Motor Sport

Members newsCAA’s 110th anniversary annual meeting was opened by outgoing CAA National Chair, Janet Lafortune, and also featured greetings from Paula Collins, the newly elected chair of the AAA Inc. Board. Delegates came not only from FIA Region III, but also included leading CEOs from the Global Mobility Alliance. First up was a session by economist Todd Hirsch on the Global Economic Outlook. Another noteworthy session was a panel discussion on Membership Models for the Future. As the automotive…

Sport newsThe FIA Rally Star Training Season continues in Austria this week with six young talents preparing to take on the programme’s first Tarmac event, Rallye Weiz, from July 13-15.The programme, which aims to find a future FIA World Rally Championship winner, is putting six rookie rally drivers through their paces on six national-level events between June and November in identical Pirelli-equipped Ford Fiesta Rally3 cars prepared and maintained by M-Sport Poland. At the end of…

FIA newsFostering Talent This year’s global programmes will start with the 12th edition of the FIA University Emerging Leaders Programme that will be held at ESADE Business School in Madrid from 2 to 6 October 2023.  Building upon the programme’s successful track record since 2013, it will offer a focused and comprehensive learning experience to FIA Members’ young leaders. The five-day tailor-made edition will help them strengthen their skills and reinforce their ability to contribute to reaching the strategic objectives…

Sport newsThe rookie free practice session is designed to offer new and emerging talent the chance to showcase their skills in the GEN3 – the fastest, lightest, most powerful and efficient electric race car ever built.It will be held on the same street circuit where 22 drivers will compete in the 2023 Hankook Rome E-Prix double-header of races this Saturday and Sunday in Rounds 13 and 14 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.The…

Sport newsThe Toyota Gazoo Racing trio headed home the #50 Ferrari AF Corse crew of Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina. In a thrilling finish, Kobayashi defended a slender lead over Fuoco to the chequered flag and re-joined the 2023 title fight as a result.The race was effectively reset in the penultimate hour owing to a Safety Car intervention after the Proton Competition Porsche 963 stopped on track. This allowed Fuoco to get to…

Sport newsVictor Martins was in a race against the clock to bring home his first victory in FIA Formula 2. Handed a five-second time penalty early on, the ART Grand Prix driver pulled out fastest lap after fastest lap following a third Safety Car restart to give himself a seven-second window and a first F2 win.Rodin Carlin’s Zane Maloney tried to claw back the Frenchman’s advantage but had to settle for second, having started seventh….

Sport newsOliver Goethe claimed his first Formula 3 race victory, leading home Trident teammate and pole sitter Leonardo Fornaroli in P2. The pair exchanged the lead mid-way through the race, before a late Safety Car and rain made things tough for all the drivers. Josep María Martí claimed another podium, finishing third for Campos Racing.AS IT HAPPENEDFornaroli covered off his teammate to retain the lead into Turn 1 while Gabriel Bortoleto made immediate progress up…

Sport newsThe second of the Toyota GR010s made two cars from the Japanese manufacturer in the top three owing to Brendon Hartley’s best lap of 1:35.460.The second row of the grid will be completed by the #93 Peugeot TotalEnergies Peugeot 9X8 qualified by Jean-Éric Vergne.Alex Lynn in Cadillac Racing V-Series.R went fifth-fastest, with the second of the Ferrari’s, the #51 Le Mans-winning entry qualifying only sixth in the hands of Antonio Giovinazzi.POLE ON POLE IN…

Sport newsFerrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the timesheet in the final free practice session ahead of the 2023 FIA Formula 1 British Grand Prix, beating Williams’ Alex Albon by just under two tenths of a second, with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in a session affected by rain. Early in the session championship leader Max Verstappen set the pace with a medium-tyre lap of 1:28.836 before Mercedes Lewis Hamilton got close, just 0.13s slower than the Dutchman to…

Sport newsFranco Colapinto earned his first race victory of the season, winning out in a dry to wet to dry Sprint Race at Silverstone. The MP Motorsport driver made a fast start and kept his head as the drama ramped up and the rain fell. Gabriel Bortoleto put in another mature drive to take yet more points in his Championship campaign while Christian Mansell earned his first Formula 3 podium with Campos Racing.AS IT HAPPENEDAs…