Motor Sport

Sport newsRomet Jürgenson heads the FIA Junior WRC title chase after four roundsTaylor Gill starts the Acropolis Rally eight points behind in second placeMax Smart aims to build on his Sardinia podium on the rough gravel stagesJose ‘Abito’ Caparó targets remaining error-free on Junior WRC season finaleThe 68th running of the Acropolis Rally brings the curtain down on the 2024 FIA Junior WRC Championship with two of the four FIA Rally Star drivers firmly in…

Mobility newsThe FIA is set to hold its 2024 Region II Roundtable in Cebu, Philippines.  The prestigious event is an opportunity for mobility Clubs from across APAC to gather and discuss key issues and opportunities within the region. It will be hosted by the Automobile Association Philippines. FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem said: “We are looking forward to joining our Member Clubs in the Philippines for this year’s FIA Region II Roundtable. The Roundtable remains a key…

Sport newsVictory seemed destined for Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway, and Nyck de Vries, in the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing’s GR010, who were poised to claim their second win of the season after taking the lead in the fifth hour. However, their hopes were dashed when Kobayashi was handed a drive-through penalty for failing to slow sufficiently for a yellow flag waved to recover the stranded #94 Peugeot 9X8.Completing the podium and making it two Ferraris…

Sport newsThe Pirelli-equipped BRC Racing Team driver, who strengthens his grip on a second consecutive ERC title as a result, led the spectacular Tarmac event from start to finish as the championship returned to the United Kingdom for the first time since 2016 in style.Andrea Mabellini banked his maiden ERC podium finish for Team MRF Tyres after climbing from fourth to second on the Power Stage with Michelin-equipped Mathieu Franceschi returning to the podium for…

Sport newsCharles Leclerc took an emotional Monza win for Ferrari, delivering on a risky one-stop strategy to take victory ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, as championship leader Max Verstappen finished in sixth place. For much of the race the race was controlled by McLaren with Piastri muscling his way Norris at the start and with Norris boosted past Leclerc to P2 by a first-stop undercut. However, tyre degradation forced the Woking team to…

Sport newsThe Italian set a blistering lap time of 1:50.390s, earning the #51 Ferrari AF Corse its first top spot of the season in what was also Ferrari’s second pole position of the season.Robert Kubica, in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P, completed a 1-2 finish for the Prancing Horse, with the yellow 499P clocking in just 0.277s behind Giovinazzi’s best.The #2 Cadillac Racing Hypercar, driven by Alex Lynn, secured third place after a late…

Sport newsLando Norris took this fourth pole position of the season and his second in a row as P2 for Oscar Piastri locked out the front row of the grid for McLaren for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix. Geroge Russell qualified third for Mercedes as championship leader Max Verstappen ended up in seventh place. At the start of Q1, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the early pace with a lap of 1:20.074. Verstappen then…

Sport newsThe design philosophy of this new car, which will be raced in the 2025, 2026 and 2027 F3 seasons, is to give young drivers who aspire to race in Formula 2 and Formula 1 the best opportunity to progress through the pyramid.The new look of the F3 2025 car is in line with the latest F2 and F1 family, reflecting the same safety, systems, and performance, at affordable costs. It complies with the latest…

Sport newsPorsche Penske leads the way in FP1Porsche Penske set the tone in the Hypercar category during Free Practice 1, with Matt Campbell in the #5 car clocking the fastest lap at 1:53.574s. Robert Kubica in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P had initially led the session with a 1:54.034s lap, securing second place. Oliver Rasmussen in the #38 Hertz Team Jota Porsche followed closely, finishing third just 0.017s behind Kubica.Ferrari’s strong presence continued with…

Sport newsercedes’ Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the second practice session for Sunday’s 2024 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, pipping McLaren’s Lando Norris by just 0.003s at the end of a session that was halted midway through when Kevin Magnussen crashed his Haas.In the first third of the session, run on Medium tyres, it was Norris who set the pace early on with a lap of 1:21.605 that put him 0.036s ahead…