Motor Sport

Sport newsFIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPPresent:1st – Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Sébastien Ogier (FRA), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid1st – Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Vincent Landais (FRA), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid2nd – Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Kalle Rovanperä (FIN), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid3rd – Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT – Elfyn Evans (GBR), Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 HybridJari-Matti Latvala, Team Principal, rep. of the winning team Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Q: I’ll start with our…

Sport newsAfter scoring his second pole position in as many days, the Hungarian truck racing ace followed up with a victory in the penultimate race of the weekend, untouchable from the start as the action unfolded behind him. This was the Hungarian’s eighth win of the season.The podium was rounded out by Jochen Hahn and Sascha Lenz, but it was seventh-place finisher Antonio Albacete who was the driver of the race.The Spaniard lined up second…

Sport newsFor the third time this season, Envision Racing’s Nick Cassidy ascended the top step of the podium today (24 June) in the inaugural Portland E-Prix, raising the prospect of a grandstand finish to the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship title fight.With strategy and energy management the key talking points in the build-up to the start, the race rapidly developed into a high-speed game of chess around Portland International Raceway, in which leading…

Sport newsNorbert Kiss, current leader in the standings, kicked off his weekend in Poland on high, with his fourth pole position of the season.In race one the Hungarian never looked in doubt and took a commanding, lights-to-flag victory, with Jochen Hahn and Sascha Lenz rounding out the podium.In the second, semi-reversed grid race Lukas Hahn took full advantage of his first starting position, and despite immense pressure from fellow front-row starter Steffi Halm went on to…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier led Safari Rally Kenya on Friday morning as Toyota Gazoo Racing’s GR Yaris cars locked out the leading trio on Africa’s unremitting roads.The Frenchman, who competes on a part-time basis, held a slender 2.5sec lead over team-mate Kalle Rovanperä as the Japanese manufacturer squad, which claimed a 1-2-3-4 finish in 2022 showed it had lost none of its dominance over Kenya’s rugged speed tests.Ogier won the tight and twisty Loldia opener and…

FIA newsThe Extraordinary General Assemblies of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (France and Switzerland) were held in Cordoba, Andalusia, today (22 June) at the completion of the FIA 2023 Conference, which took place under the theme of “Accelerating Change: Member-Driven, Knowledge-Led Transformation”.FIA Member Clubs took part in the voting process and approved several proposals, most notably the FIA’s annual audited accounts for 2022 and the reaffiliation of the Automobile Association of the United Kingdom as…

Sport newsThis coming weekend in Singapore (25 June), 31 motor sport Esports players from all around the world will go wheel-to-wheel for the honour of being awarded an Olympic Esports Series Trophy, as the culmination of a virtual and simulated sports competition.Created by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in collaboration with the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and game publisher Polyphony Digital Inc, the motor sport element of the Olympic Esports Series 2023 got underway…

Sport newsAccompanied by Sport Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba, Ruto first visited the rally’s service park near Lake Naivasha and mingled with crews before strapping himself into the co-driver’s seat of Pierre-Louis Loubet’s M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid for a high-speed run through shakedown.Ruto, who will return to the event on Sunday to celebrate with the winners at Hell’s Gate, was taken aback by the experience.“I don’t know what to say, that thing is crazy!” he…

Sport newsA new challenge awaits ABB FIA Formula E World Championship competitors this weekend (24 June), as Portland International Raceway prepares to welcome the pioneering all-electric single-seater series for the first time – with the North American metropolis ready to write the next chapter in an absorbing Gen3 title fight.A city that shares the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s environmental ethos and strong sustainability credentials, Portland is set to stage the first E-Prix on…

FIA newsDear Presidents, Dear Delegates, My Dear Friends,I am very happy to be here with you, in the beautiful city of Cordoba for this joint Sport and Mobility Conference on the 119th birthday of our Federation. Cordoba is a special place. It is the only city in the modern world to host four UNESCO World Heritage sites and its history is truly remarkable, spanning centuries of different cultures. I would therefore like to thank RACE – the Royal Automobile…