Motor Sport

Sport newsLando Norris ended Max Verstappen’s home dominance with a crushing Dutch Grand Prix victory that saw the McLaren driver beat the Red Bull Racing by almost 23 seconds, as Charles Leclerc claimed a seventh podium finish of the season with third place. For a brief period after the start Norris’ second win of the season looked in doubt. Verstappen reacted quickest to the lights going out and on the short run to Turn 1 he…

Sport newsTibor Érdi Jr (below) was on course for a hat-trick of FIA EHRC victories following his heroic comeback from last place. But gearbox failure on the final stage of the high-speed gravel even left Graham to triumph alongside co-driving daughter Anna.It was a fourth outright FIA EHRC win for Ernie Graham, last year’s Category 1 champion, and a first for Anna Graham. The Flexifly Rally Team pair had switched from their regular BMW M3…

Sport newsMercedes’ George Russell went quickest in the second practice for this weekend’s 2024 FIA Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix, beating McLaren driver Oscar Piastri by six hundredths of a second in a session that saw Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg crash. Unlike the first session, which began in wet and wild conditions, the second hour of practice was run in bright sunshine and it was home hero Max Verstappen who set the early pace. The Dutchman’s time…

Sport newsDuncan Micallef (Top Fuel), Jonny Lagg (Top Methanol), David Vegter (Pro Modified), and Jimmy Ålund (Pro Stock) currently lead their respective classes, but theMICALLEF VS CALLIN IN TOP FUELIn Top Fuel, the title race is between Duncan Micallef and Susanne Callin. Callin, after her Tierp victory, trails Micallef by only 19 points. Micallef, the 2017 champion, remains consistent but winless so far. The competition includes Jndia Erbacher, racing at her home track, Dennis Nilsson,…

Mobility newsSix leading Mobility Clubs were recognised as FIA Region III and IV Innovation Challenge finalists, as part of the federation’s annual American Congress this week.The FIA Innovation Challenge was launched this year and strives to support the FIA’s continued efforts around knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation by celebrating innovative business and marketing-related projects from across the FIA’s Member Clubs. A global shortlist was created in July. Three projects were selected for each of the four FIA Mobility…

FIA newsThe CAA has signed onto the FIA-led global loyalty programme, One Road.By signing the agreement, CAA has expanded the reach of the programme to a further seven million individual members worldwide.  Those members will now gain access to exclusive deals and offers with leading brands in addition to reciprocal offers from all the participating Clubs across 4 different continents.CAA joins 9 other Clubs involved in the programme, including OEAMTC, Austria, TCS Switzerland, Touring Club Belgium and AAS Singapore among others.FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem said:…

Safety newsFollowing a first practical seminar at the FIA Technical Center safety in Valleiry, France, last December, the FIA’s commitment to rally safety continued with another successful training session held in Prague from August 19 to 21. Supported by the FIA Foundation’s Motor Sport Safety Grant and hosted by the Czech Auto Club ACCR, the second edition of this physical event, which focused on enhancing rally safety practices, was organized for ASNs of the Eastern…

Sport newsOverdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk head a 27-car entry for Columna Medica Baja Poland, which takes place on August 23rd-25th.  The FIA section of the entry list for the fourth round of the FIA World Baja Cup featured 27 cars with 11 in the Ultimate category, nine running in the Challenger section for lightweight prototype cross-country machines and seven entered in the SSV class. While Ultimate category cars dominate the upper reaches of…

Sport newsIt was honours shared between electric and sustainably-fuelled internal combustion engined cars in the FIA World Rallycross Championship’s ‘Battle of Technologies’ at the double-header World RX of Benelux, with Timmy Hansen (EV) winning Round 5 (17 August) and Johan Kristoffersson (ICE) taking victory in Round 6 the following day (18 August).Wins in their semi-final made it a front row lock out on Saturday for the Hansen World RX Team, while a perfect team start…

Sport newsKopecký hadn’t been beaten on his home ERC event since 2015 and was chasing a record-extending 12th victory when a damaged tyre dropped him down the order on SS5.It left Hankook-equipped Stříteský in front by 10.1sec and although Erik Cais narrowed that margin to 4.2sec after seven stages, the combination of torrential rain and dry-weather tyres on SS8 proved disastrous for Cais, who dropped from second to fourth and left Stříteský leading Simon Wagner…