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FIA newsHis Majesty met with the FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem, Carmelo Sanz de Barros, the FIA Senate President and President of the Conference host Club, Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE) along with members from both World Councils and FIA Senate. “It was an honour to welcome and have an audience with His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain to our annual conference in Cordoba where he graciously met with our World Councils and Senate. We had the pleasure of discussing…

Sport newsThe meeting was hosted by FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem with FIA Deputy President for Sport Robert Reid, and WMSC members joining in person and via video link. The meeting was held as part of the annual FIA Conference week.In his opening address, the FIA President reminded Council Members that the day marked the 119thanniversary of the FIA.He began the meeting by thanking His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain for visiting the FIA…

Mobility newsFIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem introduced the meeting by welcoming the WCAMT members to Cordoba, Andalusia, and thanking the Royal Automobile Club of Spain, Region of Andalusia and City of Cordoba for hosting the event. He then commented of the advancements made over the past 18 months in terms of governance. “A year and a half ago, we started our transformation agenda. This is a long process but we can be collectively proud of what we…

FIA newsThe scholarships will invite researchers worldwide to collaborate against the global scourge of online hate speech in sport while earning a Masters by Research degree. The announcement comes on the United Nations Day for Countering Hate Speech. The initiative will be formally presented to delegates at the FIA Conference in Cordoba this week. The scholarships fall under the auspices of the FIA University and are backed by the FIA Foundation. The FIA is partnering with Dublin…

Sport newsFemale drivers stole the limelight at the World RX of Norway, with Klara Andersson, Mikaela Ahlin-Kottulinsky, Cristina Gutierrez and Mandie August all reaching their respective finals.Andersson finished fourth in the World RX final, despite losing valuable track time earlier in the day after technical issues with her CE Dealer Team PWR RX1e.Ahlin-Kottulinsky finished third in an exciting RX2e final in her Kristoffersson Motorsport ‘Team E’ car, while Gutierrez came home fifth in her Zeroid…

Sport newsThe new Danish circuit, the Rødby Karting Ring, provided a high-quality setting for its first appearance on the FIA Karting calendar. Rene Lammers (NLD) in OK, Oleksandr Bondarev (UKR) in OK-Junior and Vasileios Apostolidis (GRC) in Academy won the Finals.The intensity of the sporting confrontations reached new heights at Rødby thanks to the extremely technical layout. The number of passes was record-breaking, as were the frequent changes of leaders. The winding and wide circuit…

Sport newsMax Verstappen took his fifth pole of the season in tricky, rapidly changing wet, dry and wet again conditions in Montréal as Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg scored a surprise front row finish for Haas. It’s the German’s best Qualifying position since he scored pole at the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix in wet conditions. Hülkenberg will start ahead of third-place Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso.  “in the wet, you have to just stay on top of all…

Sport newsRed Bull’s Max Verstappen went quickest in a rain-affected final practice session for the 2023 FIA Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by almost three tenths of a second Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso set the early pace in the session with a lap of 1:32.217 despite being hampered by the slow AlphaTauri of Yuki Tsunoda at the hairpin. Alonso’s former team-mate at Alpine, Esteban Ocon was the next to take top spot…

Sport newsMercedes’ Lewis Hamilton went quickest in an extended, 90-minute second practice session for the 2023 FIA Canadian Grand Prix, beating team-mate George Russell to the top of the timesheet by just under three hundredths of a second in a session that ended with torrential rain. Earlier in the day FP1 had to be halted when problems were discovered with the circuit’s CCTV system and for safety reasons running had to be stopped. As a result an…

Sport newsThe 2023 FIA World Rally Championship reaches halfway next week when the 70th anniversary edition of Safari Rally Kenya hosts round seven of a season full of action and intrigue.With Hyundai triumphing on Rally Italia Sardegna earlier this month, all three manufacturers competing in the initial phase of the hybrid-powered Rally1 era are now victorious in 2023 following wins earlier in the year for M-Sport (Ford) and Toyota.What’s more, they have done so in…