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Sport newsPhased implementation for Category 2 cars in 2024 Following the World Council meeting (19 October), the Technical Regulations, Article 258-2 of Appendix J, dedicated to prototype cars, single-seaters and two-seaters, and the implementation of the “Performance Factor” concept (the “Pf”) in Category 2 have been postponed to 2025 (instead of the original date of 2024).This regulatory postponement – proposed by the FIA Hill Climb Commission – will have a number of impacts in 2024:-…

Sport newsIn response to an incident earlier today at Formula E pre-season testing in Valencia when a fire caused damage to a garage in the pit lane, on-track testing activity will not go ahead tomorrow, Wednesday.Damage from the incident was contained following the activation of emergency procedures. One person was taken to hospital as a precaution but released without treatment.An investigation into the cause of the incident is ongoing, but has already identified an issue…

Sport newsA total of 18 cars will take part in the test, with nine Hypercars, five LMP2s and four LMGTE AM cars expected on track across the two-hour morning session followed by three hours of running in the afternoon.The 2023 rookies are an eclectic mix of drivers, with backgrounds in various forms of racing, including single-seaters (Formula 2, Formula 3, IndyCar), endurance (IMSA) and GT racing (DTM).As previously revealed, WEC-nominated rookie Josh Pierson will drive…

Mobility newsThe FIA Region I International Best Young Driver Contest started with a first edition organised by Avto-Moto Zveza Slovenije (AMZS – Slovenia) in 2017. Since then, the Contest has grown with now 11 Clubs in 11 countries organising national contests to select the finalists who will compete in the International Final. This year, it included participants from Emergency Assist 991 (Botswana) and the Automobile Association of Kenya for the first time this year. The popularity of the Contest…

Sport newsTell us about yourself and your karting career?I’m Italian, from Vicenza, a town between Verona and Venice. I was born on 14 February 1996, Valentine’s Day. I started karting at the age of 10 in Mini, but I was already tall at that age, which wasn’t really an advantage in that category. I quickly moved up to Junior. I first raced in a brand challenge for several seasons, managing to qualify for an international…

Sport newsSpanish circuit to offer first glimpse of form guide heading into Season 10 of all-electric single-seater series.As has become customary in recent years, Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tormo will host the prelude to Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship later this month (24-27 October), with the official pre-season test set to offer an early indicator of the pecking-order in the all-electric series. Following a number of driver changes over the off-season, the…

Sport newsThe Polish duo of Krzysztof Holowczyc and Lukasz Kurzeja confirmed the Drivers’ and Co-drivers’ Championships in the 2023 FIA European Cup for Cross-Country Bajas with a comfortable victory in Baja Troia Turkey.With the Poles starting the Turkish event with 69 points from victories in Greece and Hungary, only Ghislain de Mevius and Johan Jalet could stop them from snatching the two titles. The Belgians had a six-point lead but that included points amassed from…

Sport newsMax Verstappen will start the Sprint at the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Sprint from the front of the grid after beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to top spot by less than a tenth of a second. Lewis Hamilton claimed third place for the 19-lap race with McLaren’s Lando Norris fourth. Verstappen was to the fore from the start of the session and took top spot in SQ1 with a lap of 1:35.997, ahead of Friday’s race pole…

Sport newsCharles Leclerc claimed pole position for the 2023 FIA Formula 1 United States Grand Prix after Max Verstappen lost a possible 11th pole position of the season to a track limits violation in the final corner of his final flyer of a close-fought qualifying session at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Leclerc claimed provisional pole with a lap of 1:34.723 but Verstappen beat the Ferrari driver’s pace over the first sector of his…

Sport newsRed Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen went quickest in the sole practice session for the 2023 FIA Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, with the three-time champion beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by a little over 1500ths of a second. Third place in the session was taken by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. The timesheet was defined by a sequence of Soft tyre qualifying simulations at the end of the session. That was sparked by Williams’ Alex Albon, who…