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Sport newsIt was business as usual for the championship-leading Hungarian, who kicked off his weekend by taking yet another pole position. Came Race 1 and Kiss settled into the lead once the action got underway. However, three laps into the race his turbo failed. Second-best in the points standings, Jochen Hahn capitalised on Kiss’ bad luck and went on to take his second victory of the season.Kiss then bounced back and performed in dominant fashion in the…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä scored his third victory of the season at EKO Acropolis Rally Greece on Sunday afternoon to tighten his grip on this year’s FIA World Rally Championship.The 22-year-old had looked set to bring up the rear of the podium at this 10th round but found himself topping the standings by more than two minutes after Saturday’s penultimate leg when former leaders Thierry Neuville and Sébastien Ogier retired.Both were sidelined by central Greece’s unforgiving rocky…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen snatched the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece victory on Sunday in their GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid. It’s the pair’s third triumph of this FIA World Rally Championship this season. The Finns extend their championship lead further with three rounds remaining.Rovanperä’s teammate Elfyn Evans is second, while Hyundai’s Dani Sordo is third. Norway’s Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen claimed the WRC2 class win in their Toksport-entered Škoda Fabian RS, while Luxembourg’s Grégoire Munster…

Sport newsToyota celebrated a hard-fought 1-2 home success as the #7 entry of Kamui Kobayashi, José María López and Mike Conway finished ahead of its sister #8 machine shared by Brendon Hartley, Sébastien Buemi and Ryō Hirakawa.Porsche Penske Motorsport equalled its best result of the season as the #6 entry of André Lotterer, Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor enjoyed a stellar race, taking the lead on the opening lap and remaining in control for well over…

Sport newsAt the end of the 40 Qualifying Heats contested since Friday afternoon, the first verdict fell on Saturday evening in Wackersdorf. David Trefilov (DEU) leads the intermediate standings in the Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship – KZ, Alex Powell (JAM) leads in the FIA Karting World Cup – KZ2 and Davide Forè (ITA) is in first place in the FIA Karting International Masters Super Cup – KZ2.The constant fine weather over the Upper Palatinate…

Sport newsKalle Rovanperä is on course for a remarkable victory at EKO Acropolis Rally Greece after Saturday’s brutal penultimate leg forced fellow challengers Thierry Neuville and Sébastien Ogier into retirement.A furious fight in the morning became a matter of survival this afternoon as heat and punishing rock-strewn roads took a heavy toll in this 10th fixture of the FIA World Rally Championship season.Neuville was 10.9sec clear when he thumped a hole and shattered his Hyundai…

Sport newsKobayashi in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid clocked his best time of 1m27.794 to head his team-mate Brendon Hartley in the #8 car by 0.6s. Rain shower arrived with six minutes of the session remaining, denying any attempt to beat Kobayashi’s time.Porsche Penske Motorsport secured its best-ever qualifying result with third and fourth and with Kevin Estre and Frederic Makowiecki on qualifying duties behind the wheels of the two Porsche 963s.Cadillac Racing’s sole V-Series.R…

Sport newsSingle-seater and endurance competitor Beitske Visser is taking on a new challenge in the shape of this weekend’s round five of the all-electric 2023 Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup in Mahle, Slovenia.Events in the Bridgestone FIA ecoRally Cup are all regularity rallies, in which success is measured in a crew’s ability to navigate the course as closely as possible to a pre-set target average speed.Given that sustainability is the backbone of the series, the energy…

Sport newsThe FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars program aims to identify the best 12-16 year-old female drivers from around the world and help them reach a professional career in motor sport. This fourth edition saw 16 promising talents train and compete Franciacorta for just eight places in the finals at the Ferrari Driver Academy in November. The four Senior finalists will be fully immersed in the world of Ferrari. At Maranello they will…

Sport newsFUOCO FASTEST FOR FERRARI IN FP1Fuoco in the #50 Ferrari AF Corse took the top spot in Hypercar in the opening session of the weekend as he lapped wet but drying Fuji International Speedway in a 1:35.649.The Italian set a flying lap as the track started to dry after the morning’s downpour, with his lap an impressive 2.6s faster than the sister Ferrari 499P driven by Antonio Giovinazzi. #94 TotalEnergies Peugeot was third as…