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The 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans, postponed to 19-20 September, will follow a particularly action-packed four-day schedule that promises to be as intense and as exciting as ever for the 62 teams involved. Between Thursday 17 and Sunday 20 September, we will see four free practice sessions, qualifying, the Hyperpole session and a warm-up, culminating with the 24-hour endurance race itself.

The Austrian Grand Prix inaugurated this year’s Formula 1 season, in what was the first major international sporting event since the Covid-19 crisis. Prior to the resumption of racing, Dr Harald Hertz, President of the Austrian Motorsport Federation (AMF) and Vice President of the Austrian Motoring and Touring Club (ÖAMTC), outlined the work undertaken to get back on track.

The FIA and Formula E are now able to announce that the 2019 – 2020 season, suspended since 13 March due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, is set to move into the green flag regime and resume racing.

As part of the FIA Young Driver Programme, the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) recently conducted an online workshop addressed to young students interested in learning what it takes to enter the motor sport industry, and what are the key attributes to lead engineering areas in motor sport teams.

Several FIA member clubs from the NACAM region have taken a proactive approach, looking beyond the current Covid-19 crisis as well as planning to build the foundations for a brighter future of motor sport at national level.

After a two-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Automobile Competition Committee for the United States FIA (ACCUS-FIA) resumed premier-level motor sports in the USA on 17 May with NASCAR running its first Cup Series event at Darlington Raceway in the US state of South Carolina.

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Respected British rally journalist Martin Holmes has passed away after a long illness aged 80, a family statement reported.

The all-female FIA Women in Motorsport Commission-supported Richard Mille Racing Team crew is now poised to reignite its assault on the European Le Mans Series, with the action looking set to kick-off at Le Castellet, France, in July. First, however, the team heads to the famous Circuit de la Sarthe as it joins a star-studded entry for world-class entertainment at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual (13-14 June).

Formula 1 has issued an update regarding the calendar for the 2020 FIA Formula One World...