Motor Sport

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä sealed a dominant start-to-finish victory at Tet Rally Latvia on Sunday afternoon, wrapping up his second triumph in as many high-speed gravel events.Having started his first-ever rally on Latvia’s roads more than 10 years ago aged 12, the Finnish driver rolled back the clocks to win the Baltic nation’s first FIA World Rally Championship round.Rovanperä was never seriously challenged during the four-day fixture, which started in the capital city Rīga on Thursday…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä’s rivals were left trailing in his dust after the Finn extended his Tet Rally Latvia lead with a sublime second-leg drive on Saturday.The 23-year-old, who made his competition debut in the Baltic nation more than 10 years ago, distanced the chasing pack through eight super-fast gravel tests near Liepāja to grow his advantage from 15.7sec to 42.5sec with just one day remaining of this eighth round.It was a milestone morning for Rovanperä…

Sport newsLando Norris beat team-mate Oscar Piastri by just two hundredths of a second to take pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix, as the pair handed McLaren its first front-row lockout in 12 years. F1 Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen was third, another two hundredths of a second further behind.Despite light rain falling in the hour before Qualifying, the start of Q1 was judged dry enough for slick tyres and when the lights went green…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä opened up a 15.7sec lead over local rising star Mārtiņš Sesks at Tet Rally Latvia as the two youngsters stole the show on Friday.Latvia’s FIA World Rally Championship debut marks something of a homecoming for the 23-year-old Finn, as it was on the Baltic nation’s roads that he started his first-ever rally at the age of 12.Helped by his stage win on Thursday’s opener at Biķernieki Track in Rīga, which attracted a…

Sport newsMcLaren’s Lando Norris beat Red Bull’s championship leading driver Max Verstappen by just under quarter of a second in the second free practice session for this weekend’s 2024 FIA Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, as Charles Leclerc crashed and brought out the red flags.The early running in the session was made by Sergio Pérez, with the Mexican jumping to the top of the timesheet with a Medium tyres lap of 1:18.568. The Red Bull…

Sport newsThe ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s very own ‘Magnificent Seven’ will head into battle in London this weekend (20-21 July) for the honour of being crowned Season 10 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion in the all-electric single-seater series.In order to accomplish that, they will need to conquer the unique, 2.09km ExCeL Circuit that twists and turns around the British capital’s historic Royal Docklands, and whose layout weaves both inside and alongside the…

FIA newsDublin, 17.07.24The online abuse of athletes at all levels and disciplines has reached disturbing levels, according to speakers at the United Against Online Abuse (UAOA) in Sport coalition forum held in Dublin yesterday, Tuesday, July 16th. The forum, hosted by international law firm Clark Hill in collaboration with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), founders of the UAOA coalition, highlighted the growing epidemic of online hate speech targeting athletes.Chaired by the ‘Off the Ball’…

Sport newsThis two-day programme focused on a complete screening of all suspension set-up configurations used across the season in order to remain below the steering effort level defined by the FIA.Throughout testing, both drivers were able to try a wide range of set-ups on different tyre compounds, thus working on braking, steering effort, positioning of the steering wheel, and overall, on ergonomics of the cars. The data collected and feedback from the drivers will help…

Sport news Video of FIA MOTORSPORT GAMES 2024 – Valencia Ticket Sales now open

 As the countdown approaches the 100 days to go mark, tickets for the third edition of the FIA Motorsport Games have gone on sale.The prominent Spanish motorsport province of Valencia will host the 2024 event from October 23-27. The region’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo will serve as one of the key venues for many of the 27 different motorsport categories chasing gold medals…

Sport newsLatvia will become the 37th country to host a round of the FIA World Rally Championship when the WRC’s summer of speed continues with round eight of the season from July 18-21.While Latvia is a new addition to the WRC, its successful long-term tenure in the FIA European Rally Championship – and its inclusion in the FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar from 2016-2022 – means it’s more than accustomed to hosting high-level international motor…