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Eight rounds at seven venues will determine 2021 title fight Barcelona curtain-raiser to adopt new evening format Höljes moves to August slot in hope of welcoming fans Popular Portuguese circuit Montalegre to stage season finale

With the "Super Opening Weekend" held at SAIC International Circuit on May 9 and headlined by the China Touring Car Championships (CTCC), the Federation of Automobile and Motorcycle Sports of China (CAMF) opened this year’s motor sport season in the country.

The Andalucía Rally (May 12-16) heralds the start of the 2021 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies which, this year, has an expanded calendar and will take the contenders to new as well as more familiar territories for the seven round series.

At Magny-Cours, the two races on Saturday were an intense spectacle, with a multitude of overtaking. Macéo Capietto was the winner of a magnificent battle, before Esteban Masson took his revenge in Race 2 of the second round of the French Formula 4 Championship certified by FIA. In Thruxton, James Hedley took a sublime double victory before Joseph Loake held his own in a wet-weather thriller on an eventful opening weekend for the 2021 F4 British Championship certified by FIA – powered by Ford EcoBoost.

WTCR Race of Portugal, the planned second event of the 2021 WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup season, will switch from Vila Real to Circuito do Estoril on the unchanged date of June 26-27.

The International Road Federation (IRF) and its new Start-Up Label will collaborate with the FIA Smart Cities Global Start-Up Contest to identify and support start-ups with high impact potential to accelerate innovation in the mobility sector across the world.

The second day of the European Hill Climb Championship in Portugal was a turnaround: Simone Faggioli put all his strength into the battle and managed to make up for the deficit of the previous day to win by a small margin of 0.032 seconds against Christian Merli.

2021 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton edged a close strategic battle with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen to...

DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull) 3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)...