Motor Sport

Sport newsJordan Genten seals victory after a consummate weekend’s performanceEmilien Allart makes lightning pass to move from third to first on opening lap of finalLucas Cartelle completes podium lock-out after a thrilling Italian encounterA compelling final day’s action at the Maggiora Offroad Arena ensured that the 2023 FIA Cross Car Academy Trophy title race will go down to the wire. The field of drivers aged between 13 and 16 years delivered a full race card…

Sport newsMax Verstappen powered to a dominant Japanese Grand Prix win at Suzuka to seal a sixth Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship title win for Red Bull Racing and to move one step closer to his third Drivers’ title in a row. McLaren’s Lando Norris finished second ahead of team-mate Oscar Piastri, while Sergio Pérez in the other Red Bull was forced to retire from the race after two early collisions. “Unbelievable guys, you deserve that,” Verstappen…

Sport newsTitle rivals Emilien Allart and Diego Gonzales Martinez to the fore in practiceImpressive Amalie Zidkova and newcomer Marcus Martinelli boost grid to 12First heat races claimed by Gonzales Martinez and Jordan Genten The penultimate round of the 2023 FIA Cross Car Academy Trophy began today at the Maggiora Off-Road Arena, an hour outside Milan. In conditions that ranged from autumn sun to torrential downpours, the 12 drivers competing in their fleet of identically-matched LifeLive TN5…

Sport newsAfter Max Verstappen and Red Bull suffered a rare off weekend in Singapore last weekend, the championship-leading Dutch driver was back to his brilliant best in Suzuka, delivering a crushing performance to take his ninth pole position of the season almost six tenths of a second clear of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. Third place on the grid went to the Australian’s team-mate Lando Norris. Verstappen was in control from the start of Q1, stopping the clock…

Sport newsMax Verstappen made it a clean sweep in practice as he followed his fastest times in Friday’s two practice sessions with the quickest lap of final practice, beating the McLaren pairing of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri by almost three tenths of a second.The final hour of practice at Suzuka featured little track action in its first half as many team chose to keep their drivers in their garages and only a smattering of…

Sport newsMax Verstappen went quickest in the second practice session for the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by more than three tenths of a second as Lando Norris finished third for McLaren. As with the morning session, Verstappen was on track early at the start of FP2 and he set the pace at 1:31.377 with his first timed run on Soft tyres, as rivals chose to focus on the test…

Sport newsAfter suffering a rare off-weekend in Singapore last time out, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was back to his imperious best in the opening practice session for this weekend’s 2023 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, topping the FP1 timesheet by well over half a second. Carlos Sainz got closest to the championship-leading Dutchman, though the Ferrari driver still ended the session 0.626 adrift. Third place went to McLaren’s Lando NorrisVerstappen was quickly into the…

Sport newsRound seven of this year’s Goodyear FIA ETRC season held at Le Mans leads the championship into the season-concluding double-header, with Spain’s Circuito del Jarama, scheduled the weekend after the French event, marking the season finale.There are still 120 points up for grabs in the championship standings, but with Kiss enjoying a comfortable 70-point lead, the Hungarian ace enters the French round confident of securing the title with one round to go.Kiss, however, will…

Mobility newsSustainability was also an important topic on the agenda of the 2023 FIA Region II Roundtable as building a greener mobility future is a major challenge that its Members have to address. Moderated by FIA Sustainable Mobility Manager Asuka Ito, the session invited Australian Automobile Association (AAA) Managing Director Michael Bradley, Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC) General Manager External Relations and Communications Will Golsby, RAC Group CEO Rob Slocombe, Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) Manager…

Mobility newsCollaboration is key The first session of the Roundtable dedicated to road safety saw Automobile Association Vietnam Program Director Quy Linh Nguyen, AIP Foundation Programs Manager Nga Duong and Australian Automobile Association Managing Director Michael Bradley take the floor to present Region II collaborative road safety projects.Quy Linh Nguyen presented the project to implement the #ISeeYou campaign developed by FIA Region I and ACTA Sub Region in Asia-Pacific by providing reflective sashes to children travelling…