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Under the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, and at the close of the first FIA eConference, members of the World Motor Sport Council convened remotely from locations across the globe for the second meeting of 2020, chaired by FIA President Jean Todt and FIA Deputy President for Sport Graham Stoker.

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La Federación Internacional del Automóvil (FIA) organizó su primera eConferencia de Deporte automovilístico y Movilidad del 15 al 18 de junio. Reunió a casi 1.000 participantes de 243 clubes miembros de 146 países. Todos trabajaron juntos para asegurar el futuro del deporte automovilístico y la movilidad en todo el mundo.

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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