Motor Sport

Sport newsThe Oman Automobile Association (OAA) has announced an impressive line-up of international drivers and national entries for the Oman International Rally, round one of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), taking place on January 26th-28th.  Fifteen international crews and 10 teams taking part in a national event grace the entry list announced by the organising committee. The field includes individuals from nine countries and is headed by the global motor sport stars of…

Sport newsSébastien Ogier threw caution to the wind on Thursday evening’s opening leg at Rallye Monte-Carlo to end a spectacular opening night of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship season with a useful advantage.Ogier, an eight-time winner in the French Alps, was in a league of his own as he blasted his Toyota GR Yaris to a brace of fastest times, heading team-mate Elfyn Evans by 6.0sec after 40.02km of competition.An uncharacteristically dry start to…

Sport news“We are in constant contact with Robin and wish him a speedy recovery. Even though everyone in the team misses him a lot, we’re giving him all the time he needs to fully recover from the injury – that’s our absolute priority,” says team boss Thomas Biermaier. “Kelvin has been part of the ABT family for years in a variety of roles. He has been involved since the beginning of our comeback project and…

Sport newsThe FIA has today confirmed significant updates to its Formula 1 structure following a review of the FIA’s internal procedures initiated by its President Mohammed Ben Sulayem at the start of the year. Following the transitional period, the reorganisation of the Formula 1 departments is now complete and will be in place ahead of the 2023 season.Increasing investment and resources in its Formula 1 activities, the FIA will now implement a new overall structure…

Sport newsBorn in Amiens, France on 10 April 2001, Wadoux began her competitive career in 2017 in karting before graduating to car racing in the Peugeot 308 one-make series and later making a name for herself in the Alpine Elf Europa Cup.Last season the 21-year-old made her debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class for the Richard Mille Racing Team and recording four top-10 finishes.For two consecutive years, in 2021 and…

Mobility newsTACPy has been providing the home battery sales service for the past six years and it has grown considerably. Today, it is one of the main services offered by the Club. It operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and includes computerised testing and home battery installation in Asunción and Gran Asunción.With this renewed agreement, CPR is providing the Club with two new 0km vans to expand the service fleet in…

Sport newsThe Qatari led the world’s toughest cross-country rally from the third stage and reached the finish in Dammam with a 1hr 20min 49sec advantage over Frenchman Sébastien Loeb, his main rival in the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC).The win means that Al-Attiyah becomes the second most successful car entrant in the history of the event behind eight-time winner Stéphane Peterhansel. He had been tied with the legendary Finn Ari Vatanen on four wins. He…

Sport newsJake Dennis defied pre-season predictions by dominating the first race of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s new Gen3 era in Mexico today (14 January), in front of a packed and enthusiastic crowd of more than 40,000 passionate fans at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.From second on the grid, Dennis punished a mistake by pole-sitter and early leader Lucas Di Grassi (Mahindra Racing) on lap 12 to seize the initiative at Turn Three, and…

Sport newsThe nine crews looking to be the next star of the FIA World Rally Championship represent nine different countries across Europe, South America and Africa. This year’s entrants will be vying for the biggest prize in rallying; Four fully-funded WRC2 prize drives in an Ecoboost-powered M-Sport Ford Fiesta Rally2, including 200 Pirelli tyres, free registration for WRC 2 in 2024 and a pre event test for each round. The challenge ahead of 2023’s WRC youngsters…

Sport newsA host of new names will also join the WEC this year including former Formula 1 drivers, Antonio Giovinazzi and Jacques Villeneuve.The 2023 FIA WEC season will see a total of 38 full-season entrants from 12 different countries plus a record number of teams competing in the Hypercar and LMGTE Am categories.The introduction of the Hypercar class in 2021 has ushered in a new golden era for the WEC, with multiple manufacturers (Cadillac, Ferrari,…