-30) for the first of three fast-paced gravel contests in succession.Following the tough and technical stages of Rally Italia Sardegna, the WRC switches to faster and smoother gravel roads for back-to-back visits to Poland, Latvia and Finland during an exciting summer of top-flight rallying.One young talent with a gilt-edged opportunity to shine is Mārtiṇš Sesks. The 24-year-old, a winner…

Sport newsDRIVERS – Daniel RICCIARDO (RB), Carlos SAINZ (Ferrari), Fernando ALONSO (Aston Martin), Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas), Valtteri BOTTAS (Kick Sauber)Q: Fernando, this is your 21st Spanish Grand Prix. Explain to us what makes Barcelona different for you? Fernando ALONSO: We had a lot of tests here in the past. Now, we do them in Bahrain, but in the past Barcelona used to be all the winter tests in this place. We have millions of laps…

Sport newsDATETIMEDRIVER/ TEAM MEMBERThursday, 20 June1430 hrsFernando Alonso (Aston Martin)Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)Kevin Magnussen (Haas)Valtteri Bottas (Kick Sauber)Daniel Ricciardo (RB)Friday, 21 JunePress Conference:1530 hrsTV pen:1600 hrsBruno Famin (Alpine)Fred Vasseur (Ferrari)Alessandro Alunni Bravi (Kick Sauber)Toto Wolff (Mercedes)Saturday, 22 JunePost-QualifyingTop three fastest drivers Sunday, 23 June Post-Race First three finishing drivers FIA Formula One World ChampionshipFormula 1F1SEASON 2024SportCircuit1SportFIA Formula One World ChampionshipCircuitSEASON 2024Formula 1F100Wednesday, June 19, 2024 – 3:56pmWednesday, June 19, 2024 – 3:56pm …

Safety newsIn a motor sport first, the FIA has launched a new educational programme designed to raise awareness of the dangers of concussion.Launched by FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, at the FIA 2024 Conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the programme has come to life through the collaboration of the FIA Medical and Safety teams.The educational content, created to be used across social platforms and as printable assets, is available to all Member Clubs. The assets will…

Sport newsNielsen brought the car home, driving a brilliant final triple stint to secure a well-judged victory in a race marked by changeable weather conditions and lengthy safety car periods during the night.The #50 crew took Ferrari’s second Le Mans victory in as many years amid issues with one of the car’s doors and an investigation for an unsafe pit stop release.In hugely treacherous conditions in the final hours of the race, Nielsen was able…

Sport newsThe 22-year-old from Sweden began the second day of ERC action with a narrow 3.3sec lead over Hayden Paddon. But while Paddon admitted to “pulling the commitment down” due to having “no feeling or grip” during the morning loop, Solberg went on a charge.Driving a Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 on Pirelli tyres, Solberg was fastest on all four stages this morning to reach midday service in Karlstad leading by 13.7sec.And the FIA WRC2 Championship…